IRS Approves $82.5 Million City Bonds for Armco Expansion
The IRS cleared the way for Armco Steel to issue $82.5 million in tax free municipal industrial revenue bonds to fund a $350 million Middletown Works modernization. The plan includes water clarification facilities and a $30 million smoke abatement program, with about 1,000 new jobs and most facilities to be in operation by 1969. Governor Rhodes described the ruling as pivotal for Armco and Ohio growth.
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U.S Internal Revenue Service
Armco Steel Corp
Great Miami River
Armco
William Verity
IRS
Internal Revenue Service
Middletown
Ohio
Verity
James A. Rhodes
United States
Mitchetown Growth, Inc
Funeral Chapel Guarded After Ruby Funeral Calls
Police said only one patrolman would remain at the funeral chapel after a day of numerous calls about Ruby. Weinstein, the chapel operator, told reporters he received an anonymous call asking about security plans.
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Ruby
Weinstein
Couple Plans to Wed Despite Age Gap in Cincinnati
Irene Moseley, 19, plans to marry John Napier, 71, calling love the key. Napier warned of possible trouble and proposed security. The piece also notes Ruby’s murder conviction tied to Lee Harvey Oswald and its later appeal.
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Cincinnati
Irene Moseley
Florence
John Napier
Weinstein
Dailas
Ruby
Lee Harvey Oswald
Warren Commission
Kennedy
Texas Court of Appeals
FBI Reports Doubling Draft Dodging Convictions in 1966
The FBI said 450 people were convicted in 1966 for violating draft laws, nearly twice the 262 convictions in 1965. Officials attributed the rise to higher draft calls and a 1965 law criminalizing destruction or mutilation of registration cards, with investigations handled locally across 57 field offices.
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Washington
FBI
J. Edgar Hoover
Justice Department
Hoover
Toll 128 In Week of Truce
American casualties in the Vietnam war rose last week despite a Christmas and New Year truce.128 U.S. servicemen were killed in action and 634 wounded, with 146 South Vietnamese killed and 14 missing. U.S. enemy losses topped 882 killed and 139 captured as of the week ending Dec 31.
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Saigon
South Vietnam
U.S
Weather forecast and town snowfall update
The forecast calls for clearing skies tonight with a drop to near 12 degrees as temperatures fall. Friday will be cloudy but not much warmer. Yesterday’s high reached 35 and the overnight low was 2. Middletown reported just over an inch of snow last night.
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Middletown
Chuckle Education replaces cock sure ignorance
A quirky phrase argues for replacing confident ignorance with thoughtful uncertainty in education. It frames learning as a cautious stance toward knowledge rather than certainty. The tone reflects a satirical or editorial mood on schooling and reasoning.
Rescue Effort Covers Colorado Peak For Stranded Family
U S Army helicopters join rescue teams in a massive search for a chartered Cessna that crash landed on Mount Sherman Colorado. Severe blizzard conditions, subzero temperatures, and 6 to 8 foot snowdrifts hinder access as 5 to 7 miles remain to reach the wreck.
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Fairplay
Colo
U. S. Army
Colorado
Mount
Sherman
Illinois
United Air Lines
United
O.W. Rosengren
St. Charles
Lorraine
Jack
Charles Budde
Jimmy Williamson
Denver
Clem Wiechman
Wiechman
Hoffa Faces Prison Risk Could Swap Union Power Soon
Hollywood, Florida AP reports Hoffa faces possible prison time that could block his bid to lead the Teamsters. If jailed, observers foresee a leadership scramble with Frank Fitzsimmons as a likely successor while Hoffa plans a comeback after any release.
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Hollywood
Fla
James. R. Hoffa
Teamsters Union
Hoffa
Teamsters
Detroit
Frank Fitzsimmons
Washington
Teamsters Executive Board
Supreme Court
Fitzsimmons
Court Rules Sweet Briar College Stay White Despite Appeal
In Lynchburg Virginia a three judge US court denies a new trial for Sweet Briar College in its bid to desegregate under the founder Indiana Fletcher Williams will which named the school for white girls. Lawyers plan to appeal the December ruling to the US Supreme Court while noting one Negro student attends under a temporary injunction.
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Lynchburg
US Supreme Court
Sweet Prior
Thomas J. Michie
Albert V. Bryan
Special Court
U.S
John D. Butzner Jr
College
C.G. Quesenberry
Amherst Court
Families Dig Graves Amid Gravediggers Strike at Jewish Cemeteries
Amid a three day strike by 1700 gravediggers, families paid a $10 deposit for two shovels and a pick at Beth David Cemetery Elmont to dig graves for loved ones. Bodies were stored in vaults at 14 nonsectarian and 12 Catholic cemeteries awaiting burial as bargaining continued.
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Beth David
Elmont
Long Island
Warren Rosen
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