Ruby Suffering Serious Pneumonia Enters Parkland Hospital
Dallas Texas AP Jack Ruby the Oswald killer now awaiting a new trial was moved from Dallas County jail to Parkland Hospital with what doctors called a serious pneumonia. Lawyers said it is too early to gauge impact on the forthcoming trial while Ruby remains gravely ill and under care.
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Dallas
Tex
Jack Ruby
Lee Harvey Oswald
Parkland Hospital
Phil Burleson
Ruby
Oswald
Texas Court of Criminal Appeals
Dist
Louis Holland
Joe B. Brown
Wichita Falls
Burleson
Disturbance Rocks Juneau City Jail Over Cold Dinner
Alaska state police quelled two jail disturbances in three hours at Juneau city jail. Twenty eight prisoners participated after complaints the evening meal was cold. Officers used tear gas and riot guns to separate inmates and end the unrest. Prisoners were moved to another section afterward.
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Juneau
Alaska
Juneau City
Clinton McCann
Two Dead in Wichita Car Crash Near U S 54
A compact car carrying three youths lost control west of downtown Wichita along U S 54 cutoff and crashed. David Pendergrass, 18, died at St Francis Hospital hours after the wreck. A second occupant died on arrival. identity not released. Marzee Whorley, 20, had a fractured leg.
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Wichita
Kan
U. S. 54
David Pendergrass
St. Francis Hospital
Marzee Whorley
New Large Home Not Roomy Enough
CRANSTON AP Mr and Mrs John J Krupa bought a nine room house five months ago for their four children and a fifth expected On Thursday Mrs Betti Krupa gave birth to triplets two boys and a girl The father a self employed public accountant wishes he had bought a larger home.
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Cranston, R.J
John J. Krupa
Betti Krupa
Traffic Fatalities Log Totals Near Topeka for Dec 4 1966
Kansas traffic death log reports 24 hours to 9 am Saturday December 4 1966 in Topeka, listing 684 comparable fatalities for this period versus 619 in 1965. The AP tally tracks daily road fatalities across the state.
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Topeka
Kansas
Frigid fog closes airports and disrupts travel nationwide
A misty warm front and dense fog sweep the Atlantic coast from New Jersey to Maine and inland to Pittsburgh. Kennedy and LaGuardia report flight cancellations and delays as heavy snow and rain spread from Detroit to Ohio and the Deep South, with widespread travel hazards reported.
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Associated Press
New York
Atlantic Seaboard
New Jersey
Maine
Pittsburgh
New Jersey Turnpike
Jersey Central Railroad
Jersey City
Liberty Street
Manhattan
Detroit
Fort Wayne
Ind
Indiana
Lower
Michigan
Ohio
Huron
Erie
Great Lakes
Missouri
Georgia
Alabama
Florida
First sub zero temperature hits Kansas as cold snap settles
The state reports a sub zero start to winter with Hill City at one below. Western towns range zero to five above while Pittsburg hits 23. Light snow occurred in southwest Kansas with Russell Great Bend Dodge City and Garden City each tallying about an inch.
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Topeka
Kansas
Hill City
Pittsburg
Russell
Great Bend
Dodge City
Garden City
Cold Slows United Fund Drive in Freezing Weather
United Fund workers collected 1191 dollars in last nights residential drive, raising total to 20042 dollars but still 3028 short of the goal. Thirty canvassers from participating agencies worked through about half the town despite freezing conditions. a board meeting will review the campaign next week and uncontacted contributors are asked to mail gifts to Chanute United Fund Box 264.
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United Fund
Glen Dormois
Dormois
Chanute United Fund
Food and medicine by mules and copters aid Tule Indians
Pack mules and helicopters delivered food and medicine to about 200 Tule Indians stranded by floods in the Sierra foothills near Porterville California. An Indian boy died of exposure. dysentery affected about 25. Health workers flew in to assist and deliver labor aid while vaccines and supplies were sought.
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Porterville
Calif
Sierra
California
Marcus Hunter Jr
Tulare County
Lowell Chamberlen
Dorothy Jones
Chamberlen
Central America
Oklahoma man dies in crash near Liberal on icy highway
Ver non Lloyd Wright of Forgan Oklahoma died when a dairy truck skidded on ice and overturned on U S 54 south of Liberal Oklahoma A Kansan Veal Quesenbury of Meade was seriously injured and taken to Liberal hospital for treatment.
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Liberal
Kan
Vernon Lloyd Wright
Forgan
Oklo
Veal Quesenbury
Meade
U.S
Oklahoma
Car Collision Damages Reported In Lincoln Elm Crash
No injuries reported after a two car crash at Lincoln and Elm around 6 40 p m. Rufus J Barnard 67 Humboldt and Mrs Joan Phillips 36 of 711 South Highland collided. Barnard fled left turn into Phillips Northbound car. Police estimated 150 dollar damage to Barnard 1962 Dodge and 100 dollar damage to Phillips 1962 Chrysler. two passengers aboard Phillips car.
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Rufus J. Barnard
Humboldt
Joan Phillips
S. Highland
Lincoln
Elm
Phillips
Barnard
Whales Die on Palawan Beaches in Mass Sighting
Manila report states 102 whales died on Palawan beaches over two days. The Philippine News Service notes the last such mass death event occurred in 1926 and cites island inhabitants as the source of the figures.
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Manila
Philippine
Palawan
Philippine News Service
Powell Says He Will Not Fight House Seating
Rep. Adam Clayton Powell states he will not contest a House halt on seating him in January 1969 amid legal woes. He remarks from the Bahamas that if they do not want him, he will not fight, even as Rep. Lionel Van Deerlin pushes to bar him over contempt convictions and a libel judgment.
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New York
Adam Clayton Powell
D-N.y
House of Representatives
Powell
WCBS
Special Report
Bahama Islands
Lionel van Deerlin
Dcalif
Congress
Harlem
Esther James
Two U S Bombs Kill 16 Marines Near Rockpile
In South Viet Nam two 250 pound bombs from a U S Marine plane hit a Marine company near the Rockpile five miles south of the DMZ killing 16 Leathernecks and wounding 11. Bombs may have ricocheted or malfunctioned as four other bombs hit targets ahead.
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
U.S. Marine Corps
Rockpile
Demilitarized Zone
Popular Force
U.S
Judge Orders Tough Convicts Gagged and Bound
In Allegheny County pa s five week trial ends with three inmates Maberry Codispodi and Laynes convicted of attempting a prison break. They were gagged and bound in straitjackets during proceedings as threats to the judge were made and the jury returned verdicts. Sentencing set for Monday.
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Pittsburgh
Allegheny County Criminal Court
Western State Penitentiary
Richard Maberry
Dominic Codispodi
Herbert F. Laynes
Albert A. Fick
Mayberry
Godispodi
Dick Gregory Cancels Hanoi Visit Due to Bombing
New York AP reports comedian Dick Gregory postponed his trip to Hanoi after bombing of North Vietnam’s capital and outskirts. He held a news conference to discuss the Vietnam situation and cited a telegram from Bertrand Russell urging delay until hostilities ease. Gregory had just returned from London awaiting a North Vietnamese visa.
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New York
Dick Gregory
Hanoi
North Viet Nam
London
Gregory
Bertrand Russell
Wales
Getty Weds Talitha Pol in Civil Rome Ceremony
J Paul Getty Jr aged 34 married Dutch born actress Talitha Pol aged 26 in a simple civil ceremony at Rome City Hall. The bride is granddaughter of British painter Augustus John and the couple are described as proceeding with their lives together after the ceremony.
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J. Paul Getty
Talitha Pol
Rome
J. Paul Getty Jr
Getty
Augustus John
Atomic Explosions To Mine Trapped Gas
LAS VEGAS NEV The Atomic Energy Commission announced major agreements with El Paso Natural Gas Co. to use underground nuclear explosions to mine trapped gas in northwest New Mexico. Final contract details to be completed in the coming weeks.
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Las Vegas
Nev
The
Atomic Energy Commission
New Mexico
AEC
Commission
el Paso Natural Gas Co
Big Grey Whales Begin Annual Long Migration
The first of several hundred gray whales migrate 5,000 miles from the Arctic to Baja California waters to breed in warm gulf lagoons then return to the Arctic. Spotted off La Jolla and Ocean Beach, the whales travel in search of mates as scientist track the seasonal voyage.
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LA Jolla
Calif
Arctic
Baja California
Ocean Beach
Gulf
Kidney Transplants Begin in Arkansas Prisoner Case
A spokesman from the University of Arkansas Medical Center said a Fayetteville woman and a convict underwent kidney transplant surgery in good shape. The donor is Bill Watson, 34, and the recipient Doris Ratliff, with outcome pending. A second transplant is planned two weeks later as Ben Crippen, 35, donor to Lillie Lewis, 48, of Earle, awaits surgery.
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Little Rock
University of Arkansas Medical Center
Fayetteville, Ark
Bill Watson
Doris Ratliff
Ben Crippen
Arkansas Prison
Lillie Lewis
Earle, Ark
Watson
Crippen
Queen Mother Elizabeth Undergoes Abdominal Surgery
Queen Mother Elizabeth, 66, had abdominal surgery in London to relieve a partial obstruction. A bulletin signed by six doctors reported her condition was satisfactory.
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London
Elizabeth
Elizabeth II
Intercepted Letter Dear Cha Court Disturbance
Two convicts bound for courtroom disturbances acted as their own attorneys rather than court appointed counsel in an intercepted letter context.
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Cha
Calm Teacher Saves Pupils From Falling Ceiling
In South Bend Indiana Linden School third grade class escaped as a ceiling collapsed after a loud ominous noise. Teacher Claudine Black calmly led 25 pupils from the room and rescued 9 year old Rhonda Bush from rubble. Principal Edward Meyers praised the restraint and orderly evacuation.
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South Bend
Ind
Claudine Black
Linden School
Rhonda
Mrs. Black
Edward Meyers
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