Fire gut threatens Noramdie Retirement Club in Philadelphia
A nine alarm blaze at the Normandie Retirement Club left 325 residents evacuated as flames spread to nearby buildings. Firefighters from 500 personnel battled subfreezing conditions. a helicopter aided in evacuation planning though not required. Two hours after the alarm, walls collapsed, crushing about a dozen cars.
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Philadelphia
Nornamdie
The
Normandie
Nathaniel Quate
KU Studies Compare Behavior in Children and Pigeons
Kansas University researchers investigate how prior training affects task accuracy by parallel tests on children and pigeons. The second year of the project received 17868 dollars in funding from the Child Health and Human Development Council of the U S Public Health Service, led by James A Sherman.
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Kansas University
Child Health and Human Development Council
U.S. Public Health Service
James A. Sherman
Sherman
KCI Airport Too Small for Growth Says Consultant
Kansas City International Airport at 4813 acres is deemed too small by consultant Charles Landrum of Cincinnati. He compares it with O Hare at 7000 acres and Dallas Fort Worth plans for 18000 acres. Landrum says the site may only support national service, with expansion to condemn 284 acres.
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Kansas City
Kansas City International Airport
Charles Landrum
Cincinnati
O’hare International
Chicago
Dallas-Fort Worth
Landrum
Mississippi Woman Held For Bus Driver Shooting
Beatrice Warren 49 of Greenville Mississippi is held in Caruthersville Missouri for investigation after a Greyhound bus driver, Albert Caldwell 31 of Paducah Kentucky, was shot twice but kept the bus moving seven miles north of Hayti. Caldwell said the woman claimed her husband was tailing her and would kill her in Memphis before she fired three shots.
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Caruthersville, Mo
Caruthersville
Greyhound
Beatrice Warren
Greenville
Miss
Memphis
Tenn
Hayti Mo
Albert Caldwell
Paducah
Hayti
Caldwell
Business Gains Seen in Report
Washington expects broad gains across 86 major industries in 1968 with many forecasting 5 percent or more rises. Mobilities lead with 13 percent, civil aircraft 45 percent, metals 15 percent, construction machinery 13.7 percent, and copper mill products 15 percent. railroad-car building expected to decline. Aluminum use up 400 percent in five years. photocopying 20 percent sales rise.
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Department
U.S
Frigid Weather Grips Nation With Snow and Cold
Severe winter weather stretched from Maine to Texas with deaths attributed to the cold. Snow squalls hit the Great Lakes area while Syracuse added two more inches to existing snow. Warnings issued from Rhode Island to Maine as bitter cold and subzero readings spread across regions.
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Great Lakes
Syracuse
N.Y
Rhode Island
Maine
New England
Atlantic
Southwest
Weather Bureau
Arizona
New Mexico
Texas
Montana
Continental Divide
Plains
Tennessee
North Carolina
Florida
Mississippi
Key West
Fla
International Falls
Minn
Nader Seeks Probe Into Auto Price Increases
Auto critic Ralph Nader urged a congressional investigation of price hikes by car makers tied to new safety belts. Sen Hart urged hearings while Sens Magnuson and Mondale accused boosts of exploiting safety rules. They pressed the NTSB to fast track cost findings as manufacturers declined comment.
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Washington
Ralph Nader
Nader
Philip A. Hart
D-Mich
Senate
Johnson
Congress
Warren G. Magnuson
D-Wash
Walter F. Mondale
D-Minn
National Traffic Safety Agency
General Motors
Gardner Ackley
President’s Council of Economic Advisers
Fair Time Returns for Topeka Convention
Kansas fairs officials from local to state levels gather in Topeka for the 45th annual Kansas Fairs Association convention January 8 to 10. Everett E. Erhart notes higher costs for fair production in 1967, but cites strong 4-H urban exhibits and livestock quality as positives.
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Topeka
Kansas
Kansas Fairs Association
Everett E. Erhart
Stafford
Erhart
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Essy Persson
Audubon Films
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Aan
RTT
Whooper Panavision
James Garner
Eva Marie Saint _ Yves Montand
Associated Press
Exergenie
Ken Holm
West 25Th
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Columbia Pictures
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Frontiers
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Deems Farm Equipment, Inc
Granada Theater
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