26 Die In Alabama Rooftop Restaurant Fire
A fast moving blaze in Montgomery at Dale's Penthouse atop the 11 story Walter Bragg Smith hotel killed 26 diners and left others trapped. Sidney Zagri chief lobbyist for James R Hoffa's Teamsters was among the dead, with identification aided by FBI. Firefighters faced difficulty reaching the flames as water froze on streets and power failures limited elevator access.
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Alabama
LOVIN
W. T. Mallory
Sidney Zagri
James R. Hoffa
Teamsters Union
Zagri
Montgomery
FBI
Dale
Walter Bragg Smith
Public Service
Ed Pepper
Ann
Peppers
Pepper
Birmingham
PSC
Jack Doane
Montgomery Advertiser
Doane
Lurleen Wallace
George C. Wallace
John English
Bill White
Dothan
Ala
White
Jesse Williams
Williams
Austin Burroughs
Bossier Branch Bank Robbery Reported in Haughton
Three men robbed a Haughton branch of the Bossier Bank and Trust Co. of an undetermined sum. The robbers fled in a black car, abandoning a 1963 Corvair. Police found tear gas bombs left at the bank. suspects were armed with shotguns and pistols.
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Haughton
Bossier Bank and Trust Co
Bossier City
Anti Russian Drive Spreads In Red China
In Tokyo AP report Mao Tse tung forces widen anti Soviet campaign across mainland China with protests in multiple cities and orders for a liaison station to oppose revisionism. Warning of palace coups appears amid rising internal criticism and posters accuse army units of suppressing revolutionary elements in several provinces.
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Red
China
Tokyo
Mao Tse Tung
Kremlin
New China
Peking
Yomiuri
Mao
Red Capital
Red Guard
Kwangming
Peking Wall
Twin Cities Chit Chat Hospital Notices
Miss Mary O Kelly of Monroe is in St Francis Hospital room 662 for several days. Charles L Wilder, formerly local, named flight engineer by Trans World Airlines, assigned to NYC flights. Deputy Robert Kirby of Ouachita Parish is hospitalized for tests in Glenwood Hospital room 350 West Monroe.
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Mary O'Kelly
6Th St. Monroe
St. Francis Hospital
Charles L. Wilder
Trans-World Airlines
Wilder
Eros
New York City
Robert Kirby
Ouachita Parish
Bob
Glenwood Hospital
West Monroe
LBJ Study Group to Seek Lottery Draft Next Week
Washington AP The National Commission on Selective Service will recommend a lottery draft prioritizing 18 and 19 year olds, with continued student deferments. The plan aims to reduce inequities, include graduates after schooling, and limit local board autonomy as the draft evolves.
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LBJ
Washington
National Commission On Selective Service
Johnson
Defense Department
Department
Fdard M. Kennedy
D-Mass
Commission
Powell Refuses To Answer At House Hearing
Adam Clayton Powell, advised by his lawyers, refused to answer questions from a House committee about his qualifications to sit in Congress. He declined to be sworn in or discuss issues beyond age citizenship and residency, asserting the panel had no authority to probe further. The committee will decide whether Powell is seated or barred.
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Washington
Adam Clayton Powell
House
Congress
Powell
New York
Emanuel Celler
DNY
Lunar Orbiter 3 to begin moon circling for landing sites
Lunar Orbiter 3 will enter an oblong lunar orbit to photograph candidate landing spots along a 200 by 1700 mile equatorial strip. The effort aims to identify smooth sites near Mare Tranquillitatis and Sinus Medii for future Apollo landings.
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Moon
Pasadena
Calif
U.S
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Lunar
Astro
Nauts
Lunar Equator
Big Sinus Medii
Middle Bay
Mare Tranquillitatis Sea of Tranquility
Cape Kennedy
Fla
Vietnam Truce Began Amid Shooting Across Front Lines
During the Tet truce in South Vietnam a US recon plane was shot down by ground fire near Dong Hoi. Two sides observed limited clashes as the ceasefire started and Viet Cong declared a seven day halt for Tet. US reconnaissance missions continued with air and naval vigilance amid ongoing violations.
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Gulf of Tonkin
Dong Hoi
U.S
North Vietnam
United States
Saigon
South Vietnam
Soviet Union
Red China
South
Viet‘nam
Continued Cold Predicted In Twin Cities Area
The outlook shows increasing cloudiness and continued cold through Thursday. Highs 38 to 44 and tonight’s lows 24 to 32 with northeast winds 10 to 20 mph. Tuesday’s high reached 40 and morning low was 22.
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Twin Cities
Brandt To Meet With LBJ Late This Afternoon
West German Foreign Minister Willy Brandt plans to tell President Johnson that a nuclear nonproliferation treaty must allow peaceable atomic energy for nonnuclear nations. Brandt’s warning reflects growing unease among industrialized nations about the treaty terms. He arrives in Washington for talks with Rusk Katzenbach Rostow Humphrey and will meet Johnson and other U S leaders.
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Washington
Willy Brandt
Johnson
West Germany
Brandt
Sweden
Switzerland
Italy
India
Japan
Israel
Dean Rusk
Nicholas Katzenbach
Walt W. Rostow
Hubert H. Humphrey
West Berlin
Zee
Pope Urges U.S. Pressure for Vietnam Peace Talks
In a lunar new year message tied to the Lenten truce, Pope Paul VI urged the United States and the leaders of North and South Vietnam to convert the temporary respite into negotiations for peace. He thanked President Johnson for the warm U.S. response to prior appeals and urged Thieu to pursue a just, honorable settlement. The Pope spoke after private talks with leaders including Ho Chi Minh and others.
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Vatican City
Paul VI
United States
North
South Vietnam
Johnson
U.S
North Vietnam
Ho Chi Minh
Hanoi
Nguyen van Thieu
Vietnam
Nikolai V. Podgorny
Harold Wilson
Henry Cabot Lodge
Robert F. Kennedy
D-N.y
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N.Y
Nelson A Rockefeller
New Jersey
Richard J. Hughes
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Subway
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Kennedy
LaGuardia
Newark
Philadelphia International
Philadelphia
Washington, D.C
Boston
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R. H. Macy's
Commerce and Industry Association
Dale’s
Montgomery, Ala
Bossier
Reds
State Department
Robert J. McCloskey
Jason
Pope
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