National voting in Japan draws light turnout
In Tokyo AP reports a 65 percent turnout in Japan's national elections, with Liberal Democrats widely expected to gain a majority in the 486 seat House of Representatives after Prime Minister Eisaku Sato's pro American stance. The Socialists argued for a peaceful approach, while Komeito and Japan's Communist party were seen as rising challengers. Upper chamber seats show the Lib Dems ahead but no votes are at stake.
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Tokyo
Japan
Eisaku Sato
House of Representatives
Diet
Liberal Democrats
Sato
Nixon
Washington
U.S
Okinawa
Socialist
United States
House of Councillors
Cincinnati Zoo Takes In Female Ocelot Sam
An 11 month old 15 pound female ocelot named Sam arrives at the Cincinnati Zoo from Louisville after Kentucky Humane Federation interventions. Sam was found in pet shops under cruel confinement and inadequate feeding over six months. Zoo staff will provide a private cage as she is declawed and cannot defend herself.
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Cincinnati
Sam
Lousville
Kentucky Humane Federation
Louisville
American Spending Habits Divide Views On Thrift In 1960s
AP Business Analyst examines the 1960s shift in American spending. Despite a credit boom with $235 billion in consumer debt, $120 billion outstanding by year end, and rising auto and personal loan totals, many keep paying on time. Savings held at over $480 billion in liquid assets, mortgage foreclosures stayed near 0.3 percent, and bankruptcies fell late in the decade. The article weighs whether thrift survives amid broader access to credit.
Four Ripon family members die in Illinois crash
A Wisconsin family traveling to an Ozark vacation died when their car skidded on a snow covered highway shoulder and hit a parked truck in Diveron Illinois on U S 66 near Fort Smith Arkansas. Kathryn Dolata 49 and three children Debra 13 Dennis 12 and Marsha 7 died. John Dolata 51 the driver was hospitalized in Springfield and may have fallen asleep at the wheel. The parked truck driver sustained minor injuries.
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Divernon
Ill
Wisconsin
Ozark
Kathryn Dolata
Ripon
Wis
Debra
Dennis
Marsha
U.S
Forth Smith
Ark
Stone Lake
Crystal Lake
Milwaukee
Neldean Wells
Rutherford
Tenn
Boston Mayor vetoes antihitchhiking law
AP reports Boston Mayor Kevin H. White vetoed a city council ordinance that would fine hitchhikers up to 50 dollars. He argued only the legislature can enact such a law. Hitchhiking students, including many coeds, are a common sight on Boston streets.
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Boston
Greater
Kevin H. White
White
Economists eye 1970 outlook amid year end surveys
New York AP reports robust year end surveys from economists. University of Michigan finds inflation hurts most in low income families while Morgan Guaranty warns persistent consumer apathy risks a 1970 recession. Roy Chapin Jr. predicts slower growth but strong auto market near 9.5 million units. Bethlehem Steel notes slight drop in 1970 steel use across major sectors. Congress passes tax reform. Nixon studies bill. Fed easing remains uncertain amid official caution. Auto production and steel output statistics show holiday week declines.
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William Mathewson
NEW York
University of Michigan
Survey Research Center
Ness
Morgan Guaranty
Roy Chapin Jr
American Motors
Chapin
Edmund F. Martin
Bethlehem Steel Corp
Martin
Congress
Nixon
Fire in Home Kills Mother and Five Children
BERKELEY TOWNSHIP N J A mother Mrs Alfreda Small 32 and five of her nine children died when a fire swept their one story wooden apartment. Authorities condemned the structure. Two other boys were living with relatives a daughter stayed with a friend and another son was visiting relatives in North Carolina. Fire Chief said a kerosene space heater explosion in the kitchen appeared to start the blaze. Six victims were found jammed near the front door of the apartment one of three in the building. The other two apartments were vacant. The four room unit was being condemned for inadequate sanitary facilities.
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Berkeley Township
N.J
Alfreda Small
Community Memorial Hospital
Toms River
North Carolina
Charles Griffin
Manitou Park Fire Company
Shot Me Down Officer Survives Ambush Near Saigon
Army Captain John W. Marshall, 27, survived by playing dead after Viet Cong style ambush on a road near Lai Khe. Three comrades were killed, Marshall was wounded in the leg and later evacuated. He described the attackers firing and burning the jeep with their bodies.
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Saigon
John W. Marshall
Marshall
Illinois Man Held As Murder Suspect
Kenneth Rogers 26 faces murder charges in Illinois for the deaths of his wife Wilma 22 Miss Barbara Case 25 and Lisa Levering 14. He was arrested in Covington Tennessee after waiving extradition while treatment for a wrist wound. Rogers was returned to Illinois charged with murdering Levering during a rape.
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Carbondale
Ill
Tennessee
Kenneth Rogers
Rogers
Covington
Tenn
Wilma
Barbara Case
Lisa Levering
Miss Case
Carterville
Miss Levering
Richard Richman
Jackson County
Tennessee Highway Patrol
Jerry Simmons
Tennessee 14
Simmons
Lewis Gitchell
Lauderdale County
Barb
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McDonnell Douglas Corp
Long Beach
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AP Business Analyst
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Morgan Guaranty Trust Co
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Council of Economic Advisers
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University of Texas
Charles Ryan
Lawton
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Tan Son Nhut
Lai Khe
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