Peace Offensive Fades: Johnson to Decide Next Week
President Johnson is expected to decide next week whether to resume bombing of North Vietnam as the peace drive appears to have failed. Officials differ on scope with some favor targeted attacks near Hanoi and Haiphong while others oppose renewal or seek limited action. Secretary Rusk warned Hanoi to respond to peace hopes and Defense officials noted Tet may precede intensified actions.
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Washington
Johnson
North
Viet Nam
Hanoi
Haiphong
State Department
United States
Dean Rusk
U. S
Rusk
Leader Found Dead in Nigeria Coup Turmoil
Prime Minister Sir Abubakar Tafawa Balewa is reported found dead after a coup that abducted him a week earlier. Feared ripple effects loom as military authorities hold power in Nigeria and officials deny official confirmation of the killing.
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Lagos
Nigeria
Nigerian Information Ministry
Sir Abubakar Tafawa Balewa
London
Fire Leaves 10000 Homeless Near Bangkok Waterfront
A five hour blaze destroyed about 1000 slum huts near Bangkok’s waterfront Friday. Officials estimate damage at 1.5 million dollars and say around 10,000 people were left homeless.
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Bangkok
Thailand
Bomb Blasts U S Billet Killing Sergeant in Saigon Truce
A 25 pound terrorist bomb planted by a bicycle blast ripped a two foot wall hole at a U S signal unit billet near Tan Son Nhut airport in Saigon killing a U S sergeant and wounding a Vietnamese woman. Fourteen people injured. 40 men slept in the billet. The attack, during the lunar New Year truce, is attributed to Viet Cong or sympathizers.
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
U.S
Signal Corps
Tan
Mang Bang
Phu Yen
U.S. 11St Airborne Brigade
Temperatures Plunge Across Kansas In Frigid Spell
Kansas towns report record low temperatures with Hill City at 17 below zero and Dodge City at 10 below. Forecasts call for a slow rebound with highs in the 20s and some 30s possible Sunday as skies stay fair and snow depth varies from Salina to western regions.
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Topeka
Kansas
Hill City
Goodland
Garden City
Russell
Dodge City
Concordia
Hutchinson
Abilene
Weather Bureau
Salina
Wichita
Snow Dumps Heavy Belt From Texas to Appalachians
The snowstorm delivers up to eight inches in northern Texas and three inches in Oklahoma City Fort Worth and Little Rock while a wide belt from Texas to the Appalachians receives snowfall. Heavy warnings stretch through Tennessee Kentucky West Virginia North Carolina and Virginia with coastal gale alerts in the Carolinas. Temps plummet to subzero in Amarillo and Midland as more winter weather is forecast.
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Associated Press
Texas
Oklahoma City
Fort Worth
Little Rock
Appalachians
Tennessee
Kentucky
West Virginia
North Carolina
Virginia
Carolinas
Amarillo
Tex
Midland
Canadian
New Mexico
Playboy Pearson Gets Ten-Year Sentence and Fine
Richard Duncan Pearson, 35, labeled a playboy, was fined 10000 dollars and sentenced to 10 years in prison for his role in ransom ing the DeLong ruby. The 1964 jewel theft involved three beach boys who received three-year terms. most gems were recovered, and the ruby was paid for by Palm Beach millionaire John MacArthur after a 25000 dollar ransom.
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Miami, Fla
Richard Duncan Pearson
DeLong
New York Museum of Natural History
Miami
Palm Beach
John MacArthur
Traffic Fatalities Reach 24 Hour Toll In Topeka
AP report from Topeka notes 24 hour traffic deaths from 9 am Saturday through January 17 1966, with 17 fatalities versus 34 in the same period in 1965. The tally reflects ongoing road hazards and compares year over year.
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Topeka
Kansas
Industrialist K T Keller Dies in London Hotel
K T Keller 80, former head of Chrysler Corp for over two decades, and pioneer in guided missile production, died Friday in a London hotel while touring British museums with a Detroit Institute of Arts Museum group. He retired as Chrysler board chairman in 1956.
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London
K.T. Keller
Chrysler Corp
U.S
Detroit
Institute of Arts
Keller
Chrysler
Opposition Is Light To Tax Increases
Washington AP The House Ways and Means Committee reports scattered opposition to President Johnsons 4.8 billion tax bill. The plan funds the Vietnam War and includes canceling two years of auto and phone tax cuts, speeding corporate tax collections, and revised withholding for middle income taxpayers.
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Washington
House
Ways and Means Committee
Johnson
Senate
Viet Nam
House Committee
Secretary of the Treasury
Henry H. Fowler
Ways and Means
Breakthrough Reported in Mosquito Control by UC Scientist
Riverside Calif AP breakthrough in war against disease spreading mosquitoes reported by University of California entomologist Dr Mir S Mulla. He found plant oil and fat based chemicals that kill immature mosquitoes quickly with no residue and no harm to fish wildlife or humans. The compounds break down in water within days and disrupt breathing or development. several samples prevent wing growth or kill larvae within an hour. Further research needed before marketing.
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Riverside
Calif
University of California
Mir S. Mulla
Dr. Mulla
Mulla
Bid to Keep Auto Mechanics School Urges Action
Chamber of Commerce urges continuation of the Auto Mechanics School in Kansas with letters and telegrams to Richard Russell and Congressman Joe Skubitz. The MDTA program and Kansas State Employment Service ran the school, which has graduated 12 mechanics to date. The education committee led by Robert Ward and Chamber President Hugh Chapman pressed Hearings to save the program, citing merit for individuals and the community.
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Auto Mechanics
Federal Manpower Development and Training Act
Richard Russell
MDTA
Kansas
Topeka
Fifth
Joe Skubitz
Ber
Robert Ward
Hugh Chapman
Chamber
Kansas State Employment Service
Buford Fisher
Chanute
Fisher
Doubts On Nationwide Railroad Strike Amid Negotiations
In Cleveland AP report the railroad chief negotiator says no national strike on March 31 while the firemen union argues otherwise. J E Wolfe of Chicago predicts no strike, but a Brotherhood spokesman warns of potential action if featherbedding practices are not restored after March 31.
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Cleveland
J.E. Wolfe
Chicago
Commonwealth Club
San Francisco
Wolfe
Tribune Phone Contacts For Reaching Your Carrier
Instructions to contact the Tribune by phone if the usual line is unavailable. If the primary contact cannot be reached, readers are advised to dial HE 1-3400 after 6 p.m. for assistance.
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Tribune
Moscow to receive Mott death autopsy in inquiry
The Foreign Ministry said the body of Newcomb Mott will be brought to Moscow for an autopsy Monday after a US demand for a full investigation into his death on a prison train. Mott, 27, from Sheffield, Mass., was jailed for illegally entering the Soviet Union and died on the train while guarded by Russian officials.
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Moscow
Foreign Ministry
United States
Newcomb Mott
U.S
Mott
Sheffield
Mass
Soviet Union
Howard Mott
Washington
Murmansk
Robert J. McCloskey
State Department
Fire Claims Father and Son in Prairie Village Home
A father Robert Franklin Anthony Jr. and his son Edward Barry Anthony, 13, died in a Kaw County Prairie Village house fire believed to have started on the second floor. Mrs. Anthony and two younger children escaped. The blaze began around 3:00 a.m. and was under control in about 30 minutes. Cause remained undetermined.
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Kansas City
Prairie Village
Kaw
Johnson County
C. G. Lipps
Robert Franklin Anthony, Jr
Edward Barry Anthony
Anthony
Thomas K
Robert F
Lipps
Layman Alfred Jordan Elected Leader of Lutheran Mission Board
Alfred Jordan a 51 year old Kansas City Kansas native and Trans World Airlines vice president was elected Friday to lead a new Lutheran Church Missouri Synod mission board coordinating eight mission agencies in a historic lay leadership move in St Louis.
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St, Louis
Lutheran Church, Missouri Synod
Alfred Jordan
Kansas City
Kan
Trans World Airlines
Jordan
Lutheran Mission Board
Few Costly Gems Stolen From Miami Socialite Villa
Frederica Emert, a 56 year old New York socialite, found a leather box of jewels worth about 500000 missing from her ocean front Florida villa after returning from Hialeah races. Detectives say thieves cut a screen and breached a back door. Emert estimates total jewels at 1.5 million and will list items after checking Florida holdings.
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Miami Beach
Fla
Frederica Emert
Ocean Front
Hialeah
Mrs. Emert
New York
FBI
New York City
Dick Shelton
Sheriff's
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