Pope Paul VI cuts Curia terms to five years reforming Vatican
Pope Paul VI announced sweeping curia reforms ending lifetime tenure for cardinals and staff, trimming four centuries of centralized control. The plan, outlined in De Romana Curia, shifts power, reduces sacred congregations, and introduces five year terms with budgets overseen from Rome. The reform takes effect January 1, 1968, with further details to follow.
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Vatican City
Paul VI
Paul
Curia
Ecumenical Council
Vatican
B 52 Raids Near Record Air Strikes From Saigon
US command announces near record air strikes on North Vietnam from B 52s striking the DMZ and targets North of it. Sail bombardments and sniper attacks reported in Saigon as 181 communists killed and a U S plane lost but rescued. High mission totals cited as pilots hit supply convoys near Thanh Hoa.
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North Vietnam
United States
Demilitarized Zone
U.S
Dmz
Air Force
Hanoi-Haiphong
U. S
Thanh Hoa
Tornado Hits Texas City Wrecks Buildings Watchers Describe Fury
A loud tornado roared over the Texas Gulf coast Friday, tearing the northeast part of Texas City. It collapsed a bowling alley roof, damaged several houses, ripped roofs, fences, and antennas, and felled power lines with no injuries reported.
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Texas City
Texas
UPI
Texas Gulf Coast
Two Cleared of Causing Damage to Hippie Pad
Racial unrest flared anew in Syracuse New York with a police raid on a hippie pad leaving several charged with malicious injury. Police used tear gas and enforced a curfew as mobs smashed windows and hurled rocks. One officer was injured. The unrest followed broader state and national tensions over civil rights legislation and crime, with multiple arrests in Syracuse including Ronald Height and Dorothy Bressler.
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N.Y
Louisiana
State of Iowa
National Guardsmen
Jeffrey J. Weber
Bever Avenue SE
Larry H.jescott
Detroit
Loren Hullong
Dorothy
Ronald L.height
Bressler
John Conyers, Jr
Southern Christian Leadership Conference
Atlanta
New York City
William Walsh
John F. O'Connor
SNCC Leader Carmichael En Route to Hanoi
Stokely Carmichael of the SNCC will arrive today in Hanoi, announced SNCC Chairman H. Rap Brown. The statement places Carmichael on an official travel path during the wartime period as he engages in activities related to the Vietnam era.
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New York
Stokely Carmichael
Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee
Hanoi
SNCC
H. Rap Brown
Cedar Rapids Hit by Heavy Rainfall Sleet and Deluge
Cedar Rapids was soaked by a heavy Friday downpour with 0.80 inch of rain tallied by mid afternoon. The city also logged 0.34 inch earlier and 0.73 inch the day before as a cooler air front moved south, with a forecast of a cool fair weekend in Iowa.
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Hain
Cedar Rapids
Weather Bureau
Iowa
L TV withdrawals bid for Allis Chalmers stake
Ling Temco-Vought withdrew its offer to buy Allis Chalmers saying it does not seek control. Allis Chalmers directors criticized LT V for stockholder outreach and a Wisconsin securities order barred LT V from soliciting stockholders until registration. The board met to deny the favorable merger expression as negotiations with General Dynamics continue.
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Ling Temco - Vought, Inc
Allis- Chalmers Mfg. Co
Allis Chalmers
Lt-V
Allis - Chalmers
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Allis- Chalmers Manufacturing Co
Ling-Temco-Vought, Inc
General Dynamics Corp
Allis-Chalmers
Commissioner of Securities
Wisconsin
L-T-V
A-C
Allis-Chalmers Board of Directors
Milwaukee
Ling-Temco
Ling-Temco-Vought
L-Tv
Beams Collapse at Weymouth Hangar Killing Two
Two civilian workers died and five hurt when 60 ton concrete beams toppled from cranes during construction at the South Weymouth naval air station hangar site. Cranes lifted beams to a new hangar frame when a slip caused the collapse trapping workers. navy and police recovered personnel as six remained missing earlier. Amish petition for exemption from Iowa compulsory education laws cited religious faith as grounds for home schooling.
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Weymouth
Mass
Weymouth Naval Air Sta
Navy
Delwein
Boston
Longest Night in Vietnam Tests 101st Paratroopers
Captain Ronald Odum of the 101st Airborne led his company at Landing Zone White 20 miles west of Chu Lai as hundreds of guerrillas and North Vietnamese troops assaulted. First Sgt. Hugh Smith killed three attackers within 20 yards of the command post, while Odum and others evacuated the wounded and held the line. Odum was awarded the Silver Star and Bronze Star as the unit counted 36 enemy bodies and 16 captured rifles and two machine guns.
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Vietnam
Chu Lai
Ronald Odum
San Francisco
U.S
101St Airborne Division
Ralph Puckett
Columbus
Puckett
Odum
Hugh Smith
Washington D.H
Ohio
Smith
Jessie Miles
Sylvania
Miles
States
Farmhouse Fire Kills Wife, Four Children. Husband Wounded Found Nearby
In Stearns County Minnesota a farmhouse fire killed Loretta Hoskins, 29, and her four children Julie seven, Darla five, Linda 16 months, and baby David Eli six weeks. Husband David Hoskins, 32, was found wounded in the farmyard after being tied, with police suspecting deliberate arson. Teens reported seeing the blaze and aiding Hoskins, while his father suffered burns trying to reach the home. Hoskins, a National Guard helicopter pilot, was hospitalized in critical condition with gunshot wounds to the shoulder and stomach. The investigation continued as authorities searched for additional victims and clues about the attack.
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ST. Cloud
Hoskins
St.Cloud
Bernard Mueller
David Hoskins
Eldon Capes
National Guard
Mineral water price tops wine in Barcelona market
In Barcelona, the cost of mineral water rose above that of ordinary wine in a striking price shift. The report notes the city’s population of about 2.7 million and highlights the unusual trend affecting local vendors and consumers.
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Barcelona
Neighbor’s Party Provokes Unexpected Tolerance
A humorous observation notes that attending a neighbor’s party can boost tolerance and goodwill. The quip ends with an attribution to Conyright.
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