American freed on bail in Soviet court case Wortham's release cited
Buel Ray Wortham Jr of North Little Rock Arkansas was released on bail of 22222 raised by his hometown. He faces an appeal after being convicted in Leningrad of three counts of illegal currency exchanges and theft of a bear statue. Gilmour Jr. of Salt Lake City was fined 1111.11 and returned home. Wortham will appear for the Supreme Court appeal in Moscow.
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Toplessness Debate as Mayor Warns Crackdown
New York Mayor Lindsay denounces topless shows while city confirms no current law bans them. A Crystal Room inspector cited owner Marilyn Di Salvio and waitress Ruby Diamond after a crowded East Side night. Judges earlier voided indecent exposure charges against four waitresses, prompting administrative amendments to apply to topless acts.
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Raid Nabs Scores Of Mao Opponents In China Crackdown
Tokyo AP reports a Red Chinese unit stormed a hideout of anti Mao officers near Lanchow capturing scores of officers. The move signals internal violence amid Mao purge tensions within the People s Liberation Army with Liu Shao chi and Lin Piao figures cited.
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Lin Piao
Chu Teh
Chu
National People’s Congress
Four Children Dead in Cleveland Fire at Buckeye Road
An East Side apartment fire at 8430 Buckeye Road killed four children aged 3 to 8 in a single family. Seven others were injured as residents of a three story building fled, with a Vietnam veteran, two policemen, and a mailman aiding survivors.
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Doris Demore
Eveline
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William
Stadamire
Buckeye Road
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Robert Towne
Bak er tax case heads toward early verdict
U S District Judge Oliver Gasch told jurors the Bobby Baker trial may end sooner than the 2 to 2 1/2 months previously forecast. The government said it can wrap its case by the middle of next week. Baker, a former Senate Democratic secretary, is charged with tax evasion theft and conspiracy.
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Washington
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Oliver Gasch
Bobby Baker
Senate
Seven Arrested in $5 Million International Narcotics Ring
Seven people were arrested in New York as part of a $5 million international heroin operation described by authorities as a regular milk run. Australian suspects and U S distributors are named, with heroin bought in Hong Kong at 1600 per kilogram and sold at about 34000 per kilogram.
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Australia
U.S
Robert M. Morgenthau
Hong Kong
United States
Morgenthau
Early January Auto Sales Dip Signals Cooling Market
U S automakers report a 21.1 percent drop in the first 11 days of January 1968, with 160,536 cars sold, down 41,748 from a year earlier. GM Ford Chrysler and American Motors show declines as plants pause amid demand cutbacks and a looming federal tax increase. Industry leaders remain cautiously optimistic for the year despite the setback.
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American Motors
Seven Children Die In North Philadelphia House Fire
A man and his wife with seven of their ten children died as fire swept a narrow three story home in North Philadelphia. Three more children escaped by leaping from upper windows while a family friend slept downstairs during the blaze.
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Philadelphia
John Drum
Dolly
Danielle
Mary
Kitty
Leo
Francis
Donna
Theresa
William
Daniel
Light Snow Briefly Falls In City
Brief light snow fell around 7 this morning with minimal additional chances of snowfall through the weekend. Snow extended into northwest Kansas with about one inch in Cheyenne County. Expect colder highs in the Lawrence region this afternoon and tonight with a low near 12 degrees Sunday. Northwesterly winds 10 to 20 mph diminishing tonight as temperatures fall.
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Weather Bureau
Kansas
Cheyenne County
Lawrence
LHS Student Dies in One-Car Crash Near Lawrence
Stewart J. Travis a 15 year old Lawrence High School sophomore died when a single car veered off a Douglas County road hitting a concrete culvert west of the drag strip. Driver Terry L. Golden 16 a LHS junior was injured with a fractured leg. Funeral services set for Monday in Rumsey Funeral Home.
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Kenneth A. Travis
W. 21St St
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LHS
Terry L. Golden
Ala, St
LMH
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Golden
Stoneback Hill
Young Travis
DeMolay
Rumsey
Ambrose Saricks
Oak Hill Cemetery
Tyson T. Travis
Kevin C. Travis
R. QO. Carlile
Coffeyville
Wayne Travis
Lawrence High School
Douglas County
Ala
Jim Wood
Sheriff's Office
D. D. McCleery
Justice Department Asked To Probe Powell Libel Loss
Adam Clayton Powell III and attorney Paul Zuber urged a DOJ inquiry into the Harlem congressman's libel case loss in New York. Zuber presented evidence he says proves Powell's innocence and said Belcher would review it.
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Justice Department
Adam Clayton Powell
New York
Adam Clayton Powell III
Harlem
Paul Zuber
Carl W. Belcher
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Zuber
Powell
Belcher
Governor Docking Returns to Lawrence for Cosmo Banquet
Governor Robert Docking, Lawrence graduate and former banker, attends the 10th Founder's Day Banquet for Cosmopolitan International at the Holiday Inn. He is made an honorary member, joins his late father who was inducted in 1957, and travels with dignitaries to the Kansas City Los Angeles trip for the Super Bowl.
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Lawrence School System
Cosmopolitan International
Cosmopolitans
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George Docking
New Democratic
Cosmo
Lawrence
Topeka
Kansas City
Missouri
Warren Hearnes
U.S
Stuart Symington
Los Angeles
Green Bay
Douglas County sponsor defends Farm and Ranch Life firm
J J Wilson Douglas County sponsor for Farm and Ranch Insurance Co Wichita told the Journal World he never heard of anyone wanting to do anything securities or insurance commissioners said the company could or should not do He praised Robert Finney as a topnotch citizen and noted the firm started May 1964 with a good sales record and Kansans originally owned it but stock has since changed hands Gov Docking will review possible conflict of interest
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Douglas County
Farm and Ranch Insurance Co
Wichita
The
Journal-World Today
Richard Pringle
Frank Sullivan
Wilson
Journal-World
Kansas
Robert Docking
National Finance Life
Beads Buckskins Dressed by Haskell Indian Club Monthly Meetings
The Haskell Institute Indian Club meets monthly to don buckskin beads moccasins and feathers and perform dances and songs to tom tom. The club aims to preserve tribal dances and exchange ideas among tribes with two meetings per month one business and one social.
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Haskell Group
Haskell Institute
Elmer Blackbird
Blackbird
Weather update for Northeast Kansas easing cold snap
The Northeast Kansas forecast calls for colder conditions today and tonight with winds from the northwest 10 to 20 mph diminishing. Lows near 12 degrees and Sunday highs in the upper 30s. Temperature readings note yesterday's high 49 and record lows and highs for the date. Sunrise is 7:39 and sunset 5:21. Open bowling at Hilt Crest Bowl this weekend.
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Kansas
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