IRS extends filing deadline and expands computer checks
The Internal Revenue Service extends the 1967 tax filing deadline to April 17 due to a Saturday date. For 1967 returns filed in 1968, every taxpayer’s return will go through full computer processing for arithmetic and cross checks with banks and corporations data. A new deduction table assists calculating state gasoline tax deductions based on mileage and state rates.
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Washington
Congress
IRS
Savings and Loan Association
United Nations Rejects Red China Seating And CBS Contract talks
The General Assembly voted 57 to 46 to refuse seating Red China for the 16th time, blocking expulsion of Nationalist China. Gary Moore seeks release from CBS with eight years left on a $100000 yearly contract as his show ends January 8.
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United Nations
N. Y
General Assembly
China
Peking
Assembly
New York
Gary Moore
Columbia Broadcasting System
Moore
CBS
Moors
Mansfield's son Zoltan recovering after lion attack
Actress Jayne Mansfield's 6 year old son Zoltan is recovering from a second major operation after a lion mauling. Doctors removed the spleen Monday night following confirmation the attack ruptured the organ.
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Thousand Oaks
Calif
Jayne Mansfield
Zoltan
Speck Competence Trial Panel Drawn in Chicago
A jury of seven men and five women was chosen in Chicago to determine if Richard Speck is mentally competent to stand trial for the murder of eight students. The action marks the start of a high profile case central to the city and state.
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Chicago
Richard Speck
Roni Sue Aronson's First Crises Sharpen Survival Hopes
Pittsburgh AP reports tiny Roni Sue Aronson survived her first crisis in the fight for life among Pittsburgh quintuplets. Doctors at Magee Women's Hospital noted jaundice may require an exchange blood transfusion, but the infant remains active and moving.
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Michael Aronson
Pittsburgh
Tiny Roni Sue
Tiny Roni Sue Aronson
Roni Sue
Fire devastates industrial area of Lebanon Correctional Institution
A major fire destroyed four shops in the Lebanon Correctional Institution industrial zone near Lebanon Ohio. About 300 workers escaped safely while 1,286 inmates were moved to living quarters as nine area fire departments battled the blaze amid heavy snow. Estimated losses reach 4 million dollars with electrical service and phone lines knocked out. The blaze likely started from a welder’s torch in the paint shop and surrounding drums of paint exploded as flames spread.
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Lebanon
Ohio
Lebanon Correctional Institution
R. W. Alvis
Alvis
Winter Snowstorm Hits Ohio and Michigan Regions
A November snowstorm blanketed northern Ohio with up to five inches in some counties along Lake Erie and unsettled Michigan with heavy drifts and road closures. Five lives lost in Ohio traffic crashes as the storm moved east. Toledo and Cleveland reported several inches. In Michigan, hundreds of stranded motorists, buses, and students awaited clearance as crews salted and plowed. The City of Midland 41 ferry faced gale conditions but all aboard were safe.
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Lake Erie
Bowling Green
Wood
Henry
Putnam
State Highway Department
Toledo
Erie
Ohio Line
Cleveland
Akron
Youngstown
Columbus
Dayton
Cincinnati
Detroit
Michigan
Marquette
U.S. 2
Upper Peninsula
U.S. 41
Skandia
Ishpeming
Engadine
Engadine Town Hall
Michigan Technological University
Houghton
Ludington, Mich
Lake Michigan
Ludington Harbor
City of
Midland
Doctors and Lancaster Hospital near compromise on medicare forms
In Lancaster Ohio medical leaders predict a compromise settlement between doctors and the hospital board over medicare recertification forms. Dr George W Lesar says agreement would satisfy all parties as the hospital faces 57000 in overdue Medicare payments and officials plan talks with the SSA and AMA to resolve certification disputes.
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Lancaster, Ohio
George W. Lesar
Fairfield County Medical Society
Lancaster - Fairfield County Hospital Board of Trustees
Holiday Toll Reaches 748 In Extended Weekend
The nation recorded 748 traffic deaths during the extended Thanksgiving weekend, an all time holiday high. The four day period from 6 p.m. Wednesday to midnight Sunday surpassed the prior record of 720 set during the 1965 Christmas weekend. An AP survey found 546 deaths in a nonholiday 7 day span.
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Associated Press
Viet Cong Stronghold Cracked By Largest U.S. Action
Major General Fred C. Weyand announced Operation Attleboro, a 43 day offensive involving about 25 000 American soldiers in Tay Ninh Province northwest of Saigon, opened a major Viet Cong stronghold. Weyand said War Zone C will never be the same as VC sanctuary ends.
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Long Binh
South Viet Nam
Attleboro
U.S
Fred C. Weyand
Tay Ninh
Saigon
Weyand
Zone C
Hau Nghia
Hubbard Settlement Approved After Teacher Pay Rise
Hubbard Ohio teachers won a $530 annual pay hike ending a strike. Four Hubbard schools opened as 28 000 Yungstown students returned to class amid a 1968 collective bargaining plan. The 145 Hubbard teachers receive 470 in salary and the rest in retirement benefits.
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Youngstown
Ohio
Hubbard
Yungstown
Hubbard Federation of Teachers
Hubbard School Board
Allies Press Fight as Viet Cong Face Losses in Skirmishes
In the Viet Nam theater 75 Communists were reported killed in scattered engagements over 24 hours while weather slowed U S air attacks. U S commanders said 93 enemy were killed in patrols and Vietnamese forces reported 22 Viet Cong killed in three clashes as a Dalat convoy was ambushed. B52 strikes near Pleiku continued with 50 plus bombers now in the capacity to increase raids.
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Washington
Pentagon
Viet Nam
Guam
South Viet Nam
U.S
Saigon
U. S
Dalat
China Vote U S Plan OK Seen at U N
At the United Nations General Assembly the plan to refer the China seating issue to a study group gained support. U S backing for a two thirds vote on representation was expected to pass again, likely preventing seating Peking this year. An Italian proposal to study the issue for a year could open a path to seat both regimes, though the debate was muted by Soviet Chinese tensions and Western splits.
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United Nations, N.Y
U.N. General Assembly
China
U.N
U.S
Peking
Communist Bloc
Five to testify in Marilyn Sheppard murder grand jury
Five persons including Samuel H. Sheppard must testify before the Cuyahoga County grand jury Friday about the unsolved murder of Marilyn Sheppard, who was killed twelve years ago. Prosecutor John Corrigan led the retrial that ended with Sheppard's acquittal. Bailey said he will attend the session and has suggested theories about the case.
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Cleveland, Ohio
Samuel H. Sheppard
Cuyahoga County
Grand Jury
Sheppard
Marilyn
John T. Corrigan
Corrigan
F. Lee Bailey
Boston
Cleveland
Bay Village
Fred Drenkhan
Marilyn Sheppard
Bailey
Drenkhan
Mail Pay Delays Hit 900 Seasonal Postal Workers
In San Francisco the Automated Postal Data Center at San Mateo failed to process first Christmas paychecks for about 900 seasonal workers. Officials cited an overwhelmed system and possible wider regional impact. Union leader Joseph Leone warned pay delays could push compensation to the next year.
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San Francisco
San Mateo
California
Nevada
Hawaii
Pacific Islands
Charles Harper
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Dean Rusk
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Truman Capote
Lee Bass
Magee Women’s Hospital
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Butler
Warren Counties
Winter
Snowy
Ashtabula
Celina
U.S. Weather Bureau
Upper Michigan
Lancaster
Social Security Administration
Agency
American Medical Association
Viet Cong
Bob Horton
Central Highlands
Cambodia
Pleiku
U. S. Command
Sam Will
Crenkhan
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