Parolee Charged in 9-Year-Olds Rape Murder in Charleston
Charles G Plantz 22 of Charleston was arrested on murder charges in the sex killing of 9 year old Helen Louise Miller. The weapon a bone handled hunting knife was found in a blood stained undergarment nearby. Plantz had been paroled after earlier offenses and was questioned after polygraph exams.
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Charleston
Helen Louise Miller
Dallas Bias
Charles G. Plantz
Helen Louise
Miller
Plantz
West Virginia
Moundsville
Kanawha
Four U S Helicopters Downed Near Saigon
Four U S Army helicopters supporting a South Vietnamese assault were shot down in the Mekong Delta amid ongoing fighting beyond a Viet Cong New Year truce. One crewman died and three were injured as helicopters ferried troops and evacuated the wounded. The cease fire was extended to honor Pope Paul VI's Day of Peace appeal, with no halt to offensive actions until the extended window expires.
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Saigon
Mekong Delta
U.S
Pope Paul VI
Siagon
Immedi
Foreign Ministry
Pope Paul
South Vietnam
Paul
Vatican City
North Vietnam
Vietnam
Elk River recovery for Sutton principal’s wife in WV crash
Rescue squads recovered Mrs. Levern Cooper, 53, of Sutton, from Elk River about 12 miles downstream of Ivydale where her car with Newton Cooper, 50, principal of Sutton High School, plunged during a snowstorm. Their son and daughter survived. the couple’s bodies had been missing since the wreck.
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Ivydale
W. Va
Elk River
Levern Cooper
Sutton
Planets Could Be Broadcasting Messages To Earth
Dr Carl Sagan suggests intelligent civilizations on distant planets may send simple signals that any book could understand. He notes aliens would know humans are at an early stage of technology and warns against unlikely direct methods like cables.
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Earth
New York
Carl Sagan
Harvard University
Hafner
Soviet Union
Mars
Marconi
Sagan
Quintuplets born to couple in Brisbane Australia
BRISBANE Australia AP Australia's first quintuplets three girls and two boys were born early Sunday at Bris bane's Women's Hospital. Mother Patricia Braham 36 of Tenterfield NSW and babies in satisfactory condition. Pediatrician optimistic about survival. Couple has four older children. Births occurred between 5 12 and 6 27 am. Mrs Braham married to Brisbane lawyer. No fertility drugs suspected. Quintuplets rarity despite fertility treatments. Previous quintuplets surviving infancy were five daughters of the Donnes of Cana.
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Brisbane
Australia
Women’s Hospital
Patricia Braham
Tenterfield
New
Oliva Donne
Cana
Toll Of Deaths Mounts Slowly
The toll of deaths in New Year weekend traffic accidents climbed slowly Saturday. The National Safety Council projected 460 to 540 fatalities in the rally period, and 484 deaths were recorded in a similar nonholiday weekend. Light snow and rain affected much of the nation as scientists discussed the possibility of intelligent life on other planets and methods to detect signals from space.
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Associated Press
National Safety Council
Great Lakes
Rocky Mountains
Police Plan Conferences On Controls In 1968
Police officials from the 100 largest U.S. cities will meet in January at Airlie House Warrenton Virginia to plan how to prevent or control civil disturbances during 1968. Mayors will join some closed sessions as regional meetings follow in Sacramento Cleveland Norman Berkeley Springs and Athens.
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Washington
Johnson
Atty
Ramsey Clark
Airlie House
Warrenton
Thomas Whelan
Jersey City
N.J
Police Chiefs Association
Jewell Ross
Berkeley
Calif
University of California
Ross
Virginia
Sacramento
Cleveland
Norman
Okla
Berkeley Springs
W.va
Athens, Ga
Burden on Taxpayer To Increase in 1968 Tax Shift
Congress raised Social Security taxes and raised the earnings ceiling to 7800 dollars, boosting 1968 tax payments for higher earners. The repeal of the real estate stamp tax removes a minor levy, while a possible income tax surcharge faces reconsideration.Proxmire urged against a tax hike and proposed spending cuts to curb inflation.
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Washington
U.S
Congress
Johnson
House
Ways and Means
William Proxmire
Dwis
Senate
House Economic Committee
Proxmire
Internal Revenue Service
Deserters Leave Navy Over Vietnam War Fuss
Four Navy deserters who jumped from the USS Intrepid in Yokosuka Japan sought asylum in the Soviet Union after a month in Russia. Sailors say the men disliked Navy life more than the war. They worked as green shirts on catapult crews and left liberty on October 23.
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Norfolk
Japan
Vietnam
U. S
Cueadan Deidan
Ransadted
Owcatil
Russia
Soviet Union
James M. Kerr
Baltimore
Intrepid
Southeast Asia
Kerr
Jack Kestner
Norfolk Ledger-Star
J.C. James G. Reese
Atlanta
U.S.A
Yokosuka
Green Shirts
Richard D. Bailey
Jacksonville
Fla
Ael A. Lindner
Mount Pocono
John M. Barilla
Catonsville, Md
Navy
Inside sections listing sections and page counts
A catalog of the newspaper’s internal sections with page numbers for sections including Business About You Editorial Church Family Law Classified People Now Then Sinners Princeton Sports Servicemen Science Year End and Tazewell.
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Princeton
Tazewell
British gambling clubs face zero roulette ban
London reports Scotland Yard will prosecute any use of the zero in roulette after a Lords ruling deeming zero roulette illegal. The British Gaming Association calls an emergency meeting to assess the move as clubs warn of mandatory changes and potential closure.
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London
Scotland Yard
Britain
House of Lords
British Gaming Association
Eric Morley
Victoria Sporting Club
Gaming Association
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West Side Hill
Nguyen
Miss Cooper
Tobriand
Pacific
Gulf Coast
American Association For the Advancement of Science
Everett M. Hafner
University of Rochester
Milky Way
Bernard Wagner
Columbia University
Rockefeller University
Justice Department
Daley
Dick Gregory
Chicago
Richard J. Daley
Miami
Walter Headley
Cheri
Florida
Miami Beach
Craig William Anderson
San Jose, Calif
Bailey
Barilla
Lindner
Anderson
Nevada
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