Dozen Die In Brooklyn Tenement Fire Tragedy
In predawn Brooklyn fire 13 people died as flames swept a five story tenement leaving families fleeing in subzero cold. Francisco Diaz survived with two young children while the Diaz and Mojica clans perished. 14 firefighters and others were injured.
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Francisco
Juanita Mojica
Victoria Moreno
Mojica
Francisco Diaz
New York City
New York Navy Yard
Ralph Sorrentino
Greenpoint Hospital
Adventist Church World Membership Up 5.26 Percent
Worldwide Seventh-day Adventist Church membership rose to 1,690,407, an increase of 84,525, marking stronger growth than many other denominations.
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Washington
Seventh-day Adventist Church
Browning Delights in Debussy Opening Concert
Pianist John Browning opened the 1968 Concert Course Series with a gifted recital funded by the Eugene A. Stephenson Fund. He balanced Scarlatti sonatas with Schubert and Schumann before ending with Debussy Preludes and two encores, earning praise for a broad tonal palette and poised technique.
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Debussy
John Browning
Eugene A. Stephenson
Browning
Domenico Scarlatti
Franz Schubert
Schubert
Johnson Eshkol Talks Hint U.S. Arms for Israel Amid Soviet Buildup
In Texas, President Johnson and Israeli Prime Minister Levi Eshkol discussed Middle East rearmament as Soviet arms flows to Arab states rise. A statement noted Israel’s defense needs would be examined while no pledge was made to sell 50 F-4 jets. The leaders reaffirmed peace aims without mentioning Vietnam.
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San Antonio
Tex
Johnson
Levi Eshkol
U.S
Israel
Eshkol
Lbj Ranch
Middle East
United States
LBJ
Texas
Vietnam
Modest Yugoslav chosen head of Vatican Doctrine office
Franjo Cardinal Seper named by Pope Paul VI to lead the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith replacing Alfredo Cardinal Ottaviani. Seper, a bespectacled Yugoslav reformer, has championed Jewish reconciliation and questioned church roles in anti Jewish persecutions without repeating earlier wording from the council.
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Vatican Curia
Franjo Cardinal Leper
Paul VI
Alfredo Cardinal Ottaviani
Congregation For the Doctrine of the Faith
Vatican Ecumenical Council
Cardinal Seper
Sweden Grants Asylum To American Deserters
Four American and deserters who jumped in Japan to protest the Vietnam War received sanctuary in Sweden. The Aliens Commission ruled they were not political refugees but may stay for humanitarian reasons. They arrived in Stockholm December 29 from Moscow where they protested publicly. Names: John M. Barilla, Richard D. Bailey, Craig Andersson, Michael Lindner.
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Sweden
Japan
Aliens Commission
Moscow
John M. Barilla
Catonsville
Richard D. Bailey
Jacksonville
Jacksonville, Fla
Craig Andersson
San Jose
Calif
Michael Lindner
Pocono, Pa
Phone Calls Aid Police Capture Armed Robbers
Quick police calls led to the capture of two armed youths after a downtown women’s wear shop robbery near one thousand dollars. Officers Alfred Fracassa and Jim W. Stuckey confronted the suspects as they were leaving. Frank Jones 18 and a juvenile surrendered without resistance. A caller reported two youths wearing skin masks before entering the store.
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Kansas City
Alfred Fracassa
Jim W. Stuckey
Frank Jones
Schultze Resigns as Economic Adviser
Budget Bureau director Charles L. Schultze becomes the second top presidential economic adviser to resign within a week. Charles J. Zwick named to replace him, with Ackley moving to Italy and Schultze planning Brookings and part time teaching at Maryland.
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Charles L. Schultze
Budget Bureau
Schultze
Congress
Texas White House
Gardner Ackley
Council of Economic Advisers
Johnson
Charles J. Zwick
Zwick
Ackley
Italy
Brookings Institution
University of Maryland
Com
Ex-Student Denies State Indictment
Former Wichita State University student Charles W. Blackmon 25 pleaded innocent at a U S District Court arraignment denying a federal indictment accusing him of threatening the life of President Johnson The government says he stated I m going to get a gun and kill that SOB The judge kept bond at 1000 pending trial Other defendants pleaded guilty to marijuana charges and two ex Bank officers face an embezzlement and false entries case from the Cedar Vale bank closure
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Wichita
Johnson
Wichita State University
Charles W. Blackmon
U.S. District Court
Blackmon
Topeka
Kan
McConnell Air Force Base
U. S. Dist
Wesley Brown
Bisbee
Fair Haven
Mass
Republic County
Cold Weather Suppresses Greenbugs Across Western Kansas
AP reports that last week's unusually cold weather killed most greenbugs that damaged crops in western Kansas. The Kansas Crop and Livestock Reporting Service says a light snow cover protected winter wheat and little damage was reported.
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Topeka
Kansas
Kansas Crop and Livestock Reporting Service
Self Assessment Forms Drive 1800 Returned in First Week
Douglas County residents submitted 1686 city forms 302 township forms and 66 from businesses in the first week of the 1968 personal property self assessment. County assessor Darwin Rogers praised the response and noted forms were mailed to 15620 city residents 3446 to township residents and 961 to businesses with a March 1 deadline.
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Douglas County
Darwin Rogers
Rogers
Surveyor 7 Near Moon Landing Tonight From Pasadena
Surveyor 7 is set for a soft moon landing near Tycho’s highlands, marking the last U.S. lunar probe before manned missions. Jet Propulsion Laboratory scientists guide the 2,288 pound craft as retrorockets slow it from 6000 mph to 3 mph just above the surface. Landing expected about 7 15 p.m. CST.
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Pasadena
Calif
U.S
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Tycho
Haskell Institute Braces for 120 New Enrollees
Principal Wallace Galluzzi expects about 120 new students to enroll for the second semester at Haskell Institute. Enrollment will begin Monday after this week’s semester tests, a practice he says is growing due to many high school graduates at mid year.
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Haskell Institute
Wallace Galluzzi
Haskell
Galluzzi
Cardinal resignations echo Vatican reform shifts
Vatican announces two more cardinals resign from high Curia posts as reforms near March first. Arcadio Larraona steps from the Congregation of Rites and Giacomo Lercaro leaves the Special Liturgy Commission. Benno Cardinal Gui named to succeed Larraona. Lercaro’s duties absorbed by Rites. Lifetime tenure ends, five year terms set with possible extensions.
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Vatican City
Vatican Today
Arcadio Cardinal Larraona
Spain
Congregation of Rites
Giacomo Cardinal Lercaro
Bologna
Paul VI
Benno Cardinal Gui
Switzerland
Cardinal Larraona
Cardinal Lercaro
Vatican Curia
Cambodian talks with Bowles described as cordial
Ambassador Chester Bowles met Cambodian Premier Son Sann in Phnom Penh for half an hour with a cordial talk. A working session followed with Gen. Duong Sam Ol and Gen. Nhiek Tioulong. Bowles planned to meet Prince Norodom Sihanouk on Wednesday as Johnson sent him to discuss North Vietnamese forces using Cambodian territory.
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Cambodia
Chester Bowles
Son Sann
Bowles
Son Sam
Duong Sam Ol
Nhiek Tioulong
Norodom Sihanouk
Johnson
Sihanouk
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