Soldier Raised As Orphan Lies Unclaimed In Death
Oakland Army Terminal hosts the unclaimed body of Army Sgt. Richard F. Campos a 26 year old veteran of eight years service killed in Vietnam. No known relatives mourn him and the county will inter him if no kin steps forward. Campos had been raised by a court ward and foster mother after a troubled early life in Amador County California.
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Oakland
Calif
Army
Richard F. Campos
Oakland Army Terminal
Richard Campos
Campos
Ft. Lewis
Wash
Woodside Ave
San Francisco
John B. Molinari
Vietnam
8Th Infantry Regiment
Alfred B. Anderson
Amador County
Maria ‘Campos
Maria Campos
Guerrero St
Carbondale
Richard
Napa State Hospital
Burns
Washington
Defense Department
Kansas City
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Leslie H. Fry
Arlington National Cemetery
Aberfan Christmas Narrows Its Smile After Tragedy
Aberfan Wales observes a somber Christmas two months after the coal slag avalanche that buried 116 children in the village school. Survivors, including 14 year old Clifford Hodkinson and 8 year old Martine Short’s family, face a stark holiday with few decorations. The disaster fund nears 4.2 million dollars and a restitution plan will be set by a trust after next month.
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Granville Watts
Aberfan
Wales
Harry Short
Martine
Clifford Hodkinson
Clifford
Princess Margaret
Truce holds amid sporadic clashes and leaflets drop
Spokesmen say truce continues with two incidents after 7 am start. Viet Cong status unconfirmed as two attacks and a mortar exchange occur near Saigon Hue and Phuoc Tuy. Australian troops report brief fire from Viet Cong plus a found submachine gun. A North Vietnam leaflet drop of 24 million pieces targets soldiers with defection and radio messages as cease-fire holds until Monday.
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Hue
Phuoc Tuy
Saigon
Christmas Day Temperature Records Acknowledged
The report notes Santa rise near 20 during the day with partly cloudy skies. La Crosse saw a high of 21 on Friday. Historical records show Christmas Eve lows of 37 below in 1872 and a high mark of 1889. Christmas Day coldest was 26 below in 1879 and warmest 55 in 1936.
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la Crosse
Elk Killed in Highway Crash Near Moose
A vehicle driven by a woman named Stag struck and killed an elk on a Wyoming highway near Moose this year, authorities said.
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Moose, Wyo
Stag
Moose
Traffic Deaths in Wisconsin Reach 1089 for Christmas Weekend
The 1966 Wisconsin highway toll rose to 1,089 with five Milwaukee residents killed during the Christmas weekend. Dennis Truss 20 died on the East West freeway after his car hit a bridge abutment at County Stadium interchange. Billy H Butcher 35 was fatally struck on the 16th Street viaduct. Willie Phillips 29 and Eddie Joe Tisdale 27 died in a two car crash south of Port Washington. Francis Kritter 29 died after a two car crash in Glendale. Seven others injured.
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Associated Press
Wisconsin
Milwaukee
Dennis Truss
County Stadium
Billy H. Butcher
16Th St
Port Washington
Willie S. Phillips
Eddie Joe Tisdale
Francis Kritter
Glendale
Soviets Claim Faster Atomic Research Than United States
Pravda article by Anatoniy Aleksandrov asserts the Soviet Union solved the atomic problem quicker than the United States, arguing time spent on Soviet research was shorter despite wartime interruptions. Tass provided a summary noting U S chain reaction occurred in 1941, with bomb test in 1945, four years before the Soviets.
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Moscow
Soviet Union
United States
Communist Party
Pravda
Anatoniy Alexandrov
Kurchatov Institute of Atomic Energy
Tass
Alexandrov
U.S
Chicago
Soviets
Deaths continue from page 1 in area collisions
Pines was killed Friday when his car and a truck driven by Archie OBrien of Deerwood collided about one mile east of Garrison. OBrien was unharmed. William Amacher Sr., 80, of St Paul died at the wheel after hitting parked autos in Minneapolis Friday night, but authorities say he died of natural causes and it is not counted as a traffic fatality.
Minnesota Man Dies In Home Fire
Severin Jorgenson, 39, died in a house fire in Park Rapids Minnesota after a neighbor reported flames. Firefighters arrived in extremely cold weather to find the one story dwelling largely burned. Jorgenson was found in a basement bedroom. His wife and two children were away in Colorado for a holiday visit.
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Park Rapids
Minn
Severin Jorgenson
Jorgenson
Colorado
Missionary effort translates Bible into Swahili
The Assemblies of God and American Bible Society launch a three year $25,000 project to translate Scripture into Swahili for Tanzania Kenya and Uganda. The campaign starts with a $5,000 gift from the Boys and Girls Missionary Crusade of the Assemblies of God. Translator Rev Thomas J Kalume is an Anglican priest studying in New York and has spoken Swahili since childhood.
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Springfield
UPI
Assembles of God
American Bible Society
Tanzania
Kenya
Uganda
Boys and Girls Missionary Crusade
Assemblies of God
Thomas J. Kalume
Anglican Church
New York Theological Seminary
New York
Santa In Jail Brings Protest From Children
Portage Wisconsin Sheriff Vearn Golz ends a seven year probe by jailing Roy Heidel 58 who worked as Santa Claus in Rockford Illinois. He faces a 500 dollar bond while awaiting Christmas dinner plans and jokes about his Santa duties and public reaction from children and adults.
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Portage
Wis
Vearn Golz
Santa Claus
Columbia County
Roy Heidel
Rockford
Ill
Heidel
Golz
Tavern Owner Charged After Fatal Accident
Grant County authorities charged tavern owner Paul Wolfe and bartender James Richardson with selling alcohol to a minor linked to a fatal August crash near Lancaster. Surviving passenger Carl Hall and victims Joseph Fondell and family were also named in related counts. Arraignment tentatively set for January.
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Lancaster
Wis
Paul Wolfe
Potosi
James J. Richardson
Carl Hall
Grant County
Hall
Vincent Pennekamp
Pennekamp
Joseph Fondell
Dubuque
Iowa
Fondell
Wolfe
John Doe
Lloyd Burde
Uncle Ray Sends Christmas Greeting From Rhine Land
Uncle Ray writes from Rhine land Germany to readers in a Christmas message. He notes holiday plans with son Captain Peyton Coffman and family in Europe and mentions grandchildren Linda and Chuck plus daughter Kathleen and husband Donald Davis at the University of Stockholm. He reflects on Rhineland Christmas customs and promises future travel notes. A Scrapbook Club coupon invites readers to join.
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Rhineland
Germany
Peyton Coffman
Frances
Coffman
West
Kathleen
Donald Davis
University of Stockholm
Strasbourg
Great Britain
Canada
United States
Publishers Newspaper Syndicate
Uncle Ray
Harvard Dean Calls Revolutionary Reform of Theological Education
Dean Samuel H. Miller of Harvard Divinity School urged a radical overhaul of theological education in Washington. He argued for fewer seminaries, concentrated resources, drastic teaching changes, and higher societal demand for excellence in professional religious work.
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Washington
UPI
Samuel H. Miller
Harvard Divinity School
Miller
Cincinnati Names Jacob Schott Police Chief
Jacob Schott was sworn in as Cincinnati’s new police chief and immediately faced the strangulation cases that have troubled the city for almost a year. Schott, previously lieutenant colonel and detective chief, has led the investigation since the first incident on December 2.
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Cincinnati
Jacob Schott
Schott
Schott Named Police Chief After Civil Service High Rank
In 1965 Schott becomes chief after ranking highest in a civil service exam. He follows Stanley Schrotel who resigned last September to join Kroger Co. as security director. The 50 year old veteran, on the force since 1937, is famed as “the policeman's policeman.”
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Schott
Stanley Schrotel
Kroger Co
Bat Radar System Predates Human Invention
Long before man invented radar, bats possessed a highly sensitive natural sonar. They use sound waves to navigate and communicate during flight, rendering their echolocation remarkably advanced.
Aboriginal artisans refine boomerang curve and spear craft
Aboriginal groups practice repeated trimming of a boomerang to achieve the correct curve while maintaining equal skill in spear making, showing mastery of traditional weaponry and craftsmanship.
Church ad uses rat to shock for welfare change
A Cleveland church council sponsors a full page ad showing a life size rat with the caption Merry Christmas kids to urge higher welfare payments. The provocative campaign claims 150,000 Ohio children face starvation and seeks 100 percent of the 1967 subsistence standard for 41,000 local welfare recipients.
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Cleveland, Ohio
Cleveland
Charles Rawlings
Metropolitan Affairs Commission of the Church, Council
Ohio
George Lapin
Rawlings
Church Council
Greater
War-Weary Saigon Celebrates Christmas Eve Festivities
Grimy Saigon shows festive cheer as crowds gather in the downtown district for Christmas Eve. Paper hats balloons and decorations appear amid a 48-hour cease fire with curfew relaxed for the night and services planned in churches. A second 48-hour truce is slated for New Year with a four day Tet cease fire to follow.
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Saigon
South Vietnam
Vietnam
Federal Grant To Help Train Pig Raisers
In Wisconsin 13 counties receive a $117,589 federal grant to train low income farmers in raising feeder pigs. The program, run by the Livestock Management and Marketing Cooperative at Francis Creek, Manitou County, aims to lift farmer income by over $3 million in two years and make the effort self supported.
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Oconto, Polk, Price, Rusk, Sawyer, Taylor and Washburn
Office of Economic Opportunity
Francis Creek
Manitowoc County
Farmers Home Administration
Job Corps Ride Talks To Rotarians at Hotel Stoddard
Jack Schnepp, Job Corps Center at Camp McCoy, spoke to the Rotary Club at noon. He described Job Corps purpose, selection, pay, and training methods. President Sam Fellows reminded of the father son daughter luncheon Dec 29.
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Jack Schnepp
Job Corps Center
Camp McCoy
Rotary Club
Stoddard
Schnepp
Sam Fellows
John Elliott
Tokyo
Hong Kong
Manila
Tom Mills
Black River Falls
Wayne Grover
Cliff Mladinoff
la Crosse
Don McArthur
Minneapolis
Walter Small
Sun City
Calif
W. S. Moody
Durham
N.C
Parolees Face Triple Murder Counts In Utah Case
Two Salt Lake City parolees Myron O D Lance 25 and Walter Bernard Kelback 28 were charged with three counts of first degree murder. The killings include an 18 year old service station attendant found nude in Tooele County. The suspects were captured after a tavern robbery spree that left a cab driver dead and three others critically wounded. one victim Fred Lillie age 20 died Thursday.
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Salt Lake City
Utah
Tooele County
Myron OD. Lance
Walter Bernard Kelback
Fred Lillie
Radio Highlights Sunday Christmas Broadcasts
Radio highlights list Sunday schedule for WKBH with 7 45 a m Bible Speaks to You Christmas program and 9 30 a m Our Savior's Lutheran Christmas broadcast.
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Ard
Thomas Burns
Namese
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U. S. 1St Infantry Division
North Vietnam
Voice of Freedom
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Gulf of Tonkin
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Berry's
NEA, Inc
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la Crosse Tribune
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R.F.D
James A
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Ohio General Assembly
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