Christmas Purses Found and Home Light Vandalism Rise
A Christmas shopper misplaced a purse containing cash and prescription sunglasses. it was turned in to the Citizen by Mary Edwards. Residents report widespread Christmas light vandalism, with several homes damaged and a push for parental responsibility. A UPI feature discusses what readers consider news and the role of editors.
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Linton
Citizen Office
Mary Edwards
Vincennes
Main Streets
Tornadoes Strike Huntsville Killing One and Damming Areas
Two tornadoes hit Huntsville Alabama causing trailer home destruction and power line damage isolating Big Cove. An initial death is reported with 30 to 40 injured and eight to ten hospitalized. Heavy rains prompted evacuations in Peahook Creek areas and in Decatur and Athens. But Marshall Space Flight Center and Redstone Arsenal were undamaged.
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Huntsville
Ala
UPI
U.S. Weather Bureau
Big Cove
Peahook Creek
Decatur
Athens
Marshall Space Flight Center
Redstone Arsenal
Weekend Toll in Traffic 1967 Records Set in Indiana
Twenty two deaths push Indiana 1967 traffic fatalities to at least 1,491, the highest since October. It marks the worst Hoosier highway slaughter thus far, following last year’s 1,567 deaths. A weekend crash killed three, and two car train collisions claimed two lives each.
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Indiana
Hoosier
Second Hippie Held in Shoultz Death
Norman Grant Garrett, 26, waived extradition in Oklahoma City and returned to Florida to face first degree murder charges in the Nov 29 killings of Daniel Shoultz 18 Bloomfield and James Stephens Moore 18 of San Anselmo. Accomplice Armen Hayden 21 of Baton Rouge was arrested there and fights extradition.
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Bunnell
Fla
UPI
Oklahoma
Florida
Norman Grant Garrett
Oklahoma City
Daniel Shoultz
Bloomfield
James Stephens Moore
San Anselmo
Calif
Garrett
Armen Hayden
Baton Rouge
U.S. 1
Here
Hayden
Louisiana
McEwen Named Australian Leader to Succeed Holt
Deputy Prime Minister John McEwen was named to succeed Harold Holt as prime minister after Holt vanished while swimming near Portsea. Governor General Lord Casey announced the temporary appointment effective at 8 10 a m EST until a Liberal Party leader is chosen. The move keeps policy, including support for Vietnam, steady despite the tragedy.
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Portsea
Australia
API
John McEwen
Harold Holt
Holt
Lord Richard Casey
McEwen
Liberal Party
Melbourne
Vietnam
Washkansky Takes Turn For Worse
CAPE TOWN UPI Louis Washkansky the heart transplant patient worsened with what doctors fear may be heart rejection. Dr Christian Barnard reported the condition after the successful Dec 3 operation that used a young woman’s heart.
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Cape Town
UPI
Louis Washkansky
Christian Barnard
Washkansky
Barnard
Groote Schuur Hospital
Two Children Dead In Decatur Bus Tank Crash
A school bus and a milk tank truck collided near Decatur Indiana. Two boys Richie Aumann and Tommy Aumann aged about 11 and 12 died at Adams County Hospital. Four others injured include Christine Hobrock and trucker Larry Donahoo in serious condition. bus driver Wilfred Scherer released. Five people were aboard the bus.
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Decatur, Ind
UPI
Adams County Hospital
Richie
Tommy Aumann
R.R. 1
Decatur
Christine Hobrock
Larry Donahoo
Christine
Rosalyn
Wilfred Scherer
Scouts to Hear Safety Program
All Boy Scouts and all Cub Scouts of Linton will meet tonight at 7 p.m. at the Scout Hall on South Main Street above the Moore store. Indiana State Trooper Don Bovensholte will show a film and discuss bicycle safety as a special feature of the program.
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Boy Scouts
Cub Scouts
Linton
South Main St
Moore Store
Indiana
Don Bovensholte
Greece Tries to Bring King Home From Rome
The Greek military regime plans a mediation mission to Rome to resolve the Constantine crisis. Rome talks stalled after the king fled to Italy following a failed bid to topple the junta. The junta demands a royal regent or Papadopoulos resignation as conditions for return.
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Greece
Constantine
Rome
Athens
UPI
Ray Moseley
United States
Britain
Atens
Fredericka
George Papadopoulos
Col
Supreme Court curbs on eavesdropping in Katz ruling
The Supreme Court barred police from eavesdropping via a microphone on a public telephone booth, ruling the unseen listening violated Fourth Amendment rights. Justice Potter Stewart stated the Fourth Amendment protects people, not places, and what Katz sought to exclude was the uninvited ear.
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Washington
UPI
Supreme Court
Los Angeles
Charles Katz
Katz
Potter Stewart
Winter Storm Ravages Southwest And Sparks Rescue Efforts
A severe autumn storm blankets Arizona New Mexico and Texas with heavy snow and sleet. Rescue helicopters from Wadcow Rock and Winslow Arizona along with C119 cargo planes drop hay and supplies to stranded Navajo Hopi residents and cattle amid blizzard conditions.
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West Coast
Midwest
Texas
West
Upper
Great Lakes
U.S. Air Force
Wadcow Rock
Winslow
Ariz
Luke Air Force Base
Arizona
New Mexico
Massive raids and river search follow bridge collapse
Divers and cranes operate on the Ohio River near Point Pleasant to recover victims after the silver bridge collapse. Sixteen bodies have been recovered as crews probe the disaster’s cause amid swift currents and dam lock shutdowns.
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Point Pleasant
W. Va
Ohio River
Ohio Bridge
W.va
UPI
West Virginia
H.E. Parks
T.A. Welty
Paul Crabtree
Hulett Smith
Ohio
Army Corps of Engineers
Pennsylvania
Dissenters Prolong War Says General Wheeler
Gen Earle G Wheeler chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff warned that Hanoi views U.S. dissent as the key factor prolonging the Vietnam war He noted Americans have a right to dissent but must recognize its impact and said the United States is winning though he cannot predict an end date and Hanoi remains unready to negotiate.
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Detroit
UPI
Earle G. Wheeler
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Hanoi
U.S
Vietnam
Wheeler
Detroit Economic Club
United States
Hartke Weighs Indiana Primary Run as Favorite Son
Sen. Vance Hartke of Indiana, long a Vietnam war critic and opponent of the income tax increase, said he may run as a favorite son candidate in Indiana’s May 7 Presidential Primary. He said the move would spur discussion on Vietnam and taxes and noted Sen. Eugene McCarthy knows of the idea and would not enter the Indiana race if Hartke runs.
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New York
UPI
Vance Hartke
Indiana
Hartke
Peoce
D‘alougue
Vietnam
Eugene J. McCarthy
D-Minn
McCarthy
Johnson
Drug boosts effort rather than intelligence, IU study says
Bloomington based four Indiana University psychologists led by Prof. Roger P Maickel found the drug Penmiine does not raise intelligence as claimed last year but stimulates the central nervous system like amphetamines used to stay awake. Animal studies misinterpreted. animals simply worked harder at tasks.
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Bloomington, Ind
UPI
Indiana University
Roger P. Maickel
Penmiine
Soviets Detain 2 U.S. Attaches in Ukraine
In Moscow Pravda reports Soviet counter intelligence detained two U.S. military attaches for “peeping” at military sites in the Ukraine. The embassy acknowledged a brief improper detention and dismissed Pravda’s charges as fabrications. Named detainees are Lt. Col. Robert E. Luchow and Lt. Cmdr. Robert B. Bathurst.
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Moscow
UPI
U.S
Ukraine
Pravda
Communist Party
Robert E. Luchow
Robert B. Bathurst
Dahomey Installs New Ruler After Bloodless Coup
French trained Maj Mau rice Kouandete was proclaimed president and defense minister of Dahomey after a coup by second echelon officers. He and coup allies named Emile-Derlin Zinsou and Chabi Kao Pascal to retain limited Ministry posts while Mathieu Kerekou led paratroopers from Ouidah and arrested President Christophe Soglo.
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Cotonou
Dahomey
UPI
Maurice Kouandete
Radio Cotonou
Kouandete
Christophe Soglo
Emile-Derlin Zinscu
Chabi Kao Pascal
Revolutionary Military Committee
Mathieu Kerekou
Ouidah
Here
Kerekou
Soglo
France Says Britain Still An Economic Risk To EEC
French Foreign Minister Maurice Couve de Murville said Britain has not yet overcome economic difficulties to join the European Common Market. His statement served as another veto against British entry.
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Brussels
UPI
Maurice Couve de Murville
Britain
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