Government experiment eases rush-hour jams with premium buses
The AP reports a 14 month Decatur and Peoria Illinois trial used a special premium bus service to attract riders from cars. It offered front door pickup high speed trips free taxi rides and a $6 to $10 monthly payment. When federal funds ended Decatur dropped the premium service and riders quit while Peoria kept some perks and later began to recover. A follow up report is planned.
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Washington
Department of Housing and Urban Development
Decatur
Peoria
Ill
Santa Comes to Austin Amid Snow and Smog Reminder
A Santa display at Santa's Headquarters in Austin hosted by the Midtown Association offers visits from 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. weekdays and 5 p.m. Saturday. Children up to 18 may register for three weekly gift certificates awarded each Friday in a holiday program.
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Santa
Santa’s
Austin Midtown Assa
Six Witnesses Hear Gambling Tax Probe in Las Vegas
A federal grand jury in Las Vegas heard six witnesses in a widening probe into Nevada's $330 million gambling industry. The panel, focusing on whether casinos skimped on reported income, includes five Riviera Hotel employees and an accountant from the Nevada Gaming Control Board.
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Robert M. Shaw
Las Vegas
Nev
Nevada
Riviera Hotel
Las Vegas Strip
Nevada Gaming Control Board
Riviera
Dunes Hotel
Services Set for Dairy Queen Official
Minneapolis services Tuesday for Burton F. Myers 69 longtime board chairman of International Dairy Queen Inc He died after a stroke in Miami Fla Myers born in Redfield SD formerly a Fargo ND department store buyer opened his first Dairy Queen in 1947 in Minneapolis Survivors include his wife Virginia three children and a sister.
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Minneapolis
Burton F. Myers
International Dairy Queen, Inc
Miami
Fla
Redfield
S.D
Fargo
N.D
Dairy Queen
Virginia
New York Faces Lingering Smog Despite Rain and Wind
Smog over the Eastern seaboard persists as light overnight rain and a weak wind shift fail to clear the air. New York City and neighboring states remain under antipollution alerts with voluntary car bans urged. authorities note marginal improvements but conditions remain dangerous for those with heart or lung disease.
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New York
Eastern
Seaboard
New York City
Massachusetts
Maryland
Connecticut
New Jersey
Nelson A. Rockefeller
Philadelphia
Norman Ingraham
New York Air Pollution Control Commission
Weather Bureau
Franklin M. Foote
Baltimore
Jordan Faces Mounting Crisis as Border Tensions Rise
King Hussein of Jordan faces growing crisis amid west bank demonstrations and Palestinian pressure. Palestinians demand fortified frontier villages and arms, while the PLO calls for operations inside Jordan, and Israel blames such actions for raids. US arms aid is requested as tensions threaten stability.
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Beirut
Hussein
Jordan
Israel
West Bank
Jordan River
Palestine
Samua
Israe
Washington
Leaders applaud LBJ plan to trim programs
Congress leaders from both parties praised President Johnson's pledge to cut federal programs by more than 3 billion dollars next year. Johnson, at his ranch, said the reductions would come from reallocating programs more efficiently amid war costs. He noted possible tax and revenue discussions, with final decisions looming after the facts and figures are in.
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Austin
Tex
Johnson
Senate
House
Gerald R. Ford
Everett M. Dirksen
Ford
Lbj
Viet Nam
Charles L. Schultze
Twin Cities nurses cite one month resignations in wage dispute
About one third of the 3,216 nurses at 21 Minneapolis Saint Paul hospitals submitted one month resignations in a move by the Minnesota Nurses Association to win higher pay. The action, approved 599 to 148 at a mass meeting, would take effect one month after the resignations are submitted, with individual nurses free to decide.
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Associated Press
Minneapolis-St. Paul
Minnesota Nurses Association
Twin City Hospital Association
MNA
Hospital Association
Peter Obermeyer
TCHA
Karl F. Rolvaag
Minnesota Licensed Practical Nurses Association
Duluth
Extradition Waived in Estherville Kidnap Case
Welcome Minnesota man Ronald Householder 25 waived extradition from Boulder Colorado after being accused of kidnapping a pregnant Estherville housewife. He was arrested Friday at a Boulder lumber yard where he had begun work. A Japanese tanker Idemitsu Maru 210000 ton completed a trial run hitting 16.88 knots on a four and a half hour cruise under skipper Akiyoshi Tanaka.
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Estherville
Iowa
Minn
Boulder
Colo
Ronald Householder
Yokohama
Japan
Akiyoshi Tanaka
AAF Transport Crashes Near Saigon Airport
A US Air Force transport crashed after takeoff from Tan Son Nhut near Saigon, killing all 27 aboard. Officials say one engine lost power, the plane tried to return to the airport and plunged into a swampy area.
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Saigon
U.S
Tan Son Nhut
Bailey asks case be reopened in Marilyn Sheppard murder
Attorney F. Lee Bailey told Bay Village police chief to reopen the 12 year old Marilyn Sheppard murder case and provided names of two suspects.
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Cleveland, Ohio
F. Lee Bailey
Bay Village
Marilyn Sheppard
Death Toll Appears Normal for Nonholiday Weekend
The Thanksgiving nonholiday period shows traffic fatalities at 333 since Wednesday 6 p.m., with 69 under 18. Last year’s holiday was a record 615. The AP survey cited 546 deaths in a four-day nonholiday span, and NSC notes high mileage holidays drive the pattern.
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Associated Press
National Safety Council
Out of Court Settlement Approved in Bloomington Injury Case
A $102,799 out-of-court settlement was approved by District Judge John Weeks for Steven R. Johanson after a May 6 Bloomington accident left him with a broken back and paralysis from the waist down. The award named driver James Lund and his parents Maurice and Beulah Lund as defendants.
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Minneapolis
John Weeks
Steven R. Johanson
Bloomington
James Lund
Maurice and
Beulah Lund
Tree limb snap kills Hamburg man on farm work
Donald Bohlman 24 of Hamburg died Friday when a tree limb snapped back breaking his neck as he pushed a tree with a bulldozer on John Feltmann farm five miles east of Hamburg. He worked for William Mueller & Sons Construction Co. and is survived by his wife Lois and a 10 month old son.
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Hamburg
Minn
Donald Bohlman
John Feltmann
Here
Bohlman
William Mueller & Sons Construction Co
Lois
Apologetic Young Bandit Robs Ft Ligonier Lodge
A polite youths robs the Ft Ligonier Motor Lodge in Pennsylvania grabbing $75 and telling manager Bernice Stranahan I have to have it perhaps someday I can pay it back. The youth expressed remorse saying I am sorry I have to do this.
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Ligonier, Pa
Ft. Ligonier Motor Lodge
Bernice Stranahan
Rural Kasson Teen Killed In Dirt Road Crash
Deaths across Minnesota in 1966 highway toll rise to 856 with four more fatalities. Daniel Currier, 17, of rural Kasson, died when his car left a dead end dirt road. Four teens escaped serious injury. Hannah McCoy, 45, of Granite Falls, was killed in a collision on U.S. 212. Ernest McCoy, 54, critical. Dennis Kettenacker, 31, of Rockford, died in a freight train collision while en route to work as a barber. his family survives. Clifford Field, 50, rural Twin Valley, died in Moorhead hospital after injuries from a prior crash near Ada.
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Associated Press
Granite Falls
Rockford
Minnesota
Daniel Currier
Kasson
Dodge County
Sheriff's Office
Hannah McCoy
U.S. 212
Ernest
Dennis Kettenacker
Soo Line
Delano
Clifford Field
Twin Valley
Moorhead
Ada
Wheaton Man Loses Suit for Wrongful Confinement
Albert S Falk a 75 year old Wheaton man and 1952 Santa Claus candidate for President lost a $15 000 wrongful confinement claim against Minnesota He argued months of confinement at St Cloud VA Hospital violated his rights A judge ruled the confinement followed a procedure that breached constitutional protections Falk campaigned at the United Nations after picketing the White House and was released Oct 19 1965 The State Claims Commission noted it handles claims but would require unusual circumstances to award damages
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ST. Paul
Albert S Falk
Minnesota
Wheaton
Veterans Administration Hospital
St. Cloud
George Stephenson
Minneapolis
Falk
New York City
United Nations For Peace
White House
Washington
State Claims Commission
Stephenson
Holytide
Walter K. Klaus
Farmington
Klaus
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