Fire on London commuter train hospitalizes thirty three
London AP report says two coaches burned as a 70 mile an hour London bound train halted near Radlett. Thirty three injured, many with burns, were taken to hospitals while others were treated beside the tracks. Government investigators supervise the blaze as emergency crews responded. John Allam helped raise the alarm and halt following trains. Witnesses recall pandemonium and thick smoke aboard the eight car train. The blaze is linked to a broken shaft under diesel oil tanks.
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London
Radlett
St. Pancras Station
John Allam
Handley-Page
Madeline Ellson- Jones
Sophie Abuza a lifelong showwoman who lit stages worldwide
Sophie Abuza, born on the road in Russia while her Jewish family moved to America, built a career across night clubs burlesque vaudeville Broadway films and radio. She sang Some of These Days as her signature tune and performed for King George V and Queen Mary at the London Palladium in 1934. Her longevity came from adapting with the times and a fearless stage presence.
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Royal Box
George V
London
Palladium
Sophie
Louisville
Mollie Elkins
Sheldon Brooks
Mollie
Willi Rogers
W. C. Fields
Eddie Cantor
al Jolson
Jack Benny
Fanny Brice
Judy Garland
Jimmy Durante
Bea Lillie
Irving Bertin
Aj Bowery
Duke of Windsor
Prince of Wales
Sophie Abuza
Russia
America
Poland
Baltic
Manhattan
Kalish
Kallsch
Abuza
Boston
Hartford
Conn
Louis Tuck
Tucker
Bert
Frank Westphal
al Lackey
Riverside Funeral Chapel
6Th Street
Amsterdam Avenue
Bodies Recovered From Cape Fear River Tragedy
Elizabethtown AP reports divers recovered a third victim from the icy Cape Fear River after a cabin cruiser capsized near a lock. The search resumes at dawn for the missing wife Henrietta Allen and two children as authorities review the vessel’s fate and past owners.
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Elizabethtown
N.C
Cape Fear
Kim Allen
Jack Allen
Allen
Jasper Hyatt
Fayetteville
Henrietta
Florida
Chicago Bill Collection Agency
Hyatt
Allens
Dominican Uni clashes light up capital with police fire
In Santo Domingo students massed at the palace demanding university aid. Police fired tear gas and rifles for five minutes as clashes spread downtown. Reports cited 22 hospitalized or treated, with later unrest and arson of vehicles including a UN car amid night explosions.
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Gustavo Ricari Ricari
Dominican Pogular Movement
University of Santo Domingo
Hector Garcia-Godoy
U.s
Quisqueya
Dominican Republic
Haiti
German Perez Montas
Viet Nam Costs Grow as Senate Probes Continue
The Senate Foreign Relations Committee resumes its Viet Nam inquiry with hearings led by Chairman Fulbright. Secretary of State Rusk, grilled previously, faces a public second session on Feb 17, following Maxwell Taylor’s testimony. The panel weighs policy linked to a 4.8 billion defense appropriation and related costs.
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Viet Nam
Secretary of Defense
Russell
McNamara
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
J. W. Fullbright
D-Ark
Dean Rusk
i.Maxwell D. Taylor
Rusk
Taylor
Honahulu
George Kennan
Soviet Union
State Department
Polics
Newark Teachers Vote To Strike Amid Court Order
Newark's 3 200 teachers union voted to strike the public school system despite a Superior Court injunction. Agreement talks with the Newark Board of Education—seeking pay hikes of 1000 for top staff and 600 for others—were about 200 000 apart as the judge blocked the strike. Similar strikes in Jersey City show ongoing teacher labor tension statewide.
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Newark Teachers Bargaining Unit
Newark
Newark Teachers Association
NTA
Newark Board of Education
Nelson Mintz
Ued
Mintz
Newark Teachers Union
Jersey City
Jersey City Education Association
Board of Education
Jersey City Federation of Teachers
Governor backs limited local sales tax reform hopes
Gov Godwin defended a compromise tax bill and urged limited local sales taxes not unlimited. He urged using state sales tax shares to improve public education but warned against earmarking funds. He favored a uniform bill to guide House action and discussed college tax exemptions and auto registration changes.
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Oneernor
White
Cooke
Godwin
Appropriations Committee
del. R. MacLin Smith
Lupenburg
Plumbing plans and inspector confirm sink pipe layout
A discussion over installing Mrs Bol tson's sink references a Capitol architect and a blueprint. An inspector dated December 15 states the plumbing for future sink installation is adequate and installed strictly per specifications, showing pipe locations and sizes.
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Ing
Capitol
Ayres
George) Stewart
Johnson Puts Humphrey In Charge Of Viet Nam Peace Drive
President Johnson outlines Humphrey’s Asia tour to build momentum from Honolulu and press for Vietnamese peace. Humphrey will visit India, Australia, Malaysia, Thailand, possibly New Zealand and Japan, gathering needs and proposing programs in agriculture health education and welfare.
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Johnson
Viet Nam
Asia
Humphrey
India
Australia
Malaysia
Thailand
New Zealand
Japan
Honolulu
Navy
Air Force
Army
Marine
Thiev
Henry Cabat Lodge
Ambbassador
South Viet Nam
George Bundy
Saigon
Lal Bahadur Shastri
New Delhi
Alexei 4Yr Kosygin
Harriman
Poland
Control Commission
Yugoslavia
United Arab Republic
Austrailia
Laos
Labor Reform Clash Over Condon Wadlin Act Revisions
Ongoing political debate centers on the 1947 Condon Wadlin Act and its harsh penalties for reinstated workers on strike. The 2-year period imposed two days' pay deduction per day of strike, with Democratic moves to reform stalled by a veto from Gov. Nelson A. Rockefeller. The conflict highlighted party splits as the public labor dispute framework reverted to the original law.
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Ling
der Stein
Nelson A. Rockefeller
Hair Piece Route Snarled as Customs Seizes Chinese Hair
New York AP reports U S customs detains Chinese hair products from Britain France Belgium Germany and Italy, linking wigs to Communist China. Treasury cites 6 million of 15 million imports from Tiang Kang last year routed through Britain. Nonessential hair goods face seizure or return to Europe.
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New York
China
U.S. Customs Service
United Kingdom
France
Belgium
Germany
Haly
Europe
United States
Treasury Department Office of Foreign Assets Control
U.S
Treasury Department
Red China
British
Trench Colony
Richard Hartwich
Fifth Avenue
Orient
Kartwich
Foreign Assets Control
Hartwich
Hong Kong
South Korea
South America
Korea
Weather disaster and flood report across multiple states
A multi state weather summary reports a tornado near Shreveport with no injuries, 75 mph winds in Walnut Ridge, heavy thunderstorms and thaw causing flooded roads in Minnesota, high water alerts in southeastern Minnesota, widespread school closures, and contamination fears in Gays Mills. Floods forced evacuations in Gainesville Texas and Carswell Air Force Base outages, with animals drowned and rescues by National Guard.
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Shreveport
Walnut Ridge
Arkansas
Minnesota
New Ulm
Brainerd
Minn
Karl Rolvaag
St. Cloud
Nebraska
Harrison
Missouri
Wisconsin
Gays Mills
Wis
National Guard
Soldiers Grove
Red Cross
Gainesville
Tex
Texas
Strategic [Air Command
Carswell Air Force Base
Fort Worth
Carswell
Air Force
Iit
Pecan Creek
Jan
Elm Creek
Dallas
Schoals
Department of Public Safety
Howland
Gay Town
Paris
Vietnam War Casualty Figures and Coastal Offensive Details
Casualties in South Vietnam show slight declines with 184 killed and 121 missing. The Do Ducble Eagle operation was the least productive coastal effort, marked by a troubled helicopter base near Quan Niem. Marine patrols engaged Viet Cong, yielding 27 bodies and 12 captives after heavy defense, while air strikes destroyed hundreds of buildings and damaged facilities in Vietnam and North Vietnam. Western reporters note North Vietnamese claims of a captured U.S. pilot, amid ongoing concerns over tank movements in Laos and shifting combat fronts near the Ho Chi Minh trail.
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Pentagon
South Viet Nam
Helilcopter
Quan Neai
Saigon
Double Eagle
U.S. Air Force
Navy
North Viet Nam
Than Hoa
Hanoi
Wilmer N. Grubb
Viet Cong
Red
Laos
Ho Chi Minh Trail
Laotian Defense Ministry
Thongpanh Knocksy
U.S
Khocksy
Vientiane
Thavieng
Tha Thom
Pour
Pathet Lao
Viet Nam
Bank Robbery in North Carolina Leaves Two Tell ers Alarmed
The FBI pursued a six 1966 North Carolina bank robbery case as a lone gunman robbed a shopping center bank at 10 15 am. He wore black kid gloves and a smile while demanding money in a brown bag. Tell ers Mrs Odell Mercer and Mrs Lena Collins described the scene. Olin Dukes followed the suspect, noting a car exchange near Southeastern General Hospital before the thief fled in a blue car on Interstate 95. The black car had been stolen from a hospital lot. the other car was rented at Fayetteville Airport.
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FBI
North Carolina
Odell Mercer
Amn
Olin Dukes
Southeastern General Hospital
Dukes
Interstate 95
Fayetteville
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J.F.G. Coffee
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