Freight Train Hits School Bus Near Waterloo High School
A 97 car freight train struck a Waterloo Nebraska school bus a quarter mile from the high and grade schools. Four children were killed and nine were injured. Officials of the Waterloo Consolidated High School and Grade School described the accident as a tragedy affecting the district.
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Children’s Memorial Hospital
U S Backs Elastic Peace Plan Amid Middle East Moves
The Cairo based Al Ahram reports the United Nations Security Council will soon debate an American backed elastic peace plan. It envisions Israeli withdrawal from Arab lands and an end to belligerency, freedom of waterways, and a refugee settlement. Meanwhile Jordan seeks Kremlin support for withdrawal of Israeli forces.
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Damascus
Thurgood Marshall Seated as Supreme Court Justice
Thurgood Marshall was sworn in as the first African American justice of the U S Supreme Court with President Johnson witnessing. The great grandson of a slave pledged to uphold equal rights for the poor and all citizens in his oath.
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New York
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B52s Strike Red DMZ Positions In History's Heaviest Bombing
U S B52 bombers mounted what authorities call the heaviest concentration of bombing against a small DMZ area. The raids targeted Communist artillery positions in and above the Demilitarized Zone near Con Thien as Marines faced leaflets and sporadic shelling. A Japanese merchant ship Okuni Maru was attacked 19 miles from Saigon, but only minor damage occurred as river patrol boats escorted it in.
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Former Top British Official Kim Philby Revealed Spy For Russians
A former British intelligence leader Kim Philby confessed in Moscow to a 34 year tenure as a Soviet spy. His son John said Philby recruited Burgess and MacLean and operated as a Communist for decades while a leading UK intelligence figure. The story ties to past defection and ongoing Cold War tensions.
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Men Hire 14 Male Meter Maids In New York City
New York City hires 14 men as meter maids to comply with state sex discrimination law. Traffic Commissioner Henry A. Barnes announced the move amid concerns over assaults on women issuing tickets in illegally parked areas.
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New York City
Henry A. Barnes
Vietnam Assembly Confirms Election Victory
SAIGON UPI The provisional National Assembly dismissed charges of election rigging in the Sept. 3 presidential vote and affirmed Gen. Nguyen Van Thieu as president, averting a potential political crisis.
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Red China Anniversary Rally Marred by Violence and Dissension
The 18th anniversary rally in Peking showed Maoist unity amid internal power strife as Lin Piao warned against anti-Mao elements. Overseas tensions flared with Indonesian mobs sacking the Chinese Embassy and Indian troops clashing with Chinese border forces in Sikkim.
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California
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Aiken predicts long U S involvement in Asia
UPI reports Vermont Senator George D. Aiken warns that U S forces will remain in Southeast Asia for the foreseeable future. Speaking to the Vermont Bar Association, he said America will stay a Pacific power with bases in the region and urged declaring victory in Vietnam to halt bombing and focus on bases in South Vietnam.
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Vermont brewery gets Inside editorial buzz
On Page 6 the Inside Editorials weigh in on a Vermont brewery sparking local debate. Also on the same page, Dorset hunters trumpet unusual trophies and curiosity surrounds the finds. Page 6 highlights reflect regional interests and light town chatter.
Fighting erupts along Sikkim border in Himalayan clash
Indian troops and Chinese border forces clashed near Cho La pass in Sikkim triggering reports of casualties. Indira Gandhi denounced Beijing as provoking the renewed border fighting while fog reduced visibility and halted hostilities.
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New York
Hope Cook
Nathu Pass
Action Deferred In Baby's Death
State's Attorney John T. Carmody Jr. said he has not received the preliminary autopsy report from State Pathologist Dr. Richard C. Woodruff on two month old Raymond Stanley of Bennington who died at Putnam Memorial Hospital on September 23. Carmody cannot act further until the formal report arrives.
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Richard C. Woodruff
Raymond Stanley
Bennington
Putnam Memorial Hospital
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Carmody
Governors Health Report Clears Hoff After Tests
Gov. Philip H. Hoff of Vermont received a clean bill of health after medical tests last week at Mary Fletcher Memorial Hospital. The tests found nothing serious regarding his intermittent leg cramps that began after a Sept. golf game in Burlington.
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Carl Hayden, Senate Dean, Turns 90 Today
Washington UPI reports Sen. Carl Hayden of Arizona, 90, marks a long career started in 1902 on Tempe town council. Elected to the Senate in 1926, Hayden has been repeatedly returned by Arizonans and serves longer than any other member in Congress.
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