Fire Devastates Brussels Store Killing 10 and Wounding Many
A Brussels department store blaze at Innovation caused at least 10 deaths and 40 to 80 injuries with many hospitalized. The fire spread through the five story building, triggering evacuations of nearby stores, schools, and offices as firefighters fought advancing flames and collapsing roofs.
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Brussels
UPI
Innovation
Rue Neuve
Rue Aux Choux
Priba
Bon Marche
Old City
Li Innovation
Navy calls report on Mrs Kennedy ban false
The navy rejected a Washington Post claim that Mrs. John F Kennedy asked uniformed officers be kept off the platform at the christening of the aircraft carrier named for her husband. Navy officials said she had not commented on guest seating. Walter Ulbricht arrived in Belgrade for a rest on the Adriatic coast.
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Washington
Navy
John F. Kennedy
Washington Post
Ulbricht
Belgrade
UPI
Walter Ulbricht
Adriatic
Major and Son Sought Near Cuba
Major Richard Pearce, 36, of Fort Sam Houston and his five year old son disappeared after a one hour sightseeing flight from Key West. Eleven planes and multiple search craft scoured 8000 square miles of water between Florida and Cuba. Pearce, senior aide to Lt. Gen. Thomas Dunn, and his son were last seen after leaving a motel four hours after takeoff.
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Key West
Here
Cuba
Fourth Army
Richard Pearce
Fort Sam Houston
Texas
Pearce
Miami
Iman
Coast Guard
Thomas Dunn
Walter of
Ly Employe
Atlanta
Mildred Pearce
South Birmingham
Ala
From Space or Not This Bird Can Really Take It
A sparrow wandered south to Miami and nested in a warehouse freezer at Plantation Cold Storage. Temperatures stay near 38 to 29 below zero, yet the bird refuses to leave after three weeks. Workers note the bird looks at them, swoops to shoulders, and flies around the freezer daily. It drinks water from the ice and feeds on frozen foods.
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Miami
Outer Space
Fred Duncombe
Plantation
Jack Westbrook
Frozen Foods Department
Westbrook
Johnson Plea to Kosygin On Middle East Reported
Washington officials hopeful that the Soviet Union would use influence to reduce war risks between Israel and Arab states. President Johnson pressed Kosygin in recent days while White House and State Department withheld confirmation. Arab forces near Israel and Thant's Cairo trip heighten tension as Ahmed Shukairi vows to confront Israel.
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Levi Eshkol
Egypt
Israel
Jerusalem
U.N
U Thant
Cairo
Middle East
Johnson
Kosygin
Washington
U.S
White House
State Department
Russia
Federation
Damascus
Thant
Ahmed Shukairi
Palestine Liberation Organization
Vietnam
American Jewish Committee
New York
American Jewish Congress
Chuckle on learning from mistakes in 1987 quip
A brief joke notes that if people learn from mistakes, some fellows are getting a fantastic education. The line carries a tone of light humor and copyright attribution for 1987.
Seven Die In Collision of Freights
New York AP report says two freight trains collided head on in an upper Manhattan yard near 130th Street and West 148th Street. At least seven dead, a dozen injured, and fire swept wreckage. Engines piled, freight cars derailed, crews of six per train. Authorities noted possible more bodies among wreckage.
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New York
Upper Manhattan
130Th Street
New York Central
Riverside Drive
West 148Th Street
Mental Hospital For Riot Leader Seized After Fatal Clash
In Manila AP report, Valentin de los Santos, head of Lapiang Malaya, 89, and 11 aides were committed to a mental hospital after a two hour police confrontation that left at least 32 dead and 45 wounded. A government psychiatrist said they showed signs of schizophrenia.
Offensives Persist as Cease-Fire Observed in Vietnam War
On Buddha's birthday observance, allies planned a 24 hour cease-fire beginning midnight Saigon time but air attacks against Hanoi continued. North Vietnamese forces launched a major assault on Chu Goungot mountain area, killing 18 Marines and wounding 75, while American and South Vietnamese units fought across the Central Highlands and near Con Thien. U.S. pilots claimed a Mig shoot down over Hanoi as power and rail lines were disrupted by Viet Cong actions despite the truce.
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Saigon
Hanoi
South Vietnam
Canon Highlands
U.S
Chu Goungot
Tass
CTK
U. S. 4Th Infantry Division
Pleiku
U. S
Air Force
North Vietnam
Friend
Mail Fraud Conviction Under Review for Hoffa
The Supreme Court ordered a new hearing to determine if Hoffa’s 1964 mail fraud conviction was tainted by FBI eavesdropping on a co defendant. If tainted, a new trial could be granted. Hoffa also faces separate jury tampering sentences.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Teamsters
James Hoffa
Hoffa
Chicago
iHe
Lewisburg
Black
Justice White
U. S
Justice Department
FBI
George Burris
New York
Burris
Miami
Benjamin Sigelbaum
Sigelbaum
Department
Chattanooga
Frank Wilson
Seize $250000 In Phony Money Ring Busted In Norfolk
Secret Service agents busted an alleged interstate counterfeit ring and arrested two Norfolk men on Sunday while seizing $250000 in counterfeit twenty dollar bills in Newport News. In Moscow Arab students marched denouncing President Johnson and Zionism.
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Newport News
Secret Service
Norfolk
Moscow
API
Johnson
Palestine
Presbyterian Approval for New Doctrine
The United Presbyterian Church in the U S A adopted The Confession of 1967 after nine years of work at its general assembly in Portland Oregon. The document modernizes gospel meanings for poverty race relations peace and other issues and includes the Nicene and Apostles creeds alongside Westminster. An 833 member assembly approved the measure after a two hour debate and a moment of silent prayer led by moderator Dr Eugene Smathers.
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George Cornell
Portland
Ore
United Presbyterian Church
U.S.A
Eugene Smathers
Bigl Lick
Tenn
Food Airlift to Kenya by Royal Air Force
The Royal Air Force has agreed to airlift emergency food supplies to northeastern Kenya, an announcement said on Monday.
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London
Royal Air Force
Kenya
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Ben Hai River
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