Line Hires Boyd After Rail Grant
Mobile Alabama AP reports that a $25.2 million transportation grant was awarded to the Illinois Central Railroad while Secretary Alan Boyd prepared to become the line's president. Boyd claimed he was insulated from the grant information and that the department announced the Dec 30 award to the Chicago South Suburban Mass Transportation District for new commuter cars.
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Mobile
Ala
Transportation Department
Illinois Central Railroad
Alan Boyd
Boyd
Chicago South Suburban Mass Transportation District
Illinois Central
White House
Nixon
Ronald Ziegler
Federal Department of Housing and Urban Development
Urban Mass Transit Administration
William Johnson
The
Johnson
Dixie Town Tank Car Explosions Hit Laurel Mississippi
Twenty six Southern Railway tank cars derailed and exploded injuring 19 people and destroying about 30 homes in a predominantly Negro district of Laurel. A 12 year old girl was missing as large flames lit the pre dawn sky. guards were deployed and investigators dispatched as officials worked to control the fire and assess casualties.
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John Bell Williams
National Guard
Laurel
New Orleans
Meridian
Laurel Fire Department
Theft of $8,000 Cash From George Yilek Home
Police report a break in at 1424 Ninth Street SW Cedar Rapids with $8,000 stolen from a dresser drawer. Entry occurred between 9 a.m. and 10:30 p.m. Friday after breaking the front door glass.
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George Yilek
Cedar Rapids
Ninth Street
Nixon Upsets Pacific Air Route Ruling
The Nixon administration probes last minute Johnson actions and halts awards of Pacific air routes to Continental and Braniff. CAB is told to pause the Dec 19 route grants as White House aides review potential favoritism amid Senate charges. also reviewing government airfield equipment at LBJ ranch.
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Washington
Nixon
Johnson
Pacific
Civil Aeronautics Board
Continental
Braniff Airlines
Ronald Ziegler
White House
Ziegler
Senate
Sen. Griffin
R-Mich
Lbj Ranch
Chill Factor Dominates Iowa Weather Reports
Iowa weather keeps temperatures from dropping despite a cold night as a 28 mph west wind yields a chill factor of 48 below zero at 6 am. Lows Friday ranged from 1 above in Burlington to 8 below in Spencer, with forecasters predicting calmer winds and warmer temperatures by Sunday.
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Iowa News
Iowa
Weather Bureau
Burlington
Cedar Rapids
Spencer
Iowa Highway Patrol
Wife charged with murder in Doolin shooting
James Doolin 40 was shot to death Friday night at 705 Fifth avenue SE. His estranged wife LaQuesta Hortense Doolin 33, of 1532 Fifth avenue SE, was charged with murder after she phoned police and said she shot her husband during a family argument in her apartment.
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Cedar Rapids
James Nolan Doollin
Fifth Avenue SE
Doolin
LaQuesta Hortense Doolin
Czechoslovak Chiefs Shun Palach Funeral
Jan Palach's funeral in Prague drew about 100000 mourners as church bells tolled for the youth who set himself aflame to protest oppression. Officials limited eulogies and ordered burial at Olšany cemetery, while guards controlled crowds and Prague radio observed a minute of silence.
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Prague
UPI
Jan Palach
Palach
Czechoslovakia
Zdenek Tous
Carolinum
Charles, University
Carolinum Hall
University
Liberal Arts College
Olsany
Vysehrad
Oldrich ‘Stary
Charles University
Prague Radio
Dancer Irene Castle Dies
Irene Castle Enzinger 75 noted as an internationally famous ballroom dancer before and during World War I. She and her first husband Vernon Castle were celebrated across continents. Vernon died in a 1918 training plane crash.
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Eureka Springs
Ark
Irene Castle Enzinger
Vernon Castle
Paratroops Move To Meet Threat North of Saigon
A crack battalion of U S paratroopers from the 82nd Airborne has been redeployed 60 miles north of Saigon to block a Viet Cong infiltration route along the Song Be corridor. About 800 troops guard major bases at Long Binh and Bien Hoa as enemy activity along Tay Ninh Binh Long and Phuoc Long rises. Analysts warn the move may signal broader attacks before mid February to influence Paris talks. The report notes the 1000th helicopter shot down in combat with 990 returned to service, and total helicopter losses reach 2,316 with a cost of about 578.5 million dollars.
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Saigon
U. S
82Nd Airborne Division
Song Be
Cambodia
South Vietnam
Army
Long Binh
Bien Hoa
Tay Ninh
Binh Long
Phuoc Long
Paris
Nixon
California Downpours Stir Havoc
Heavy rains unleashed mudslides across southern California eight days in a row, killing at least nine and leaving two children missing. Homes were buried, walls collapsed, and millions of dollars in damage mounted as rescue crews searched for victims and missing youths in Los Angeles and surrounding counties.
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Los Angeles
UPI
California
Highland Park District
Topanga Canyon
Two Killed In Car Train Crash At Downey Crossing
Two men James Phillips 55 West Liberty and John Bub 39 Downey were killed when their southbound car was struck by a westbound Rock Island train at 3 17 p m. near the elevator where they worked. The crossing lacked signals and slick roads may have contributed. Funeral arrangements set for Bub Tuesday and Phillips Monday.
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James Phillips
West Liberty
John Bub
Downey
Rock Island
Barden
Bub
Downey Baptist Church
Barker Funeral Home
West Branch
Phillips
Snider Funeral Home
Paris Bid By Lodge Rebuffed
The Paris peace conference ended its first session after six and a half hours with U S Ambassador Henry Cabot Lodge proposing immediate re establishment of a demilitarized zone between North and South Vietnam The North Vietnamese spokesman Nguyen Thanh Le rejected the proposal calling it a camouflage for American aggression The U S and South Vietnam pressed for military disengagement while the North and NLF demanded an end to Saigon rule and a peace cabinet The next meeting was set for Thursday and Lodge signaled willingness to propose concrete steps toward a DMZ and mutual troop withdrawal
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Paris
U.S
Henry Cabot Lodge
North
South
Vietnam
Hanoi
Viet Cong
National Liberation Front
Nguyen Thanh le
Democratic Republic of Vietnam
Lodge
South Vietnam
North Vietnam
NLF
Saigon
Nixon
Dmz
Remedies Tried by Politicians Fell Short, Say Critics
A derisive cartoon notes that even if all proposed remedies by politicians were tried, the outcome would still be uncertain. The piece satirizes political optimism and public frustration.
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Transportation
Florida Railroad and Public Utilities Commission
Federal Civil Aeronautics Board
Commerce For Transportation
Dixie Town
National Transportation Safety Board
Virgil Davis
Southern Railway
Pacific Air Route
Griffin
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