Miss Sweden Crowned Miss Universe 1966
Miss Sweden Margareta Arvidsson, 18, daughter of a Gothenburg sea captain, was chosen from five finalists in Miami Beach. First runner up Miss Finland Sete Charlota Ostring. second runner up Miss Thailand Cheranand Savatanane. third Miss India Yasere Daji. fourth Miss Israel Aviva Israeli. Arvidsson cried for 10 minutes as photographers clicked. Her measurements are 33 23 -TM. she aims to have children.
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Miami Beach
Fla
UPI
Margareta Arvidsson
Gothenburg
Sweden
Finland
Sete Charlota Ostring
Thailand
Cheranand Savatanane
India
Yasere Daji
Israel
Aviva Israeli
Arvidsson
Ho Chi Minh mobilizes Vietnam in renewed war drive
A 9 45 p m Supreme National Defense Council broadcast quoted Ho Chi Minh urging continued fighting until victory. He demanded full compliance with four North Vietnamese demands and withdrawal of U S forces, calling U S air strikes aggressive and desperate. He warned of no faltering and signaled partial mobilization by the North Viet Nam parliament while denying talks pause.
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Supreme National Defense Council
North Viet Nam
Ho Hanoi
United States
Viet Nam
Washington
Hanoi
Haiphong
U.S
Speck Identified as Suspect in Mass Murder Case
Chicago police and FBI intensified a nationwide hunt for Richard Speck after a mass murder in a South Side townhouse. Investigators traced latent fingerprints and a hospital identification to Speck, who was described as a drifting itinerant with prior arrests in Dallas. Authorities prepared 16,000 local wanted circulars and planned federal involvement to capture the suspect.
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FBI
Texas
Speck
Warren County
Ill
Dallas
Chicago
Air Force C119 Crashes Near Jacksonville No Fatalities
A Air Force Reserve C119 transport crashed into woods west of Jacksonville shortly after takeoff from the Naval Air Station. All 30 aboard parachuted to safety with 29 reported by sheriff and 30 by the Air Force. No serious injuries expected.
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Air Force Transport
Jacksonville
Fla
API
Here
Comdr
Ralph McClure
Jacksonville Naval Air Station
Sheriff's Office
Naval Air Station
McClure
Quiet Night as National Guards Patrol Chicago Riots
More than 2,000 National Guardsmen guarded Chicago's riot-torn West Side for the second night with bayonets removed. Troopers patrolled the nine block ghetto where Negroes rioted for three nights trying to stage an encore. Arrests totaled three, mostly routine for the area, including three teenagers accused of looting a drugstore.
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Chicago
UPI
West Side
U S Senators Condemn North Vietnamese Treatment of POWs
U S leaders condemn possible trials and executions of American pilots held in North Vietnam. Senators Russell Aiken Mansfield urge strong action if Hanoi moves against prisoners. White House and State Department offer no comment while officials seek to relay warning through the United Arab Republic.
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Hanoi
Moscow
Sen. Russell
United States
Sen. Aiken
Senate
Foreign Relations Committee
Mike Mansfield
White House
State Department
U.S
Cairo
United Arab Republic
UAR
Casino cash flow seen as legitimate business model
A Sun report follows Thompson and a reporter through casino cash handling from tables to counting room, asserting gambling as a regulated industry. He cites uniform systems across Del E. Webb enterprises, notes interest from others, and highlights Nevada revenue and taxes as gambling grows.
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Thompson
SUN
del E. Webb Enterprises
Inside the Mint Casino Turning Profits and Practices
The article describes casino operations under the Webb Corporation at the Mint, noting hotel expansion, open records, and joint supervision to ensure profit and fair wages for staff. A follow-up promises an in-depth second story detailing the exchange flow from customer to dealer to count and hotel departments.
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Mint
Fitzgerald
Webb Corporation
SUN
Richard Speck described as loner by brother in Illinois
William Speck, a 35 year old carpenter and Richard Speck’s brother, called him a loner who drifted from town to town. He recalled Speck’s Monmouth visit, his upbringing in Dallas after their father’s death, and the family’s scattered siblings as the Chicago nurse slayings news broke.
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Willem Speck
Monmouth
Richard Speck
Monmouth, Ill
UPI
William Speck
United Press Internation
Chicago
Speck
Dallas
Tex
Lindberg
Lynda Johnson Returns to Washington with Family Greet
Lynda Bird Johnson arrived in Washington from Europe aboard a Pan American jet and was greeted by her mother with a hug at Dulles Airport. Sister Luci, reporters, and photographers followed, while six Secret Service agents accompanied Lynda and travel companion Susan Schein.
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Washington
UPI
Lynda Bird Johnson
Dulles International
Lynda
Luci
Pan American Airlines
Susan Schein
New York City
Secret Service
Frankfurt
Germany
Abandoned Mine Traps Girl Berry Picker Near Calumet
A little girl berry picking with her brother fell into a half mile deep abandoned copper mine on the Keweenaw Peninsula near Calumet yesterday. Authorities describe the incident as a dangerous accident and rescue efforts are underway.
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Calumet, Mich
API
Keweenaw Peninsula
Nugent to wed Luci Johnson heads to last bachelor trip
Patrick J. Nugent, 23, fiancé of Luci Baines Johnson, travels with airmen to Travis Air Force Base for training with his District of Columbia Air National Guard unit. In California, Security First National Bank reports theft of 197,528 likely an inside job as vault lock was jammed.
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Washington
UPI
Patrick J. Nugent
Luci Baines Johnson
Nugent
Travis Air Force Base
Savannah
District of Columbia Air National Guard
Fontana
Cali
First National Bank
Pope Paul VI visits Castel Gandolfo amid Viet Nam peace efforts
World briefs report Pope Paul VI arriving at Castel Gandolfo to work on peace in Viet Nam and a large report on birth control. London notes Britain will dispatch a civilian medical team of four doctors and six nurses next month under the Ministry of Overseas Development. A dramatic rescue ends in grief as Ruth Ann Miller, 7, is missing in a Michigan copper mine shaft. rescuers recovered no trace of her despite lowering two men in a crane bucket and removing obstructions from the Tamarack No. 4 shaft near Calumet.
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Castel Gandolfo
Italy
UPI
Paul VI
Vatican
Viet Nam
London
Britain
Ministry of Overseas Development
Eugene Taylor
Taylor
Calumet
Michigan
Upper Peninsula
Houghton County
New York City
United Press International
Ruth Ann
Gary
Viet battle escalates as civilians hit in Saigon and Quang Tin
Vietnamese and Allied observers report heavy fighting in the south. In Saigon's Cholon district a tossed grenade injures seven civilians. In Quang Tin province a plastic charge kills four and wounds fifteen. North Vietnamese forces mass near the border as Marine officials warn of a potential major operation.
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Saigon
Cholon
Quang Tin Province
Richard Speck in Dallas before Chicago killings linked to Fair Park area
UPI reports Richard B. Speck 25 lived near Fair Park Dallas in a lower class frame housing area with his mother listed at the Dallas address. He had prior arrests and parole history, including a 1963 Huntsville prison stay and later suspicion of a 1966 grocery burglary, while early life shows minor offenses and short prison terms.
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Dallas
UPI
Richard B. Speck
Chicago
Fair Park
Cotton Bowl
Speck
Huntsville
Tex
Jack Hurd
United Press International
Bill Decker
Once McCarthy Aide Matthews Dies at 72
J B Matthews, a theologian and linguist who charged communism in the U S Protestant church, died at 72 of Parkinson's disease in New York. He had resigned as staff director for McCarthy's Senate Investigations Subcommittee after a 1953 uproar over his Kremlin Conspiracy article.
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New York
UPI
J. B. Matthews
U. S
Joseph R. McCarthy
Matthews
Dies
U. S. House of Representatives
Kremlin
McCarthy
Senate
Israel Says Syria Faces Its Own Problems Behind Border Attacks
Israeli intelligence links recent Galilee sabotage to Syria's internal turmoil amid frequent coups. Damascus blames Israel for provoking the border clash as the two nations seek to calm tensions after air battles and a Jordan River diversion strike. United Nations envoy Odd Bull and U S officials urged cease fire adherence.
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Tel Aviv
UPI
Galilee
Syria
Damascus
Youssef Zayyen
Israel
Jordan
U.N. Truce Supervisory Organization
Odd Bull
Levi Eshkol
General Bull
Eshkol
U. S
United Nations
Joseph Sisco
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