Love Gift Blocked by Mexico in Tarahumara Aid
A Lafayette driven relief train of 10 freight cars loaded with food medicine clothing and farming tools for the Tarahumara Indians was halted by the Mexican treasury ministry which said aid from Lafayette would signal the government cannot care for its citizens The shipment began after a Jesuit priest urged help and followed a plane crash that killed a priest and a nun while delivering supplies to the Tarahumaras in Chihuahua state The Chihuahua governor disputed starvation reports saying no Indian died of famine and the Tarahumara population was about 30000 with ongoing hunger threats
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Lafayette
Mexico
Mexico City
Treasury
Mercy
el Paso
Texas
Ernesto Uranga
Chihuahua City
Lourdes Ramirez
Gordon Blake
Luis Verplancken
Verplancken
Chihuahua State
Chihuahua
Praxedes Ciner Duran
Houston
San Antonio
Blake
Creel
Father Verplancken
Sierra Madre Mountains
Seven Die In South Side Apartment Fire in Chicago
Flames and smoke killed seven people in a South Side apartment building early Friday. Four injured. A young father and his baby leaped from a second story window to escape the blaze. The dead include two cousins, Minnie Hall and Mary Wright, plus four men and a woman. Firemen recovered no more bodies by dawn. A dog was found among the debris.
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Chicago
Marvin ‘Snipes
Marvin, Jr
Mary Wright
Calvin Wright
Minnie Hall
Moses Wright
William Hall
Willie Hall
Bill Adams
St Peter to Be Honored by Pope in 1967 Centenary
Pope Paul VI announced that 1967 will be formally celebrated as the 19th centenary of the martyrdom of St Peter. He spoke to biblical scholars in Rome and did not specify any planned celebrations or a special holy year. Vatican sources indicated no holy year would be proclaimed.
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Vatican City
Paul VI
Peter
Rome
Vatican
Bail Totals 1.3 Million For Cosa Nostra Bosses
In New York 13 Cosa Nostra leaders were jailed on a total bail of 1.3 million after a Thursday raid described as the biggest since Apalachin. Justice Joseph Conroy held them as material witnesses in Queens County major crime investigations.
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New York
Supreme Court
Cosa Nostra
Joseph Valachi
Joseph Conroy
Queens County
Sanford Garjelik
Apalachin
N.Y
la Stella
Forest Hills
Queens
Manhattan
Garelik
Thomas
Tommy Ryan) Eboli
Brooklyn
Vito Genovese
Michael Miranda
Carlos Marcello
New Or
Parade of Homes Edition in The Gazette Sunday
The Cedar Rapids Gazette will feature its annual Parade of Homes edition next Sunday during National Home Week from Sept. 25 to Oct. 2. The 56 page issue highlights Cedar Rapids and Marion houses, home furnishings, interior decor, appliances, landscaping, and gardening. Larry Blackman, president of the National Association of Home Builders, writes on the economic outlook and hedging against inflation as costs rise.
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Cedar Rapids
Marion
Naomi Doebel
National Association of Home Builders
Larry Blackman
The
Homebuilders Association of
Korean Orphan Dies En Route to New Home
Hudson New York AP report states 20 month old Sung Sek Chun died while en route to her foster home with Mr. and Mrs. William Sprokey after arriving from Seoul. The child reportedly grew ill during the drive and lost consciousness after a milk break. Coroner to decide cause after lab tests. her brother Michael remained well.
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Chun
Sorokey
Sorokeys
Brother
Fire deaths high in 1965 with many children among victims
About 12,000 Americans died in fires during 1965 according to the National Fire Protection Association and nearly 30 percent of victims were children.
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Boston
UPI
United States
National Fire Protection Association
Governors Meet Johnson See Vietnam Costs Rally Toward $10 Billion
Washington AP governor Scranton says President Johnson discussed Vietnam expenditures rising at least ten billion dollars this year. Johnson wants to trim three billion from current plans and urges governors to prepare for smaller grants and adjusted state programs while awaiting eight pending appropriations bills.
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Washington
William Scranton
Pennsylvania
Johnson
Scranton
White House
Diefenbaker Blamed in Canadian Sex Scandal
Justice Spence's report condemns Prime Minister John Diefenbaker for not acting over the Gerda Munsinger affair. It urges removal of Pierre Sevigny from defense duties and cautions on cabinet security amid risk of blackmail.
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Diefenbaker
Ottawa
John Diefenbaker
Wisshart Spence
Gerda Munsinger
Spence
Pierre Sevigny
Sevigny
Munsinger
Defense
Douglas Harkness
George Hees
Justice Spence
Supreme Court of Canada
National Defense
B 52 Stratofo rts Bomb North Vietnam
U S B 52 bombers pounded North Vietnam for the fourth time in the war, unloading tons of explosives on ammunition dumps, truck parks and storage depots in the southern panhandle. The raid aimed to curb infiltration into South Vietnam via the DMZ as waves of air power targeted infiltration routes and supported 116 bombing missions across Hanoi Haiphong and southern targets.
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Saigon
North Vietnam
U. S
Panhandle
South Vietnam
Demilitarized Zone
Navy
Marine
Hanoi
Haiphong
South
Two Blind People Regain Sight Suddenly in Separate UK Homes
William Chalmers, 49, and Josephine Roberts, 65, both regain vision within hours after years of blindness. Chalmers recalls a sneezing fit unlocking sight of the fireplace and clock. Roberts, who cared for her home during blindness, saw light and her reflection after a vacuum cleaner handle injury. Doctors warned permanence uncertain.
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London
William Chalmers
Josephine Roberts
Chadsmoor
Cheshire
Chalmers
Gromyko Dismisses US Peace Proposals at UN
At the United Nations, Soviet Foreign Minister Andrei Gromyko rejected U S peace offers on Vietnam. He called for unconditional bombing cessation and all U S forces withdrawal, labeling Washington’s moves as escalations and urged support for Vietnam and allied actions. He proposed three draft resolutions on nonproliferation, nonintervention, and disbanding overseas bases.
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United Nations
Soviet Union
U.S. Vietnam
U. S
Andrei Gromyko
General Assembly
Washington
U.S
Arthur Goldberg
Vietnam
Gromyko
Democratic Republic of Vietnam
South Vietnam
Assembly
Asia
Africa
Latin American
NATO
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