Critics Growl at Peace Corps In Africa Five Years In
In Lagos and Enugu Nigerian locals and American volunteers debate the Peace Corps role in West Africa. Critics say volunteers seem beatnik and detached while officials push rural development and education shift. Nigeria plans 110 new volunteers focusing on primary education and agricultural projects.
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Nigeria
Peace Corps
West Africa
Enugu
Ford Foundation
Accra
Ihana
Los Angeles
Africa
Sekou Toure
Guinea
Ghana
Kwame Nkrumah
John McConnell
South America
Vaughn
Patrolmen Rescue Trucker Before Train Collision
In St Louis two patrolmen pried open a smashed truck cab door and dragged the driver to safety just before a train struck the vehicle. Separately, German Chancellor Kiesinger indicated his government could help ease tensions between France and the United States.
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St, Louis
New York
Kurt George Kiesinger
France
United States
Germany
Kiesinger
Youth Sought in Slaying Of State Trooper Captured
In Greensburg Indiana a teen suspect hunted for the slaying of Trooper William R. Rayner held an elderly farm couple captive for over five hours before surrendering. The incident followed a gun battle that killed Rayner and wounded truck driver Owen Willtrout. Collins and Sprinkle were in a stolen car and linked to a parole supervision center.
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Greensburg
Ind
James Lee Collins
Erlanger
James W. Sprinkle
Newport
William R. Rayner
Collins
Sprinkle
Louisville
Community ‘Guidance Center
Safety Council forecasts 650 to 750 Christmas weekend deaths
The National Safety Council estimated 650 to 750 traffic deaths over the Christmas weekend from Friday December 23 to Monday December 26 in Chicago area coverage. They warned a holiday period will push driving mileage to about 7.0 billion miles, up from 7.3 billion in a typical period of equal length.
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Safety Council
Chicago
National Safety Council
Train derailment damages track after high speed Missouri Pacific incident
Part of the 22 car Missouri Pacific combination passenger and mail train derailed and more than a quarter mile of track was torn up, police said. The train was traveling at 160 miles per hour.
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Missouri Pacific
Patient Caught After Chase Escaped Fulton State Hospital Patient Caught
Ernest Franklin of St Louis escaped from Fulton State Hospital and stole a car. He drove north on US 70 before a highway patrolman halted the pursuit with a warning shot. Franklin wrecked the vehicle and fled into Niele where he was apprehended.
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Blodgett
Sprinkle
Collins
Ernstes
Fulton State Hospital
Aus- Vassc
Ernest Franklin
St. Louis
U.S. Ad
Niele
Fire Destroys Neosho Church in Weekend Blazes
Neosho suffered a weekend church fire at the Full Gospel Church with an estimated loss of 350,000. Fire Chief Sim Littlefield said no arson signs were found as crews saved only the shell. Pastor Fred Grinsley had just left, describing a rapid, near front entrance blaze and a lit pulpit area as investigators checked for causes.
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Neosho
APY
Full Gospel Church
Sim Littlefield
Littlefield
Fred Grinsley
Christmas Tax Check Boston AP
Tax officials in Boston check street sales tax compliance during the Christmas season. Officials verify that applicable taxes are collected and remitted, aiming to ensure fair pricing and avoid tax gaps during holiday shopping.
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Boston
Marssacediae
Seth
Paeker
Colombia Airliner Crash Near Bogota Kills Eighteen
Aerocondor Air Lines reports 18 dead and 10 injured after a Super Constellation crashes short of Eldorado Airport in dense fog. The flight from Miami carried 60 on board with nine Americans from Florida and five Colombians in the U S. One survivor Kay Tuttle of Crestline Ohio recounts passengers hearing landing clearance as fog worsened.
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Colombia
Aerocondor Air Lines
Florida
United States
Miami
Fla
Kay Tuttle
Crestlin
Ohio
Eldorado Airport
McDonnell Forms Three Space Divisions
St Louis based McDonnell Co forms three divisional firms to manage aeronautical astronautical and automation interests. Sanford McDonnell heads McDonnell Aircraft Co Walter F Burke leads McDonnell Astronautics Co and William Orthwein Jr heads McDonnell Automation Center. All three remain vice presidents of the parent company.
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ST. Louis
McDonnell ,Co
James S. McDonnell
Sanford McDonnell
McDonnell Aircraft Co
Walter F. Burke
McDonnell Astronautics, Co
William Orthwein Jr
McDonnell Automation Center
Opening of Bids On Sewer Work Due in January
The City Council will open bids in January for a sewer project costing over 500000 dollars. Two pumping stations and an interceptor line along the Missouri River will be built to connect to the Walnut Street main station. The plan includes 6000 feet of 14 inch force main and 5000 feet of 36 inch gravity line. A $222,150 federal grant covers about 30 percent, with the rest funded by the 5.6 million Jefferson City bond issue approved in 1963.
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Yellow Transit Co
Missouri Pacific
Missouri River
Boggs Creek
Riverside Park
Chestnut Street
Missouri Pacific Railroad
Walnut Street
Jefferson City
Winter reopening of McCarty Street on temporary basis
McCarty Street between Bolivar and Fulkerson streets, closed for over a year due to state highway construction, is open to traffic on a temporary winter basis. District 5 engineer Ray H. Lahmeyer said the street will stay open through winter but will close next spring to finish construction. Some portions remain intact while torn up sections have gravel laid to make them usable.
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Bolivar
Fulkerson
Ray H. Lahmeyer
Missouri State Highway Department
Lahmeyer
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