U S Hunts H Boms Lost In B52 Crash
News reports describe a B52 crash near Thule Greenland that may involve up to four 1 1 megaton hydrogen bombs. The Pentagon confirmed unarmed devices and cautioned on recovery prospects while Denmark protests over nuclear flights. A crewman died in the crash. Rene Tremblay Ottawa obituary noted.
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Greenland
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Hiroshima
Defense Department
Denmark
United States
Jens Otto Krag
North Star Bay
Copenhagen
Johnson seeks 2.1 billion jobs program for slum dwellers
President Johnson asks Congress for a 2.1 billion manpower program aimed at placing 500000 slum dwellers in jobs within three years. The plan favors private enterprise training over WPA style work programs and forms a National Alliance of Businessmen led by Henry Ford II. It also proposes an occupational safety and health bill. The funding would begin July 1, marking a 25 percent increase over the current level.
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Johnson
Congress
Capitol
Henry Ford II
Ford Motor Company
Pueblo Seized By North Korea Sparks International Crisis
North Korean patrol boats captured the U.S. Navy intelligence ship Pueblo with 83 crewmen in international waters off the Korean coast. Washington sought Pueblo’s immediate release through Russia as U.S. leaders weighed possible retaliatory actions and an emergency session of Panmunjom commissions.
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White House
Pentagon
Congress
United States
Russia
North Korea
Naval
Pueblo
Dean Rusk
Johnson
Rusk
Navy
Sea of Japan
Wonsan
State Department
Robert J. McCloskey
McCloskey
U.S
Mixed Armistice Commission
Panmunjom
Korea
Senate
Mike Mansfield
Montana
House
Gerald R. Ford
Michigan
USS
Minnesota Weekend Crash Kills Two Teens
A southern Minnesota crash Sunday left Suzanne Larson 17 of Morton dead in a Redwood Falls hospital from injuries after a car struck a tree. Judy Kay ONeil 15, also of Morton, died shortly after the collision. The incident raises the 1968 Minnesota highway death toll to 44, ten more than last year.
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Minnesota
Suzanne Larson
Morton
Redwood Falls
Judy Kay O'Neil
Losers Inc Formed by La Crosse Bizmen and An Iowa Man
A group from La Crosse and an Iowa insurer formed Losers Inc a non profit club chartered in Iowa to back Harold Stassen and poke fun at political and social misfits Their first annual convention was held at Pla Mar Bowling Centre The bowling team posted a 6 48 season and members discussed a Hokah Hilton construction venture The group also noted travel mishaps and considered extending honorary membership to Richard Nixon.
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la Crosse Tribune
Harold Stassen
Charlie Brown
Boston Red Sox
Bobby Kennedy
Mississippi
la Crosse
Iowa
Losers Inc
John Kolhoven
Gateway Transportation Co
Mike McCrary
Des Moines
Pla-Mar
Hokah Hilton
Peter Hurtgen
Kolhoven
Richard Nixon
Nixon to Speak in City February 21
Former vice president Richard M. Nixon will address La Crosse on February 21 as part of the state GOP Lincoln Day program for 1968. Gov. George Romney Walter Judd and Sen. John Tower are set for other state dinners in February. Twenty seven county GOP groups will host speakers, with Rep Vernon W Thomson visiting Black River Falls Fennimore and Tomah on dates in mid February. Rep Albert Quie will speak to Buffalo County Republicans in Alma February 12 and Lt. Gov Jack Olson in Mauston February 20.
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Richard M. Nixon
la Crosse
George Romney
Walter Judd
John Tower
R-Tex
Vernon W. Thomson
R-Richland Center
Black River Falls
Jackson County
Fennimore
Tomah Police Chief resigns amid department dissension
Tomah Wis The Tomah Fire and Police Commission accepted the resignation of Police Chief George Katsekes in a special meeting effective Feb 1 The 25 year Milwaukee police veteran took the post after William Showen left for the McCoy Job Corps Center A group of officers and their attorney demanded his resignation with a three day ultimatum leading to the chief’s written resignation with a hold until Jan 29 and a plan to resolve differences signals a broader staffing dispute reported earlier by a local radio news director See TOMAH Page 2
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Wis
Katsekes
William Showen
McCoy
Milwaukee
Daniel McNamara
Montello
Fire and Police Commission
Commission
South Vietnamese Evacuate Second Threatened Town
South Vietnamese forces pulled out the district town of Huong Hoa in the Khe Sanh Valley as U S reinforcements rush to the northern sector. More than 3 000 U S helicopter borne infantrymen of the 1st Air Cavalry Division and a battalion of Marines moved up to bolster front line units while refugees from Khe Sanh and Huong Hoa were evacuated to Da Nang.
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Saigon
Khe Sanh
U.S
South Vietnam
U.S. 1St Air Cavalry Division
Huong Hoa
da Nang
Associated Press
Robert D. Ohman
Hill 861
325C
Two Men Die In Separate Wisconsin Crashes
Two men died in separate crashes raising Wisconsin’s highway toll to 50 for the year. Thomas M. Gleason, 23, of West Milwaukee, died when he lost control on I 94 near Waukesha and hit a bridge abutment. Lester A. Demand, 63, of Horicon, died when his car veered off a street and struck a stone wall.
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Thomas M. Gleason
West Milwaukee
Waukesha
Lester A. Demand
Horicon
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