Navy says Task Force One on duty off North Vietnam
The U S Navy announces Task Force One with the USS Enterprise USS Long Beach and the frigate Bainbridge is operating at Yankee Station in the Gulf of Tonkin near North Vietnam. The force previously sailed around the world without refueling in 1964 and arrives as fighting slows ahead of a 48 hour New Year truce.
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Saigon
South Vietnam
U.S. Navy
Gulf of Tonkin
North Vietnam
Bainbridge
Enterprise
Long Beach
Yankee Station
North Vietnamese
U.S. 6Th Fleet
Mediterranean
Mekong Delta
U.S
New British Prison Boss Sets Tough Policy Start
London AP report says Sir James Mackay, new head of the home offices prisons department, demands end to security slackness after 693 escapes this year with 122 convicts still at large. He plans a crash program to tighten perimeter walls towers and searchlights.
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London
Briin
James Mackay
Home Office
Mackay
Home
Roy Jenkins
Earl Mountbatten
Britain
Mora Marines Wounds Fatal in Second Vietnam Encounter
Marine Pfc Vernell D Carlson 20 of Mora Minnesota died near Da Nang Vietnam two weeks after hospital release. He had been wounded by a grenade and awarded the Purple Heart on November 11. Carlson wrote to his family about returning to the field despite light duty.
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MORA
Minn
Vernell D. Carlson
da Nang
Vietnam
Carlson
Defense Department
Dwight E. Carlson
Post Office
Legal Medical Arguments Block Lie Detector Testing
Cancer stricken Jack Ruby fights to take a lie detector test to prove he acted alone in Oswald killing. Doctors report Ruby stable and loosing weight as legal authorities and physicians weigh if a valid test can be arranged after consultations.
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Dallas
Tex
Jack Ruby
Lee Harvey Oswald
Parkland Hospital
Ruby
Homer Garrison Jr
Texas Department of Public Safety
Dallas District Attorney’s Office
Oswald
Arron Commission
John F. Kennedy
U N Command reports North Koreans fire near DMZ
North Korean forces fired about 40 rounds at a U S guard post 1.2 miles south of the DMZ. No casualties were reported. An Israeli military spokesman provided the 24 hour update.
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Panmunjon
Korea
U.N
U.S
Demilitarized Zone
Outbound Bound School Increases Acreage Near Ely
The Minnesota Outward Bound School expands its 40 acre site by eight acres on a Birch Lake peninsula near the South Kiishingiwi River, 18 miles southeast of Ely. The addition enables rock climbing and trekking. A new infirmary was also built.
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Golden Valley
Streamlining Minnesota Legislature Likely To Reshape Committees
With defections and retirements reducing seniority in both chambers, Minnesota lawmakers may cut Senate committees from 21 to 17 and House from 33 to about 25. Conservatives are expected to lead all panels, with a new local government panel likely headed by Sen. William Dosland. Senate Finance could move to Sen. Donald Sinclair, and Sen. Rudolph Hanson may chair education. Committee chairs and assignments are expected to be announced Tuesday.
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Senate
House
Capitol Hill
William Dosland
Moorhead
Donald Sinclair
Stephen
Senate Finance Committee
Rudolph Hanson
Albert Lea
Edu
Local Ski Fans Expressed Through Window Senti
A window carried the mood of nearby ski enthusiasts in a scene captured by AP Wirephoto, reflecting fan passion and regional enthusiasm for the sport.
U S Residents in Cuba Begin Airlift to Leave After Negotiations
An airlift moving 880 Americans and 1 820 relatives from Cuba to the United States began via Merida Mexico after years of talks. The first 89 people arrived in Merida aboard a Mexican DC6, with further planes from Havana expected.
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U.S
Cuba
Merida
Mexico
United States
New Orleans
Havana
Fidel Castro
Castro
Johnson
Gustavo Diaz Ordaz
Fernando Pamanes Escobedo
Miami
Yucatan
Mexico City
Latin America
Doubtful New York Lottery Will Become National Institution
Washington report notes current federal restrictions on interstate lottery promotion and discusses New York voters approving a state lottery to fund education. It reviews historical lotteries including Louisiana’s post Civil War era and New Hampshire’s since 1964, with figures on take and school distributions and NH voter support in 1966.
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Raymond J. Crowley
Washington
New York State
Ireland
Pierre Gustave Tourant Beauregard
Louisiana
New Hampshire
Peter Fonda Not to Be Tried Again
In Los Angeles AP reports Superior Court Judge Mark Brandler dismissed the marijuana possession case against actor Peter Fonda and co defendant John Robischon in the interest of justice after a prior mistrial. Earlier jurors convicted John B. Haeberlin II and acquitted Steven Alsberg while another co defendant remained unresolved.
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Los Angeles
Peter Fonda
Superior Court
Mark Brandler
Henry Fonda
John Robischon
Fonda
Robischon
John B. Haeberlin II
Steven Alsberg
Norwegian appoints Elsie Melby vice consul in Duluth
The Norwegian Embassy in Washington names Miss Elsie Melby president of Scott Graf Lumber Co as Norwegian vice consul in Duluth succeeding Miss Bryn Ostby who died in September in Duluth Minnesota the appointment follows with local connections to the lumber firm.
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Duluth
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Seoul
South Korea
Donga Ilbo Today
Wounded Veterans Association
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Maritime Safety Regacy
Tel Aviv
Israel
Ely
ST. Paul
Legislatire
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J. A. Josefson
Minnesota
Civil Administration
Henry Harren
Albany
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Alf Bergerud
Edina
Harold Popp
Hutchinson
Game and Fish
Cliff Ukkel
Mike Allen
Minneapolis
N.Y
Austin
Peoples
Roar
Whitman
Austin Drug
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Herald
Adams, Minn
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