Two Americans sentenced in East German escape plot
In Potsdam district court on nine counts, Moses Reese Herrin and Frederick Matthews were each sentenced to eight years in an East German prison for aiding East Germans to flee to West Berlin. A Tennessee girl, Mary Helen Battle, 25, is held in East Berlin on the same charges. Battle taught in West Berlin and studied theology at Free University, while Herrin of Akron Ohio and Matthews of Elwood City Pa assisted in several escape attempts, including smuggling a year old East Berlin girl to West Berlin.
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U.S
Mary Helen Battle
Oak Ridge
Temm
East Berlin
Stange
Republic
West Berlin
Miss Battle
Free University
John Battle
Slim Snow Likely After Christmas, Iowa Forecast
The Associated Press reports a warm first day of winter across Iowa with highs from 36 to 55 degrees and overnight lows mainly in the 30s. The Weather Bureau anticipates cooler nights but little chance of snow before Christmas despite Thursday's increasing clouds and possible showers.
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Associated Press
Dubuque
Council Bluffs
Spencer
Burlington
Weather Bureau
Iowa
Policy Triumph Partitions Commons Debate on Rhodesia Policy
In London the House of Commons debate ended in a triumph for Prime Minister Harold Wilson and split the Conservative opposition over Rhodesia policy. In Cedar Rapids local news reports a union barbers votes to raise haircut prices from $2 to $2.25, first increase since 1980. Iowa State University announces winter quarter enrollment at a record 13,592, with 3,348 women and 10,946 men. Civil rights boycotts at Fayette, Mississippi, gain fresh support as 40 pickets march amid shopper decline. Washington approves a $3.5 million annual wholesale natural gas rate reduction for Natural Gas Pipeline Co. of America, retroactive to January 1, 1965.
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House of Commons
Harald’ Wilson
Rhodesia
Cedar Rapids
Journeymen Barbers Union
ISU
AMES
Tiowa State University
Teddy Tte
Washington
The
Power Commission
Natural Gas Pipeline Co. of America
Chicago
Plans Hit Near Cambodia Bridge as U S Bombs North
U S air forces raided North Viet Nam with 174 tons of bombs while Skyraiders struck a Viet Cong stronghold near the Cambodian border. Carrier planes hit the Haiphong area and a railroad bridge 18 miles west of the port. In Saigon the Viet Cong attacked three times overnight. Combat casualties declined on the American side, and Allied losses were tallied against Viet Cong totals.
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Viet Nam
U.S
Haiphong
Cambodia
Mered
Air Force
North Viet Nam
Kitty Hawk
Hanoi-Haiphong
Four Die In Two Iowa Car Crashes
Four persons died in two Iowa highway crashes Tuesday. Victims include Harry Eddy 38 and wife Evelyn 36 of Rhodes in a two car smashup near Ames that injured six. In Storm Lake area a second crash killed Herman P Clausen 7 of Alta and Joseph Pitzen 20 of Newell. The Eddy car carried six passengers including Donna Smith and her children. Walter Kent Fox 19 of Waterloo and Elsie Flemmer 20 of Nevada were in the other vehicle. Injured were treated at Mary Greeley Hospital in Ames.
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Associated Press
Iowa
Harry Eddy
Evelyn
Rhodes
Ames
Herman P. Clausen
Alta
Joseph Pitzen
Newell
Storm Lake
Eddy
Donna Smith
David
Sally Ann
Bonnie
Eddys
Walter Kent Fox
Waterloo
Elsie Flemmer
Nevada
Fox
Mary Greeley Hospital
Inn
Titan 3 upper stage flubs launch forcing Air Force probe
Air Force investigators examine why the Titan 3 transtager failed to restart after six hours, spoiling the orbital insertion of four communications satellites. The setback delays next February launch, potentially adding weeks to fix the fault as Oscar 4 and two test satellites drifted into wrong orbits.
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Pla
Air Force
Alt
Atom Smasher Funds Discussed by AEC and Budget Bureau
Washington AP officials of the Atomic Energy Commission say they are negotiating with the Budget Bureau over funds to start construction of a 380 million atom smasher. AEC aims to begin building in 1963 if Congress authorizes the project, with site choice still unsettled among Sunbury and North Liberty and 43 states bidding for location.
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Washington
Atomic Energy Commission
Budget Bureau
Congress
AEC
Sunbury
North Liberty
Detroit Free Press
James ‘Robinson
Pontiff Extends Yuletide Wishes
Pope Paul VI wished a merry Christmas to all during the weekly audience in the Hall of Benediction. A large crowd of pilgrims heard his greeting, and the pontiff said the wish comes spontaneously to our lips. He will deliver the traditional Christmas message to the world Thursday night over Vatican radio.
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Vatican City
Paul VI
Vatican Radio
Yule Truce Decision Up To Saigon
In Austin the White House said any Christmas pause in bombing North Vietnam would be decided in Saigon, not by President Johnson. Secretary of State Rusk’s earlier remarks referred to an on the ground truce, with Washington and Saigon reportedly eyeing a limited Christmas line if both sides halt hostilities.
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Tex
Texas White House
Viet Nam
Saigon
Johnson
Joseph Laitin
White House
Dolison
Laitin
Dean
Rusk
Washington
United States
Scully Viet Nam
UN Assembly Ends After Viet Nam Clash in Final Hours
The United Nations General Assembly wrapped its 20th session after a US Soviet clash over Viet Nam. Soviet Ambassador Fedorenko accused the US of escalating the war and using toxic substances, while US Chief Delegate Goldberg called the charges unfounded and said the clash marked a breach of decorum. A resolution urging non intervention in internal affairs had just been approved.
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United Nations. N.Y
U.N. General Assembly
Viet Nam
Nikolai T. Fedorenko
United States
Arthur J. Goldberg
Fedorenko
Job Corps Trainees Get Christmas Trips Home
Washington AP reports the Job Corps offers 17,300 trainees an all expense paid Christmas trip home. About 14,000 accepted. roughly 3,500 stayed behind. Officials note some home visits are routine after six months, with average trip costs around $70 funded in the corps budget.
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Washington
Lewis D. Eigen
Corps
Eigen
Investment Seminar Set in Des Moines for Officials
State Treasurer Paul Franzenburg invites local officials to Des Moines January 12 to 14 for a seminar on investing public funds. State Auditor Lorne Worthington notes more money is invested than before, though questions on proper method persist. Town law allows deposits in interest bearing accounts and auditors criticize idle funds not invested where possible.
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Des Moines
Paul Franzenburg
Lorne Worthington
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