Brazil Opens Major Crackdown on Opposition Leader
Brazil moves to suspend rights and seize assets as military government under Costa e Silva pushes an emergency act. Congress vacated, censors enter newspapers, arrests target former president Juscelino Kubitscheck, editor Osvaldo Peralva, and others amid a crackdown.
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Claude E. Erbsen
Rio DE Janeiro
Arthur da Costa E Silva
Congress
Juscelino Kubitscheck
Senate
Osvaldo Peralva
Correio da Manha
Rio
Helio Fernandez
Helio
Siseno Sarmento
First Army
Sarmento
1St Army
2Nd Army
Brazil
Uni
Joao Goulart
Costa E Silva
Austin Housing Code Hearing Targets 90 Percent Compliance
City planner Phil Shealy outlined proposed housing code provisions at a City Council hearing attended by real estate men contractors and citizens. The plan aims to inspect all 8 600 dwellings within five years with inspectors helping owners correct violations and seek possible federal grants for hardship cases.
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Austin
Phil Shealy
City Council
Vogel
Shealy
Rochester
Winona
Mankato
Minnesota
Rich Chicago cat leaves $15000 behind for owner
A Chicago cat named Flat Nose died at age 19 amid five cats left to William J. Fields by former owner Margaret Montgomery. The $15000 intended for the cats will go to Fields after all are gone, and he plans to stay in the apartment building he cares for.
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Flat Nose
William J. Fields
Fields
Margaret Montgomery
William Fields
Venezuelan rescue nets widen as jet crash toll climbs
Venezuelan navy and coast guard vessels resumed search for 21 missing after a Pan American jet crashed into the Caribbean off Caracas. Thirty bodies were recovered by Friday from rough seas, nine identified by the airline.
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Caracas
Venezuela
Caribbean Sea
Flu Peak Seen in January
The Hong Kong flu, spreading from Hong Kong to the United States, is expected to peak mid January. States report outbreaks with 30 states affected and 14 states plus DC and Puerto Rico confirming lab results. 700 deaths from pneumonia and flu in 122 cities last week shock officials. Tallulah Bankhead and several prominent figures including Chicago Mayor Richard Daley and Claude Kirk Jr. fell ill.
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Associated Press
Hong Kong
United States
District of Columbia
Puerto Rico
Philadelphia
Tallulah Bankhead
Chicago
Richard Daley
Florida Gow
Claude Kirk Jr
Maurice Stans
Secretary of Commerce
U.N. Nixes Move to Suspend South Africa at UNC TAD
The U.N. General Assembly defeated a bid by black African nations to suspend South Africa from UNC TAD over apartheid. The 55 to 33 vote fell short of a two-thirds majority, with 20 abstentions and 9 absent, despite Western opposition and Soviet reservations.
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United Nations, N.Y
U.N. General Assembly
South Africa
U.N. Conference On Trade and Development
U.N
Burma
Assembly
Scranton Urges Stronger U S and Arab Ties
Former Pennsylvania governor William W. Scranton returning from a 10 day Mideast mission at the request of President-elect Nixon urged the United States to strengthen its friendship with Arab nations while not neglecting Israel. He said the U S should pursue a more even handed policy in the region and stressed he speaks for himself, not Nixon.
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New York
William W. Scranton
Pennsylvania
United States
Scranton
Mideast
Nixon
Israel
U.S
Curfew Imposed on U S Troops in Saigon as Attacks Loom
Curfew orders U S troops in the Saigon capital district to stay off streets from 7 p.m. to 6 a.m. amid heightened fears of a new terror wave and a possible winter offensive. B52 raids intensified around Saigon, with 5,900 tons of bombs dropped in three days. Navy reports show enemy actions against river patrols increasing. two sailors killed and 14 wounded. Army troops from the 25th Division engaged in a seven-hour battle, with 6 U S troops killed and 14 wounded. An OH-6 helicopter was shot down, the 956th U S helicopter downed in South Vietnam since 1961.
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Saigon
U.S
Capital Military
Strategic Air Command
Okinawa
Guan
Thailand
U.S. Navy
Cambodia
Navy
Kennedy to review Johnson budget as new Treasury secretary
Chicago banker David M. Kennedy says his first job as secretary will be to review the coming Johnson budget and work with the Cabinet. He cites the international situation and urban aid as priorities and notes a balanced yet workable budget. Mayo, named budget director, will join him in examining the Johnson plan.
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Chicago
David M. Kennedy
the Treasury
Johnson
Kennedy
Treasury
Henry Fowler
Continental Illinois National Bank & Trust Co
Nixon
Vietnam
Robert D. Mayo
Illinois
Mayo
Senate
Reds to Release Some U.S. Pilots
A Tokyo based Radio Hanoi Japanese broadcast said North Vietnam would release some American pilots during Christmas holidays but Radio Press cautioned this might reflect mistranslation. No specific names or dates were given and no actual release details were provided.
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Tokyo
Radio
Cold Wave Hits Midwest Temps Sink Across Nation
An end of autumn cold snap grips the midwest and across the country from the Canadian border to the Southern plains. Temperatures fall to 10 to 15 below zero in the northern plains and upper Mississippi Valley while readings near 10 to 15 above extend toward Kansas Missouri and Illinois. Cold wave warnings remain in effect for western Pennsylvania and New York for tonight.
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Associated Press
Mercury
Plains
Mississippi Valley
International _‘ Falls
Glenwood Couple Killed in Collision
Raymond H. Gardiner and his wife, both 82, of Glenwood Minnesota, were killed when their car collided with a pickup on U.S. 77 fifteen miles north of Raymondville Texas. The pickup driver Reynaldo Saldana, 24, of San Benito escaped injury.
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Raymondville
Tex
U.S
Raymond H. Gardiner
Glenwood
Minn
Here
Rio Grande Valley
Reynaldo Saldana
San Benito
Talks stall over conference table shape in Vietnam talks
Paris AP report notes talks to end the Vietnam war have not started as U S negotiator Cyrus Vance and Col Ha Van Lau discuss table designs. A four sided donut plan and three other diagrams show ongoing disagreement on seating. Key issues include who speaks first and whether flags may be displayed in the room.
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Paris
U.S
Cyrus R. Vance
Col
Ha van Lau
Vance
United States
South Vietnam
North Vietnam
Viet Cong
National Liberation Front
Lau
Vietnamese Soldier Helps Wounded Marine In Field Operation
A Vietnamese soldier places his hand on the shoulder of a badly wounded U. S. Marine whose shirt bears blood and a bandaged neck wound during an ongoing operation. The scene captures wartime cooperation and the peril of frontline missions.
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U. S
Sheppard Learns Wife Ariane Is Divorcing
In Columbus Dr. Samuel H. Sheppard was handed a divorce petition by his wife Ariane on a busy street Friday afternoon. In Tokyo about 30 000 Okinawans gathered outside Kadena U S air base demanding withdrawal of B 52 bombers in the largest anti base protest on the island with no violence.
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Columbus, Ohio
Samuel H. Sheppard
Ariane
Sheppard
Columbus
Tokyo
Kadena
U.S. Air Base
Okinawa
U.s.-Administered
Spacecraft Captures First Image On Heavens Mapping Mission
NASA reported the telescope equipped craft took the initial photo at 2 49 a m EST. The four telescopes aim for about 700 daily pictures by Christmas as part of a space mapping effort.
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Washington
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
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U.N. Nixes
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United Nations
J.R. Wiggins
General Assembly
Reds
Okinawans
Moscow
Soviet Union
Tass
Hartford, Conn
Frederick Reincke
Hartford
David F. Mabery
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