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Newspaper

Austin Daily Herald

Location

Austin, Minnesota, United States of America

Date

Dec 19, 1966

Page

8

Seven Die In Weekend Iowa Traffic Tangles

The Associated Press reports seven people died in Iowa traffic accidents over the weekend. Names include Mrs. Isabelle Murphy 73 of Knoxville and others from George Jes Dysart Luana Cedar Rapids and Burlington area towns as cars left roads and hit poles or rolled over on icy or curving routes.

Associated Press Iowa Isabelle Murphy Knoxville Des Moines Donald Lee Rustian George Lyon County Donald Sadler Jesup Benton County Dysart Robert Frederick Shady Farmersburg Postville U.S. 52 Luana Dennis Svoboda Cedar Rapids Dale John Steichen Shueyville Johnson County Eston Ross Jr Weaver U.S. 62 Burlington

Brezhnev Honored as Hero of the Soviet Union on 60th Birthday

In Moscow Leonid I Brezhnev received unprecedented nationwide praise on his 60th birthday. Pravda and all major papers published special editions with his portrait and a decree awarding him Hero of the Soviet Union with the Order of Lenin and a gold star. A TV tribute followed the announcement.

Fred W. Coleman Moscow Leonid I Brezhnev Nikita Khrushchev Kremlin Khrushchev Brezhnev Soviet Communist Party Pravda Council of Ministers Supreme Soviet Soviet Union Order of Lenin

New Soviet Policy for Control

King Hussein says the Soviet Union adopted a new policy to gain influence in the Middle East. He warns the Soviets may push toward confrontation with the free world and seek control of natural resources like oil and key communication routes such as the Suez Canal. He notes a potential link to Africa if the Arab world is overrun.

Washington Hussein Jordan Soviet Union Middle East Free World U.S. News & World Report Suez Canal Arab World Africa

Christmas weekend traffic death toll forecast

The National Safety Council estimated 650 to 750 traffic deaths during the holiday weekend from 6 p.m. Friday to midnight Monday. It compared this to about 525 deaths in a nonholiday period of equal length and noted most drivers will travel, boosting mileages to 7.6 billion.

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