Who Wrecked Old 97 Engineer Brody and the Fatal Run
The Old 97 wreck near Danville Virginia around the turn of the century reportedly involved engineer Joseph Brody nicknamed Steve who refused to slow and was killed in the crash. Fireman G Clapp of Greensboro also died. the ballad recalls the engineer found with his hand on the throttle as steam scalded him.
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Steve Brodie
Brooklyn Bridge
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Brody
G. Clapp
Greensboro
Pace in Camp Pioneer Program Opens Summer Jobs
The YMCA Camp Pioneer can hire college students under the federal PACE program, with state welfare departments processing applications through community service divisions. Miss Barbara Cotter notes applications come mainly in May, so early campus recruiting is advised to speed summer staffing and inform eligible students.
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Barbara Cotter
Guilford County
Office of Economic Opportunity
Kennedy half dollar engraver initials and reversed coat of arms
The coin bears Gilroy Roberts initials GR over the president and FG on the reverse for Frank Gasparro. Glenn Farr explains designers submit many ideas and the winning engraver gains credit by initials.ACTION LINE notes high inquiries and offers Farr’s help direct to readers.
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U. S. Mint
Glenn Farr
Glenn
Frank Gasparro
Mint
Action Line
Furr
Question on Latin Mass decree by Raleigh Bishop Waters
Inquiry asks if Bishop Benson S. Waters issued a decree banning Latin Mass and when and where to obtain a copy. Father Edward Waters says no known decree and offers to research and supply any documents upon request. English translation oversight by International Committee on English in the Liturgy and Episcopal Conference approval noted.
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Benson S. Waters
Raleigh
Edward Waters
International Committee On
Episcopal Conferences
Episcopal Conference
United States
Father Waters
Anonymous salesman praised for relentless party line calls
A letter from Sete MO sales manager Roger Blanchard extols an anonymous Neill Pontiac salesman for making 15 consecutive business calls, praising his dedication and suggesting a private line to avoid party liners interfering with his work.
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Neill Pontiac
Roger Blanchard
U N Appeals to UN Security Council Over Pueblo Crisis
Nearly 14 800 air reservists prepared to muster for indefinite active duty as the United States sought a bloodless settlement of the Pueblo incident. President Johnson pursued diplomacy with North Korea, urging release of the ship and crew while pressing the UN Security Council to act.
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Arthur J. Goldberg
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Johnson Administration
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Tass
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Congress
Navy
Lloyd M. Bucher
Paul Findley
R-Ill
Wall Street
North Vietnamese rockets hit U.S. outpost at Khe Sanh
A shock attack on the Khe Sanh outpost near the DMZ wounded U.S. personnel. The report notes heightened tensions as air reservists may be activated as back up for overseas forces and additional regular units could be moved closer to Pacific operations.
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U.S
Khe Sanh
Demilitarized Zone
South Vietnam
Pacific
Rising Prices Alarm White House in Election Year
Rising living costs at a ten year pace threaten wage gains for many Americans. A White House source warns inflation is pervasive and accelerating across food, clothing, housing, transport and medical care while the Labor Department notes a 1967 cost rise of 3.1 percent.
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Washington
White House
Labor Department
Arnold Chase
December 1967 CPI shows continued rise amid price pressures
The Bureau of Labor Statistics reports December 1967 consumer prices up for the third straight month by 0.3 percent, leaving the 1957 59 base index at 118.2. Prices for groceries housing and clothing edged higher while transportation fell in December due to gasoline price wars and car prices.
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Chase
Johnson
State of the Union
Congress
Soviet Trained General in Spotlight of Korean Crisis
AP dispatch outlines Wilfred Burchett's portrayal of North Korean leader Kim Il Sung and Maj. Gen. Pak Chung Kook arguing the United States seeks new war. It notes Kim's distrust after decades of Communist rule, Burchett's pro Communist framing, and ties to Johnson's 1966 Korea visit.
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William L. Ryan
Kremlin
North Korea
United States
Kim Tl Sung
Wilfred Burchett
Burchett
Kim
Korea
International Publishers of
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Korean
Military Armistice Commission
Pak Chung Kook
Johnson
South Korea
John Foster Dulles
Pueblo crew destroys coding machine during capture
AP reports the intelligence ship Pueblo's crew blew up its secret coding machine after being boarded by four North Korean patrol boats. Navy sources say the North Koreans gained nothing that compromises U.S. intelligence. other gear was routine. Cmdr. Lloyd M. Bucher communicated orders to avoid combat and keep machine guns concealed.
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Washington
Pueblo
Navy
Lloyd M. Bucher
Defense Department
Bucher
Marines Escape North Vietnam Captivity and Return Home
Two Marines Steven D. Nelson and Michael Rohn escaped from a North Vietnamese outpost near Da Nang after a January 7 attack. They reached U.S. Marine positions two days later, barefoot, with feet bleeding, and were flown home—Nelson nine months early, Roha 100 months early.
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Vietnam
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Cpl
Steven D. Nelson
Elkhart
Ind
Lance Col
Michael Robert Rohn
National City
Calif
U.S. Marine
United States
Roha
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