Landslides Kill 283 in Rio de Janeiro Area Floods
The Rio de Janeiro region reports 283 dead from floods and landslides with 184 in Rio de Janeiro city, 36 in Niteroi, and 63 in Petropolis. A collapsed water main cut 40 percent of drinking water, complicating rescue and leading to inoculations and aid for refugees.
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Rio DE Janeiro
Brazil
Niteroi
Bay
Petropolis
Favela
Ric
Francisco Negrao de Lima
Johnson lays out Great Society expansion and Vietnam stance
President Johnson outlines the 1967 budget with 112.8 billion expenditures and a 1.8 billion deficit while pledging continued Great Society antipoverty city rebuilding and nondiscrimination in housing. He commits to Viet Nam effort, seeks self determination for South Vietnam, and notes mixed Democratic praise and Republican criticism.
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Washington
Johnson
State of the Union
Viet Nam
United States
Heavy Snowfall Paralyzes State Streets With Nine Inch Blanket
Nearly nine inches of snow clogged area streets and highways since yesterday morning. Monroe reports one personal car collision and county deputies log one ditching accident. Schools open. buses late. Snow removal crews, about 40, worked overnight to restore two lane traffic as four to five roads were closed briefly. City crews cleared most streets. some cars towed to permit plowing.
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Monroe
Patricia A. Bittner
L1th St
Chester W. Schmerse
14Th Ave
Schmerse
14Th Avenue
20Th Street
Sheriff’s Deputies
Donna K. Durtschi
Albany
Highway 39
Nathan W. Marti
Marti
Argyle Postoffice Break-in Probed for Stamps and Cash
Authorities probe a theft at the Argyle Post Office for about 3500 in stamps and cash. The door and safe were damaged with the safe moved to the back room, and the FBI and State Crime Laboratory are involved. A second local theft occurred last week at Hoots Texaco, with cigars and cash taken.
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Argyle
Argyle Postoffice
Lafayette County Sheriff’s Department
Edward Thompson
FBI
State Crime Laboratory
Lafayette County Sheriff's Department
Sheriff’s Department
Clayton Watkins
Thelves
Hoot
Texaco
Russell Penniston Sr
Death Notice for Harry L. Prien 69 Monroe Township Resident
Harry L. Prien, 69, of 620 28th Ave, died yesterday afternoon of a sudden coronary occlusion at his son in law and daughter's farm in Sylvester Township. He was born August 21, 1896, a World War I veteran, and survived by a daughter, four brothers, two sisters, and two grandchildren. burial in Greenwood Cemetery after services at Stuessy Funeral Home.
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Harry L. Prien
28Th Ave
Roger Sullivan
Sylvester Township
Monroe
St. Clare Hospital
Prien
United Telephone Co
August
Elizabeth Stauffacher Prien
Immanuel Eub
Whilma Marion Geigel
Immanuel Church
American Legion Post
Maryellen Sullivan
Lawrence
Loyd
Chester
Milton
Mabel Prien
Hazel Hilliard
Thomas
Kathleen Sullivan
Norman
LaVern
Russell W
Stuessy Funeral Home
Melvin J. Roehrdanz
Greenwood Cemetery
Watershed Projects To Be Planned Tonight
An educational meeting in Washington Town Hall at 8 p m will discuss proposed Swiss Badger Watershed projects. James Schwoegler SCS head will speak and Mike Rufener and Carl Schlittler will lead the program.
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Washington Town Hall
James Schwoegler
SCS
Mike Rufener
Carl Schlittler
Trading Gains Amid Heavy New York Aero Defense Focus
The stock market advanced early this afternoon as heavy trading centered on aerospace and defense issues in New York. Investor activity was brisk, lifting broad indices despite a ragged session.
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New York
Weekend Drills for Guard Hold at Monroe Armory
Capt. Dwight C. Coplien of National Guard Co. B announces the first of 12 weekend drills in 1966 will start at 1 50 p.m. Saturday at the Monroe Armory replacing Monday meetings. The unit is at full strength with 93 members including 86 enlisted and 3 officers, with four recruits in processing and a waiting line of youths wishing to join.
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Dwight C. Coplien
National Guard Co. B
32Nd Division
Monroe Armory
Coplien
Co. B
Sign Helps Priest Get to the Church
A Seattle priest, Rev. Francis J. Greene S.J., visiting New York City, hitchhiked 20 miles to St. Mary’s Church in the Bronx to Mass. He carried a hand lettered sign "Get me to the church on time" and a kind driver delivered him to the church in time for the service. This incident occurred amid heavy traffic as he attends graduate studies at New York University.
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Seattle
New York City
Francis J. Greene
S.J
St. Mary’s Church
Bronx
New York University
VFW Plans Award Night Here Jan. 29
The Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 2312 will host a special Awards Night dinner on Saturday January 29 at 7 p.m. in the VFW Hall. Winners of the Voice of Democracy contest will be honored led by first place Jane Schrier and runners up Greg Wagner Beth Matske. High school moderators and judges will attend along with the bicycle safety court members for 1964–65 and 1965–66 and Sgt Ervin Goecks. Special recognition will go to The Monroe Evening Times and radio WEKZ for their help with VFW Community Service programs.
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Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 2312
VFW
Voice of Democracy
Jane Schrier
Greg Wagner
Beth Matske
Fred Simpson
Monroe High School
Richard Lueck
Juda High School
Willis Mitchell
William Spoerry
Joseph Urban
Bicycle Safety Court
Ervin Goecks
Monroe
Monroe Evening Times
WEKZ
New York City Ends Subway Bus Strike After Settlement
New York tidings say the AFL-CIO unions reached mediation terms shortly before 6:30 a.m. and by noon near normal service returned. Transit Authority reported subway lines and 3,200 buses running. car traffic remained heavy as 3.5 million workers resumed commuting. Mayor Lindsay offered cautious remarks while union leaders celebrated the end of a 13 day work stoppage.
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Transit Authority
John V. Lindsay
Afl-Cio
Transport Workers Union
Transit Union
Supreme Court
Abraham N. Geller
Michael J. Quill
Geller
Quill
Bellevue Hospital
Douglas L. MacMahon
MacMahon
Blaze Damages Bar at Madison
A Madison fire cause undetermined, heavily damaged Congress Bar and Restaurant near Capitol Square. Five fire units confined the blaze to basement and ground floor as thick smoke affected nearby buildings. No injuries. 30 customers and staff evacuated amid a snowstorm.
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Madison
Congress
Capitol Square
State St
State Pilot Injured In Missouri Mishap
A Wisconsin pilot Lee Bindie 22 of Platteville was critically injured after crash landing in a gulley near Green Top Missouri. Police cited possible icing and low ceiling as factors in the incident.
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Missouri
Kirksville
Wisconsin
Green Top
Lee Bindie
Platteville
Snowstorm Bites Scoop As Car Gets Lifted in Prairie du Sac
During a heavy snowstorm, a large street cleaning machine in Prairie du Sac buries its scoop into a compact car. The operator noticed the machine labored and found the vehicle wedged in the scoop after the bite in the snowy street.
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Prairie DU Sac
Soviet envoy arrives in Peking for talks with Chinese leaders
Soviet envoy Alexander N. Shelepin arrived in Peking today for talks with Chinese leaders after a week in Hanoi.
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Tokyo
Alexander N. Shelepin
Peking
Hanoi
Excise Taxes To Be Returned Ex President Johnson Proposal
President Johnson asks Congress to restore lifted excise taxes on cars and telephone use and to increase pay check withholdings. He says revenue would fund Vietnam war and domestic programs, predicting over 4 billion dollars yearly. House hearings to begin next week amid mixed support from Republicans and some Democrats.
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Washington
House
Johnson
Ways and Means Committee
A. Sidney Herlong Jr
Dfla
Senate Finance Committee
Thomas B. Curtis
R - Mo
Unexpected Outpatients At Kenosha Hospital Snow Drift
Kenosha St Catherine's Hospital treated a group of stranded motorists from the Alford Park area during a 12 inch snowfall on Wednesday night. Attendants arranged the lobby to let the drivers spend the night.
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Kenosha
St. Catherine’s Hospital
Alford Park
Woman's Club Hosts Exchange Students From New Zealand and Argentina
Miss Christine Wilson from New Zealand and sisters Adela and Monica from Buenos Aires spoke at Monroe Woman's Club meeting in the Ludlow Library. The program, organized by the department of international relations, highlighted eight week Inter-American Cultural Exchange participants, with notes on New Zealand geography, society, and education, and Argentina's capital Buenos Aires and student travel details.
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Monroe
Buenos Aires
Argentina
Monica Silberstein A
Adela Matienzo
Christine Wilson
AFS
New Zealand
A. R. Livingston
Leo A. Sebald
Times
Monroe High School
Beloit College
Miss Wilson
Kenneth Smith
Sebald
Australia
Colorado
Capt
Cook
Wilson
New
United States
North Island
Wellington
South Island
Monica
Adela
Madison
Donald Norbohm
Leland Lamboley
Miami
Washington, D.C
New York
Niagara Falls
Chicago
Detroit
South America
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Copacabana
Tijuca
Delio Santos
Social Service
U.S
Blaze
Address Woman's Club
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