Five Die In Car Train Crash At St Joseph Minnesota
Five people from Paynesville died when a six car Great Northern passenger train struck a car at Stearns county road 2 near the St Joseph depot. The crossing had no flashing lights and the car was carried about 75 feet along the tracks. The crash raised Minnesota's 1966 highway toll to 933 with other fatalities reported nearby.
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James Roeser
Michel Mary
Roeser
Raymond Roesser
Michael Roeser
Michael
Gerald Roeser
Great Northern
Red River
Twin Cities
Fargo
N.D
LeVander Faces Budget Gaps for 1967 69
Governor elect Harold LeVander would need 12.3 million more state funds to meet all department requests and about 75 million to raise school aid to 50 percent, with cuts planned including new personnel. Highway plans seek 35.8 million for admin and operations amid talks of higher taxes, bond issues, and a larger all state projects program.
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ST. Paul
Harold LeVander
LeVander
State Board of Education
John Jamieson
Jamieson
Highway Department
Highway Patrol
Court Delays Strike Decision On Kokomo Plant
A federal appeals court extended the stay on a judge order halting an 80 day strike at Union Carbide Kokomo Indiana. The ruling concerns Taft Hartley Act applicability when only one factory is affected and could force workers back to a plant producing hast alloy X for Vietnam war materiel.
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Washington
Kokomo
Ind
Vietnam
U.S. Court of Appeals
U.S. Dist
Leonard P. Walsh
Union Carbide Corp
Afl-Cio
United Steelworkers of America
Walsh
Not Star but Glow From Planet Jupiter
In East Lansing Michigan an MSU astronomer proposes the Star of Bethlehem was the bright glow from Jupiter near Saturn. Von Der Chamberlain identifies a rare 6 B.C. conjunction of the two planets as the likely date of Christ's birth.
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East Lansing
Mich
Bethelem
Christ
Jupiter
Saturn
Michigan State University
von der Chamberlain
November cost of living ticks up slightly
The Labor Department reported a light rise of one tenth of a percent in the November cost of living, the smallest increase in six months. Food prices fell seven tenths of 1 percent, offsetting higher costs in housing apparel and medical care.
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Washington
Labor Department
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Pair Charged With 5 Utah Killings
Salt Lake City police linked five killings in or near Utah's capital to two men arrested at a roadblock. Police Chief Dewey Fillis said a sock and blood-stained knife were found hidden in the springs of a car they drove, and both suspects were charged with first degree murder.
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Salt Lake City
Utah
Dewey Fillis
Fillis
Driver Survives Truck Train Crash in DeGraff
DeGraff farmer Joe Fath, 34, stalled his pickup on an icy crossing and was hit by a 110 car Great Northern freight at 60 mph. He climbed from the wreckage, sought hospital care, and was treated and released for cuts and bruises. A separate AP photo shows twins David and Karen Ziemer born at St. Michael's Hospital with Christmas stockings.
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Degraff, Minn
Joe Fath
Great Northern
Fath
Swift County Sheriff's Office
LBJ Home Ranch Readies for Christmas
The LBJ Ranch near Pedernales River 65 miles west of Austin is decorated for Christmas with a 6 foot balsam tree, holly, mistletoe, and wreaths. The Johnson family plans Christmas Eve gift opening with Mrs. Johnson and daughters Lynda Luci and their spouses, plus relatives. The noon meal features turkey, cornbread stuffing, beans, sweet potatoes, rolls, cranberry salad, ambrosia oranges, coconut and angel food cake.
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Austin Tex
LBJ
Johnson
Texas White House
Pedernales River
Austin
Kovacs Estate Worth Far Less Than 2 Million Says Widow
Edie Adams testified in Superior Court that comedian Ernie Kovacs estate is worth about 16184 dollars after debts taxes and mortgage claims. She said unpaid taxes of roughly 300000 were due when Kovacs died in a car crash nearly five years ago.
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Los Angeles
Ernie Kovacs
Edie Adams
Adams
Superior Court
Jackie Wins Her Battle Out of Court
New York AP reports Harper & Row aims to settle the Kennedy book dispute with Mrs. John F. Kennedy by deletions about her personal life. Look magazine will publish a four part serial, The Death of a President, starting Jan. 10. Greenbaum says Harper & Row will seek a similar deal with Mrs. Kennedy. Cowles and Rifkind comment on swift resolution and cooperation from Cass Canfield.
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New York
Harper & Row
John F. Kennedy
Look Magazine
Edward S. Greenbaum
Kennedy
Simon H. Rifkind
Gardner Cowles
Cowles Communications, Inc
Look
Cowles
Cass Canfield
El Cariso Hotshots suffer deadly brush fire disaster
Fourteen survivors of the 25 man U.S. Forest Service El Cariso Hot Shots battled a freak November blaze near Los Angeles. A 2,100 acre Pacom[a] Canyon fire turned deadly as eleven crew members died and others suffered severe burns. Despite the tragedy, chief Cosgrove says the team remains the best and is seeing more applications.
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Edward Cosgrove
Jerry Smith
a_ Forest Service
el Cariso
Tal
Los Angeles
Pacoima Canyon
Cosgrove
Smith
U.S. Forest Service
Rich Leak
Los Angeles County General Hospital
Cleveland National Forest
Riverside County
FBI Hunts Trio in Kidnapping of Reno Woman
The FBI pursues two armed gunmen in the Reno kidnapping of Eddith Grisham 58 after a two day ordeal from Nevada to California and back. Banks 23 and Gawne 28 are named as extremely dangerous suspects. a woman is involved but not identified.
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FBI
Reno
Reno, Nev
West
Michigan
Eddith Grisham
Hero's Medal to Minnesota Man for Fatal Manhole Rescue
The Carnegie Hero Fund Commission posthumously awards a bronze medal to Donald N. Harwood of Pine Bend Minnesota for dying while attempting to rescue his boss Ernest T. Hilborn from a nitrogen filled manhole. Harwood’s widow will receive $60 monthly for up to five years.
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Pittsburgh, Pa
Carnegie Hero Fund Commission
Minnesota
Donald N. Harwood
Pine Bend
Minn
Harwood
Hastings
Ernest T. Hilborn
Hilborn
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Egypt
ST. Joseph, Minn
St. Joseph
Paynesville
Richard Albert Steuck
Watertown
S.D
U.S. 75
Madison
Steuck
John Wiranen
Lee O. Hubbell
St. Louis County
Richard Ziemer
Milwaukee
David
Karen
St. Michael’s Hospital
Rudolph
Montana
Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer
Lynda
Luci
Patrick J. Nugent
White House
Kovacs
Jackie
Ed Cosgrove
Gordon King
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