Nevada ratifies 25th Amendment making it 38th state
Washington AP reports Nevada became the 38th state to ratify the 25th Amendment on Friday completing the three-fourths requirement. The measure, proposed July 6, 1965, provides for presidential disability and vice presidency vacancy rules with the vice president acting if needed and a future confirmation process by Congress.
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Washington
Congress
Senate
House
Minnesota
North Dakota
General Services Administration
Job Boycotts for Powell Spark Local Concern
Detroit officials label Powell boycott absences unexcused and warn disciplinary action. United Auto Workers Local 160 cites GM notice of potential discipline for workers participating. The United Strike Committee urges a Monday boycott of jobs schools and purchases to show support for Rep. Powell amid a House probe.
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Adam Clayton Powell
Board of Education
Christopher J. Manning
United Auto Workers Local 160
General Motors Corp
Powell
United Strike Committee
New York Democrat
House Labor and Education Committee
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Brandt Urges European Bridge With France For Peace
West German Foreign Minister Willy Brandt told about 400 at the Adlai Stevenson Institute dinner that self determination must precede a peaceful European order. He urged Franco German cooperation to bridge the east west gulf while noting the continued need for American troops. He supported sharing peaceful atomic research and urged a broad role for all nations in nuclear development. Adlai Stevenson III praised his father’s legacy and called the institute a new stride toward world peace.
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Chicago
Europe
Willy Brandt
France
Brandt
Adlai Stevenson Institute of International Affairs
United States
Stevenson
Germany
Adlai E. Stevenson III
Illinois
United Nations
St Paul Man Dies in Crash Near Albert Lea
The Associated Press reports a St Paul man Lloyd L Kuehntopp 60 died when his car collided with a semi truck on Highway 65 near Geneva 17 miles north of Albert Lea. His wife Margaret 64 suffered facial lacerations and two following cars were involved with no serious injuries. The year’s Minnesota traffic toll rose to 59. David R Taylor of Garden Ind was the truck driver.
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Associated Press
St. Paul
Albert Lea
Lloyd L. Kuehntopp
Minnesota
Kuehntopp
Margaret
Geneva
David R. Taylor
Garden
Ind
Recodification Heaviest Bill in Legislature
The 42 pound 393 page bill to recodify Minnesota insurance laws was introduced in the House. It compiles scattered statutes into a usable form with no major changes, authored by Rep. Wallace Gustafson and Sen. Alf Bergerud. A companion bill was to be introduced in the Senate.
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ST. Paul
Minnesota
Wallace Gustafson
Willmar
Alf Bergerud
Edina
Senate
Five die in Joliet hotel fire in Illinois
A downtown Joliet Grand Hotel blaze killed five men and injured nine, with one missing. Firefighters kept the two story brick hotel under control after more than three hours as 14 people were rescued and the manager's wife alerted authorities.
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Joliet
Ill
Grand Hotel
Harold Rasmussen
Thant Appeals for Indefinite Vietnam Cease-Fire Extension
U N Secretary General U Thant urged an indefinite unconditional extension of the lunar new year cease fire in Vietnam and an unconditional end to U S bombing of North Vietnam to foster peace talks. The Tet truce began 6 p m EST Tuesday with separate four and seven day terms for South Vietnam U S and North Vietnam Viet Cong respectively. Thant's appeal followed Secretary Rusk's warning that bombing could not stop while North Vietnam invaded South Vietnam.
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United Nations, N.Y. AP
U.N
U Thant
Vietnam
Thant
U S
North Vietnam
South Vietnam
United States
Dean Rusk
Washington
Rusk
Idaho Senate mulls buffalo under meat inspection laws
In Boise Idaho the state Senate considers a bill to add buffalo to the animals covered by meat inspection regulations.
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Boise, Idaho
Idaho Senate
Kosygin Visits Glasgow for Welcoming Ceremony and Nuclear Site Stop
Soviet Premier Alexei Kosygin drew about 5,000 in Glasgow for a formal welcome as he toured George Square and City Hall. He then visited Hunterston nuclear power station 17 miles away with his family, met Scotland Secretary William Ross at the Marine Hotel in Troon, and planned stops at a soccer game and Edinburgh Castle banquet while talks with Prime Minister Wilson continued about Vietnam and peace prospects.
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George Square
Glasgow
United States
Soviet Union
Kosygin
City Hall
Glasgow Police
Hunterston
Marine Hotel
Troon
William Ross
Scotland
Edinburgh Castle
Harold Wilson
London
Wilson
Vietnam
Moscow
Minnesota man wins $160000 in plane crash suit
A jury awarded Robert M. Lenihan, formerly of Spring Lake Park, $160000 after claiming Mooney Aircraft Inc and Executive Aero Inc failed to warn about icing risks in a snow storm crash that killed his wife Elise and his stepdaughter Charlene Burgess near Beloit Wisconsin. Estates of the two victims and a property claim against Tayam were also decided. Mooney 45 percent liable and Executive Aero 5 percent.
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Minneapolis
Robert M. Lenihan
Spring Lake Park
Minn
Cincinnati
Ohio
Elise
Charlene Burgess
Lenihan
Mooney
Executive Aero
Thai bus crash kills fourteen near Bangkok
In central Thailand, a collision between a bus and a truck west of Bangkok left fourteen dead and ten injured. Police say the truck passengers died in the impact and the two-vehicle crash occurred about 30 miles from Bangkok.
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Bangkok
Thailand
Students March in Sacramento Against Reagan Budget Cuts
A second wave of students and teachers from the state university system gathered in Sacramento to protest Gov. Ronald Reagan's higher education budget cuts and his tuition plan.
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Sacramento
Calif
State University System
Ronald Reagan
Identity of Cedar Rapids Woman Probed
Authorities sought to identify a young woman found dead Friday night behind the Holiday Inn motel in west Cedar Rapids. Believed aged 17 to 21, the deceased showed no visible injuries and an autopsy was ordered to determine cause of death.
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Cedar Rapids, Iowa
Holiday Inn
Cedar Rapids
Hoffa Lawyers Seek Supreme Court Review of Tampering Conviction
Hoffa lawyers urge the Supreme Court to overturn the Dec. 12 ruling upholding James R. Hoffa's jury tampering conviction. He faces an eight year sentence and a $10,000 fine after federal court in Chattanooga, Tennessee handed down the verdict.
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Washington
Teamsters Union
James R. Hoffa
Supreme Court Today
Hoffa
Chattanooga
Tenn
UAW Veterans Remember 1937 Sitdown Strike That Won Recognition
In Flint Michigan the 1937 sitdown strike at General Motors is recalled thirty years later as the turning point for the UAW. Strikers held plants, violence erupted, National Guardsmen intervened, and GM finally recognized the union with later successes at Chrysler and Ford. The anniversary is marked by informal gatherings as the UAW remains a leading labor force.
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Flint, Mich
General Motors
United Auto Workers Union
General Motors Corp
Frank Winn
UAW
Walter P. Reuther
Winn
Afl-Cio
Reuther
Flint
Frank Murphy
Murphy
National Guard
Chrysler
Ford
$5,621 Awarded in Girl's Death
A Minnesota district court jury awarded William H. Schaefer $5,621 for the 1965 death of his daughter Loreen Ann. The verdict found Edmund Marske negligent in driving an unmarked station wagon used as a school bus and directing Loreen onto the road, while Warren Wolff was cleared of blame.
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Mankato
Minn
William H. Schaefer
Loreen Ann
Edmund Manske
Madison Lake
Loreen
Blue Earth
Warren Wolff
Wolff
Fidel Castro Silent Over Red China Says Miami AP Cable
Fidel Castro appears to ignore China amid the Moscow Peking split. Cuban radio and print outlets have omitted mention of China since 1966, with refugees noting China news absent in broadcasts and newspapers. The Cuba Soviet relationship remains costly, with reports of heavy Soviet spending to keep Cuba afloat.
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Fla
Fidel Castro
Moscow
Peking
Red China
China
Moscow-Peking
Castro
Soviet Union
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