Four die in snowbound car on South Dakota reservation road
A snowplow operator found a stalled car five miles south of Porcupine on Pine Ridge Indian Reservation. Driver David Running Shield and three passengers died from carbon monoxide likely due to a wet engine and closed windows. Victims hailed from Batesland and Porcupine. The blizzard crippled the northern Plains with extensive snow, power outages, and tornadoes.
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David Running Shield
Freda Running Shield
Batesland
Norman Fireplace
Sharon Gibbons
Porcupine
Pine Ridge
Lewis White
Gibbons
White
Mississippi Valley
Canada
Three Die In Runway Collision At LaGuardia
A private Piper Cherokee and a Yankee Airlines de Havilland Dove collided on intersecting runways at LaGuardia. Three people died including Joseph and Barbara Bucci and Mrs David Campbell. nine aboard the airliner were injured. CAB and FAA launched a reconstruction and listened to tower tapes as investigators began the case. Witnesses described the moment of impact and the aftermath aboard the grounded aircraft.
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Yankee Airlines de Haviland
Joseph
Barbara Bucci
Binghamton
N.Y
David Campbell
Vesta
Pittsfield
Mass
New
Charles McMillen
Dalton
Jean Homich
Manhattan
Tax Unit Overhaul Passes In Iowa Senate
In Des Moines the Iowa Senate unanimous approved three bills to form a Department of Revenue headed by a single administrator. The package moves three taxes into the new department: insurance premium tax from the insurance department, motor vehicle fuel tax from the estate treasurer, and liquor tax from the liquor commission.
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DES Moines
Senate
State Tax Commission
Department of Revenue
House
Insurance Department
New Revenue Department
Liquor Commission
New Department
Minneapolis Hotel Fire Takes 4 Lives
A hotel fire south of downtown Minneapolis killed four people, three men and a woman, with 70 registered guests affected. Firemen found the bodies in the Kenesaw hotel front, while residents trapped on upper floors were rescued by ladders. The blaze started in a second floor stairway and was contained by a firewall. Damage was estimated at 150 000 to 260 000 dollars. A second brief item notes Eisenhowers traveling by train toward Gettysburg.
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UPI
Minneapolis Business District
Kenesaw Hotel
Kenneth Hall
Hall
Pulitzer Prize Fuss As Awards Ruffle Times Input
The 1967 Pulitzer for international reporting goes to R Johnsi Hughes of the Christian Science Monitor, despite a jury’s push for Harrison Salisbury of The New York Times. Columbia University trustees upheld the jury’s second choice for Indonesia coverage amid controversy. In Iowa, Atkins Fremont district debates attachment to Benton or Cedar Rapids for high school schooling after a Tuesday meeting.
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NEW York
R. Johnsi Hughes
The
Christian Science, Monitor
Harrison Salisbury
New York Times
Frank Nye
Des Moines
Atkins- Fremont
Legislative Halls
Kenneth Benda
Brartwick
Columbia University
Hughes
Indonesia
Salisbury
Atkins-Fremont
Benton
Cedar Ron
Marines Capture Hill 881 In Costly Victory
U S Marines drove elite communist forces from Hill 881 near the North South Vietnamese border in a significant yet costly victory. Air battles over Kep base and Hoa Lac near Hanoi produced heavy Mig losses for North Vietnam while UPI counted 726 enemy dead in two weeks of fighting. Sixteen Americans died and 40 were wounded in Mekong Delta fighting as 100 plus communists attacked a Ninth Infantry Division unit at night.
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South Vietnam
Saigon
U.S
North Vietnam
South
U. S
Hill 881
Kep
Hoa Lac
Hanoi
Kep H
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Thai Nguyen
da Nang
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South China Sea
An En
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Pleiku
U. S. Army
UPI
Robert Miller
Hill 861
Mekong Delta
U.S. Ninth Infantry Division
Belle Plaine Votes Down $730,000 High School Bond
A $730,000 bond issue for a new Belle Plaine high school failed to reach the 50 percent legal majority. Ballots counted 716 yes and 565 no, 55.1 percent in favor. Officials plan to try again in the future.
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Gazette
Belle Plaine
Joint U S Forces Eliminate North Vietnamese Missile Site
A U S military spokesman described a coordinated air force, navy and army strike that destroyed a Soviet supplied surface to air missile complex near the DMZ. The site, spotted Friday and attacked from air and sea, was declared completely obliterated with multiple fires and destroyed missiles and trucks.
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Demilitarized Zone
Navy
South Vietnam
Dmz
J. J. Soriano
Soriano
Hanoi
United States to Withdraw Up to 35000 Troops From Germany
Washington with Britain and West Germany announced plans to pull back up to 35 000 U S troops and four air squadrons from West Germany saving about 100 million dollars next year The move affects about 260 000 U S personnel in Europe including 225 000 ground forces and 33 000 dependents and shifts bases to the United States under NATO planningाक
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United States
Britain
West Germany
Administration
U.S
Europe
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
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State Department
24Th Infantry
Bavaria
Germany
Defense Planning Committee
NATO
Cedar Rapids Man Killed Struck by Car on Rural Route
Cedar Rapids resident Andrew Petroff 39 died after being struck by a car on highway one four miles north of Mt. Vernon while apparently trying to flag down a vehicle. Driver Dale J. Travis said lights of another car blinded him. Petroff died at Mercy Hospital. He lived at 3204 Wood Avenue SE and was married to Tereda Ayers. He worked as a construction laborer for Kinderknecht Construction Co. The Orthodox church member’s body lay at Hesser chapel with services pending.
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Ceder Rapids
Cedar Rapids
Andrew Petroff
Wood Avenue SE
Highway One
Mt. Vernon
Dale J. Travis
Vernon
Petroff
Mercy Hospital
Mr. Petroff
Lorraine
Ohio
Tereda Ayers
Mount Ayr
Kinderknecht Construction Co
Terecia
Orthodox Church
Hesser Chapel
Dodd Urges Friends To Drop Testimonial
Senator Thomas J. Dodd asked Connecticut friends to drop plans for a no strings-attached testimonial in his honor as he faces a Senate censure over alleged misuse of funds from earlier testimonials, his assistant said.
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UPI
Thomas J. Dodd
Connecticut
Dodd
Senate
Robert Perry
Man At Last Complete When He Gets A Wife
A humorous quip notes a man is not complete until he gains a wife and then is finished. Conyriaht offers a playful closing line.
Westmoreland Returns to Saigon Sees Continued Fighting
Gen William Westmoreland arrived in Saigon from the United States and warned that heavy fighting will persist in South Vietnam's northernmost province just below the demilitarized zone. The visit underscores ongoing U.S. military concerns in the area.
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Saigon
Wiliam Westmoreland
U.S
South Vietnam
Demilitarized Zone
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