Earth Movement Swallows Brothers Truck Homes
Blizzard conditions sweep Minnesota and surrounding states as northerly winds drive fresh snow and record low temperatures. Reports from Duluth Bemidji and Sioux Falls show subzero readings while winds 30 to 45 mph reduce visibility and threaten travel across the Plains and Rockies.
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Saskatchewan
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FBI Activity In San Fernando Valley Prompts LA Police Critique
FBI dispatched a dozen agents to the San Fernando Valley amid the Sinatra Jr kidnapping inquiry. LA Police Chief Parker criticized the lack of communication, while Mayor Yorty warned that secrecy could embolden criminals as Sinatra Jr was freed after a 240000 ransom.
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San Fernando Valley
L.A
Hollywood
Frank Sinatra Jr
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West Valley Division
Los Angeles Police Department
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Los Angeles
William H. Parker
Major Building in Runnells Burns in Iowa Town Blaze
Fire destroyed the half block long Brown building in Runnells. The first floor housed the G and R cafe and the Runnells Recreation Hall while the second floor held the Masonic Lodge Hall. Fire departments from Mitchellville Prairie City Altoona Bloomfield Township and Pleasant Hill assisted the local volunteers to protect nearby homes and sheds.
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Mitchelville
Prairie City
Altoona
Bloomfield Township
Pleasant Hill
Runnells Volunteer Fire Department
Road Bridge Demolished in Canada
In St. Joachim de Tourel, Quebec, a massive earth movement sent homes tumbling into mud and the St. Lawrence River, destroying a highway bridge and forcing evacuations. Four brothers in a truck vanished. fishermen rescued several others from flooded houses as officials feared additional fatalities in a freezing, blackout-scattered night.
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Benoit
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Martin Gauthie
St Lawrence River
Red Cross
Ste. Anne Des Monts
Kenya Gains Independence as Britain Ends East Africa Rule
Nearly 100,000 Africans cheered as Kenya became Africa’s 35th independent nation with the Union Jack lowered and Kenya’s flag raised at Nairobi Freedom Stadium. Prime Minister Jomo Kenyatta accepted the instruments of independence from Prince Philip. Malcolm MacDonald became governor general. Kenyatta pledged nonalignment and no-strings aid.
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Convicted Traitor Kawakita Freed After 16 Years In Prison
Tomaya Kawakita, the war crimes defendant known as The Meatball, was released from McNeil Island Federal Penitentiary after 16 years. The California native, once sentenced to death for treasonable brutality, was granted freedom by President Kennedy on the condition he depart the United States and never return. He left for Japan via Seattle and spoke of starting a new life with relatives there.
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Tomaya
Kawakita
Japan
Kennedy
United States
U.S
McNeil Island Federal Penitentiary
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Wakita
Alcatraz Federal Penitentiary
Eisenhower
McNeil Island
Fire Destroys Mason City Building in Snow
Fire, from about 5 45 a m in zero weather and light snow, consumed a two story structure in Mason City's business district. Origin suspected Busy Bee Shoe Repair Shop with spread to Made O Day Frock Shop and an empty store being remodeled into a restaurant. Colonial Apartments on the second floor were evacuated with no injuries reported. Fire units from Manly Clear Lake and Plymouth aided the Mason City department.
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Iowa
Busy Bee
Colonial Apartments
Manly
Clear Lake
Plym
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Farmers Reject Move to End Soil Subsidy Program
At the American Farm Bureau Federation convention in Chicago delegates defeated a push to repeal a $250 million soil subsidy program for farmers. In Seoul, President-elect Chung Hee Park named Dr. Choi Doo sun, 69, as premier as he formed a new Cabinet to strengthen Western ties.
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American Farm Bureau Federation
Seoul
Korea
Chung Hee Park
United States
Choi Doo-sun
Commission Reports 74 Historic Sites to Minnesota Panel
In Minneapolis the Minnesota Outdoor Recreation Commission receives a report detailing 74 historic sites and recommendations for their development, outlining potential actions and preservation aims.
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Minnesota Outdoor Recreation Commission
Privately Driven Group Slams State River Pollution Efforts
The Upper Mississippi Pollution Control Committee decries an appalling lack of program in Minnesota agencies tasked with curbing river pollution. They released a conference summary from Wabasha dated Nov. 2, noting state officials were invited to discuss river plans.
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Road Toll Reaches 752 as Minnesota Sees Fatal Week
Minnesota’s 1963 traffic death toll rises to 752 with Kay Thompson of Minneapolis among the latest fatalities. The week’s toll also includes John Mann of St Paul, Lora Kee Hunt of Duluth, Mrs. James Murden of Mentor, Henry Wakefield of Eau Claire, and Grant Stetson of Edina, all in separate crashes or sledding accidents.
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Cardinal Spellman to celebrate Christmas Mass at South Pole
Francis Cardinal Spellman archbishop of New York and military vicar for the U.S. will visit the Amundsen Scott South Pole station to celebrate midnight Mass on Christmas Eve before returning to McMurdo Sound for Christmas afternoon services as part of the U.S. Antarctic program.
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New Zealand
Francis Cardinal Spellman
New York
South Pole
Cardinal Spellman
United States
U.S. Navy
Amundsen - Scott South Pole Station
McMurdo Sound
McNamara plans to shut 25 to 27 bases across states
Secretary McNamara is expected to announce planned closings or reductions at 25 to 27 military bases in about 16 states. Reports predict over 30 installations would be affected and about 75 000 jobs lost, though actual figures may be 9 000 to 12 000 jobs and a three year phased shutdown. Protests erupted from lawmakers in several states as President Johnson weighs defense cuts in a long running base survey program begun in 1961.
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Robert S. McNamara
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Johnson
McNamara
Kennedy
Catholic Leaders Seek Release of Bolivia Hostages
Catholic Church figures in Oruro Bolivia work to secure the freedom of hostages held by Communist led tin miners in Catavi. Officials report 11 to 19 hostages including four Americans and several Bolivian workers with no direct negotiations yet.
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Catavi
Victor Paz Estenssoro
Msgr
Andrew Kennedy
St. Louis
la Paz
Oruro
Msgr. Kennedy
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Defense Ministry
Paz Estenssoro
Comibol
Thieves Crack Safe at Fanny Harmer Candy Store
In Mankato Minnesota burglars forced a rear door to enter the Fanny Harmer candy shop and stole 1003 dollars. The robbers ate Christmas candy while forcing the safe open and were reported by store manager Mrs Helen Anderson to police.
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Minn
Fanny Harmer
Helen Anderson
Why Did Missile Go Off Course
Cape Kennedy Fla AP engineers study radio flight records on the control system of the first stage to determine why a Polaris A3 missile veered from its path and was destroyed after 53 seconds of flight.
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Cape Kennedy
Fla
Johnson Approves Name for Center in Washington
President Johnson endorses naming a proposed national cultural center in Washington for John F. Kennedy and supports financing half the cost with federal funds.
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Washington
John F. K
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