A British cargo plane with a crew of 12 disappears over eastern Turkey. A team was sent to examine the wreckage, look for the crews' remains and the secret equipment the plane was carrying. Read more here>>>

The Times writes a banner headline from an Associated Press story that makes it sound as if Mao Tse-tung is on his way out in favor of Liu Shao-chi. Not quite. Liu was purged in 1968 during the Cultural Revolution. A magazine reported in in 1979 that he died in 1971. 

The jump of a follow-up story on Mack Charles Parker, minus the beginning.

A typical editorial cartoon of the era–this grim bit of artwork evidently has something to do with driving safely on freeways. 

Jack Smith writes about an opera singer who wants to do comedy.

Dina Caesar "runs the scales and vocalizes to keep her voice fit, but it doesn't bother the other tenants," Smith says. 

"The neighbors are wonderful!" she exclaimed. "The men are always beating their wives. They don't hear a thing. I'm telling you, they kill each other in this building. It's fantastic!"