Compromise Reached on Foreign Aid Credit Restrictions
Washington reports a new Senate House conference compromise on credit limits for sales to Communist nations. The deal aims to push a $60 billion foreign aid bill, with President Johnson able to approve certain sales if in the national interest. House and Senate leaders weigh final actions as Congress adjourns for Christmas. Des Moines safety chief William F. Suep pel urged stricter holiday precautions.
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Senate House
Congress
Ono Parsman
D-La
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House
France
U.S
Soviet Russia
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Senate
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Appropriations and Foreign Relations
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Bath House
Pagsman
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von Jeroes
Des Moines
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Sen
John
Pastore
D-Ri
Capitol
Sen. Pastore
Court Panel Considers Iowa Apportionment Case
A Des Moines panel spent hours hearing final arguments on a suit challenging Iowa legislative apportionment. The judges indicated the Legislature could redraw districts itself if needed, with discussion focused on potential special sessions and the panel weighing options to resolve the map dispute.
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Iowa
Des Moines
Towa
Jeu
Senate
Taylor Divorce Action Delayed
Puerto Vallarta reports Elizabeth Taylor and Ed Fisher expect divorce, but a wage dispute stalls bargaining. Richard Burton is not yet involved as talks lag into January. A reapportionment case in Iowa court prompts delays and possible Supreme Court appeals, with judges taking it under advisement and signaling a December or January ruling.
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Puerto Vallarta
Mexico
Elizabeth Taylor
Eddie Fisher
Richard
Burton
Mats
Rat Fisher
Report Parents Slain as Arkansas Fire Kills Six Family Members
Six members of a Trumann area family died in a Friday night house fire. A 15 year old survivor said a man entered, killed the parents, spread fuel, and started the blaze. Ronald and Mary Deaver and six children perished. two other children survived and were hospitalized after wandering in freezing temperatures.
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Sharon
Iganee
Holmes
Ronald Deaver
Many
Butan
Longest US prisoner freed after 64 years of confinement
Richard Honeck 64 years jailed for murder is released from Monaret Penitentiary near Chester Illinois and travels to San Francisco with his niece. He greets a new world as authorities note the sentence longest ever served by an American inmate. Honeck expresses amazement at modern progress and plans to spend his remaining days in California.
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Richard Honeck
Uhe
Tinois
Prixon
Hopeck
United States
Associated Prose
Niees
Mires Clarn Orth
San Leasedro
Calif
Monaret Penitentiary
Chester
Mississippi River
Richard
St. Louis
Sant Francisco
Honeck
Ross Randolph
Ilinois
Robert A. Lorenz
TWA
Honsk
California
Weather Satellite Orbit Secures First Global Test
Cape Kennedy reports the Delta rocket lofted the weather satellite into a successful orbit at 4 30 am. Tiros 8 begins first pass over the East Coast as NASA plans early tests of the auto image transmission to build a world wide space weather forecasting network. The 265 pound satellite marks the 71st Delta launch and the tenth straight Cape Kennedy success in 1962.
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Fia
United States
Electronic Weather Mart
National Aeronautics, and Space Administration
Space Agency
One Dead After Mishap on I-80
Police identify Air Force Sgt Palmiro A Bertolucci 47 of Otis Air Force Base Massachusetts as the man killed in a crash on Interstate 80 at U S 61 in Davenport. His car struck a lamp post as it left the intersection while turning onto the interstate.
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Bertolucci
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Eight Hurt As Train Jumps Track In Subzero Weather
In Coon Rapids early today a cross country passenger train with 17 cars derailed. Several passengers and crew members, including LeRoy Price of Los Angeles and Charles Duke of Chicago, were injured but not seriously. Paul Bridensting, Milwaukee railroad assistant superintendent, said the cars overturned and traffic would resume later via a siding around the wreckage.
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M— Enghmersons
Carroll
Jerveyman LeRoy Price
Los Angeles
Charles Duke
Chicago
Edward Jones
Robert W. Pickering
Mag A. Rhoda
Milwaukee
Rita Aans
Davion
Ohio
Henry Thomas
Charles L. Scott
Englewood
Calif
Paul Bridensting
Perry
Milwaukee Railroad
Mel
Bridensline
Burro and Sheep Ban From Yuletide Play in Redwood Falls
In Redwood Falls Liliani-Joey the burro and two sheep face removal from future Christmas tableaux at local schools after disruptive antics during a Nativity scene. A sheep bleated out of context and one nipped a shepherd, prompting the ban as Mrs. Arthur Loreng notes the plan to end livestock involvement for realism.
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Lilian
Joey
Arthur Loreng
Record Cold Grips Muscatine Area With 21 Below Low
Muscatine and surrounding areas endured a historic cold snap as temperatures plunged to 21 below zero. Officials noted this tied last winter’s low and surpassed December’s 35 below marks, with several Iowa towns reporting record lows and forecasts calling for continued frigid weather into the weekend.
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Weather Bureau
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Towa
Associated Press
Iowa
McGregor
Garber
Clinton
Elkader
Waterloo
Berliners Pass Through Gates as East German Acknowledges Visitors
West Berliners crossed the border into East Berlin for Christmas and New Year visits amid a staged welcome by border guards. Tass hailed Moscow's peaceable move, omitting the wall, while families joyfully reunited after over two years apart.
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Berlin
Moscow
Tass
West
Winners Named in Muscatine Christmas Decorating Contest
Twelve winners were announced by the Muscatine Chamber of Commerce for the annual Christmas home decorating contest. Allan Hahn won first in the novelty division and Henry Guck first in the religious category. Runners up include Wes Younr, J W Lanse, Ployd Law, Gene O'Brien, Irving Rexroth, Chris and Celeste Swurdevant, Edward Baykus, Ivan Goddard, Ronald Linn, and Janine Wedekind. Prizes include a $50 savings bond for first, $25 for second, and $5 cash for runners up. awards to be presented next week.
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gMong
Allan C. Hahn
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Newell Avenue
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Cedar Street
Go¢Ond
J. W. Lanse
Mulberry Avenue
U.S
Chamber of Commerce
Cold and Snow Grip Large U S as Winter Sets In
The A P reports a broad winter siege across the eastern two thirds of the nation. Subzero readings greet the Dakotas and Midwest with dangerous wind chills and a death toll rising to at least 30. From the Rockies to the Atlantic, freezing temps and snow bring travel hazards from Mississippi to Maine.
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Texas Panhandle
Oklahoma
Psychiatric tests for man held after threat to Johnson
Robert Beaty Fennell, 93, former Sioux City resident, a self described social psychologist and Fair Play for Cuba Committee member, faces psychiatric evaluation after Secret Service charges him with threatening to kill President Johnson. Police found a note in his Berkeley pocket stating the assassination goal, after he was found panhandling on a Berkeley street corner Thursday night.
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Fair Play
Cuba
Johnson
Robert Beaty Fennell
Sioux City
Town
Secret Service
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