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Jamaica attains independence and colorful ceremonies take place to mark the occasion.
Jamaica attains independence. Princess Margaret and her husband, Earl of Snowden arrive to attend the ceremony to mark the independence of Jamaica. They are greeted by Prime Minister Alexander Bustamante and other officials at the airport. As the motorcade carrying Princess and her husband moves down a road crowds cheer them. People celebrate the attainment of independence. National flag being hoisted at midnight. Prime Minister Bustamante. A flag lit up. Power being transferred at a ceremony in the presence of Princess Margaret and her husband and Prime Minister Bustamante.
Rescuers search for bodies and comb wreckage following aircraft crash of American Airlines Flight 1 into Jamaica Bay
Jet airliner American Airlines Flight 1 crashes into Pumpkin Patch Channel of Jamaica Bay in New York soon after takeoff from Idlewild Airport (now John F. Kennedy International Airport), bound for Los Angeles. Rescuers and the police inspect the area. The ruins of the crashed Boeing 707-123B on a marshy area and in the Bay. Skin divers board boats to head out and search for bodies. Some bodies of victims are carried away on stretchers.