GIs to Receive Better Wrapped Packages This Christmas
La Crosse postal officials urge safer packing for service members. With about 24 000 weekly delays in San Francisco for first aid treatment, Postmaster George M. Hetherington urges sturdy containers, interior stuffing, inner address cards, metal cans for perishables, and inclusion of the five digit APO or FPO number to speed delivery before Christmas.
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George M. Hetherington
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95 Minnesota Men Killed In Viet Nam War
ST. PAUL AP 95 Minnesota men were killed in the Viet Nam War through November. Of these, 71 died in combat, four later from wounds, and 10 from non hostile action. Death reports come from the Defense Department to the adjutant general's office.
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Minnesota
Defense Department
Adjutant General's Office
Cashier Fights Bank Robber in Bagdad Kentucky
Shelbyville AP report says cashier Bill Tingle acted when a stranger demanded money at People's Bank of Bagdad. He threw a stool, fired at the getaway car tires, chased the man, knocked him unconscious with a gun, and held him until state police arrived. Richard King, 43, of Louisville, was charged with attempted robbery.
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Bill Tingle
People’s Bank of
Bagdad
Tingle
Richard King
Louisville
Sister Recalls Johnson Was Always Bossy
Mrs O Price Bobbitt of Austin Texas recalls Lyndon Johnson as the eldest of five children who was given more responsibility by his parents and was always bossy. She says he thought he was papa and that a genealogical history was prepared by their mother for his forebears. Her husband is VP of Texas Broadcasting Co and their son Philip attends Princeton.
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S.C
Johnson
O. Price Bobbitt
Austin
Tex
Columbia State
Mrs. Bobbitt
New York
Texas Broadcasting Co
Bobbitts
Phillip
Princeton University
Lyndon
Sparta Woman Burns Lighting Gas Oven at Center
Mrs. Shirley Manning 29 of Sparta is in good condition at St. Mary's Hospital after flash burns to her face and wrist from trying to light a gas oven in a CAMP McCoy Job Corps Center kitchen around 4 40 p m Wednesday.
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Camp Mccoy
Wis
Shirley Manning
Sparta
St. Mary's Hospital
McCoy Job Corps Center
Actress Rini Zarova Willson Dies in California
Rini Zarova Willson 54, actress and singer wife of composer Meredith Willson, died Tuesday in Santa Monica of sarcoma. Born in Russia she came to the United States in 1927 and appeared in concerts radio nightclubs films and with the Pacific Opera Company and Hollywood Bowl.
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Calif
Rini Zarova Willson
Meredith Willson
Willson
Russia
United States
Pacific Opera Company
Hollywood Bowl
Woolworth Heir Jimmy Donahue Found Dead at 51
James Donahue heir to Woolworth millions was found dead in his Fifth Avenue apartment at age 51. Authorities list the death as natural causes awaiting medical examiner review. He left about 15 million from Frank W. Woolworth’s estate and was cousin to Barbra Hutton. He never married and once aimed to be an actor.
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Jimmy) Donahue
Woolworth
Fifth Avenue
Donahue
James P. Donahue
Lennox Hill Hospital
Barbara Hutton
Italy
Ethiopia
Cedar Swamp Road
Old Brookville
Long Island
Spain Bishops Clear Path for Religious Liberty
Spain's College of Catholic Bishops gave final secret approval to the long delayed law of religious liberty in a conference ending Tuesday. The move removes the last major barrier to passage of a law granting Spain's Protestants, Jewish community and other minorities equal rights to worship. The proposal keeps Roman Catholicism as the official religion.
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Spain
College of Catholic Bishops
Weatherless scoreboard of city temperatures and scores
List of cities with numbers that resemble temperatures or scores from an overnight or previous day, including Albuquerque Bemidji Bismarck Boston Chicago Cleveland Denver Des Moines Detroit Duluth Fairbanks Fort Worth Helena Honolulu Kansas City LA Crosse Los Angeles Madison Mason City Memphis Miami Milwaukee Minneapolis New Orleans New York Portland San Diego San Francisco Seattle St Louis Washington Winnipeg and other values.
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Bemidji
Bismarck
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Cleveland
Denver
Des Moines
Detroit
Duluth
Fairbanks
Fort Worth
Helena
Honolulu
Kansas City
LA Crosse
Los Angeles
Madison
Mason City
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Miami
Milwaukee
Minneapolis
New Orleans
New York
Portland
Ore
Phoenix
Rapid City
Rochester
Salt Lake City
San Diego
San Francisco
Seattle
St. Louis
Washington
Winnipeg
Kennedy seeks six to twelve month limit on draft law renewal
Senator Edward Kennedy urged Congress to limit extensions of the draft laws to six months or a year unless reform is agreed before the June 30 deadline. He warned a rapid consensus on changes to the Selective Service System is unlikely, favoring a professional army with improved pay and education benefits as a possible outcome.
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Edward M. Kennedy
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Massachusetts
University of Chicago
Kennedy
Milton Friedman
Local Court Proceedings in La Crosse District
La Crosse records show John J. Bagniefski 22 La Crescent Minn pleads no defense to conspiring to extort money. placed on two years probation with $27.45 costs. LaVerne J. Garbers 45 West Salem pleads innocent to furnishing beer to a 16 year old and failure to support seven minors. trial date set. Florence Barrett unnamed inout welfare income report case continued to Dec 12. Jerome N. Meyer 18 Market Street takes Leonard A. Hunter address, prelim. exam continued to Dec 7.
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la Crescent
Minn
Thomas Reget
C. B. Wiemann
Normal
Nordstrom
Clifford Gates
Wisconsin Department of Public Welfare
LaVerne J. Garbers
West Salem
Florence Barrett
Jerome N. Meyer
Market St
Leonard A. Hunter
West Ave. S
Romney Volunteers Formed To Boost Romney 1968 Campaign
Detroit based group named Romney Volunteers For ’68 formed to support Gov. George Romney’s presidential bid. About 20 volunteers will handle information sharing for supporters nationwide as part of a housekeeping operation. Romney said it was news to him.
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Detroit
George Romney
Richard Holloway
Romney
Lansing
Mich
Birchers Helped To Elect Reagan Welch Contends
Los Angeles AP says John Birch Society founder Robert Welch claims Birch members aided Reagan’s California gubernatorial victory. Reagan spokesman says voters, not the Birch Society, carried Reagan, while Brown aides note Birch support was a campaign issue. Reagan said he would not repudiate unknown groups if policies matched.
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Los Angeles
Robert Welch
The
John Birch Society
Ronald Reagan
California
Los Angeles Times
Reagan
Welch
Birch Society
the Times
Brown
Birch
Society
Injured Player Receives Naval Academy Appointment
Ramon Yslas, a 17 year old Tucson student who was near death after a football injury in October, has been appointed to the U S Naval Academy at Annapolis. He remains hospitalized in good condition after several days unconsciousness. The appointment was announced by Rep. Morris K. Udall.
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Tucson
Muslims Stop Attempted Mosque Takeover In New York
Detectives hiding in a Riverside Drive mosque seized five Black Muslims including leader Farragan Muhammad during an attempted takeover of the center used by Moslem diplomatic personnel. They faced charges of attempted robbery extortion coercion and unlawful entry.
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New York
Elijah Muhammad
Muhammad Rauf
Riverside Drive
Manhattan
United States
United Nations
Rauf
Farragan Muhammad
Farragan
Planet Earth
Seneca Man Dies After Injuries In Prairie Du Chien
Herbert Knutson 49 of Seneca died Thursday morning in Prairie du Chien hospital from injuries suffered November 30. He was brought to the hospital December 1 and never regained consciousness. The sheriff's department investigates. An autopsy was ordered to determine the cause of death.
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Prairie DU Chien
Wis
Herbert Knutson
Seneca
Knutson
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