Muskie Calls for Partnership to Fight Pollution
U S Senator Edmund Muskie urged state and local governments to join with federal agencies in a partnership to curb air and water pollution. He warned progress is slipping, citing Lake Mead, Lake Tahoe, and Lake Erie as examples, and warned against relying solely on Washington without local action.
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Paul Laxalt
Nevada
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Lake Tahoe
Boulder City
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Maine
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Washington
Vietnam
Wallace May Drop White House Bid Says Muskie
Senator Muskie warns Gov. Wallace could carry Southern states if on the ticket and may seek a Senate seat. discussion at Riviera Hotel breakfast session also covers Kennedy convention prospects and Vietnam strategy with Boulder City remarks stressing negotiated settlement over Provocation risk.
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White House
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Johnson
Gov
Sen
Lister Hill
Riviera Hotel
Alan Bible
Democratic Club
Bobby Kennedy
Grant Sawyer
Kennedy
Boulder City
Field Hospital Smashed as U S Troops Face North Vietnamese Attack
Combat reports describe a pre-dawn rocket strike on a U S Army field hospital near Pleiku. Ten wounded Americans and one Vietnamese civilian fatality follow the attack. Additional shelling wounded soldiers at Dak To and a separate clash near Gio Linh. Monsoon weather limited air operations against targets in North Vietnam.
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Gio Linh
Leathernecks
U. S. 4Th Infantry Division
Dak To
U. S
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Haiphong
Yen Bai
Hanoi
Pleiku
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U.S
Highlands
Saigon
Newark Evening News to publish New York City edition
The Newark Evening News will launch a New York City edition named the Evening News to serve the evening news market from Wall Street to 88th Street in Manhattan. The 85 year old publisher aims to extend circulation and market reach amid reports Time Inc. was negotiating to buy the paper.
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Las Vegas Youth Dies In Car Crash East Of Santa Rosa
A Las Vegas Nevada youth was killed when a driver allegedly fell asleep and left U S 66 33 miles east of Santa Rosa New Mexico. Billy Dean Osborn 18 was thrown from the car as it skidded 300 feet and overturned three times. Passenger Paul Davis 19 also of Las Vegas was injured.
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N. M
UPI
Las Vegas
Nev
U. S. 66
Here
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Paul Davis
Millionaire Alfred Beatty Die Age 92 in Ireland
Sir Alfred Chester Beatty an American born mining magnate and Ireland’s only honorary citizen died of pneumonia at 92. He moved to Dublin in 1950 and was buried there. Beatty earned his fortune from copper gold and diamond mining worldwide and became a noted philanthropist.
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UPI
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Ireland
Beatty
Alfred
Dublin
Beatty Was
New York City
Columbia University School of Mines
Removal of Presidents Ties Wedding Plans at Parents Without Partners
A national Parents Without Partners group plans to oust its current president Merl Shields of Anaheim California and past president Mrs Geraldine Ramer of Nassau Long Island. The Jan 28 wedding would disqualify both from membership since only widowed separated or divorced parents may remain in the group.
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Washington
UPI
Merl Shields
Anaheim
Calif
Geraldine Ramer
Nassau
Long Island
Shields
Ramer
Apollo Moon Lander Ready For Maiden Flight Test
Engineers cleared the first Apollo moon lander for launch atop Saturn 1 at Cape Kennedy, unmanned in a real‑flight rehearsal. Launch time was set for 2 p m EST Monday, six hours later than planned, with a full defueling and countdown underway amid earlier ground problems and a last checkpoint on the lunar module.
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Space Center
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Earth Orbit
Salvage Clash as Ocean Sprinter Sinks in North Atlantic
In a stormy North Atlantic rescue, 16 crew members including Capt. A Solleveld were saved by the Coast Guard cutter Absecon after the Dutch freighter Ocean Sprinter began listing and foundered. Trawler Zebrinney failed to secure, then Zurich grabbed salvage rights as Ocean Sprinter drifted toward St. John’s with ongoing tug and towing disputes. The ship, built in 1962 and owned by Vries Express of Rotterdam, sent an SOS while en route from Summerside to Europe.
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Prince Edward Island
Canada
Europe
January Fades Into Spring Across Much of Nation
United Press International reports January yielding to spring in many areas. Temperatures ranged from forty degrees in the north to fifty and sixty in central regions. Snow melted, rain fell in San Antonio causing local flooding, and rain persisted in the Pacific Northwest. Coastal Oregon and Washington faced strong winds.
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Chicago
Oklahoma
Texas
Oregon
Washington
AT&T Overseas Operators Strike in New York
Overseas telephone operators belonging to the Communications Workers of America struck AT&T with a picket at the Long Lines office in New York. The walkout targets changes in work schedules for training in computerized billing. AT&T called the strike unauthorized and localized with no expected service disruption. Supervisors filled vacancies while talks continued between CWA leaders and company officials.
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UPI
American Telephone and Telegraph Co
At&t
Communications Workers of America
CWA
Long Lines
Europe
Middle East
South America
Robert Minnery
Ralph Merrell
Long Lines Department
Police Probe Drug Death in Nevada Camera Repair Shop
Police investigate the death of Karl in a Southern Nevada camera repair shop amid heroin exposure after capsules were found on site. Investigators consider homicide if foul play caused overdose, or manslaughter if accidental. toxicology pending. Karl, with prior narcotics history, had needle marks and was pronounced dead at a hospital. Detectives name a teenage girl tied to a park photoing incident as a person of interest.
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Washington
Southern Nevada Memorial Hospital
Waite
Nevada
Power Failures Hit Two Las Vegas Districts
Two Las Vegas neighborhoods faced blackouts overnight. A 21 minute outage near East Charleston Boulevard to Boulder Highway and 25th to Sahara Avenue was blamed on a bumped pole, while a 12 minute outage from Fremont Street to Charleston Boulevard and Rancho Road to Highland Avenue was caused by a tree limb hitting a high tension line. The Las Vegas Fire Department responded to the second incident.
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Sahara Ave
Power Company
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Charleston Blvd
Rancho Road
Highland Ave
Auto Union Warns GM Faces Walkouts as Talks Simmer
United Auto Workers vice president Woodcock warned Chevrolet workers are being denied local settlements fueling unrest and potential layoffs. Three GM strikes at Chevrolet foundries in Saginaw Defiance and Tonawanda involved wash up time before lunch, with Flint plants closed for parts shortages.
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UPS
Leonard Woodcock
United Auto Workers
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Chevrolet Foundries
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Defiance
Ohio
Tonawanda
N.Y
UAW
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Pontiac
Mao Supporters Seize Wuhan Center in Industrial Hub
Mao supporters announced a revolutionary committee in Wuhan Hupeh province linking military control to the new power base. The broadcast cited a rally of over 500000 with military leaders present as Fang Ming named chairman. Reports note tensions with central authority and calls to purge rivals amid ongoing Cultural Revolution turmoil.
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Peking
Hupeh
China
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Hong Kong
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Bamboo Curtain
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Red Guard
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U S Deputy Ambassador to South Vietnam Resigns
White House announces Eu gene L. Locke resigns as deputy U S ambassador to Saigon after nine months in post. Dallas native and former ambassador to Pakistan eyed Texas governor bid with several others already seeking the Democratic nomination to succeed Gov. John Connally.
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UPI
White House
Eugene L. Locke
U. S
South Vietnam
Locke
Texas
Saigon
Pakistan
Dallas
John Connally
Africa Transplant Patient Progresses
Dr. Philip J. Blaiberg, 58, enters the 19th day after receiving a donor heart at Groote Schuur Hospital Cape Town He exercises walks and nears a normal diet doctors anticipate his discharge home soon The first patient to receive a second heart Washkansky died days after the transplant amid pneumonia and drug complications Blaiberg's ongoing progress is credited to lessons learned from that pioneering operation and to the remaining living transplant recipients Kasperak and Blaiberg are the only two whose lives continue to lengthen with the donor hearts
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Groote Schuur Hospital
Cape Town
Blaiberg
Louis Washkansky
Christiaan Barnard
Denise Darvall
Washkansky
Miss Darvall
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