Collision Near Japan Involves U S Destroyer And Soviet Vessel
The U S Navy reported a minor collision between the guided missile destroyer U S S Rowan and the Soviet merchant ship Vishobokov in the Sea of Japan about 95 miles east of Pohang on January 53 1 53 p m EST There were no casualties and the Rowan sustained a small hull dent while the Vishobokov reported stern damage The incident is under Navy investigation with no link confirmed to North Korea's Pueblo seizure and no spy ship involvement indicated by officials
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Washington
Defense Department
Sea of Japan
Department
Kapitan Vishobokov
U.S.S. Rowan
Pohang
South Korea
Rowan
Vishobokov
Loren I. Moore
Wheat Ridge
Colo
Navy
Pentagon
North Korea
U.S
Japan
Siberian
Russia
Korea
State Department
Vladivostok
Moscow
Supreme Court bars some statements in King murder trial
Minnesota Supreme Court ruled the prosecution cannot use statements King made during police questioning or the revolver found as a result, finding the statements involuntary after he sought an attorney. The ruling returns the case to Olmsted County for trial, with King pleading not guilty to first degree murder.
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Gerry Nelson
ST. Paul
Minnesota Supreme Court
Rochester
Robert Francis King
Austin
Floyd Haley
King
Supreme Court
Robert Sheran
O. Russell Olson
Olson
High Court
Silver Lake
Olmsted County
Support for 2 Area Vocational School Affirmed
Albert Lea Minnesota AP State Rep Paul Overgaard reaffirmed support for a vocational school in Albert Lea and Austin. He said each city would double opportunities for area youths. Norman Bailey backed the proposal as the Minnesota Board of Education weighs a February 27 decision on site between the two cities.
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Albert Lea
Minn
Paul Overgaard
Austin
Overgaard
Alpert Lea
Norman Bailey
Minnesota Board of Education
Gunmen Elude Dragnet Across Colorado Rockies
Two gunmen wanted for murder in Texas fled a police dragnet across a 300 mile route through the Rocky Mountains. The trio began with a bungled stickup in Vail and a Denver supermarket robbery, releasing or abducting hostages along the way as officers pursued across Colorado.
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Denver
Colo
Texas
Rocky Mountains
Charles Edward Hardin
Earl Wayne Sanders
Fort Worth
Tex
Theo Ray Thames
Colorado
Hardin
Sanders
Vail
Rockies
John A. Sullivan
Gary Patterson
Austin School Board and Teachers Work On Pay Proposals
The Austin Board of Education and the Teacher Council continue negotiations for the 1968-1969 salary schedule. Teacher requests include starting bachelor’s pay of 6000 rising to 9960 in year eleven, master’s lane 7200 to 12360, and six-year lane 8100 to 14160, with credit-hour bonuses. Board offers start bachelor’s at 6200 to 9450 max, master’s at 6700 to 10600, and six-year lane 7200 to 11280, with 277,891 fewer dollars than current.
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Austin Board of Education
Austin Public Schools
Ing
Minnesota
Austin
Blaiberg Holds Steady After Heart Transplant
In Cape Town Dr. Philip Blaiberg, the world’s only surviving heart transplant patient, entered the second month after surgery today maintaining his condition. He shows no signs of infection or rejection and is expected to be released this month once Prof. Christiaan Barnard returns from Europe.
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Cape Town
South Africa
Philip Blaiberg
Blaiberg
Groote Schuur Hospital
Christiaan Barnard
Inflation’s Bleak Bite on Pay Gains in 1967
The U S government reports inflation cut pay gains last year, with after tax income up 151 to 2735 but at 1958 prices up only 2391. The analysis shows strong savings, and increased pump priming by the federal government, amid debate over a 10 percent tax surcharge.
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Joseph R. Coyne
Washington
Senate House Economic Committee
President's Council of Economic Advisers
Johnson
Capitol Hill
Secretary of the Treasury
Henry H. Fowler
John J. Williams
Delaware
Senate Finance Committee
Council
Coffin Shops Open as Saigon Cries Under Curfew
In Saigon, only coffin makers remained open while authorities ordered all other businesses closed under a 24 hour curfew. Soldiers guarded streets as hospitals reported over 100 dead and civilians streamed into remaining open facilities. Ambulatory convoys ferried wounded amid sniper fire and refugees poured from western suburbs.
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Saigon
South Vietnam
Seventh Day Adventist Hospital
Jess C
LeVander Backs NP Passenger Service to Seattle-Tacoma
Gov. Harold LeVander endorses continuing Northern Pacific passenger trains between the Twin Cities and Seattle Tacoma, saying the service fuels regional economic growth. NP seeks ICC approval to cut trains 1 and 2 with a first hearing set for February 13 in Fargo North Dakota.
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LeVander
Seattle-Tacoma
Northern Pacific
Interstate Commerce Commission
Fargo
N.D
FDA moves to halt thyroid digitalis diet pills
FDA Commissioner Dr James L Goddard says the agency will stop manufacturing and distributing thyroid digitalis diet pills after Senate investigators hear enough evidence these drugs threaten health. Sen Walter Mondale notes auto industry profits atop price hikes tied to required shoulder harnesses.
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Washington
Food and Drug Administration
James L. Goddard
FDA
Senate
Washington (Ap
Walter F. Mondale
D-Minn
Toll Toll Toll: Elderly Driver Killed in Train Collision
An elderly man, 77 year old John Keim of Fosston, died after his car struck a Great Northern freight train near the Fosston depot. The crash at the crossing raised Minnesota’s 1968 highway toll to 63, nine more than last year. He was alone in the car.
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Fosston
Minn
Minnesota
John Keim
Great Northern
Minnesota DFL backs Johnson Humphrey in state tour
Minnesota Democratic Farmer-Labor Chairman Warren Spannaus says Johnson and Humphrey have solid backing among state Democrats after touring the state. He reports little support for Sen. Eugene J. McCarthy outside the Twin Cities.
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ST. Paul
Minnesota
Democratic Farmer - Labor
Warren Spannaus
Johnson
Humphrey
Spannaus
Eugene J. McCarthy
D-Minn
Twin Cities
Hue siege tests Viet Nam war drift and Hue control
AP report from Hue describes four Viet Cong and North Vietnamese battalions dominating most streets while U S and South Vietnamese forces fight to hold positions. Saigon bombardment continues as Thieu and Bunker claim enemy losses and progress remains limited in key cities.
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Saigon
U.S
Red
Hue
Associated Press
John Lengel
Demilitarized Zone
Lengel
Nguyen van Thieu
USS
Ellsworth Bunker
Republic
Thieu
Racetrack
An Quang
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Rochester Weather Bureau
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Coffin Makers
Peter Arnett
Thieu and
Bunker
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