Big Nippon Trust Bank Heist Stuns Tokyo
Four unarmed Nippon Trust & Banking officials transporting 816667 yen from Tokyo to Fuchu were halted by a man posing as a police officer who hijacked the money and sped away in the car. The theft marked Japan’s largest reported robbery. the car was later found abandoned.
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Tokyo
Nippon Trust & Banking Co
Fuchu
Japan
Oslo
Norway
Rene Cassin
France
Cassin
U.N. General Assembly
Paris
Institute For
Strasbourg
Europe
Olav V
Festival Hall
Oslo University
Aase Liennes
Nobel Committee
Powell case ends without indictment as politics loom
A federal grand jury examining Adam Clayton Powell expired without an indictable finding. The Justice Department cited insufficient evidence to prosecute Powell on public funds charges and noted potential civil action to recover the money.
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Washington
Adam Clayton Powell
Justice Department
Powell
Chanute Adopts Minimum Structures Housing Ordinance
City commissioners approve a minimum structures ordinance to serve as Chanute housing code and update building and electrical codes. An appeals board is rejected per state law, with officials citing enforcement needs and HUD program ties. The panel tabled action on a Mid-America health study as details remain uncertain.
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Chanute
Planning Commission
John Sherman
E. J. New
Sherman
R. J. Burkman
James Kensett
R. J. Hayes
Commission
Ment of Housing and Urban Development
HUD
Mid-America, Inc
Mid America
Ozark Regional Commission
Kansas
Plan of Future Co
St Paul Makes Push for Federal Urban Renewal Aid
In St Paul Kansas the city presses the federal urban renewal request as the regional office in Fort Worth wavers on its prospects. Senator James Pearson visited to hear the town’s case and see progress including 75 new homes and 35 old houses demolished, senior citizen duplexes, a new rest home, and a plan for a modern shopping center with mall parking and park facilities.
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ST. Paul
Neosho County
Federal Agency
Fort Worth
James Pearson
U.S
Kansas
Washington
D.C
Pearson
St Paul
Parsons
Kansas Army Ammunition Plant
Midwest
Jim Carter
St. Paul Plans Urban Renewal Center With Recreation Facilities
St. Paul in Neosho County advances an urban renewal plan including a nine hole grass course a 10 acre lake clubhouse and skeet range funded by 167 family memberships each at 100 plus 100 annual dues. The project awaits Farm Home Authority loan approval as local leaders emphasize small towns can lead in renewal.
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St. Paul
Parsons
Battle over Red Sea reported between Israeli and Egyptian jets
Israeli and Egyptian jet fighters clashed over the northern Red Sea with Israel claiming at least one Egyptian MIG was shot down and another hit while Israeli jets reportedly returned safely. In the same region a year earlier Egyptian planes downed a plane Israel said it shot down.
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Tel Aviv
Red Sea
Israel
Gulf of Suez
Suez Canal
Sinai
Egypt
Extra Hours Set At Post Office
The Chanute post office will open 8 30 a m to 5 p m this Saturday to handle the Christmas mail. Postmaster Mrs Floyd Kelley notes this is the only extra hours day for the rush. She advises 6 cent postage for Christmas cards and packing tips to speed handling and tracking.
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Tne Chanute
Floyd Kelley
Kelley
Mrs. Kelley
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Cassin Nobel
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Soviet Union
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Thailand
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Mid- America
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Neosho Wildlife Refuge
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