Rock Island and Union Pacific Clear to Merge
Rock Island stockholders voted 8 1 to merge with Union Pacific creating a potential national rail system. ICC approval still required amid opposition from Frisco Missouri Pacific Denver Rio Grande and Milwaukee Road. merger target two years with May vote planned for UP.
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Pope Paul VI visits Vatican nursery as babies cry
Pope Paul VI showed patience during a post Christmas gift visit to the Vatican nursery. amid continuous crying from all 710 infants, the Pontiff joked about addressing the children, while mothers noted the noise and lights appeared to unsettle them. The nursery is a Vatican charity under the Pope.
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UPI
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Vatican
Burglars Strike Strip Hotel Rooms in Las Vegas
Deputies reported burglars took about $4,500 from a Strip hotel room used by Robert Gold of New Haven Connecticut. A mink store worth $700 disappeared from a Canoga Park California couple’s room. Entry appeared through a terrace access door as other burglaries were investigated.
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Robert Gold
New Haven
Elmer Docken
Canoga Park
Calif
Johnson
Docken
Dorothy
Sheriff's Deputies
Aviatrix’s World-Flight Plane Destroyed in Desert Crash
Joan Merriam Smith and her companion William Harry Fitchison escaped serious injury when the Piper Apache caught fire after a Las Vegas to Long Beach flight. The wheels-up landing left the autograph-covered plane scorched and 28 year old Smith bruised. The pair were treated and released from St Mary’s hospital.
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UPI
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Aviatrix
William Harry Futchison
Glendora
Las Vegas
Long Beach
Smith
Malaysia Mobilizes Civilian Defense for Coast Guard
Malaysia announces an armed volunteer civilian defense corps to guard the coast from Indonesian incursions. Deputy Prime Minister Razak Says units will be armed soon and trained, with enhanced torpedo boats and minesweepers. Reports say up to 40 Indonesian troops drowned in Straits of Malacca.
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UPI
Tun Abdul Razak
Razak
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Indonesia
U. S
Straits of Malacca
Tanjon Pasai
Singapore
State PTA Opposes Change Idea
The board of managers of the state PTA reaffirmed its opposition to including the education department in any master state government reorganization. They supported the 1963 legislature’s exclusion of education from a proposed health education and welfare agency and urged backing for driver education and vocational training. Some members favored funding driver training through motorist fines, but no formal stance was adopted.
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UPI
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Department of Education
Education Department
Men OK After Air Crash Near Virginia City
Two 20 year old California men were listed in fair condition after a light plane crash landed near the mining town of Virginia City on Saturday afternoon. Darrell Woodruff of Vallejo was in intensive care for back and head injuries. Stephen G. Chang of Mountain View suffered back injuries. Witness Jack Lawry said the single engine Taylor craft appeared to lose power, narrowly missing a house before attempting a landing on the American flat road.
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Reds Down Another U2 Plane
The New China News Agency reported that the Communist Chinese Air Force shot down another U S made U2 high altitude reconnaissance plane this evening. It marked the fourth U2 plane shot down by PLA Air Force units.
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New York Dock Workers Vote Rejected Contract Triggers Possible Strike
Assistant Labor Secretary Reynolds warned of a possible nationwide East Coast and Gulf port strike after Port of New York longshoremen voted 8 201 to 7 121 against a proposed contract. Shippers urged compulsory arbitration as ILA leaders considered the move. The dispute centers on crew size cuts from 20 to 17 and wage, pension, and fringe benefit gains.
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UPI
James J. Reynolds
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New York Shipping Association
NYSA
International Longshoremen's Association
ILA
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Limited powers for Walter Wilson as state commerce chief
Attorney general Harvey Dickerson ruled Walter Wilson, director of the State Department of Commerce since 1963, has restricted authority to hire and fire division heads with such actions needing governor approval. Wilson cannot interchange employees between departments despite workload changes.
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Harvey Dickerson
World Briefs: UN Sign Protest Rejected and Global Strikes
Jakarta reports UNICEF sign removal as a local UN official protests. Belgium faces a nationwide strike by 5,000 industry workers starting today. Shelepin pledges friendly Soviet policy toward the United Arab Republic amid leadership critiques. Sudan aids Congolese rebels, while a defector from Egypt’s secret police seeks asylum in Iran. Yemeni envoy to the Arab League is dismissed over policy splits. Sihanouk brands the United States Cambodia’s enemy as Algerian pilots remain detained in Algiers.
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Jakarta
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UPI
Johnsons Great Society praised at church service
President Johnson attended St. Mark's Episcopal Church service with Lady Bird and Lynda to hear his Great Society program lauded as the working of God. Astronauts arrive in Honolulu for a week of moon life simulations led by Dr. Ted Foss with Conrad, Williams, Scott, Aldrin, Bean, Eisele, Chaffee, and Gordon. A viral flood inquiry, a potential dockworkers strike, MLK on segregation, AMA convention call, Kenyon obituary, and an Indio body discovery round out a busy news day.
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Lynda
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Manned Spacecraft Center
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David R. Scott
Edwin FE. Aldrin Jr
Allen Bean
Donn F. Eisele
Roger Chaffee
Richard Gordon
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