Thanksgiving Holiday Death Toll Surges On Nation Wide Roads
The Thanksgiving period claimed 222 lives on U S highways with a major crash west of Richmond Virginia killing five people including a minister and his wife. The National Safety Council estimates 70 percent of accidents occurred during the holiday span. Germany favors pact with the Bonn government and signatures to be added later by Helmut Allardtim and a London envoy.
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Richmond
Nationa Safety Coun
Germany
Bonn
Willy Brandt
Goma
Helmut Allardtim
London
Miss World Crowned Amid Protests In London
Miss Rueber-Staier from Vienna won Miss World after competing against 49 contestants. She receives 6000 dollars prize and 27000 dollars in personal appearance fees. Miss United States Gail Renshaw of Arlington Virginia finished second earning 1200 dollars to help pay her parents mortgage.
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London
Iousanus
Vienna
Omar Sharif
Miss Rueber-Staier
United States
Gail Renshaw
Arlington
Kill or Be Killed at Zurich Airport Trial Sparks Debate
An Israeli secret service agent testified in a Swiss court that the Zurich airport El Al attack was a kill or be killed scenario after an Arab commando confronted him. Mordechai Rachamin 23 faces homicide under extenuating circumstances for allegedly shooting Abdel Mohsen. Trial began Thursday. The report also notes Siamese twin separation in Boston and a North Vietnam prisoner list affecting Lt. Col. Gordon A. Larson, son of Winona native Mrs. Hazel Hess, with her remarks on Christmas and letters.
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Winterthur
Switzerland
el al
Zurich
Mordechai Rachamin
Abdel Mohsen
Rev Cooke Resigns from Jesuit Order in Liberal Theology Move
AP reports Rev Bernard J Cooke, a leading theologian, leaves the Jesuit Order while on leave from Yale research. The 47 year old on leave of absence amid New Liberal theology disputes faces no comment. In Chicago the Bureau of Forestry is accused of waste and falsified reports in a BGA probe.
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Milwaukee
Bernard J. University
Father Cooke
Yale University
Chicago
Chicago Bureau of Forestry
Better Government Association
Richard Friedman
BGA
Richard J. Daley
Bureau of Forestry
Friedman
Bureau
Daniel J. Coman
Deer hunting fatalities rise in Wisconsin deaths by bullets and heart attacks
Nine Wisconsin deer hunters have died from comrade's bullets since the season opened Saturday. Thirteen others have died of apparent heart attacks. Henry Nash Jr., 33, of Milwaukee, was shot in the chest while hunting 15 miles east of Portage Thursday. He was with a party of four. the group split and a returning member found Nash's body on a town road, officials said.
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Wisconsin
Henry Nash Jr
Milwaukee
Portage
Nash
U.S and Soviet SALT talks end on hopeful note in Helsinki
After two weeks of private talks at the U S Embassy, U S and Soviet negotiators described the atmosphere as favorable despite some caustic Moscow remarks. The envoys agreed to reconvene next Tuesday at the Soviet Embassy following the fifth SALT session since talks began November 17.
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Helsinki
U. S
Moscow
Apollo 12 Moon Rocks Box Opens at SPACE CENTER
Scientists at Houston open the second chest of Apollo 12 rocks and soil from beneath the surface. Officials plan to release 29 more color pictures from the moon mission while geologists prepare 12 to 15 rock bags for study and examine a core tube with soil from 24 to 30 inches deep.
Wisconsin trains tourism workers to become state resource
Wisconsin's vocational and adult training program expands across 18 districts to prepare tourism workers. Beverage dispensing, hotel management, chef training, and horticulture are offered in multiple cities with plans for winter courses in the Dells area.
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Madison
Wisconsin
Vernon Swendson
Rhinelander
Milwaukee
Racine Oshkosh
Wausau
Eau Claire
Swenson
Wisconsin Dells
Jack Anchor
Dells
Straw Fire Extinguished at Craige Grain Elevators
A straw fire at Craige Grain Elevators on 30th Street Thursday at 3 38 p m was quickly put out by Monroe Fire Department. Sparks from welding started the blaze as straw covered a new cement trough.
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Craige
30Th Street
Monroe
Untested Sections of Code May Be Used in My Lai Case
Pentagon lawyers consider invoking Article 18 or Article 21 to try former soldiers in the My Lai case amid questions over prosecuting those who returned to civilian life. Nine on active duty face charges, while 15 civilians linked to the massacre remain under investigation. The approach cites the law of nations and notes the Supreme Court's 1955 ruling on military courts for discharged personnel.
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My Lai
Washington
Pentagon
William L. Calley Jr
David Mitchell
Supreme Court
Air Force
Korea
Justice Department
Vietnam War Casualties Top 300000 Mark This Week
SAIOON AP reports U S and allied forces near Paris peace talks push casualties past 300000. Com muniques note light fighting while Viet Cong ambush 300 South Vietnamese in the Mekong Delta. US command cites 47 enemy killed near Da Nang and 2 American deaths with 18 wounded. Total US fatalities 39572 in action with 258779 wounded and 1341 missing or captured.
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Saioon
Paris
Mekong
U.S
Demilitarized Zone
da Nang
Whrough
U.S. Command
Vietnam
Lake Pollution Hearings Set On Detergent Phosphates
Milwaukee AP report details two House subcommittee hearings December 14 and 15 on phosphate pollution from detergents and its role in lake eutrophication. Limnetics Inc. finds southeastern Wisconsin lakes show a 62 percent rise in total phosphates from 1943 to 1960 with Pewaukee Okauchee Lac LaBelle Koshkonong and Delavan notably affected.
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Milwaukee
House
Conservation and Natural Resources Subcommittee
Henry S. Reuss
D-Wis
Wisconsin
Limnetics, Inc
Pewaukee
Okauchee
Lac — LaBelle
Koshkonong
Delavan
Limnetics
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Vickers
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Charles Conrad Jr
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Houston
Manned Spacecraft Center
Gordon
Neptunus Rex
City
Meni
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Monroe Junior High
Sandra Hennager
Tony Teehan
Dan Crandall
Times
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International Control Commission
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