Roof Collapse Kills No One During Mass at St Rose Lima
Snow heavy roof of St Rose Lima church in Brooklyn Park South Baltimore collapsed during Mass attended by 60 to 70 children and about a dozen adults. Father O Brien aided injured. a 13 year old boy suffered a fractured skull. Firefighters evacuated all inside by 9:30 am. The church and school face significant damage with the church roof buckling above the chapel area. Architect Gaudreau questioned the causes citing excessive snow load.
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Francis O'Brien
Father O'Brien
Carty
St. Rose @ Lima
Baltimore
Francis X. Moran
Sister Mary Anne
George Feely Jr
Brooklyn Park
Carl Gaudreau
Airview
St. Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Weather outlook with chilly, partly cloudy night
Tonight will be partly cloudy and cold with lows around 2 to 6 degrees. Friday sees mostly cloudy skies and a mild high in the low 30s. Yesterday’s high reached 30, the overnight low fell to 18, and the 11 am reading today was 23.
Johnson Presses Hope of Vietnam Peace Talks
President Johnson has told Pope Paul VI the United States is pursuing intensive efforts to extend the Vietnam cease-fire into a prolonged pause for peace talks. White House officials remain skeptical of a breakthrough, noting North Vietnam’s insistence on bombing limits as a condition for talks and the lunar new year truce entering its second day.
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Washington
Johnson
Paul VI
United States
Vietnam
North Vietnam
South Vietnam
Vietnam Casualties Rise in Wounded Toll and Captures Reported
U S military says last week 117 Americans killed, 920 wounded, 11 missing or captured. South Vietnamese killed 170, enemy casualties 1,309, with 276 enemy soldiers captured. US strength in South Vietnam up 6,000 to 410,000.
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Saigon
South Vietnam
Vietnam
U.S
Ohio Chief Opposes Higher Sales Tax
Gov. James A. Rhodes called any move to raise Ohio's sales tax from 3 to 4 percent preposterous and ridiculous. He said his administration has not considered and has no intention of considering a sales tax increase and noted inquiries about the proposal without indicating any change in stance.
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Columbus
James A. Rhodes
Ohio
Rhodes
Viet Cong bullet in neck blocks GI’s teaching dreams
Spec. 4 Carl Joiner, 20, was wounded near Tuy Hoa, Vietnam, with a 30 caliber slug lodged near his spinal cord. Doctors at Walter Reed face a choice between removing the bullet and risking paralysis or leaving it in place to preserve hand use. He aims to return to Walter Reed for further diagnosis and may choose to keep the bullet to pursue college and teach high school English.
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Carl Joiner
Joiner
Columbia Heights High School
Vietnam
Tuy Hoa
Walter Reed Hospital
Washington, D.C
Walter Reed
Chuckle Loving Your Enemies Proves Easier Than Making Them Love You
A quip notes that finding humor in hostility is simpler than winning affection from foes, suggesting wit as a bridge in tense relationships. The line casts a lighthearted view on interpersonal conflict and struggle for harmony.
Fisherman’s 40 Jobs Claimed in Tax Case Record
In New Bedford Massachusetts a fisherman visited a tax firm with 40 W-2 forms listing wages and taxes for 1966. The clerk noted the batch might set a record until learning of another fisherman with 80 forms brought to a Boston office, confirming the record was higher.
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New Bedford
James E. Wheeler
Boston
Gasoline price hikes spread as oil firms raise pumps
Major oil companies push prices higher by one cent per gallon across the nation. Gulf Oil joins American Oil, Continental Oil, Phillips, and Sunray Oil in the move, citing higher demand and labor costs while wage settlements shape pricing.
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Gulf Oil Co
Vance
West Coast
American Oi Co
Continental Oil Co
Phillips Petroleum Co
Sunray Ox Oil Co
Gulf
Oil, Chemical and Atomic Workers International Union
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