Ohio Toll Well Below Average
The Associated Press reports a quiet start to 1967 with at least 12 traffic deaths over the first full weekend, below normal for a non holiday period. A woman and eight children were found dead in Hoover Reservoir near Columbus after a car plunged into icy water and remained submerged for days. The New Year holiday weekend saw 23 fatalities over 73 hours, versus 33 expected, with one Newark man dying on New Year’s Eve.
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Associated Press
Hoover Reservoir
Columbus
Newark
Pennsy-NYC Merger Goes Before Court
The Supreme Court weighs whether a lower court correctly delayed the $ billions Penn Central New York Central merger to resolve issues involving three smaller Eastern lines the Erie-Lackawanna Delaware & Hudson and Boston & Maine.
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Pennsy
NYC
Washington
U.S
Supreme Court
Eastern
New York City
Northeast
Milton J. Shapp
Interstate Commerce Commission
Erie-Lackawanna
Delaware & Hudson
Boston & Maine
ICC
Norfolk & Western Railway
Penn Central
Baltimore & Ohio-Chesapeake & Ohio
Norfolk & Western
Reading
Jersey Central
Western Maryland
Chicago & Eastern Illinois
Dragon plane downed near Quang Ngai as crew killed
A US C47 Dragon aircraft was shot down miles southwest of Quang Ngai City killing all seven crew. The Jamaica Bay dredge sank near My Tho with two Americans dead and one missing. Viet Cong shelled Hausrum, a Shell tanker, near Saigon wounding a crewman. two Vietnamese minesweepers were hit. Civilian casualties included 10 Vietnamese children killed and 16 wounded as civilians were used as shields.
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Saigon
South Vietnam
Delta
Quang Ngai City
U.S
Jamaica Bay
My Tho
North Vietnam
Mekong Delta
Theesman
London
Ing
Nha Be
Long Tau River
Rhodes vows education first as Rhodes begins second term
Gov. James A. Rhodes pledges to expand state aid to cities and schools and to create a Cabinet level Department of Urban Affairs as he starts an unprecedented second four year term. He calls education the top priority and signals possible tax support to sustain quality programs.
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Columbus
Ohio
James A. Rhodes
Rhodes
Department of Urban Affairs
Missy
Kingsley A. Taft
Rotunda
General Assembly
Pet Squirrel's Killer Wanted in Wabash Ad
Ed and Betty Corps offered $100 for information leading to the identification of two hunters who shot a house pet squirrel on their property. The animal was killed during a closed squirrel season in Wabash, Indiana.
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Wabash, Ind
Betty Corps
Wabash Plain Dealer
Florida Governor To Marry Second Time in 60 Days
Florida Governor Claude R. Kirk Jr and Erika Mattfeld announced plans for a civil wedding within 60 days and a church service once Episcopal rules allow. Mattfeld, 32, is from Germany and has begun divorce proceedings from her Brazilian husband Carlos Dolabella. The couple dated in Rio de Janeiro and will wed after prior marriages for both.
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Palm Beach, Fla
Claude R. Kirk Jr
Adriana
Germany
Florida Keys
Kirk
Erika Mattfeld
Sarah
Kitty
Miss Mattfeld
Rio de Janeiro
Carlos Eduardo Dolabella
Incidents Planned Syria border clashes raise tensions
Israel accuses Syria of planned border attacks to heighten tension along a 45 mile frontier. Since December 28 daily fire has wounded two Israelis near the Sea of Galilee. Premier Eshkol vows no tolerance for threats to sovereignty while Foreign Minister Eban briefs the UN Security Council on the border crisis.
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Tel Aviv
Israel
Syria
Damascus
Sea of Galilee
Levi Eshkol
Abba Eban
United Nations
U.N. Security Council
Violinist Fatally Struck By Car in Cincinnati
Joseph Fleishaur aged 55, a violinist with the Cincinnati Community Orchestra, was killed after being struck by an automobile while crossing a street early today.
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Cincinnati
Joseph Fleishaur
Fleishaur
Cincinnati Community Orchestra
Baker Trial Starts Faces Three Charges
Bob Baker, former Senate secretary and confidant of Lyndon Johnson, goes on trial in Washington on income tax evasion, larceny, and conspiracy charges. The case centers on electronic eavesdropping and alleged misuse of public office for personal gain.
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Baker
Washington (Ap
Bobby Baker
Senate Democrats
Senate
Washington
Edward Bennett Williams
Las Vegas
Miami
Gasch
Pickens
S.C
Lyndon B. Johnson
Senate Rules Committee
Pavane Dance Described as Slow Court Movement
A pavane or peacock dance is a slow stagnant court dance of Spanish or Italian origin performed by couples.
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Belvedere
Vania
City of
Scranton
Cong Fire
Florida
Maria Gertrudes de Rosa
Madrid
Boston
Atlantic Ocean
U. S Dist
Oliver Gasch
Williams
U. S
Henry
N. University Blvd
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