Duke Ellington’s Lent Concerts Stirred Church Music
An article recalls how Duke Ellington bridged jazz and sacred text in a 1965 Fifth Avenue Presbyterian Church concert. It notes how Ellington joined gospel and secular artists like Dylan and Peter, Paul and Mary to explore new sacred sounds beyond traditional hymns.
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John Wesley
Duke Ellington
Fifth Avenue Presbyterian Church
New York
Bobby Dylan
Peter, Paul and
Mary
Harry Belafonte
Muhammed Ali and the Meaning of Lent
Muhammad Ali discussed in a March item exploring Lent and its significance. The piece reflects on faith and holiness through Ali as a contemporary figure, drawing parallels with historic figures like Handel and Ellington.
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Muhammed Ali
Wright urges cautious stance on vehicle inspection bills
Veteran Minnesota legislator Sen. Donald O. Wright urged a go slow attitude on proposed periodic vehicle inspections in a Senate Highway Committee session. Safety groups and auto repair interests pushed for compulsory inspection to protect the public, while opponents warned of costs and profiteering. The panel took no action on four measures as other bills advanced including tax reciprocity, driving instructor licensing, state college funding, and stricter implied consent laws.
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Paul
Minnesota
Donald O. Wright
House
Senate Highway Committee
Leo Fariey
Minnesota Auto Dealers Association
Paul R. Staffeld
Senate
Highway Department
State Board of Edication
Southwest State College
Marshall
Minnesota House Passes Driving Test Bill and Other Measures
The House approved a bill requiring blood breath or urine tests for suspected drunken drivers with license loss for refusal, even if later acquitted. Dissenters included Reps Finn Cina DuBois Humphrey. Cities may adopt compatible ordinances. The House also backed a predatory animal bounty bill with fines and a Senate transfer of law enforcement teletype duties. New bills raise Supreme Court pay, mandate fluoridation, boost workers comp, and set staggered House terms after reapportionment.
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Jack Finn
Hibbing
Fred Cina
Aurora
Pat DuBois
Sauk Centre
George Humphrey
Minneapolis
Senate
Department of Administration
State Crime Bureau
Minnesota Supreme Court
Harold Krieger
Rochester
Wayne Popham
Edward Novak
St. Paul
Game Warden Dies in Crash at Faribault
Ronald Shager a 50 year old game warden from Faribault was killed when his car was struck by a Rock Island freight train at the Second Street Bridge over the Straight River. The crash raised Minnesota's 1967 traffic toll to 72. Shager died at the scene.
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Faribault
Ronald Shager
Rock Island
Minnesota
Second Street
Shager
Regal
Minn
Delvin Nepsund
Paynesville
Soo Line
Powell Censure Battle Delays House Punishment Vote
Washington AP Eleven worded committee meeting stalls on Powell case as lawmakers push for unanimous report proposing severe censure and pay penalties rather than expulsion. Chairman Emanuel Celler signals possible compromises to avoid a split. Pepper seen as main obstacle to unity.
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Washington
Adam Clayton Powell
Congress
House
Emanuel Celler
Dn.y
Celler
Claude D. Pepper
Dfla
Powell
Utilities Board and Union Reach Nine Of Ten Proposals
The Austin Utilities Board and Local UAW 867 reached agreement on nine proposals after sessions led by six union reps including Dale Modine and Don Yolton. A six percent wage increase was rejected. a two percent offer was declined. Negotiations continue February 28.
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Austin Utilities Board
UAW
Dale Modine
Don Yolton
LaCrescent
Minn
Yolton
Todd Park
Traffic Deaths State Today and 72 Years Ago
A brief note compares traffic fatalities across two dates, listing today’s counts and those from 72 years earlier. It shows 75 today and 90 in the older year, with a reference to 82 and 90 in nearby counts.
CIA Faces Objections to Curtailing Private Financing
Sen. Milton R. Young says the CIA sought to curb funding of private groups but faced pushback from other branches of government. He cited NSC instructions and budget scrutiny, noting some support originated with the State Department. Helms briefed Congress and indicated some private group funding was being withdrawn.
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Washington
Central Intelligence Agency
Milton R. Young
North Dakota Republican
CIA
National Security Council
Security Council
White House
Young
State Department
Senate
Intelligence
Richard B. Russell
Dga
Helms
Russell
Treasury says high interest bonds won't disrupt banks
The Treasury Department states its new high interest bonds will not disrupt banks or savings and loan associations and should not block possible cuts in private rates. The "Freedom Shares" offer 4.74 percent and go on sale May 1. Banks and thrifts protested last year when a potential 5 percent rate was considered, fearing savers would switch.
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Washington
Treasury Department
Savings and Loan
Freedom
Savings and Loan Associations
Treasury
Sukarno Transfers Powers to Suharto Ending One Man Rule
President Sukarno signs over presidential powers to Gen Suharto, ending 21 years of rule while remaining as president in name only. Suharto, 45, now leads Indonesia with plans for economic stability and unity amid political divisions and a pending congressional investigation.
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Jakarta
Indonesia
Sukarno
Suharto
Congress
Adam Malik
Ky rules out bid for Vietnam presidency under new constitution
In Bien Hoa Premier Nguyen Cao Ky told reporters he will not seek the presidency under the country’s new charter. He spoke after a brief stop at the 3rd Army Corps HQ. Separately in Washington the National Geographic Society announced the discovery of the first albino gorilla known to science. The two year old, weighing 19% pounds, was found clinging to his mother after she was shot during a raid on a banana patch in Rio Muni, Spanish Equatorial Guinea, Africa.
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Bien Hoa
South Vietnam
Nguyen Cao Ky
Vietnam
3Rd Army Corps
Washington
National Geographic Society
Rio Muni
Spanish Equatorial Guinea
Africa
National Geographic
CAP Searches for Missing Plane Halted Near Blue Earth
Civil Air Patrol ended its Blue Earth area search for a missing Iowa plane with no trace found. A CAP plane from New Ulm flew over Walnut Lake Wildlife Area northeast of Blue Earth on Tuesday and again this morning. The second item notes a separate Perth Australia search for Biosatellite 1, called off after four days, with the area moved toward New South Wales.
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Minneapolis
Civil Air Patrol
Blue Earth
Iowa
CAP
New Ulm
Walnut Lake Wildlife Area
Perth
Australia
Judge eases limits on Speck trial news coverage
Judge Paschen partially relaxes reporting rules for Richard Speck trial. A supplemental order allows newsmen to request official transcripts after jurors are selected and sworn, permits publication of excused jurors names and addresses, but bars detailed juror questions and answers. The panel remains under formation with ongoing challenges and venire selections as the trial proceeds.
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F. Richard Ciccone
Peoria
Ill
Herbert C. Paschen
Richard Speck
Speck
Illinois Supreme Court
William Martin
Martin
Gerald W. Getty
Speck’s de
Special House Team to Probe Apollo Capsule Blaze
A special House investigation will examine the January 27 space capsule fire at Cape Kennedy that killed three astronauts. The probe follows findings of similarities with a later Brooks Air Force Base fire that fatally burned two airmen, and questions safety, testing, and procedures in pure oxygen environments.
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Washington
U.S
L. Mendel Rivers
D-S.c
House
Armed Services Committee
Brooks Air Force Base
Tex
Cape Kennedy
Fla
Samuel S. Stratton
D-N.y
Durward G. Hall
R-Mo
Brooks
Schedule of Pages Late News Area Section
The page list shows sections including Editorial Sports Society Comics VS Market and Classified pages 8 9 10 13 14 15 with page assignments and area codes for the late edition. It outlines the page ordering and section labels used in the edition.
Partly cloudy with snow flurries and cold Thursday
Partly cloudy with scattered snow flurries tonight and Thursday. Colder tonight with lows between five below and five above. Thursday highs reach between 10 and 18 degrees.
Central Figure in New Orleans JFK Probe Dies
David W. Ferrie, a central figure in Dist. Atty. Jim Garrison's probe of President Kennedy's assassination, was found dead in his apartment in New Orleans. Ferrie had suggested he was pegged as the getaway pilot in an alleged plot to kill Kennedy.
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New Orleans
David W. Ferrie
Dist. Atty
Jim Garrison
John F. Kennedy
Orleans Parish
Ferrie
Kennedy
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Newspaper Enterprise Assn
Wright
Popham
Jack Kleinbaum
St. Cloud
Game Warden
THE
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By Miriam Peifer
Supt. Lamon
Westinghouse Electric Supply
Graybar
Elec
Tric
William Dunlap
Clifford Greenman
Jack Strong
Utilities Insurance
Walter R. Mears
National Student Association
Richard Helms
House Foreign Affairs Committee
Joseph R. Coyne
Malik
Biosatellite
Hunt
Fender
Getty
Public Defender of
Cook County
Chicago
James Doherty
Veniremen
Chicago Tribune
Harold Klones
Lynwood, Wash
Judi Rae Petrik
NEW Plumber
Jack Miller
William F. Bartley Jr
Richard G. Harmon
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