Johnson urges Latin cooperation at Amistad dam visit
President Johnson and Mexican President Diaz Ordaz inspect the Amistad dam near Ciudad Acuna and Del Rio. He calls regional unity essential and pledges follow up at a hemispheric presidents’ meeting while noting the dam’s role in flood control and mutual trust.
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Ciudad Acuna
Mexico
Johnson
Latin America
U.S
Amistad
del Rio
Texas
Rio Grande
Gustavo Diaz Ordaz
Diaz Ordaz
International Bridge
Abraham Lincoln
Amistad Dam
Falcon
Laredo
Devils and
Pecos
Conchos
U. S
SEC Report Pushes Broad Mutual Fund Reforms
The SEC released a 346 page report eight years in the making urging sweeping mutual fund reforms. If approved by Congress the changes could cut sales charges and advisory fees while ending a fund plan type. It also proposes exchange discounts for institutional buyers and is negotiating fee-splitting with exchanges.
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Washington
Congress
Securities and Exchange Commission
Commission
SEC
Eleven Rescued From Rest Home Fire In Frigid Decatur
In Decatur Michigan eleven elderly residents were saved unharmed from a rest home blaze that destroyed the wooden structure. Firemen said owner A Z Riley and two nurses led everyone to safety through the 10 degree cold.
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Decatur
Mich
A. Z. Riley
Tragic Kalamazoo River crash claims mother and three children
A mother and three of her four children died when their car plunged from a bridge into the Kalamazoo River in Albion. The two remaining children, Pamela Eckelbarger and 14 month old Jimmy, were rescued. Pamela surfaced from an air pocket when the vehicle was turned.
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Albion, Mich
Kalamazoo River
Pamela Eckelbarger
Pamela
Lois
Frederick
Jimmy
Reagan tells Berkeley rebels to get out amid student strike
Governor-elect Ronald Reagan urged dissident students to leave Berkeley as negotiations began over navy recruitment and campus disruption. Chancellor Heyns blamed outside infractions for the boycott while promising talks with faculty and students only, and lawmakers pressed for action against strike sympathizers and involved staff.
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Berkeley
University of California
Navy
Ronald Reagan
Roger Heyns
Heyns
Reagan
Bid To Send Gis Gifts Thwarted
Kansas City AP. Metropolitan junior college students collected 1500 pounds of cookies books and other Christmas gifts for men from this area in Vietnam. They cannot obtain service member addresses to ship the items. Student leaders tried Red Cross military offices and congress but met dead ends. They fear crank letters and say the government won t disclose overseas addresses.
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Kansas City
Metropolitan Junior College
Vietnam
Red Cross
Congress
Ead
Apollo Start Faces Delay Due to Leak
CAPE KENNEDY AP officials postponed Apollo 1 tests after a leak in the environmental control unit halted a key system check. Technicians must remove repair and reinstall the unit, delaying the February launch target and extending the checkout period ahead of a mid February liftoff.
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Apollo
Cape Kennedy
America
The
Space Agency
Friday
Explosion Strikes Powder Co Plant Sidelined in Marion
A powder factory in Marion, Uf, was rocked by a Saturday explosion. One man is missing and at least four workers were injured, authorities said.
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Marion, Uf
V8. Powder Co
Underground nuke test near Hattiesburg prompts evacuees return
The United States conducted a 350 ton underground nuclear blast inside the Talum salt dome near Hattiesburg Mississippi to study detection methods and test ban prospects. Officials reported no radiation signs and evacuees began returning home after the shock.
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Hattiesburg
Miss
U.S
Atomic Energy Commission
Mississippi
Project Sterling
Iowa Traffic Toll Reaches New Record Of 852
Iowa records a traffic death toll of 852 after Lloyd James Winkel dies in Atlantic hospital from injuries in a daytime crash. Timothy Williams, 18, of Waverly, died when his car left Route 216 and struck a culvert, possibly due to sleepiness.
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Iowa
Lloyd James Winkel
Atlantic
Timothy Williams
Waverly
Williams
Biting Cold And Snowbound Nation Hurtles Through Weekend
A brutal cold snap grips much of the United States with record low readings and heavy lake-effect snow. Up to 52 inches falls near Lake Erie and Ontario as Syracuse reports three inches early Saturday. Subzero temps reach Houston and other locales while roads trap motorists and forced shelter in schools. Horse racing is canceled for a second day at Salonia Raceway. The storm creates widespread disruption from the Northeast to the Midwest with more than 250 people stranded along Lake Erie south of Buffalo.
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Chicago
Lakes Erie
Ontario
Syracuse
N.Y
Houston
Maine
Bismarck
N.C
Zanesville
Ohio
Bemidji
Minn
Lansing
Mich
Rockford
Ill
Salonia Raceway
Kentucky
New York
Lake Erie
Buffalo
Gun battle kills secret police rider and terrorist near Guatemala City
In Guatemala City a secret police motorcycle messenger and a terrorist were killed in a Friday gun battle outside the civic center. Local authorities reported the clash near the city center with no further details available.
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Guatemala
Guatemalan
Dirksen pledges enlightened moderation in GOP agenda
Senate Republican leader Everett Dirksen urged that the party pursue enlightened moderation to reshape Great Society programs. He said election gains show voter demand for prudence and a broad overhaul of international trade, criticizing the European Common Market as limiting U.S. farm imports while proposing across the board tariff cuts. He warned against drastic changes but urged fundamental reforms in how trade is handled.
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Senate
Everett Dirksen
G.O.P
Dirksen
Trade Relations Council
Illinois
House
Congress
U.S
Six U S planes downed in north Vietnam toll highest in war
Six U S supersonic jet bombers were lost over North Vietnam in a single day harming the war effort. All 11 crew members were missing presumed dead or captured as dogfights with Mig-21s occurred. The losses matched the second heaviest one day toll and followed Viet Cong resistance in the Mekong delta buildup plan.
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U.S
Mekong
Delta
Boy Dies in Collision With Mother's Train
Riverhead New York APE reports a boy identified as William Wickham Jr was killed when the car he rode with his father collided with a train bringing his mother home at a street crossing. The father sustained minor injuries.
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Riverhead
Ape
Bay
William Wickham, Jr
Fragments Report On New m a Keeping Children From Finding
Readable portions describe adults warning about a new method said to hide information from children. The text mentions parents and old knowledge, with no clear names or places.
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Harlan Moen
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Ray Wortham
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CIA
Democratic Assembly
Jesse Unruh
Don Mulford
University Board of Regents
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