Merchant Ships Race to Rescue 10 Aboard Crippled Yawl
Two merchant vessels the British Cotswald and the German Hille Oldendorff battled heavy seas to reach the yawl Petrel 360 miles southeast of New York. Ten people mostly college students aboard the Petrel were rescued after a distress call. Coast Guard cutters and pumps assisted as the Vigilant closed in.
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Yawl
Malcolm Stephenson
New York
North Atlantic
Coast Guard
Cotswald
Hille Oldendorff
Petrel
Stamford
Conn
Bermuda
Vigilant
Rolvaag's primary victory tops AP list of 1966 stories
Minnesota voters ranked Gov. Karl Rolvaag’s defeat of Lt. Gov. A M Keith as the year’s top news, with LeVander’s gubernatorial win in November a close second. Other top items included reapportionment, the American Allied case, and a new highway fatality record, among urban racial tensions.
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Minneapolis
Karl Rolvaag
A.M. Keith
Democratic - Farmer - Labor
Minnesota
Associated Press
Harold LeVander
Rolvaag
DFL
American Allied Insurance Co
Associated Press News
LeVander
Widened Rift Between AFL-CIO and UAW Becomes Open
In Detroit AP reports a sharp UAW critique of AFL-CIO mounts, accusing the federation of complacency and clinging to the status quo. Officials say the rift centers on core aims of the American labor movement and tensions may pressure private talks to public dispute.
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Afl-Cio
Detroit
United Auto Workers Union
UAW
Federation
AFL
The
CIO
Traffic Deaths Today and Year Ago
Traffic death statistics show 963 nationwide and 921 in Iowa for today, compared with 872 nationwide and 807 in Iowa a year ago. The figures illustrate a rise in fatal crashes across the nation and in Iowa year over year.
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Iowa
Schedule of Pages Editorials and TV and Comics
The page list shows sections for editorials sports churches markets TV page comics women’s news and classified items with local chronology notes and page numbers. The editorial and TV pages appear grouped with numbered entries and cross references to other sections.
Luna 13 Probes Moon Surface With Mechanical Arm
MOSCOW AP reports the Soviet Luna 13 using a mechanical finger ended its mission after landing Christmas Eve. Tass says soil density near 20 to 30 centimeters mirrors Earth. The craft found low surface radioactivity, suggesting safe soil for future landings.
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Moscow
Tass
Earth
Moon
Neighborhood Opposition Not Legal Grounds for Refusing Building Permit
The Minnesota Supreme Court ruled that neighborhood opposition cannot justify denying a building permit for an apartment project in North St. Paul. The decision noted that resident opinions about devaluation are not legally valid grounds, while the case also mentions an ice skating accident in Bloomington where fault was attributed to skater backing up.
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Ostrand
Supreme Court
Bloomington
Arriette Moe
Paul Steenberg
St. Paul
Moe
Steenberg
Witnesses Testify at Inquest Into Car Train Deaths Near Austin
County coroner Dr George W Stahl heard 14 witnesses in an inquest into the December 22 car train deaths of Gerald Hallman aged 18 and William Foster aged 21 southeast of Austin. Testimony covered crash timing at Highway 252 and Milwaukee Road, car conditions, brake application, and alcoholing at a Nihart home before the trip.
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Darrel Koehler
George W. Stahl
Gerald A. Hallman
Oakland Ave
William R. Foster
5Th Ave
Austin
Stahl
Conley Kuehl
Hallman
Foster
Herman Klapperich
Adams
Highway 218S
Highway 252
Klapperich
Michael A. Nihart
Austin Rt. 2
Duane Hull
Austin Rt. 3
Hull
Buxton
Mitchel L. Buxton
6Th St. NE
Wallace Lieh
Kue Klub
Nihart
Highway 218-S
North Main
December Storm Sweeps Eastern Canada and US
A late December snow storm moved into eastern Canada with cold air covering the Midwest to New England. Snow squalls and high winds persisted from the Great Lakes to New England while blizzard conditions brought subzero readings in the Midwest and near zero in Iowa Illinois.
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Associated Press
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Midwest
New England
Great Lakes
Dakotas
Minnesota
Maine
New Hampshire
Vermont
Mercury
Wisconsin
Nebraska
Iowa
Illinois
Kansas
Missouri
Variable cloudiness and snow flurries through Saturday
Weather outlook shows variable cloudiness with snow flurries through Saturday. Locally warmer tonight with minimal temperature change on Saturday. temperatures range from a low of 5 to 15 degrees tonight and a high of 20 to 30 degrees Saturday.
Minnesota State Road Toll Climbs With New Deaths
Three more people die on Minnesota roads raising the 1966 state toll to 963 from 872 a year earlier. William Carmody 71 of Fort William Ontario killed crossing highway 53 near International Falls. Lizzie Eykyn 85 of Langdon North Dakota dies in Willmar hospital after crash near New London. LaVonnie Mattson 25 of Langdon dies in Langdon area crash with Elmer Jorgenson 70 of Sunbury at Highways 71 and 17. Roger Cornelius 17 of Elk River and three others killed in a panel truck collision with a semi on U.S. 10 near Anoka.
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Associated Press
Minnesota
William Carmody
Fort William
Ont
Highway 53
International Falls
Anton Rud
Ranier
Minn
Lizzie Eykyn
Langdon
N.D
New London
Willmar Hospital
LaVonnie Stancie Mattson
Elmer Jorgenson
Sunbury
Roger Cornelius
Elk River
U.S. 10
Anoka
Standish Arms Hotel Fire Claims Woman In Brooklyn Heights
Flames raced through upper floors of the Standish Arms Hotel in Brooklyn Heights early today. A woman leapt or fell to her death from a high floor as firefighters battled the blaze.
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Standish Arms
Brooklyn Heights
Minnesota awards copper nickel mine leases amid INCO protest
The Minnesota Executive Council leased 88 000 acres of state lands for 264 parcels north of Duluth to Ely and along the Gunflint Trail. INCO warned six tracts could jeopardize its Ely operation while bidders pay 1 dollar per acre for five years then 5 dollars. State royalty ranges from 2 to 7.75 percent with large federal leases nearby.
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International Nickel
Inco
Dean D. Ramstad
New York
Ramstad
Baldy Hansen Buys Farmers State Bank at Lyle
Sen Elect Baldy Hansen of Austin buys the Farmers State Bank at Lyle from A P Garnatz and the Gislasons. No change in management. Mrs Gislason remains vice president and directors stay. Hansen also owns Rose Creek State Bank and has been Austin mayor. The Lyle bank serves area including part of Iowa and was chartered in 1915.
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Baldy Hansen
State Bank
Lyle
Minn
Farmer’s State Bank
C. R. (Baldy) Hansen
Austin
A. P. Garnatt
Co. J. Gislason
Hansen
Mower County
Rose Creek State Bank
Rose Creek Bank
Rose Creek
Farmer's State Bank
Gislason
Lyle Bank
Readius
Mitchell County
Iowa
Gislasons
Garnatz
Florida
Escaped Dartmoor robber recaptured in Devon report
London AP notes a cold hungry escapee aided by a broomstick as a crutch, the second of five Dartmoor Prison break convicts recaptured after Monday's escape. John Johnson 30 surrendered, claiming two days without food and rain in the moors.
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London
Devon
Dartmoor
John Johnson
Lame duck appointments go unannounced by governor
Gov Karl F RoOlvaag has quietly made 25 lame duck appointments since his defeat in the November 8 election. In all but two cases there was no notice from the governor's office, breaking the usual practice of announcing all appointments.
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ST. Paul
Karl F. Roolvaag
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