Trains Collide In Greenwich Derailing 49 Cars
Two Baltimore and Ohio freight trains sideswiped at a threerailroad intersection in Greenwich Ohio causing 49 rail cars to derail and a jointly operated switch tower to collapse. The operator Fred Seagren 54 NYC employee was rescued from debris with burns and abrasions and taken to Willard Memorial Hospital in good condition. Engine crews were uninjured. Police cited unknown train speed though regional norms are 40 to 50 mph.
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Greenwich, Ohio
Baltimore & Ohio
B&o
New York Central
Fred Seagren
Greenwich
Nyc
Willard Memorial Hospital
Huron County
Robert Shafer
Water and Light
Shafer
Seagren
Hotel Fire Tragedy Deepens In Mansfield
Mansfield Ohio AP reports the DeSoto Hotel fire has claimed another life. Firefighters search through ice coated debris for at least five missing residents from the three story hotel after last Tuesday’s blaze. Howard Hursh 83 died at Mansfield General Hospital of a head injury. One unidentified body has been removed. fate of remaining five remains uncertain.
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Mansfield
Ohio
Mansfield DeSoto Hotel
Howard Hursh
Mansfield General Hospital
Steward Held As Smuggler
NEW YORK AP An air port customs inspector nabbed an Air France steward with a false-bottomed suitcase containing about a million dollars worth of heroin Friday. The steward George Henry Pierre 37 of Paris was charged with concealing almost seven pounds of narcotics.
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New York
Air France
George Henry Pierre
Paris
Khrushchev Aide Frol Kozlov Dies in Moscow
Frol Kozlov, longtime No. 2 aide to Khrushchev, died in Moscow from acute circulatory failure following cerebral disturbances. Tass said burial would be beneath the Kremlin walls. He served as first deputy premier 1958–60 and later as party secretary before Brezhnev’s rise. He was a Central Committee member and held seats in the Supreme Soviet presidency.
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Paruraay
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Kozlov
Moscow
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Leonid I. Brezhnev
Brezhnev
Soviet Communist Party
Supreme Soviet
Joseph Stalin
Central Committee
Stalin
Georgi Malenkov
V.M. Molotov
Royal Pair Is Injured in Car Crash After Churchill Funeral
The Duke and Duchess of Gloucester were injured when their limousine left the road and overturned in a field returning from Sir Winston Churchill's funeral. The duchess, 63, suffered fairly severe head injuries while the duke, 64, had head and hand injuries. They were taken to a Bedford hospital.
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Duke
Duchess of Gloucester
Winston Churchill
Bedford
Elizabeth II
George V
Burundi Expels Chinese Diplomats Amid Diplomatic Rift
Tokyo AP reports Burundi ordered Red China to quit its diplomats within two days after unilaterally suspending relations. Chinese Ambassador Liu Yu feng protested to Burundi Premier Joseph Bamina. Burundi's move underscores Cold War rivalry for influence in Africa.
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Tokyo
China
Burundi
Congo
Africa
New China News Agency
Peking Radio
Red China
Peking
Liu Yufeng
Joseph Bamina
Soviet Union
Columbus Center to Open Monday Ahead of Schedule
Columbus Center, an $11.5 billion, 25 story office tower at Broad and Third Streets, will open at 9 am Monday with occupancy by the first tenant. The project completes 60 days early.
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Columbus, Ohio
Columbus Center
Broad and
Third Streets
Cliff Crashes Floods And Snow Continue
A rain weakened cliff toppled into the Columbia River washing over Puget Island and killing a man. Floods and slides in the Pacific Northwest killed two in Washington and trapped hundreds of families across Oregon Washington and Idaho. In Utah avalanches blocked roads stranding 300 at Alta. one man died and another survived a four hour burial.
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Ore
Columbia River
Puget Island
Pacific Northwest
Randle
Wash
Weather Bureau
Oregon
Washington
Idaho
Utah
Alta
Cascade
Norval Fleetwood
Robert Doty
Logan
Doty
Farmington
Salt Lake City
Cathlamet
Zero Notch
Maine
No Equal Rights Until Winking Judge Alimony Rule
A humorous quip suggests equal rights hinge on a husband securing alimony by crossing his legs and winking at the judge, implying a satirical view of legal gender equity. The line uses a playful mockery of courtroom antics as a social jab.
Snow Drags South As Arctic Cold Tightens Its Grip
Bitter cold and heavy snow hit the South and Midwest, with up to nine inches in places like Soco Gap, Newfound Gap overnight. Virginia and Maryland saw accumulating snow as rain turned to slick roads, while a Columbia River landslide triggered damage near Puget Island. Temperatures plunged to subzero in several states as crews urged safety measures and snow tires.
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Balsam Gap
Blue Ridge Mountains
Newfound Gap
Great Smokies
Winston-Salem
N.C
Dixie
Virginia
Bluefield
Virginia-West Virginia
Winchester
Richmond
Roanoke
Washington, D.C
Maryland
Baltimore City
Garrett County
A Glance Inside At 93 He Still Has Sharp Eyes
A 93 year old Middletown man embroiders as a hobby and gives many pieces as gifts. The feature notes his steady eyesight and long practice, highlighting his unusual craft and generosity.
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Middletown
Kosygin to Visit North Viet Nam on Official Trip
Soviet Premier Alexei Kosygin will undertake an official visit to North Viet Nam at the invitation of the North Vietnamese government. Moscow said Kosygin would depart shortly and that the USSR would provide all necessary assistance against alleged American attacks. Ho Chi Minh leads the North Vietnamese government.
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Alexei N. Kosygin
Viet Nam
South Viet Nam
Soviet Union
North Viet Nam
Kosygin
Viet Cong Declares Seven Day Lunar New Year Cease Fire
Saigon reports a seven day cease fire to mark the lunar new year with the Viet Cong expected to halt hostilities. Buddhists observe the holiday but may resume antigovernment actions after the celebrations end.
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
Kosygin Seeks Soviet Aims in Asia Visit
Kosygin’s trip pursues multiple goals in the Sino Soviet split. It aims to back North Vietnam and its guerrillas against Saigon and the U S advisers, win back Hanoi’s support in the China dispute, and possibly reopen talks with China in Peking after Chou En Lai’s prior visit.
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China
Kosygin
Peking
Chou En-lai
Episcopal Women Win Recognition In Ohio Diocese Vote
Delegates to the Episcopal Diocese of Ohio convention approve removing the word male from vestry qualification rules. The motion passes unanimously among about 1,500 delegates in Cleveland.
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Cleveland
Episcopal Diocese of Ohio
Lifetime of Rides Refused by Phoenix Woman
Beulah Ward, 53, declined lifetime free bus passes offered by L. A. Tanner, head of a Phoenix area bus line. She walks 16 miles daily to and from work pushing her wheelchair bound husband Eli Ward, 61, who is paralyzed from a stroke. The couple said they are managing without welfare.
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Phoenix, Ariz
Beulah Ward
Eli Ward
Six Die In Green Bay House Fire
In Green Bay Wisconsin six family members including a 27 year old mother and her five children died from smoke inhalation when a two story frame home burned with explosive fury on a frigid Saturday. The lone survivor Eugene Kagerbauer 29 escaped by jumping from a second story window and is hospitalized in shock with cuts and minor burns. A passerby alerted the fire station 7 30 a m. as flames roared in 17 degrees below zero conditions.
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Green Bay, Wis
Green Bay
Eugene Kagerbauer
St Mary's Hospital
Claudia Kagerbauer
Julie
Christine
Paul
Michele
Kim
Churchill laid to rest in Bladon after state funeral
Sir Winston Churchill was buried in Bladon churchyard after a grand state funeral at St Paul’s Cathedral. Dignitaries from around the world attended as Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip sat near Jemmy Jerome’s American hymn. President Johnson could not attend due to illness.
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London
Sir Winston Churchill
Cone
Bladon
St. Paul's Cathedral
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Winston
Jemnie Jerome
New York
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Queen Elizabeth II
Prince Philip
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Tiebari Warren
W. Averell Harriman
United States
Dean Rusk
Westminster Hall
George VI
Whitehall
Trafalgar Square
the Strand
Fleet Street
Ludgate Hill
Churchill Buried as Nation Mourns in London
Former President Eisenhower attended as guest of the Churchill family at Sir Winston Churchill's private burial service. A crowd of over a million lined the Thames and London streets in cold wind to honor the wartime leader.
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Churchill
Winston
Thames River
Eisenhowe
United States
Sir Winston
Thames
Festival Pier
Waterloo Station
Bladon
Lord Randolph Churchill
London
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