Powder Plant Explosions Hit Carthage Missouri Area
A string of explosions at the Hercules Powder Plant near Carthage Missouri injured 22 people and wrecked 15 to 20 buildings in Powder City. Two workers, Clifford Hilton and Maurice Crowell, were seriously hurt as fires and blasts shook the region and damaged downtown Carthage.
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Jasper County
Powder City
Company
Tulsa
Okla
Carthage
Missouri
Hercules
Clifford Hilton
Maurice Crowell
Crowell
Police Fight To Trace Slaughter Of Eight Nurses
Police have few clues in Chicago mass slaying as they probe the murder of eight student nurses. A sweat soaked undershirt and a chilling account from a young Filipino exchange student provide the only leads in the so called crime of the century.
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Chicago
UPI
Corazon Amarao
Philippines
Andrew Toman
Francis Flanagan
South Chicago Community Hospital
School of Nursing
Hospital
Israel Syria clash escalates after new bombing raid
Reports say air patrols were active along the Israel Syria border after an Israeli raid on a Syrian diversion project. Israel says the attack was retaliation for Syrian terrorism as tensions rise and UN involvement is sought.
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Israel-Syria
Tel Aviv
UPI
Israel
Syria
Jordan River
al Magor
Sea of Galilee
Levi Eshkol
Damascus Radio
United Nations Peace Force
Odd Bull
Norway
Foreign Ministry
U.N. Security Council
New York
Damascus
Itzhak Rabin
Chicago Riot Triggers 3000 Guards Mobilized in West Side
National Guard units from the Illinois line up 3000 men after three nights of West Side violence. Two men died and another in critical condition as police battle hit and run gangs of youths looting, shooting, and arson. Police say about nine square miles were affected with 500 officers on duty and over 200 jailed by dawn while hospitals treated many injured civilians and officers.
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Chicago
UPI
National Guard
West Side
Otto Kerner
Ilinois National Guard
Cook County Hospital
Springfield
Kerner
Near West Side
State seeks to establish unearthed skeletons' age
Five long buried human skeletons unearthed during Route 105 relocation work in Berkshire were shipped to the state pathologist for analysis. Dr. Richard Woodruff expects to determine age and sex, with possible use of Carbon-14 if funds allow. He believes the bones are at least a century old and notes uncertainty about race.
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Burlington
UPS
Richard Woodruff
Woodruff
LaPerle Construction Co
St. Johnsbury
Berkshire
Bert Lusier
Brush Fire Rages In New York City
A brush fire burned in the tinder dry northwest corner of Staten Island approaching midnight. Firefighters faced intense flames with two fireboats called in and no homes damaged. The blaze was in a sparsely populated area with flames visible across the Arthur Kill in Elizabeth New Jersey. no injuries reported.
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New York
UPI
Staten Island
Arthur Kill
Elizabeth
N.J
Shaftsbury Highway Relocation Debate Focuses on Linde Line
Shaftsbury residents debated U.S. 7 relocation at a state hearing. Officials favor Plan B for an interchange near the Wilson ranch to aid North Bennington and South Shaftsbury, citing gentler grades than the Linde Plan C. Backers of the Linde line urged a town poll to gauge preference, though survey mechanics remained unsettled.
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Shaftsbury
State Highway Department
Linde
Cole Hall
Ivor S. Pelsue
Stearns Jenkins
Russell A. Holden
Frank Aldrich
Department
U.S. 7
Bennington
Wilson Dude Ranch
Shaftsbury Village
Arlington
East Road
Ryan
Shaftsbury Road
Glastonbury
Sunderland
Aldrich
Jenkins
Wilson Ranch
Att
Manfred W. Ehrich Jr
Hagerman
Linde line debate shapes Rutland highway talks
Atty Manfred W Ehrich Jr leads residents backing the northern Linde line for the Rutland highway project. He cites potential westward routes reducing service access fire protection bus pickups and mail delivery while arguing land value loss would be greater on the Plan B alternative.
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Linde
Manfred W. Ehrich Jr
Linde Line
Linde Lee Highway
Great Britain Reaches New Austerity Measures
London reports new austerity steps aimed at curbing domestic and foreign spending as Prime Minister Harold Wilson warns of further actions. Bank of England raises the bank rate to seven percent and orders deposits to tighten credit, signaling one of the sharpest postwar squeezes amid a weak pound and stock decline.
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London
UPI
Britain
Harold Wilson
Bank of England
Wilson
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Flanagan
Valentine
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Mert Cross
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