Dubcek Retained As Czech Communist Leader Amid Reform Push
Prague reports the Communist Party will keep Alexander Dubcek as chief and proceed with a limited program of economic reforms. The central committee granted Dubcek and progressive figures more time to amend policy while workers and students prepared protests if liberal leaders were ousted. No leadership changes were announced.
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Magazine Founder Dies in England at 81
Dorothy Elmhirst, founder of The New Republic and coeducational boarding schools, died at Dartington Hall in Devon. She led educational projects with her husband and was daughter of William C. Whitney. Her death closes a chapter in liberal publishing and philanthropy.
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Camelback Inn Hosts Vietnam Vets on Victory Vacation
U S Army veterans from Vietnam fly into Phoenix and Camelback Inn for a free week’s stay in appreciation of service. Sgts William Carlson and Danny Smith, Pvt Michael Brooks, and Capt K T Henry recount the trip from Saigon via San Francisco. They tour with bands and ASU pompon girls, praising the welcome and American mission.
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Arizona
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Singing Helps Trapped Hikers on Mt Tabor
Twenty high school hikers and two teachers from Shenendowa High School El Nora New York trapped by a blizzard on Mt Tabor spent the night in a lean-to. They kept warm with a fire and sang songs while two girls suffered frost bite on their feet. Rescue crews brought them down Sunday after winds reached fifty miles per hour and zero cold.
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Two Kinansas Drivers Die In Weekend Crashes
Two persons were killed on Kansas highways over the weekend, raising the yearly toll to 609. Don Mike Walker, 44, of Wichita, died after being thrown from his car in a two car crash and striking a traffic sign pole. Nyland W Miller, 35, of Hoisington, was killed in a two car collision on U S 281 at Hoisington’s southern edge Friday night.
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Mike) Walker
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Fire Rips Block In Industry Area
Fire destroyed a block in Kansas City's central industrial district early Sunday amid eight degree cold. The four story building of a condemned complex housed a barrel reclaiming operation and about 3 000 barrels burned. No injuries reported. investigators pursued the fire cause as damage estimates remained unavailable.
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KC Police Hold Youth After Saturday Death
Kansas City police hold an unidentified 17 year old after a fatal shooting at a community dance sponsored by a neighborhood service center. The victim, 19 year old Donald Keith Cowens, was shot in the forehead after an argument at the event. A .22 caliber pistol was found in the youth’s car.
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