Two Men Die On Minnesota Roads In Snow Weekend
The Associated Press reports two fatal crashes over a weekend snow storm in Minnesota boost 1968 traffic deaths to 1,011. William Pretzer 44 of Lake City died when his snowplow hit a train near Lake City as visibility dropped. Daryl Knoldt 24 of Barrington Illinois died in a head on collision on Highway 65 near McGrath. The other driver Glenn Holman 21 of McGrath survived. Both victims were alone in their vehicles.
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Highway Patrol
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Goodhue County
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Ill
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Edina
Glenn A. Holman
Mora
Minot State Band Sells Blood to Fund Rose Bowl Trip
Minot North Dakota Minot State College marching band members raise funds to reach 24000 dollars for a Rose Bowl parade trip in Pasadena. They report 21500 dollars raised from 6000 personal contributions 8000 cookbook sales 2000 from projects and 5500 in outside donations.
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Fans Protest NASA Coverage Over CBS Football Telecast
About 2000 fans phoned CBS to protest interrupting the Minnesota Vikings at Baltimore Colts game to carry a 10 minute Apollo 8 space telecast. CBS said switchboards were jammed with irate calls as the space program aired during the last 20 minutes of the first half.
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NEW York
Columbia Broadcasting System
CBS
Minnesota Vikings
Buddhist Monk Refuses Induction in Minnesota
A 26 year old man in monk robes refused induction claiming ordination as a Zen Buddhist monk. Patrick O Donovan, raised Catholic, studied at the University of Minnesota and the Los Angeles Zendo, sought a divinity deferment and was ruled 1A. He taught at Moorhead School and joined draft resistance circles. Richard Blake, 20, also refused induction and sought conscientious objector status after initial noncombatant 10A classification.
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Patrick O'Donovan
University of Minnesota
Los Angeles
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Minnesota
California
Moorhead School
Richard Blake
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Pope Sets Second Synod Meeting With Bishops
Pope Paul VI announced the second meeting of the synod of bishops will open at the Vatican on October 11. The announcement came during a pre Christmas gathering of Cardinals papal officials and Rome diocese representatives. The first meeting in 1967 ran Sept 29 to Oct 28 with 200 bishops addressing liturgy canon law and doctrine among other topics.
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Fires and crashes devastate communities during holiday weekend
Across multiple states 13 children and 12 others died in fires and auto accidents as Christmas season neared. Stattsville near Greenville saw a two car collision kill seven. other deaths followed in Portsmouth New Hampshire Lehigh County Pennsylvania Allentown and Coatesville. Navy crewmen and a disabled veteran plus son also perished in separate incidents. Authorities expressed shock and sympathy.
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S.C
Bob Bass
Frederick McLaughain
Portsmouth
N.H
Allentown
Lanark
Limeport
Lehigh County
Coatesville
Floyd L. Green Jr
Mediator urges local talks in stalled ILA port strike
A U S mediator pressed for local bargaining in Boston Philadelphia and Ham Roads as the ILA strike halts port activity from Maine to Texas. Talks resume in Manhattan between the ILA and the New York Shipping Association with money issues settled and the core dispute over repacking cargo in containers.
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New York Shipping Association
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Curious Public Ends March to Minnesota Penitentiary
A group opposing the draft ended its 70 mile march to Sandstone federal penitentiary not due to harassment but public curiosity. The Twin Cities Draft Information Center began Friday in a snowstorm and called off Saturday night after two accidents occurred as drivers diverted attention to the marchers.
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Minneapolis
Sandstone
Artful Yule Message and Artful Ui Rise In Broadway Review
Bob Hope brings holiday morale to Saigon with a 30 000 crowd at Long Binh and Bill Graham preaches at Phu Bai as Archbishop Cooke flies in. Minnesota Theater Company opens Arturo Ui on Broadway with Robin Gammell delivering a chilling central performance amid stark design and tight Brechtian direction.
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Hegstrom Enters Minneapolis Mayoral Race
Alderman Gerard Hegstrom declared his bid for the Democratic-Farmer-Labor endorsement for mayor. Ex-mayor Arthur Naftalin will not seek a fifth term, naming Robert MacGregor and Warren Spannaus as possible successors.
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Robert MacGregor
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Ice
Female Proves She's Old Enough in Auckland
In Auckland a publican ejected a woman to enforce the 21 year age rule for hotel drinking areas. The next day she returned with her mother husband and certificates to prove age. The publican admitted a miscalculation of ten years.
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Auckland
New Zealand
Minnesota Highway Office Opposes Longer Trucks Bill
The Minnesota Highway Department urges delaying approval of a bill to allow double bottom trucks up to 65 feet on state highways. Trucking groups back the measure, while St. Paul and other localities have banned such vehicles.
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ST. Paul
Minnesota
Highway Department
Former Missionary Won't Return to Cuba
The Rev. J David Fite 36 says his Cuban prison release was unconditional but he and his wife with two children plan to return to the United States soon He and his father in law Dr Herbert Caudill 65 both denied spying for the United States Caudill was released after eye surgery but kept under house arrest Fites return date remains unclear and Caudill status unknown
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J. David Fite
Havana
Up States
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Herbert Caudill
Fite
U.S
Cuba
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Caudill
Clifton E. Fite
Worthington Sports Scribe Brace Dies
Charles W. Corky Brace longtime Worthington Globe water sports editor dies after surgery complications in Worthington. He was a well known figure in athletic circles across southern Minnesota northern Iowa and eastern South Dakota.
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Charles W
Corky
W . Ton Globe
Worthington Hospital
Brace
Minnesota
Iowa
South Dakota
Balaton Receives 29580 Grant for Water Project
The Minnesota village Balaton receives a 29580 grant from the Water Pollution Control Administration for a lift station, force main and waste stabilization pond. Total project cost is 101600 dollars.
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Minneapolis
Water Pollution Control Administration
Minnesota
Balaton
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