Phnom Penh seals city entrances amid Tet unrest
Phnom Penh authorities locked all city gates to block Communist infiltrators as fighting raged around the capital. The airport reopened for civilian departures, while a three day Buddhist funeral for Cambodia’s chief monk drew crowds and heightened security concerns during the Tet holiday.
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Tey
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Cambodia
Wealthy Philadelphia businessman kills wife and children then himself
Edward W. Pruyn 42 of Glenside shot his wife Andrea 33 and five children, fatally wounding one daughter Susan 8, before turning the pistol on himself. He had filed for bankruptcy January 18 and had been known as a local amateur golfer. Susan survived with a chest wound.
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UPI
Feu
Edward W. Pruyn
Glenside
Nal Pruya
Ed Pruyn Corp
Peter DeMaris
DeMaris
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North Hills Country Club
John al Hoffa
Montgomery County
Bestary
Joffa
Andrea
Edward, Jr
Carolyn
Nora
Andrew
Susan
Ableyton Memorial Hospital
Hoffa
Explosions Hit U S Military Post Center in Turkey
Explosions rocked a U S military post exchange shopping center in Istanbul and the Turkish Freemasons Society headquarters in Ankara. Police reported no repairs were made after the blasts and noted the incidents occurred in the early hours with no injuries mentioned.
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UPI
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Istanbul
Turkish Freemasons Society
Doray
State fair eyed new grandstand and track
UPI reports at state board meeting Henry Brandt noted higher attendance and betting totals at the fairgrounds horse races. Gross receipts surpassed 2 million dollars, with expectations to rise next summer. Monte Kiffin urged a new grandstand and race track and a nearly four million dollar funding request to the Legislature to boost profits and regional competition.
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UPI
State Board of Agriculture
Henry Brandt
Surome
State Fairgrounds
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Monte Kiffin
Lexington
Fairgrounds
Kiffin
Firemen elect officers and win national recognition
Walt Garber was elected fire chief at the department's annual election Monday night. Frank Schwartzer is assistant chief and Don Rickner instructor. Wayne Helfrish was chief president, Dan Cerny vice president, Marvin Nelson second vice president, Art Versib secretary, and Jim McKown treasurer. The department also won first place in the 39 Fire prevention contest and earned National Fire Protection Association acclaim, Columbus being the only state department to receive the award. This is Columbus's second consecutive certificate of merit in their class for cities between 5,001 and 20,000.
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Walt Garber
Frank Schwartzer
Don Rickner
Wayne Helfrish
Dan Cerny
Marvin’ Nelson
Art Versib
Jim McKown
Columbus
National Fire Protection Association
Plane Crash Survivors Updated At Local Hospitals
One survivor, Oscar Ribiett, remains in critical condition at Gnyaha Methodist Hospital with multiple fractures and internal injuries. Raymond Erickson, 26, is reported doing well at Bethlen Memorial Hospital after fracturing a leg and sustaining lacerations. Michaal Neat, 24, died in the Sunday plane crash and his funeral is set for Wednesday morning.
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Here
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Fattay Riblett
Raymond Erickson
Bethlen Memorial Hospital
Michaal Neat
Settlement Reached Over Birth Control Pill Deaths in California
Donald Hightsell, age 27, of Redondo Beach filed for himself and his son after his wife Kalby, 23, died Aug 19 1956 following Enovid use. Doctors David Brobeck Stanley Bourde and Ray Couristan were named in the $101500 settlement.
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Los Angeles
UPI
Donald Rt. Hightsell
Redondo Beach
Ronald K. A
Kalby
Righstell
Swt
David Brobeck
Flo
Stanley Bourde
Ray Couristan
Fire destroys two Farwell stores in explosion blaze
A Monday fire destroyed a large hardware store and the only grocery store in Farwell, northwest of Grand Island. Fire officials believe the blaze started with an explosion in a cooler at the grocery store, and firefighters from Marvel and nearby communities took four hours to control the flames.
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Grand Island
Marvel
Nebraska students challenge education critics before Legislature
Omaha juniors Eisenberg and Gemmler spoke to the Nebraska Unicameral by invitation from State Sen. Ernest Chambers. They criticized the public education system as stifling and monotonous, calling schools a "minimum security prison" and urging more joyful, expressive learning.
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UPI
Nebraska
Omaha
Ernest Chambers
Robert Elsenberg
David Gemller
Lewis and Clark Snnior High School
Chambers
State
John de Camp
Neugh
Justeast
Uni
Amlauites
Beasusa
Linure Aviation
Hikenberg
Tynteal
Esenberg
Donald Mirod
Grand Island
Edurainn
Nebraska Weather Outlook Calls For Warmer South
United Press International reports a shift to milder temperatures for Nebraska with partly cloudy skies through Wednesday. Lows tonight range from zero to six degrees in the northeast and eight to twelve in the southwest, with Wednesday highs in the 20s to 30s depending on location.
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United Press International
Wight
Corsfusker
McCook
Norfolk
Nebraska
Belo
Oil kills over a thousand San Francisco Bay birds
In San Francisco Bay a spill coated more than 1,200 birds and sanitation workers, led by director Ron Reuther, set up a birds holding and treatment operation. He expects only about 3 percent survival, with about 100 birds alive by week’s end, as oil poisoning, diminished insulation, and stress from handling take a heavy toll.
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San Francisco
UPI
San Francisco Bay
Gov
Ron Reuther
Reuther
Fire Report Calls to Data Four Beast Yea
A terse fire report describes multiple calls across a day without evident details. Officials note rapid response units and brief incident notes mentioning hazards and locations but avoid graphic description. Further data is expected to clarify causes, times, and affected areas.
Dinner honors Nebraskas Kosch Blalak at Scotus event
Few tickets remain for a Sunday noon Kosch Blalak Day celebration honoring Bill Kosch and Joe Blalak, standout defense players from Scotus High School. No tickets will be sold at the door. Chamber of Commerce sponsors say tickets must be secured in advance. Local planners expect assistants Fischer and Powers to attend. contact the Chamber to purchase.
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Nebraska Cornhuskers
Chamber of Commerce
Bill Kosch
Joe’ Blalak
Scotus High
Bob Devaney
Cletus Fischer
Warren Powers
Chamber
Jury selection begins in Davis murder retrial in Nebraska
In Grand Island Nebraska UPI reports jury selection for the retrial of Thomas F Davis charged with first degree murder in his 1968 wife s death continued in Lancaster County District Court Judge William Colwell noted the process could take up to three days Davis was found guilty in 1969 and sentenced to life imprisonment The Nebraska Supreme Court overturned the conviction in April restoring a new trial and Davis has been free on bond pending retrial
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Grand Island
UPI
Thomas F. Davis
Tait
Kens
Davis
William Colwell
Mit
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Caret
Soviet Venus 7 lander reports surface data on Venus
Tass announced Venus 7 operated on the planet’s hot thick surface after landing last December. The craft, launched August 1, reached Venus in 120 days and sent data for 35 minutes during descent and 23 more minutes after, confirming Venus’ harsh heat and high pressure.
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UPL
Venus
Tass
Central Asia
Earth
Nebraska Diocese elects Varley to replace retiring bishop
In Kearney a meeting of diocesan priests and lay leaders elected the Rev. Robert Varley of Salisbury Maryland to succeed Bishop Rauscher of Nebraska as bishop co adjutor. Westcott of Lincoln said an invitation was extended for Varley to arrive next week to decide on acceptance. If he accepts, he will assist Bishop Rauscher and is expected to arrive in Omaha midweek.
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Russell
Rauscher
Nebraska
Father Varley
Laynen
Omaha
Inmate at state prison seeks psychiatric treatment
John Boston, an inmate at Nebraska Penitentiary, filed a Monday district court suit alleging severe illness and heroin withdrawal. He claims three physicians recommended psychiatric treatment, but Warden Maurice Sigter refused to order it. Boston is serving a 10 year term for robbery.
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Nebraska
Clurs
John Boston
Boston
Maurice Sigter
Year of the Pig Brings Lunar New Year in Saigon
Saigon reports the Lunar New Year begins at midnight marking the year of the pig. Families observe ancestral rites and celebrations while good luck hinges on thresholds. Children receive new money and birthdays align with the 12 year lunar cycle.
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Upi
Vietnam
Ong Tao
Heavenly Palace
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Adochina
Catinden
Apollo 13 astronauts rehearse next week's moon landing
CAPE KENNEDY UPI reports Apollo 13 crew practiced the planned moon landing as engineers pump oxygen into a command ship tank after a minor hydrogen hydrate leak. Saturn 5 booster loading proceeded, with three tanks targeted for filling by Thursday while the Mission Control center in Houston tracks the rehearsal as if real. General commander Alan Shepard notes the gap between Apollo 13 and Apollo 14 remains evident.
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UPI
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Nouslon
Alan B. Shepard
Apuila 14
Jie
Hijacked plane refused permission to take off
A Spanish hijacker, Enrique Jimenes, forced a Dominican airliner to Cuba with 71 aboard. The Lockheed Constellation landed at Cabo Rojo to refuel and was blocked from leaving as troops surrounded the craft. the Italian government had refused Port-au-Prince landing.
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Cuba
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Haiti
Enrique Jimenes
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Nun Offered Total Immunity to Testify in Grand Jury
Harrisburg reports nun Sister Gardens, 52, was offered total immunity to testify before four federal grand juries investigating an alleged plot to kidnap a presidential adviser Henry Kissinger. She may still refuse, citing alleged illegal wiretaps and constitutional objections to immunity.
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Toman
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Issinger
Er Atloyney
Eerity
Dixon Herman
Orues Gan
Jack Lavine
Philadelphia
Baan
Agnew attack on Rep Anderson over Berrigan indictment
Vice President Agnew spoke of a congressional critic "popping off for political advantage" amid the Berrigan indictment. Rep William St Amberson said Agnew’s remarks implied Anderson, angering the congressman who warned against demonstrations being portrayed as heroic.
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UPI
Spive T. Agnew
William St. Amberson
D-Yenn
To Berrigan
Anderson
Agnew
FBI
Agnes Wilke
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