Tremor Shakes Northwest Seattle With Wide Damage
An AP bulletin reports a severe earthquake across the Pacific Northwest causing wall collapses in downtown Seattle and two people trapped in a car. Shaking spread from Oregon to British Columbia with damage including cracked plaster and broken windows. The Seattle Times building swayed and bridges and roads faced closures as officials evacuated an expansive region.
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Seattle
Pacific Northwest
Grand Coulee
Grand Coulee Dam
Washington
University of Washington
Victoria
B.C
Dominion Astrophysical Observatory
Olympia
Woast
Oregon
British Columbia
Ellensburg
Aberdeen
Seattle Times
Duwamish Waterway
Tacoma
Pacific Avenue
Everett
State Patrol
Stevens Pass
Mt. Persis
Americans in Santo Domingo Get Swift Marine Protection
United States deploys 100 more Marines to Santo Domingo to shield Americans as fighting intensifies. Evacuation by helicopter and ship continues with 215 Americans already evacuated and 1,100 more moved on Tuesday. Wessin’s anti-Bosch forces control key areas while a three man junta governs. OAS holds emergency session to pursue peace efforts, U.S. remains nonpartisan and mission remains protection of civilians.
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Santo Domingo
Washington
U.S
Dominican Republic
Caribbean
Juan Bosch
pro-Bosch
Elias Wessin
Wessin
anti-Bosch
San Isidro
Johnson
Council of the Organization of American
States
OAS
United States
Republic
Committee and Hodecker Clash Over Work Relief Plan
The City Council Health and Welfare Committee and Welfare Commissioner Charles Hodecker clashed in a 14 hour session over a work-relief program for aid recipients. Hodecker called the plan unworkable and degrading, while Councilman Dobbins accused him of a negative attitude. Crow and Hodecker traded sharp remarks as the panel debated whether welfare recipients could be compelled to work on city projects or removed from aid rolls if they refused. A follow-up meeting was set after seeking details from Springfield’s Public Welfare Board. The controversy underscored tensions within the council as it seeks to address poverty and city beautification through work programs.
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City Council
Charles Fr. Hodecker
Hodecker
Edward L. Dobbins
Crow
Springfield
Roy F. Brown
Frederick F. Driftmier
Dobbins
Joseph S. Scelsi
Scelsi
Fuller family donates $500000 more to fight cancer
The Fuller family of Massachusetts gifts raise total to $1 million for the American Cancer Society. The donation enlarges research into cancer causes and treatment, expands patient services, and supports the Cancer Society’s Massachusetts division at Harvard Medical School. Notable attendees included Alvan T. Fuller Jr and Peter Fuller.
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Boston
UPI
Alvan T. Fuller
American Cancer Society
Fuller Foundation
Alvan T—Viola D. Fuller
Harvard Medical School
Alvan T. Fuller Jr
Fwler Foundation
Peter Fuller
Cancer Crusade
Massachusetts
George Bottomly
Rob
Ert L. Henderson
William A. Meissner
The
Cancer Society
Massachusetts Division
Eagle Family Wanted Sells Unwanted Items for Cash
Mrs. Richard Cooper reports seven day ad brought four replies and declared the sale a success. Spring urges Becket residents to dig out items no longer needed and let Eagle Family Wanted sell them for cash.
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Richard Cooper
Washington Street
Becket
Diplomats Lose Free Reign On Jersey Turnpike
New Jersey officials will stop diplomatic limousines on the Turnpike and reroute them to local roads to finish trips. Turnpike Director Thomas J. Flanagan vows a crackdown after years of speeding diplomats ignored the 60 mph limit, despite prior tolerance and rare tickets.
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New Brunswick
N. J
UPI
New Jersey Turnpike
New York
Washington
New Jersey
Pike
Thomas J. Flanagan
Flanagan
New York City
Manhattan
Australia to mobilize Viet combat battalion in major offensives
Government forces aided by U.S. helicopters launched three major offensives against Viet Cong in the Mekong delta and Quang Nam. In total, 251 Viet Cong were killed and 57 captured while 86 more were reported killed in a separate Mekong drive. U.S. aircraft backed operations with strikes on bridges and roads, and refugees fled fighting areas.
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Saigon
U.S
Mekong Delta
Quang Nam
da Nang
U.S. Air Force
North Viet Nam
Mekong
Kien Hoa
Song Co Luong
Quang Nam Province
da Wang
Smart Computers Catch 86 Bookies
NEW YORK AP The war on crime has been automated with the federal indictment of six men described as bookmakers. U S Atty Joseph P Hoey in Brooklyn said the computer played a vital role in the case. The machine showed their yearly betting load at 300 million to 400 million dollars.
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New York
Atty
Joseph P. Hoey
Brooklyn
Inan
Hoey
Catholics Gain 16 000 for Year in Boston Archdiocese
In the Boston Archdiocese there are 1 783 139 Catholics, up 16 000 from 1914. The 1965 Official Catholic Directory lists 2 475 priests, unchanged. 5 989 religious women, up 21. and 447 457 students in Catholic schools. Boston ranks third among 148 U S dioceses. CASTLE DONINGTON England Villagers ignore notices so the parish council plans a town crier.
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Boston
UPI
Chicago
New York
United States
House Cuts 942 Million In Relief Aid
Washington reports the Appropriations Committee trims 242 million from Johnson administration welfare requests in the labor, health, education and welfare bill. It preserves manpower training funding while cutting hospital construction grants and state aid for relief services, citing war on poverty progress and lower unemployment.
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House
Washington
UPI
Mouse
Beaneful
Johnson
Great Society
State official opposes federal gun bill at Berkshire talk
GREAT BARRINGTON James M Shepard director of the state Division of Fisheries and Game denounced Senate bill 1592 as most restrictive and a threat to the 125 million dollar per year hunting and fishing industry He warned mail order firms would be harmed and urged federal reps to hear the state case He urged long range planning to protect Berkshire County Cape Cod quail hunting and future tourism growth
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Great Barrington
James M. Shepard
State Division of Fisheries and Game
Congress
Thomas Dodd
Connecticut
Shepard
Barrington House
Department
Tom Dodd
Sears, Roebuck & Co
Abercrombie & Fitch
Massachusetts
Egremont
Cape Cod
Berkshire County
Cape
Berkshires
Bananas as Legal Tender Part of Car Sale
In Hartford a Bristol auto dealer advertised a car for 1395 bananas. Bernice Wysnynskii of Bristol paid with 25 bananas as a down payment, then faced the dealer’s demand for dollars. She filed a false advertising complaint with Consumer Commissioner Attilio Frassinelli after a hearing was arranged to determine if the offer violated state law.
Australia to Send Infantry Battalion to Vietnam
Australia will provide an infantry battalion for service in South Vietnam after a government decision in Canberra. Defense officials said timing and deployment details were not announced, with sources noting up to 800 troops could join U.S. and South Vietnamese forces. The move follows earlier dispatches of about 100 jungle combat advisers and a Royal Australian Air Force transport unit.
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Canberra
Australia
Robert Menzies
House of Representatives
South Viet Nam
Robert
Shane Partridge
U.S
America
South Korea
Henry Cahol Lodge
Viet Nam
Lodge
Far Eastern
Pacific
Royal Australian Air Force
Maxwell D. Taylor
United States
Sydney Sun
New Zealand
Japan
Philippines
New Grid Coach To Leave UNH
Warren E Harris resigns as University of New Hampshire head football coach after brief tenure and is replaced by Ane dy Mouradian, longtime backfield coach. Harris, a former Princeton assistant, cites personal standards and does not reveal future plans in a note to athletic director James Long.
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Durham
W.H
Warren E. Harris
University of New Hampshire
Anedy Mouradian
Harris
Princeton
New Hampshire
James Long
Goffering iron request for Salisbury choirboys
In Salisbury England United Press International reports Mrs Aileen Pomeroy seeks a spare goffering iron for her son to craft neckbands for choirboys. The item is described as used to fasten choir neckwear and is requested to complete a task.
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Salisbury
England
UPI
Aileen Pomeroy
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Cuba
Haiti
Valverde
of Santo Bee
Marines
Committee
By Edward K. Shanahan
Raymond KE
Fullers
Ceilie Paperes
Jersey
Crier
Castle Donington
Slash
Public Health Service
State Fisheries and Game Division
Mr. Shepard
Menzies
UNH
Goffering Tron
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