Burke. Thanks muchly for sending me that story. That was NOT the event. But thanks to help from this thread, I think I'm getting close. I've been able to locate and contact several historical organizations that are looking for the facts.
It's rare that my memory fails me regarding the time frame of events that happened years ago, but in this case it has. Part of my problem was that in those years (I was a teenager) I fell madly in love with a Finn girl and various events are scrambled in my memory. Isn't that always the way that first loves effect you!