End of Year Raids and Truce Talks in Saigon
American jets finish raids on North Vietnam labeling bombs “Happy New Year Uncle Ho” as U S air cavalrymen and B 52s hit targets near Laos and in the DMZ The Mekong delta battle yields 89 Viet Cong killed and Saigon docks face a strike eyeing 50 000 dockworkers amid US hired replacements Premier Ky warns the Tet truce could end if violations continue.
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UPI
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U. S
Demilitarized Zone
South Vietnam
North
Ho Chi Minh
C.S.T
Mekong
U Minh
Newport Dock
Labor Confederation
Australian attacker Peter Kocan declared insane
Sydney Australia AP reports Peter Kocan convicted of attempting to murder opposition leader Arthur Calwell has been found insane and transferred to a mental hospital.
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Sydney
Australia
Peter Kocan
Arthur Calwell
Chuckle in the Club Car Reveals Juicy Secretary Jest
A commuter club car quip pokes fun at work romance dynamics as a joke about efficiency and appearance surfaces. The line highlights a sharp exchange on professional boundaries and marital perception.
Gun Accident In C R Home Boy 13 Dies
A Cedar Rapids 13-year-old, Rick Hart, died after a rifle discharged while being shown at a home. He arrived dead at Mercy Hospital with a abdominal bullet wound. The accident occurred at 12 30 pm at the Douglas Wear home on Outlook Drive. Dale Wear, 11, stood on a sofa to display the weapon, pulling the lever.
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Cedar Rapids
Mercy Hospital
Rick Hart
Robert Hart
First Street
Douglas Wear
Outlook Drive Sr
Hart
Dale Wear
Wear
Long Weekend in Cedar Rapids for New Year
Public offices and factories in Cedar Rapids will close Monday for New Year observance, marking a four day break after Christmas. Allis-Chalmers Penick and Ford Link-Belt Speeder workers begin their weekend Thursday night with Friday off. Stores mostly close 5 p.m. Saturday and reopen 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. Tuesday. County courthouse open till noon Saturday. federal offices closed Monday. Garbage collection delayed one day. police court session Saturday only. Schools end Christmas vacation Monday.
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Cedar Rapids
Allis - Chalmers
Penick and
Ford
Link-Belt Speeder
C R Girl Goes Riding With L B J at the Wheel
Cedar Rapids high school senior Linda Sue Johnson rode with President Johnson and First Lady Lady Bird Johnson on a 1967 youth conservation trip to the LBJ ranch in Texas. The group toured in two station wagons with the First Couple driving, discussing wildlife on the ranch including buffalo and deer.
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Washington
Cedar Rapids
U.S
Linda Sue Johnson
Robert W. Johnson
Twentieth Street
LBJ
Texas
Linda Sue
Johnson
San Antonio
LEJ
Soviet Moonship Luna 13 Completes Work
Moscow AP report says Luna 13 used a mechanical finger to gather lunar data and ended its mission. Tass noted the probe touched down on Christmas Eve and found the lunar surface outer layer resembled Earth's soil with density similar to Earth at 20 to 30 cm depth via a gunpowder jet device measuring rod.
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Moscow
Tass
Earth
UAW Attacks AFL-CIO Over Policy Rift
The United Auto Workers denounces AFL-CIO for clinging to the status quo in a move that could widen splits within the labor federation. UAW leaders Walter Reuther Emil Mazey Leonard Woodcock and Pat Greathouse blame the federation for lacking social vision and unity in diversity.
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Detroit
Afl-Cio
United Auto Workers Union
UAW
Federation
Walter Reuther
Emil Mazey
Leonard Woodcock
Pat Greathouse
George Meany
Reuther
Free Labor Movement
Rescue Attempt On Swaying Ladder Ends In Tragedy
Two Brooklyn firefighters reached for a hotel guest on a 12th floor ledge as a wind swept ladder swayed 126 feet high. The woman, Rowena Matthews, fell to her death after flames in the Standish Arms escalated. Three people were injured and 66 residents evacuated. The fire began from a frayed electrical wire on the 10th floor.
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New York
UPI
Brooklyn
Rowena Matthews
Standish Arms
Chico
Edward Rizzo
Mrs. Matthews
Rizzo
Matthews
John O'Hagan
Vincent Canty
Bertha Fabricant
O'Hagan
Powell Secretaries Absence Prompts Firing Plea
Washington action centers on Mrs. Powell wife of Rep. Adam Clayton Powell. She failed to appear before the House investigative subcommittee for a third time as it weighs whether her Puerto Rico residence violates staff rules. Chairman Wayne Hays urged removal from pay roll if she remains absent.
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Washington
UPI
Adam Clayton Powell
D-N.y
House
Puerto Rico
Hays
Powell
Petrel Crippled in Atlantic Rescue Mission by Ships and Coast Guard
A 70-foot yawl Petrel carrying ten mainly college students from Stamford to Bermuda was disabled 360 miles southeast of New York. The Cotswold and Hille Oldendorff assisted alongside the Vigilant, while a coast guard plane alerted their rescue effort as the crew battled sails blown away and a dead radio.
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New York
North Atlantic
Coast Guard
Cotswold
Hille Oldendorff
Stamford
Gordon van Ness
Yonkers
N.Y
Western Reserve University
Cleveland
Heidi
Bermuda
Vigilant
Elizabeth City
N.C
Students Write Johnson of Doubts
A letter expressing grave doubts about U.S. Vietnam policy was mailed to President Johnson Friday by Abby Erdmann a Smith College sophomore. The inter campus effort involved student leaders from about 100 colleges and universities urging frank discussion to ease the conflict and prevent a possible land war in Asia using nuclear weapons.
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New York
UPD
Ietter
U.S
Johnson
Abby Erdmann
Smith College
North Vietnam
New Left
Erdmann
Asia
National Students Association
University of Ilinois
Allard Lowenstein
Reform Democrate
Association
Yule Tree Fire Kills Five In Tea Room
A Christmas tree in a New York tea room burst into flames Friday, spreading to draperies and a three story building. Five people died and two were injured as firefighters fought the blaze. Police attributed the flash fire to the tree and its draperies.
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New York
Espionage Case Involves Czech U.N. Employee
UN officials kept quiet about a suspected espionage case involving a Czechoslovak secretariat employee. Reports say the Czech complained to Secretary General U Thant that the United States sought to recruit him after learning he was under U.S. surveillance. A U.S. spokesman denied the claim. The employee reportedly was monitored after seeking classified data from a research institute working on military and scientific projects.
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United Nations
U.N
U Thant
U. S
U.S
Aa Research Institute
Cigarettes Smoked Set New Record in 20th Century
Washington AP report says Americans smoked a record 542 billion cigarettes this year despite health warnings. Agriculture department forecasts another rise next year with consumption up 2.5 percent from last year’s 529 billion.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
U.S
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