Truck Train Crash Kills 12 in Everett Boston Area
A Boston and Maine Railroad diesel car hit a stalled oil truck at a street crossing in Everett near Boston. The crash killed the engineer Thomas Bagley and 11 others, injured 18, and spilled about 7000 gallons of stove oil as flames trapped passengers aboard the single car train.
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Everett
Mass
Boston & Maine Railroad
Herbert Fothergill
Chelsea
North Station
Boston
Boston Garden
Fothergill
Ralph DeVito
George Stewart
Thomas Bagley
Martin F. Marnik
Lynn
Marnik
Fire damages Marcy Hotel. owner and four staff injured
A pre dawn blaze at the Marcy Hotel in Lake Placid Adirondacks left two employees missing while 475 guests evacuated. The owner Jack Davis and four staff were injured, smoke inhalation common, with three presumed dead earlier later found safe. Fire confined to the southern wing, kitchen, dining room, pool and staff quarters on the third floor.
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Lake Placid
N.Y
Marcy
Adirondack
Placid Memorial Hospital
Jack Davis
Fire kills six in Panton Vermont home blaze
A Lake Champlain Valley fire destroyed a two story house in Panton early today killing six members of the Warren family. Identified victims include Gerald Warren 42 Dolores 38 son Gerald Jr 16 daughters Frances 17 Barbara 18 months and Geralds mother Florence Warren 74 of Syracuse New York.
Snowy Bypass Skips Heavy Snow as Cold Arrives in Kansas
Area forecast notes fair weather through Thursday with frigid nights. Temperatures dip to near zero tonight and reach the 30s Thursday, while yesterday brought .74 inch precipitation and widespread snow from a December blizzard across Kansas, with notable amounts in Concordia, Salina, Abilene, and western locales.
Fire damages multiple buildings in downtown Lawrence
A major blaze in downtown Lawrence Kansas damaged or destroyed at least three buildings on Massachusetts and Vermont streets. Three firefighters were injured. the fire began around 5 30 a m and was under control by 7 a m damaging the Wren Apartments Miller Furniture Co and the Independent Laundry and Dry Cleaners.
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Lawrence
Kan
Massachusetts
Vermont
Wren Apartments
Miller Furniture Co
Independent Laundry and Dry Cleaners
Central Plains Snowstorm Spreads Northeastward
The Associated Press reports a storm dumping heavy snow in the central Plains moved into the Midwest with gusty winds causing heavy drifts and travel disruption. A foot fell in Kansas with up to 10 inches in Nebraska and 8 inches in western Missouri. snow was ending in parts of Kansas and Oklahoma and expected to taper in Nebraska and Missouri today.
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Kansas
Concordia
Salina
Barnard
Covert
Oakley
Abilene
Associated Press
Central Plains
Midwest
Weather Bureau
Oklahoma
Missouri
Nebraska
Sheriff's sale of pulling unit at Memorial Building
A pulling unit mounted on a 1948 Ford truck was sold at 2 p m yesterday in a sheriff sale at the Memorial building. The unit brought 655 dollars. The sale stemmed from a judgment action by Consolidated Oil Well Services against Steam Injection Corp.
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Memorial Building
Consolidated Oil Well Services
Steam Injection Corp
Paving Proposal Near New Jaco Area Moves Forward
City commission adopts resolutions for five and a half blocks of concrete paving around the new junior college area. Projects span Allen and Wilson streets with right of way to Lafayette and require land through Evangelical United Brethren property. About 28 percent of costs covered by city. notices to owners will follow. Tribune to publish resolutions. Twenty four 1967 retail beer licenses approved. tavern operators praised for responsible management and urged continued cooperation to deter underage sales.
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Allen
Wilson
Lafayette
Evangelical United Brethren Church
the Tribune
Commission
Annexation request near Plummer faces protest and utility shift
Topeka reports a protest filed against rezoning to permit a shopping center on South Plummer as Jim Midcap seeks annexation west to 320 feet beyond his property. City approves changes to utilities rules for a new billing system with electronic calculations to begin after year start. City manager notes 18 new street lights to complete a citywide conversion.
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Jim Midcap
Plummer
14Th
Midcap
South Plummer
R. J. Hayes
South Vietnamese Sweep in Mekong Delta Kills 89 Viet Cong
Thousands of South Vietnamese troops launched a large search and destroy operation in the Mekong Delta with ground, helicopter units and paratroopers. By late today officials reported 89 Viet Cong killed, 2 captured, 48 weapons seized, with very light Vietnamese casualties. Paratroopers jumped from 33 aircraft and reported no opposition at the drop.
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Saigon
South Vietnam
Mekong
Para
Chuong Thien
Delta
China detonates fifth atmospheric nuclear test at Lop Nor
United States officials report China conducted its fifth atmospheric nuclear test at Lop Nor on December 28 Chinese time, with a yield of several hundred kilotons. The blast followed a November signal from Washington that indicators pointed to a new test, amid global calls to curb such activity.
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Washington
China
Sinkiang Province
U.S
United States
Chinese Lop Nor Proving Ground
State Department
Robert J. McClosky
Lop Nor
Hiroshima
Japan
Topeka Juvenile Held by Local Police
A 17 year old Topeka boy was taken into custody here yesterday by local police on Topeka juvenile authority and held for them. He is to be returned to Topeka Friday under action started by his parents.
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Topeka
City Parking Meter Coin Boxes Robbed
The faces of several city parking meters were pried off and coin boxes emptied last night. Exact meter damage and loss were not yet determined this afternoon, and some meters were not found until later. At least two locations, North Grant and 1st Street, were involved.
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North Grant
1St Street
California birth rate falls to 25 year low in 1966
San Francisco AP reports California's birth rate declined in 1966 to the lowest level in a quarter century. State Health Department released figures today showing the drop, reflecting trend across the state.
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San Francisco
California
State Health Department
Reopening of KOP at Parsons Elicits Solemn Response
Intercepted letter to Cha notes the reopening of KOP at Parsons draws a grave reaction, implying acceptance if necessary and a sense of inevitability.
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Kop
Parsons
Reopening of Kansas Army Ammunition Plant Planned
The Kansas Army Ammunition Plant near Parsons, idle for decades, to reopen with 4000 to 5000 workers under National Gypsum Co. plans for 1967-68 construction, new facilities and renovations. Local leaders anticipate job creation amid a tightened southeast Kansas labor market and pledge support to the contractor and federal government.
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Parsons
National Gypsum Co
Kansas Army Ammunition Plant
James B. Pearson
Akan
Kansas
Parsons Chamber of Commerce
Mid - America Inc
Southeast Kansas
Jay C. Westervelt
Parsons Chamber
C. J. Hoke
Mid - America
Economic Development Administration
Sta
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Whidden
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Chanute
Tribune
Bud Roberts
Ith
Alan Morrow
Linda
Thomas
Criss Morgan
S. Santa Fe
Lonnie Morrow
Frank Morgan
Jaco Area
Johnson
Far East
Cha
Parsons, Kan
James B. Parson
R-Kan
Pentagon
Tistics
Pearl Harbor
Johns-Manville Corp
J-M Service Corp
National Gypsum
Army
Claus
Westervelt
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