Train Diesel Car and Oil Truck Crash Kills 12
In Everett near Boston a Boston and Maine Railroad diesel car collided with a stalled oil truck at a street crossing. The crash ignited 7000 gallons of fuel oil, engulfing the car with about 35 aboard. Firefighters pulled victims from the flames amid tenacious effort as 18 were injured.
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Everett, Mass
Boston & Maine Railroad
Herbert Fothergill
Chelsea
North Station
Boston
Boston Garden
Everett
Mass
UPI
Raymond Bouley
Billerica
Second Street
Bouley
Whidden
Rockport
Thomas Bagley
Martin F. Marnik
Lynn
Marnik
Frederick Scott
Joint South Viet Force Launches Drive In Mekong
Thousands of South Vietnamese troops advanced through the Mekong Delta on a multiregiment search and destroy operation reported to have killed 89 Viet Cong in two days. Paratroopers jumped from 33 planes and engaged no initial opposition.
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Mekong
Robert Tuckman
Saigon
South Vietnam
Chuong Thien
Delta
U.S
Hue
Tuy Hoa
Heavy Snowfall Clogs Coulee Region Roads
Snow piled up to eight inches by midmorning bogging traffic across the Coulee Region. La Crosse expected 11 inches total before Thursday. Plows struggled against winddriven drifts as visibility dropped and drivers were urged to stay off the roads.
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Coulee Region
Coulee
la Crosse
Carl Peterson
Minnesota
Iowa
Peterson
Crawford County
Sheriff Department
Alma
Arcadia
Independence
Pepin
Houston County Sheriff's Office
Vernon County
Trempealeau County
Lee
Page
State Farm Official Killed In Accident
A Barron County man Herbert Spaeni 55 director of the Wisconsin Holstein Breeders Association is found dead after his car falls into a ditch near Amery. Spaeni is president of the Consolidated Breeders Association of Anoka Minnesota. Marvin D Pritchard 48 of Brookfield dies in Milwaukee hospital from injuries from a December 15 two car crash in Wauwatosa.
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Associated Press
Barron County
Wisconsin
Herbert Spaeni
Wisconsin Holstein Breeders Association
Amery
Spaeni
Barron
Consolidated Breeders Association of
Anoka
Minn
Marvin D. Pritchard
Brookfield
Milwaukee
Wauwatosa
Governor Knowles Faces $150 Million Budget Slash Dilemma
Wisconsin Governor Knowles confronts a budget crisis as he weighs heavy spending cuts or a potential tax hike to cover a $1.194 billion 1967-69 proposal. With education and higher education budgets bearing the largest boosts, officials warn revenue may fall short by $125 million to $245 million, fueling tense talks with Assembly Republicans over taxes and spending.
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Madison
Warren P. Knowles
Wisconsin
GOP
Knowles
Assembly
James Morgan
Massive Winter Storm Rolls Across Wisconsin States
A major snowstorm moving from the Southwest across Wisconsin threatens up to 12 inches in parts of the state. Southeastern Iowa is the storm center this morning, with widespread blowing snow and hazardous driving warnings issued for the Midwest.
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Wisconsin
Iowa
la Crosse
Menomies
Blue Earth
Wells
Winona
Minneapolis- St. Paul
South Dakota
Twin Cities
Weather Bureau
Marishall - Duluth
Duluth
Albert Lea
Willmar
Minneapolis
Litchfield
Mary Newcomb Dies at 73 Noted Actress in Two Theaters
Dorchester England AP reports Mary Newcomb a longtime leading actress in both American and English theatre died on Monday at age 73.
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Dorchester
England
Mary Newcomb
Snowstorm Grips Southeast Minnesota With Deaths Reported
Heavy snow blankets the southeast, bringing up to 10 inches, causing two deaths from shoveling strain in Rochester. Roads grow slick, plows pull back in Olmsted County, and areas from Marshall to Duluth endure reduced speeds and hazardous visibility.
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Minnesota
Plains States
Rocky Mountains
Rochester
Henry Schielman
Clarence Powers
Olmsted
Rochester Girl Scouts
Blade
Marshall
St. Cloud
Duluth
Windom
Beaver Dam man dies of heart attack while freeing pickup
Harold J. Krause 45 of Route 2 Beaver Dam died today in an apparent heart attack while placing chains on his pickup truck that was stuck in snow.
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Beaver Dam
Harold J. Krause
Route 2
State to fund six major road jobs with state money
Wisconsin State Highway Department says refinancing will let six large road projects proceed using state funds after federal funds were cut off. Interstate work between Eau Claire and Tomah and the Mississippi River to Highway 16 segment in La Crosse County will be continued with federal dollars redirected. If funds do not resume by June 30, 1967, four major projects in Stevens Point Wausau Douglas County Madison area and Milwaukee County may face delays.
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Brown County
Monroe County
Marathon County
Black River Falls
Milwaukee
Stevens Point
Wausau
Douglas County
Madison
Milwaukee County
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Fothergill
Ralph DeVito
George Stewart
Tribune
James R. Polk
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Eau Claire
Dubuque
Beloit
Lone Rock
Eau ‘Claire
Xeauf
Superior
Park Falls
Grand Forks
N.D
Kingsville
McAllen
Tex
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