Recluse Kepple Leaves Swiss Orphan Estate Surprise Will
Ann McQuilken Kepple 89 year old Delmont resident dies leaving 1.25 million dollar estate. Will dated to 1981 provides funds to 20 Swiss educational institutions if she dies before 1981 and directs executors to inform Swiss authorities. Wife no, husband fee provisions and US estate distribution noted. Kepple lived in a nursing home the past year with odd savings habits and a single checking account.
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Ann McQuilken Kepple
Delmont
Westmoreland County
Westmoreland County Court House
Switzerland
Miss Kepple
Doris Kucenic
Cold spell grips nation as storms lash California and Midwest
A brutal cold wave stretches from Montana and the plains to the Midwest and South as heavy rain and snow cause floods and landslides in California. Four traffic deaths in Iowa, blocked highways in Minnesota, and widespread school closures accompany the icy blast and drifting snow. In Southern California mudslides threaten Los Angeles suburbs after earlier storms damaged dozens of homes and forced sandbag defenses near Azusa and Glendora.
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California
Rockies
Plains
Midwest
Mercury
Havre
Glasgow
Montana
Iowa
Minnesota
Downey
Rochester
Minn
Los Angeles
Azusa
Glendora
Sailors hijacked to Cuba by Navy deserter
Sixteen sailors from the Key West naval base were on a National Airlines flight hijacked to Cuba by a Navy deserter. Interrogators in Cuba harassed them with questions and propaganda as they were questioned about the hijacking and asylum hopes. The hijacker, a 19 year old deserting airman, sought escape with possible asylum at the Swiss Embassy in Havana. The Boeing 727 carried seven crew and eight passengers in total.
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Miami
Cuba
Key West
National Airlines
David Jones
Dallas
Tex
Coulter
Kim Tatum
Sue Morrill
Vietnam
Miss Morrill
Havana
Navy
San Diego
Calif
Peace Talks Opened With Blast At U.S. Negotiations
In Paris the North Vietnamese and the Viet Cong demand a new peace cabinet to replace Saigon at the four party talks. U S negotiator Lodge signals a de militarized zone focus while NLF and Hanoi press political settlement. Scuffles and banner protests greet delegates from four sides. The session marks over a decade since the first U S casualty.
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Paris
North Vietnam
Viet Cong
Saigon
P’aris
National Liberation Front
International Conference Center
U.S
Henry Cabot Lodge
North
South Vietnam
NLF
Tran Buu Kiem
United States
Xuan Thuy
Kiem
Thuy
Cold snap deepens in Miami Valley with frigid weekend
Winter grips the Miami Valley as temperatures dip to around 10 degrees or lower tonight and barely rise above 20 tomorrow. The pattern repeats today with mostly sunny skies forecast for tomorrow.
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Miami Valley
Global student protests erupt across continents
The Associated Press reports student demonstrations in Europe Asia and Africa with seven deaths in Pakistan and curfews in Dacca and East Pakistan. Police clashed with crowds in Karachi and Chittagong while Spain France and Britain react with emergency measures and disciplinary actions for agitators.
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Europe
Asia
Africa
Pakistan
Dacca
West Pakistan
Kabal
East Pakistan
Chittagong
Mohammed Ayub Khan
Karachi
State of Emergency Declared in Spain under Franco Regime
Gen Franco's government declares a three month Estado de Excepcion, muzzling the press and giving police power to search without warrants and hold suspects indefinitely. Censorship returns as rights are suspended though no martial law is declared. Aims target political opponents, dissidents, and Basque separatists amid a nationwide crackdown expected.
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Francisco Franco
Spain
Madrid
Basue
Tank Cars Explode In Gas Blast Across City
Eighteen tank cars loaded with butane gas exploded in Laurel Mississippi causing massive flames and debris to devastate a several block area. Eight people were hospitalized and thirty five homes destroyed in the early morning blast.
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Laurel
Miss
Italy to Recognize Red China in Policy Shift
Rome reports the Italian government will recognize Red China with Socialist pressure for North Vietnam recognition. Pietro Nenni announced the move in a major policy address after forming the center left coalition in December. In a separate blast, a tank car derailment near Laurel Mississippi sparked fires, evacuations, and wide-area outages.
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Rome
Red China
Socialist Party Today
North Vietnam
Pietro Nenni
Nenni
Italy
United Nations
Amintore Fanfani
U.N
Bucher Testimony Details Pueblo Spy Confessions
Cmdr Lloyd Bucher testifies for five hours in a closed Navy court of inquiry about how Pueblo crewmen tried to signal home that alleged spying confessions were false. Testimony by Capt Thomas Dwyer and other officers followed by debate in Washington over possible hearings on the seizure and handling of the Pueblo case.
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Lloyd Bucher
Pueblo
Navy
Bucher
Thomas L. Dwyer
U.S
Japan
Dwyer
Forrest A. Pease
Frank L. Johnson
Johnson
Pease
Washington
Senate
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London School of Economics
Russia
Red
China
Jackson
National Guard
Civil Defense
Mississippi
Southern Railway
Coronado, Calif
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Mike Mansfield
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Foreign Relations Committee
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