Canadians Rescued After 11 Days Snowbound Crash
Roy Brown and his wife Betty, both Canadians, survived 11 days after their single engine plane crashed on Copper Butte in Washington. They endured cold, built fires, drank coffee from a thermos, and hiked eight miles with improvised crutches before rescue in Colville.
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Colville
Wash
Washington
Roy Brown
Saskatoon
Saskatchewan
Betty
Mt. Carmel Hospital
Relatves
Brown
Supermarket Chains Decide to Drop Promotional Games
After homemaker protests, two major chains abandon promotional games with more stores in doubt. Safeway drops Bonus Bingo in January. A&P, Kroger, Milgram also pull or suspend games as customers seek lower prices and stamp alternatives.
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Sally Ryan
New York
Associated Press
Kansas City
Safeway Stores Inc
Robert A. Magowan
Safeway
Purity Stores Inc
California
Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Co
A&p
Kroger Co
Milgram Stores
Sion
New Jersey
New England
Cincinnati
Ohio
Magowan
Strategic Merchandising Corp
Chicago
Jewel Tea Co
Jewel
Died Suddenly but Its Nothing Serious
Missouri records officials compiling old vital statistics for compact storage include blunt cause lines such as Went to bed feeling well but woke up dead Died suddenly nothing serious Don’t know Died without the aid of a physician Blow on the head with an ax Contributory cause another man’s wife and Had never been fatally ill before.
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Jefferson’ City
Missouri
New Records Management Agency
Thanks for Care Given Parents
The State Department of Public Assistance in Seattle reports a $2799.95 donation after an envelope delivered 28 unmarked $100 bills. An unsigned note thanked staff for caring for the donor’s parents. Five cents postage was due on the parcel.
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Seattle
Wash
State Department of Public Assistance
Vincent Alexander
Sentry dog helps airman thwart Viet Cong attack at Tan Son Nhut
Airman Larry Laudner of Rockford Iowa and his 100 pound German shepherd Cubby halted a Viet Cong suicide group at Tan Son Nhut Air Base. Laudner fired full auto sweeping left to right and believes he killed two or three attackers. Cubby was killed in the encounter.
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Saigon
Larry Laudner
Rockford
Iowa
Tan Son Nhut
Cubby
Laudner
Attempt to Aid in Starting Stalled Car Ends in Four Deaths
Four youths died in Sioux City as a plan to push a stalled car led to a crash on the interstate. The victims include John Cole 17 Donna Miller 12 Diana Miller 14 and Linda Schmidt 17. The incident raised Iowa's 1966 highway toll beyond 851.
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Associated Press
Sioux City
Iowa
John Cole
Donna Miller
Diana Miller
Leonard Miller
Linda Schmidt
Millers
Mary Faber
George Falter
Creighton
Nev
Miller Girls
Miss Schmidt
Allen Goulette
Miss Falter
Goulette
S. Goulette
Cole
Steve Denniston
Americans Dead as Viet Cong Clash Leaves Casualties
Three Americans were killed and five wounded in a 30 minute main fight. About 50 Air Police bore the brunt of the action as Viet Cong casualties were 18 dead.
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Air Police
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7Th Avenue
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