Switchboard on Way from Illinois to Aid Richmond
Illinois Bell moves a 10 ton 56 foot switchboard from Antioch toward Richmond Indiana to restore phone service after a $1 million fire crippled the town. The system will supply 28 operators and slash restoration time by four days.
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Richmond
Ind
General Telephone Co
Bell
General
Indiana
Ohio
Michigan
Bell Telephone
San Francisco
General Cable Co
Chicago
Illinois
Bell Company
John C. Meng
Antioch
Plan For UN Review Supported By Several Nations
United States backs a British led plan to have a 21 nation working group review UN peacekeeping past present and future. The General Assembly would recess during the review with Thant coordinating consultations with major powers and regional groups to ease financial issues and avert a US Soviet voting clash. If approved the assembly could recess until late April or early May.
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United Nations
NYAP
U.N
Thant
General Assembly
United States
Britain
Lord Caradon
Assembly
Family narrowly escapes fire at Middletown home
Eight members of the Hahn family flee their 2117 Breil Drive residence as flames engulf the carport and spread through five of six rooms. The blaze started in the carport, destroying the family auto and causing $12 000 structure and $3 500 contents losses. Fire crews saved lives and insured the home, now unoccupied, in cold weather conditions.
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Middletown
William Hahn Jr
Breil Drive
Ing
Family Auto
Philadelphia dock talks resume amid stalled port contract
Negotiators for dock workers and ship owners in Philadelphia restart a marathon 38 hour bargaining session over local issues and crew size. ILA and Philadelphia Trade Association pursue settlements that could influence other ports while strike toll climbs and ships sit idle.
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Philadelphia
International Longshoremen's Association
Philadelphia Trade Association
Federal Mediation Service
Sal Cossentino
Mrs Kennedy Joins Radziwill on Mexican Vacation
Mrs John F Kennedy arrived in Acapulco to join her sister Princess Lee Radziwill for a two week stay The princess and her husband had traveled from London and will vacation at the home of Mexican architect Fernando Parra Mrs Kennedy flew in from New York to meet them at the Pacific coast resort
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Acapulco
John F. Kennedy
Princess Lee Radziwill
Pacific Coast
London
Woman killed as towed car veers near Johnstown
Newark Ohio AP report. Mrs Patricia Sue Core 23 a Newark housewife died yesterday when a car being towed by her husband veered into an oncoming auto on Ohio 161 about four miles south of Johnstown.
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Newark, Ohio
Newark
Patricia Sue Core
Ohio 161
Johnstown
No. 1 citizen of Texas town charged with bank embezzlement
Butler McClung, 62, former president and sole staffer of Winona State Bank in Winona, Texas, is charged by FBI and FDIC with making false entries totaling about 380 thousand dollars over years. The bank closed. McClung posted bond and was located in Tyler as “Joe Mack” after arraignment. Authorities search for him and state bank examiners join the probe.
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Tyler
Tex
East Texas
Butler McClung
McClung
Federal Deposit Insurance Corp
FDIC
Winona
Tyier
Joe Mack
Bremer
FBI
King seeks more voting laws after Selma jail term
Dr Martin Luther King Jr briefed reporters in Selma after five days in jail and announced plans to meet with President Johnson about constitutional voting rights amendments. He urged wider civil rights legislation as demonstrations continue with arrests across Alabama.
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Selma
Ala
Martin Luther King Jr
Johnson
Alabama
King
Atlanta
Washington
Marion
West Alabama
Montgomery
W. B. Atkins Sr
James G. Clark
Dallas County
Toney
James A. Hare
Charles C. Diggs
Dmich
Joseph T. Smitherman
Charles Mathias
Rmd
Ogden R. Reid
N Y
U.S. boosts aid to Thailand in anti subversion drive
Washington says it will expand military and economic support to Thailand as police action intensifies against Communist subversion. Ambassador Graham Martin returns for security talks as clandestine broadcasts from Laos, North Vietnam, and South China reveal plans, though officials say Thai Communist capability remains limited.
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Washington
U S S
United States
Thailand
U.S
Graham Martin
Laos
Viet Nam
South
China
Laotian Rebels Flee to Udorn Thailand
Deputy Premier Phoumi Nosavan and Police Gen Sino Lamphoutacoul are said to be in Udorn after loyalists crushed the rebellion. They reportedly sought asylum at the Udorn governor’s house, with unclear chances of return to Vientiane.
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Vientiane
Laos
Phoumi Nosavan
Sino Lamphoutacoul
Udorn
Thailand
Phoumi
Missing Boy Found After Night Outdoors In 20 Degree Temps
Three year old Robert Dale Simmons was located in a ditch about a half mile from his Due West home after spending the night outside with his dog. He was found by Erskine College students and local authorities, and remained in good condition. His mother, Mary E. Simmons, reported him missing Thursday evening.
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Due. West. S.C
Robert Dale Simmons
Erskine College
James Henry Spann
Greenwood
Steve Hooper
Fvffle Beach
Erskine
Due West
Mary E. Simmons
Kosygin Confers In Hanoi
Soviet Premier Kosygin meets North Vietnamese leaders in Hanoi during a four day visit likely to discuss military aid to the war in Saigon. He arrives after talks with China’s Chou En Lai and reports suggest growing Soviet influence in Southeast Asia.
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Tokyo
Alexei N. Kosygin
Hanoi
Saigon
Kosygin
Peking
Chou “Nlai
North Viet Nam
China
Southeast Asia
Radio
Nhan Dan
Soviet Union
Today's Chuckle The Best Place For Your Bathroom Scale
A light humor item notes the ideal spot for a bathroom scale is in front of the refrigerator, delivering a playful quip on daily routines and self care.
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Tom Olds
Spring Hill School
Pam John
Hahn
George F. Reedy
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Reedy
White House
Mrs. Kennedy
Winona State Bank
Te Bank
Wilton H. Bremer
The
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Old Bremer
Justice of the Peace
P.C. Pinkerton
MCC Town
Middletown Women’s Bowling Association
Les Thurman
Kathy Harrison
Marv Conarroe
Jim Friend
National Liberation Front
National Patriotic Front
Souvanna Phouma
Tass
Chou
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