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Newspaper
Jefferson City Post Tribune
Location
Jefferson City, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Dec 27, 1966
Page
1
London AP reports a Christmas weekend surge of prison breaks with 23 escapes in total. Dartmoor Prison hosts five fugitives after overpowering guards and scaling a 30 foot wall while Leyhill Open Prison saw three convicts vanish. Recaptures include two Derbyshire escapees from Christmas Eve. Mountbatten criticizes Dartmoor as inadequate for modern needs.
Jefferson City Post-Tribune publication details list editors publishers and the News Tribune Company address with evening circulation schedule and audit bureau membership. Subscription rates for carrier delivery in Jefferson City and surrounding counties, Missouri and nationwide mail prices are provided.
Margaret Ann Cox and Phyllis Sears, both 18, were treated and released after their car struck a parked vehicle on Binder Drive. Cox said sun glare blinded her. she was ticketed for driving on the wrong side of the road.
The Missouri death log lists 5 on Saturday and 2 on Sunday and 8 on Monday, totaling 15 this weekend. This year to date shows 1,351 deaths, slightly below last year’s 1,355, with three deaths included from earlier accidents.
Kennedy urged a county wide reappraisal to fix uneven assessments across Missouri. He warned that current bounty assessors tax by sale value, creating inequality. A blanket tax raise would hurt those already paying, as in Dunklin County where 4,000 cars were taxed but 11,000 were not.
The 44 year old author of a planned definitive assassination account remains hospitalized with a light pneumonia. White House denies Newsweek quotes attributed to Johnson about the manuscript and Mrs Kennedy, who travels with her children to Antigua amid the dispute.
Major combat near Bong Son as U S cavalry repelled an attack while a leading South Vietnamese politician survived an assassination attempt in Saigon. Three air strikes by B52 bombers hit Communist positions as U S planners reported civilian damage in the north.
The Associated Press tallies 391 deaths from 6 p.m. Friday December 9 to midnight Monday December 12 as holiday travel estimates foresee 460 to 540 deaths from December 30 to January 2. Thanksgiving set a record with 748 deaths in a four day span, while Memorial Day, July Fourth, and Labor Day also posted high tolls.
In Cuba the Youth Technical Brigades are described as shock troops similar to China’s Red Guards. The Havana Granma quotes LABOR Confederation leader Miguel Martin calling them a force against indolence and misdeeds, while exiled groups say members wear blue shirts and carry revolvers.
Two Missouri prison inmates go on trial in Cole County for first degree murder in the Nov 27 1965 fatal stabbing of fellow inmate James Hawkes. Umfrees and Beishir allegedly planned and carried out the killing with witnesses to testify. A prison guard and doctor described Hawkes death and a coroner noted a heart wound. Jury list and expected witnesses outlined.
London AP reports Prime Minister Harold Wilson intends an early 1967 cabinet reshuffle to remove dead wood promote Labor's young men and refresh the government's image for the 1969 national elections.
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