Ransom Is Dumped in Bay by Pursued Pair
Police stumble on two men who dumped a suitcase of about 500000 in Biscayne Bay while pursuing suspected kidnapers of Barbara Jane Mackle. The money was placed in the bay by her father amid the ransom plot. authorities report no release yet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Murray
Miami
Fla
Barbara Jane Mackle
Biscayne Bay
Robert Mackle
Dade County
Mackle
Key Biscayne
Barbara
Charles Price
Florida
Atlanta
Fred Frohbose
Miami FBI
Frohbose
Barbara Jane
Fred Fox
FBI
Emory College
Coral Gables Florida
Deltona Corporation
Paul S. Self
William Sweeney
Brickell Avenue
Self
Sweeney
Massachusetts
Apollo 8 Fuel Cell Issue Delays Countdown Slightly
Apollo 8 mission proceeds toward a Saturday launch after a minor fault in a valve during fueling of the three fuel cells. NASA says time lost is recoverable within a planned five hour hold and countdown schedule. Astronauts Frank Borman James Lovell and William Anders prepared for liftoff atop a Saturn V with expected lunar orbit and 20 hour stay.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cape Kennedy, Fla
National Aeronautics and Space Adminis
Tration
Air Force
Frank Borman
Navy
James A. Lovell Jr
William A. Anders
Delta
Geti
U S Steel Plans Earlier Price Increase for Steel
U S Steel Corp will raise prices early next month, hiking semifinished carbon steel by 5 dollars per ton and semifinished alloy steel by 7 dollars per ton, plus pilings by 7 dollars. The 4 percent rise targets a small share of industry shipments and aims to boost revenue slightly. The change takes effect January 2, 1969, amid industry volatility and prior price shifts by Bethlehem Steel.
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Pittsburgh
US. Steel Corp
U.S. Steel
Bethlehem Steel
Norman Thomas Dies at 84 Socialist Candidate Remembered
Norman Thomas, six time socialist presidential candidate and longtime conscience of American politics, died at 84 in Huntington New York. He had lived at Hilaire Farm Nursing Home after a stroke and earlier left Huntington Hospital. He ran against presidents from Hoover to Truman and peaked in 1932 with 900000 votes.
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Huntington
N.Y
Norman Thomas
Prodder
Hilaire Farm
Ma —Et Gottsegen
Nurs
Huntington Hospital
Thomas
Herbert Hoover
Harry S. Truman
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Engineer pleads guilty to cash orders scam
A Hartford area engineer, aged 42, admitted guilt for sending cash on delivery orders for books and magazines to people he did not like, a scheme
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Hartford, Conn
Pueblo Crew to be Freed by North Korea
AP reports a reliable U.S. source says North Korea will release the 82 crew members of the U S intelligence ship Pueblo in the near future. Other items note Intelsat 3 reaches a high Atlantic transfer orbit and Sargent Shriver joining the U N delegation for the Nixon era. Ethel Kennedy names her eleventh child Rory Elizabeth Catherine. Detroit Local 299 votes to retain Hoffa as head of the home local.
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Washington
U.S
North Korea
Pueblo
Cape Kennedy
Fla
Atlantic Ocean
Washington (Ap
Ethel Kennedy
Georgetown University
Hostital
Rory Elizabeth Catherine
Detroit
International Teamsters
James R. Hoffa
Union
Cambodia to Release 12 GIs and Others in Vietnam War News
Cambodia announced it will free 12 American soldiers captured in the past year. The Viet Cong offered to release three U.S. troops. Prince Sihanouk said 11 Americans and a South Vietnamese would be freed, and a Christmas return to families was cited. Johnson sent a cordial note affirming friendship. The United States studies the NLF proposal but remains nonrecognition.
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Saigon
Cambodia
U.S
Prince Norodom Sihanouk
Phnom Penh
Viet Cong
Paris
Thomas Nelson Jones
Donald L. Smith
James W. Brigham
Bangkok
Saion
Sihanouk
Johnson
Prince
Washington
Arange
National Liberation Front
United States
South Vietnam
NLF
North Vietnam
Snowstorm Halts Travel Across Minnesota Area
A second snowstorm blanketed Minnesota with four to ten inches of new snow. Travel warnings covered most of Minnesota and eastern South Dakota as winds 25 to 40 mph caused blowing snow and dangerous road conditions. Minneapolis declared a snow emergency. St. Paul joined with an emergency at 6 p.m. Roads were impassable on I-94 and nearby routes amid several accidents.
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Minnesota
Weather Bureau
South Dakota
Marshall
Windom
Owatonna
Mankato
Rochester
Twin Cities
Willmar
Brainerd
Duluth
Wisconsin Highway Patrol
Hudson
Eau Claire
Minneapolis
St. Paul
Highway Patrol
John Harbinson
Highway Department
Vietnam peace talks stall as Saigon attack looms
The United States warned North Vietnam that a Viet Cong assault on Saigon could derail expanded peace talks and trigger renewed bombing of the North. Cyrus Vance and Ha Van Lau led stalled private talks, with no progress on conference procedures as Johnson’s bombing halt looms.
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Paris
United States
North Vietnam
Saigon
U.S
America
Cyrus R. Vance
Hanoi
Ha van Lau
Johnson
Vance
Howley Dies at 65 After Business Career in Austin
William B. Howley 65 longtime business leader died at home after dinner with friends. He helped found Howley Lumber yards now Johnson Casaway Lumber Co and served since 1955 on First National Bank board. Survived by Emily two sons Eugene and Thomas two daughters Marilyn Mangano Kathleen Davis and a brother E C Howley. Funeral arrangements pending. Memorials preferred.
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William B. Howley
3Rd Ave
Howley
John Mayer
Chamber of Commerce
E. C. Howley
Johnson Casaway Lumber Co
First National Bank
Rotary Club
Cedar Valley Boy Scouts
Knights of Columbus
the Elks
Minnesota Development Corp
Austin Development Corp
St. Thomas College
Emily
Eugene
Derfield
Ill
Thomas
Air Force
England
Joseph
Marilyn) Mangano
Canton
Ohio
Kathleen) Davis
Prior Lake
Minn
Denver
Colo
Mayer Funeral Home
Johnson Improves While Continent Flu Saps Leader
President Johnson, sidelined by flu, shows improvement 24 hours after admission to Bethesda Naval Hospital. White House press secretary reports a fairly comfortable night with a sore throat and aches, temperature near normal, though doctors warn it could rise again during the day.
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Washington
Johnson
Bethesda Naval Hospital
White House
George Christian
Christian
George G. Barkley
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Apollo
U.S. Steel Corp
Bethlehem
Korea
Shriver
U.N
New York
Sargent Shriver
Nixon
United Nations
New York Times
Ethel
Hoffa
Sherman Kline
Carlinville, Ill
Paul
Jopp
Randy
Linda
W. B. Howley
U.S. Signal Corps
Austin
Mower County
Glenvile
Hollandale
Albert Lea
Hayfield
Blooming Frairie
Gordonsville
Myrtie
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