Girl Free After Texarkana Kidnapping Case Ends
A kidnapped Texarkana junior, Karen Vickers, was freed unharmed Friday night after an informant led officers to a motel where she was held for a $40,000 ransom. Three men were jailed and two sought on kidnapping charges. the case involved masked intruders, moves between locations, and an FBI-led investigation with local police.
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Orme
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Ark
Vernon Vickers
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Joe Feggett
Dallas
Hugh Smith
Dought
Booker Burkhalter
Terry’ Sneer
Ale Bryant
Mida
Vickers
Herbert Horie
MBI
Little Rock
Charles Campbell
Smith
Bryant
Foggett
Nash
Miss Vickers
Karen Vickers
McCarthy Bids For PW Names MOSCOW
AP reports in Moscow that Senator McCarthy demanded release of names of American prisoners of war held abroad. The disclosure request follows routine communications with Allied authorities and targets public confirmation of POW status and locations.
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Moscow
Etobalsy
Cold Weather Blamed for Major Train Delays in City
AP reports extreme cold caused widespread rail delays as Central Railroad Long hauls, rains, and frozen brakes disrupted service. Penn Central and Metropolitan Transit Authority noted eight hour lags on some trains from Chicago and Montreal while commuters faced 35 minute delays on average and a fare hike to 39 cents sparked anger among riders.
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Peril of Tanker Sinking Diminishes Amid Rescue Efforts
SAN FRANCISCO AP ships converged on the stricken tanker Connec Heat as it leaked and floundered without power in stormy seas. Coast guard said no evacuation of the 41 crewmen occurred. emergency pumps were delivered and work continued to curb flooding despite 10 to 15 foot swells and equipment failures.
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van Remuay
Richard
Zappe
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N.Y
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GI Toll in Shellings Highest in Five Months
SAIGON AP reports the U S casualties in the latest 24 hour period as the heaviest in five months with four Americans killed and 79 wounded across three attacks. The surge follows a week of mortar and rocket barrages including a 15 round attack on a base of the 17th airborne brigade and rockets into Cam Ranh Bay airbase. A US command spokesman described the toll as the highest since August 12.
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Cam Ranh Bay
11Th Armored Cavalry Regiment
Anamosa Chamber hears report on Eagle Ridge prison center
Anamosa business leaders reacted to word that the state halted work on the Eagle Ridge prison project and redirected funds to welfare programs. Officials dispute site suitability while cutting plans for regional detention centers. critics call the move political and abandon the department’s long term plan.
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Social’ Services
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Gillman
Iowa
Eagle Ridge
Dyean
Elephant Joins Up with Horses at Lake Helen
Mrs. Ted Mavkall found a five-ton elephant in her horse pasture after it escaped a Clyde Beatty circus winter headquarters. The elephant named Kale had damaged fences and clotheslines during five days of freedom before sheriff Capt. Howard McBride confirmed she appeared happy and well fed.
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Kale
the Clyde
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Kate
Capt. Howard
McBride
Sheriff's Office
Backward Hippie Painter of Volkswagens and Flowers
A playful quip about a backward hippie who painted Volkswagens and flowers, a lighthearted joke that riffs on counterculture imagery. No further facts or names are present.
University SDS charged over campus placing office incident
University of Iowa officials filed charges against Students for a Democratic Society over a December 10 disruption in which 15 students reportedly forced past officers and tried to remove a government recruiter from the placement offices. Two SDS secretaries confirmed receipt of notices from Dean M. L. Hull charging violation of the student life code.
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Gazelte
Iowa City
University of Iowa
Students For A Democratic Society
SDS
Connie Nagel
Bedford
N.Y
Linda Jones
Iowa ‘City
M. L.hull
Dean Huil
Office of
Hull
Gazette
University of Town
Steve Baker
Revnow IL
Richard Trumpe
Pir
Baker
Ofiposité
Trumpe
Punkin
Blaze Quenched By Beer Brigade
In Tillamook Oregon a truck fire was extinguished by a passing motorist who opened a case of beer and four people formed a beer line to douse the flames. The improvised rescue avoided major damage and showcased showy resourcefulness on a coastal Friday.
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Tillamook, Ore
Pentagon hushed South Korean atrocity evidence says anthropologist
Honolulu AP reports anthropologist A Terry Rambo, a University of Hawaii graduate student, says he provided the Pentagon with documented evidence of South Korean atrocities in Vietnam two years ago. He alleges top secret handling and suppression after Saigon officials warned him not to include such allegations in his report.
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University of Hawaii
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Blue Dragon Brigade
Cam Ranh Bay
Tay Hoa
University of Michigan
American University
Human Sciences Research, Inc
Robert Cottey
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21 Injured Neighbors Aid Rescue in Ohio Nursing Home Fire
A nursing home fire in Harmar Hill, Ohio, killed many residents and injured 21 people including two firefighters and an employee. Neighbors aided in evacuations despite high winds and ice, as the blaze repelled efforts and left the building dark except for flames.
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Harmar’ House
Marietta Fire Firen
Ohio
Fitchville
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