Mountain Rail Crash Kills 8 on Mt Washington
Eight people died and at least 72 were injured when an excursion train on Mt. Washington’s cog railway derailed and plunged into a gorge. Governor John King ordered a full state utilities investigation as rescuers recovered victims over four hours along the mountain slope. The train’s passenger count was not yet determined.
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MT. Washington, N .H
Mt. Washington
John King
State Public Utilities Commission
Cost Factor Change for Edgewood Road Bridge Deal
Des Moines reports Iowa Attorney General Turner says Linn County and Cedar Rapids must renegotiate funding for the Edgewood road bridge center section. City to pay more than earlier, county share adjusted due to border span. Engineering halted over fund legality. officials expect new talks to reach an equitable split.
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Des Moines
Linn County
Cedar Rapids
Edgewood Road
Richard Turner
Glass Road
Ellis Boulevard NW
Anthony Scolaro
Scolaro
Turner
McNamara Announces Built Missile Defense System
SAN FRANCISCO United States Defense Secretary McNamara said the government will start constructing a five billion dollar anti ballistic missile system by year end to defend against Red China in the 1970s.
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San Francisco
UPS
McNamara
U.S
China
Rockefeller Declines Governor Conference Over Implications
New York governor Nelson Rockefeller refused to attend a Republican governors conference in California citing political implications. He noted that other governors also skipped the meeting and said he is not a candidate for the presidential nomination. Reagan and Rockefeller have been linked as possible ticket partners, but both have denied pursuing the No. 2 spot.
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New York
Nelson Rockefeller
California
Ronald Reagan
Rockefeller
Reagan
G.O.P
Riot follows stadium riot death toll in Turkey
In Sivas and Kayseri riots over a soccer rivalry, 41 people died and many more were injured after fans clashed and a stampede occurred at a game. Police mobilized the army to restore order as 5,000 Sivas supporters traveled to the match and stores, a hotel, and buses were damaged or burned. Officials warned suspending league games may follow.
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Istanbul
Turkey
Sivas
Kayseri
Inj
Chosing
U S Phantoms Hit Bridge Near China Border in War’s Closest Strike
U S air force Phantoms strike the Thai Khe highway bridge seven miles from China and 92 miles northeast of Hanoi in the war’s closest raid to the border. Navy jets hit targets around Haiphong including a rail yard and warehouse complex as weather allowed 109 missions. One plane was lost and a two man crew missing. North Vietnam claimed four U S planes shot down, which U S headquarters did not confirm. In South Vietnam 1000 Marines pushed inland near Da Nang with casualties and Viet Cong losses. A large airlifted ground action occurred 30 miles north of Saigon in the Ho Bo woods. A bombing wounded 29 Americans at Nha Trang NCO club with civilian casualties.
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Red China
Thai Khe
China
Hanoi
Navy
Haiphong
South Vietnam
North
North Vietnam
U. S
da Nang
U. S. Command
Ho Bo
Nha Trang
Suit Questions Constitutionality Of Residency Rule
Cedar Rapids news reports a Waterloo woman aided by federal legal aid challenging the town residency requirement for old age assistance. Mary L. Sheard, 71, with Black Hawk County Legal Aid, sues the Department of Social Welfare, the State Board of Social Welfare, and the Black Hawk County Welfare Department in federal court, recounting her move from Mississippi in April 1966 after a death.
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Cedar Rapids
Waterloo
Sage
Mary L. Sheard
Black Hawk
Detroit Pact Ends School Tieup After Two-Week Strike
Detroit teachers ratified a two-year contract by 3,346 to 374, ending a strike that kept public schools closed to about 300,000 pupils for two weeks. The deal provides an 850 dollar across-the-board annual increase for two years and a 39 week school year, down from 40 weeks. salaries range from 5,800 to 10,000 dollars.
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Detroit
No Settlement Reported In NYC Teachers Strike Talks
An all night bargaining session ended with no settlement as New York City public school teachers remain on strike. Vincent McDonnell announced talks would resume at 6 p.m. outside Mayor Lindsay’s residence after shifting from a midtown hotel. Albert Shanker said he was exhausted and adjourned the session amid a crippling walkout affecting 1.1 million students.
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New York
Vincent McDonnell
State Mediation Board
McDonnell
John V. Lindsay
Albert Shanker
United Federation
British Nuclear Scientist Sir John Cockroft Dies at 70
Cambridge England AP Sir John Cockroft 70 a leading nuclear scientist and pioneer of Britain's nuclear research died Monday He joined the United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority at its 1954 formation He held the U S Medal of Freedom and was a chevalier of the French Legion d Honneur
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Cambridge
England
John Cockroft
Cockroft
Britain
United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority
U.S
Peace Talks in Vietnam Brushed Aside by Johnson
American journalist Harry S. Ashmore says a potential peace bid with North Vietnam was effectively canceled by President Johnson. Ashmore, who met Ho Chi Minh in Hanoi, described Hanoi as conciliatory and prepared to consider a mutual de escalation formula. He stated a Feb. 5 letter from Ashmore and Baggs prompted no response, and Johnson’s subsequent hard line decisively scuttled the negotiation effort.
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Calif
Vietnam
Johnson
Harry S. Ashmore
The
Arkansas Gazette
Hanoi
William Baggs
Miami News
Ashmore
Ho Chi Minh
State Department
Bagge
Wiliam Bundy
U.S
Ashmore- Baggs
Center Magazine
Center For the Study of Democratic Institutions
Los Angeles
Ashmore-Baggs
Messrs
Baggs
British Scientist Tkachenko Returned to Soviet Union
Vladimir Tkachenko a 25 year old scientist central in a British Soviet tug of war was removed from a Moscow bound airliner and returned to the Soviet Union reportedly of his own free will after Britain charged he was drugged and kidnapped. British officials said the move followed medical advice and Tkachenko's own wishes with his wife and embassy doctor by his side. Soviet officials claimed he was an ill man and should undergo treatment at home.
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Vladimir Tkachenko
London
Home Office
Galina
Britain
Tkachenko
Evgeney Rogov
Soviet Union
Rogov
Andrei Gromyko
Moscow
New York
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Vassev
Gromyko
Vasser
Birmingham University
Glasgow
Blondes Have More Fun in The Dark Joke
A quip notes blondes appear to have more fun because they are easier to spot in the dark. The line plays on visibility between light and mood with a playful punch.
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