Rio area landslide topples buildings killing and burying many
In a Rio suburb, a house and two apartment blocks collapsed after 24 hours of rain. By Monday morning, 22 bodies were recovered, with warnings that as many as 100 may be buried. Officials cited ongoing rain, obstructed drains, and widespread destruction as the cause, with hundreds left homeless.
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Rio DE Janeiro
Rio
Guanabara
Francisco Negrao de Lima
Elder Lettieri
Sao Paulo
Bank breakin foiled at Wadena by residents screams
Iowa and FBI agents joined the probe of a 4 a.m. Sunday breakin at the Elgin State Bank in Wadena. Burglars unlocked the rear apartment door by force and fled after Mrs. Arthur Thomas screamed. No cash was taken.
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Wadena
Iowa Bureau of Criminal Investigation
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Elgin State Bank
Arthur Thomas
Francis Butikofer
Elgin
Thomas
Fayette County
Fred House
House
There is only one way to handle women
A provocative quip claims a sole method to manage women, framed as a joke. The caption mocks gender norms with a sharp one liner attributed to humor.
Navy Names 2 As Viet Heroes
In Da Nang a Navy Cross honors Captain Harry Dinsmore for removing a seven pound 60mm mortar shell from a South Vietnamese soldier. Cpl. Patrick Gallagher, an Irish citizen, earned the same award for throwing himself on a grenade to save three comrades and flinging it into a river before it exploded.
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DA Nang
USS. Navy
U.S
Ireland
Navy
Harry Dinsmore
iPunxsutawney
Cpl
Patrick Gallagher
Gallagher
NSA Votes To Return CIA Money
The National Student Assn votes to return unused funds from a 26 000 grant to the CIA. Eric Vanloon says about half the grant may be spent and asserts all ties with the CIA are severed. He was unaware of CIA involvement until emergency Washington session.
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Chapel Hill
N.C
National Student Assn
Central Intelligence Agency
NSA
Eric Vanloon
University of North Carolina
Youth and Student Affairs Foundation
CIA
Vanloon
Washington
Vanioon
Chicago Houston L A Bid For 1968 GOP Convention
Chicago, Houston and Los Angeles bid for the 1968 Republican convention with others to follow. Houston touts the Astrodome and cash guarantees, while Chicago seeks bids for both major party events using the International Amphitheater. Los Angeles offers the Sports Arena and new hotels nearby.
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Houston
L.A
Washington
UPI
Los Angeles
G.O.P
Philadelphia
San Francisco
Miami
Paul Iverson
Soviet General Claims ABM Missiles Won't Hit Targets
Gen. Pavel Kurochkin of the Frunze Academy said Soviet missiles defending against ABM systems would not reach their targets if launched. He reiterated that ABM is defensive and not a threat to world peace, and cited intercept mechanisms without details. The report notes Johnson's moratorium proposal and Kosygin's London remarks on defense systems reducing deaths.
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John Weyland
Moscow
Soviet Union
Pavel Kurochkin
Frunze Military Academy
Kurochkin
Johnson
Kremlin
Kosygin
London
U.S
Vietnam
Diversion A New Column for Erma Bombeck
Erma Bombeck, a 38 year old Centerville Ohio mother of Betsy Andy and Matt, begins a humor column for The Gazette. Her work alternates with Art Buchwald on the picture page. her career spans Dayton papers and national syndication.
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Erma Bombeck
Centerville
Ohio
Dayton
The
Gazette Today
Bombeck
Art Buchwald
Betsy
Andy
Matt
University of Dayton
Erma
Hersemaeckald
Federal report urges numerical cap to end school segregation
The Civil Rights Commission proposes a federal law banning any school from having more than a fixed percentage of Negro students. It suggests a 50 percent line as a model, urges open housing legislation and more federal aid to help desegregation efforts nationwide.
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Washington
Faivil Rights Commission
Commission
Whitten
New York
Massachusetts
Congress
Living Costs Hold Steady in January
Washington report shows start of year price stability with consumer costs unchanged in January. The Labor Department data indicate no monthly inflation for the first time in a year.
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Washington
UPFI
Labor Department
Carmakers Seek Federal Goals for Auto Exhaust Controls
Detroit AP report says automakers favor federal standards for exhaust-control devices but seek clear goals and timelines. Thomas C. Mann of the Automotive Manufacturers Association urged the government to outline pollution objectives, allow two years for tooling and testing, and consider crash programs to speed adoption.
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Detroit
Thomas C. Mann
Automobile Manufacturers Association
Mann
Senate
Edmund Muskie
Dmaine
Manufacturers Association
Carpenter Saws Off Hand and Returns to Work
Carpenter Russell Stratton 27 saved his severed left hand by carrying it to Massachusetts General Hospital after an accident with a radial saw. Surgeons led by Ronald Malt and William Harris operated for ten hours, and Stratton reported tingling in the hand as recovery begins. The team that performed the operation previously led a 1962 limb restoration.
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Boston
UPI
Russell Stratton
Massachusetts General Hospital
Stratton
Ronald Malt
William Harris
Iowas GOP Fumes As Senate Backs 18 Vote Amendment
In Des Moines the Republican dominated Iowa House postponed HJR 7 to block a measure lowering the voting age from 24 to 18 after the Senate approved SJR 9 by a 49 to 9 vote. Rep Maurice Van Nostrand blasted the Senate as hypocritical saying voters earlier rejected Democratic candidates who supported the idea. He warned 18 year olds lack emotional maturity despite physical readiness and noted 18s are minors unable to sign contracts.
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Des Moines
Iowa House
Senate
van Nostrand
Pottawatomie County
House
Pottawatami County
Hughes
Red Cross
Indivi
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