Looking Back

Fifty years ago today, April 23, 1966

81 GIs Killed in Crash

A chartered airliner carrying a group of young Army recruits to Fort Benning crashed on a second attempt to land in a thunderstorm Friday night in Oklahoma, killing 81 of the 98 persons aboard. The crash was the third worst military air disaster to occur in the United States.

Labor

Union carpenters here are due to pick up their hammers and saws Monday morning after being idle three weeks over a contract dispute. Representatives of International Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners, Union Local 1723, met with contractors this morning to sign a contract agreement, according to a spokesman.

Sports

Dixie already loves the Mets, those luckless New Yorkers who on their first trip south gave away everything but New York City. The Mets lost 8-4 to the Braves Friday night, and Atlanta fans couldn’t have been happier.

This story was originally published April 22, 2016 at 2:15 PM with the headline "Looking Back."