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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 31, 1966
Page
6
The Coast Guard cutter Vigilant reached the Liberian-registered freighter 460 miles southeast of New York with 29 Greek crewmen aboard. No injuries reported. a commercial tug Curb was to tow the 3.8. Georgia once it arrives Sunday morning. Conditions: 28 knot winds, 14 foot swells, nine mile visibility.
FAA selects Boeing for the airframe and General Electric for the engine in a 30 month competition. Boeing Lockheed and GE Pratt & Whitney competed under government cost sharing since 1964. Administrator McKee cites comprehensive evaluation and airline support.
Christian Herter Sr. former secretary of state died suddenly on Friday night at age 71. He had served as Massachusetts governor for four years and was a special trade aide to President Johnson at the time of his death. His son Christian Herter Jr. announced the loss and said the cause was not immediately known.
President Johnson said he is delighted with Britain's proposal for a three power conference on Vietnam and that the United States will attend if Hanoi is willing. He called the idea positive and said the U S would talk to anyone for peace, noting Britain’s interest and willingness for North Viet Nam to join.
A rash of combat incidents marred the New Year truce in South Vietnam. A Communist battalion of about 500 attacked a U.S. 101st Airborne Division company in the central highlands near Kontum City, firing mortars and small arms for most of the afternoon before contact ended at 6:30 p.m. U.S. spokesmen reported about 40 outbreaks attributed to the Communists and said American casualties were light.
Miss Sandra Bowman a Kansan City police stenographer held a four month old boy at Immaculate Conception church as a parishioner vanished after speaking with Everett Tindell 58. Patrolman James Garland assists in the scene while a photographer captures the moment.
Thieves broke into Dulwich Art Gallery in London during the night and stole eight paintings including Rembrandts and Rubens worth an estimated 1.0 to 1.5 million pounds. Other missing works include Elsheimer and a Gerrard Dou piece. The heist, at Dulwich College, involved smashing a door panel and quick extraction by a small man.
The Nassau Tribune editorialized that the Bahamas should not harbor Rep. Adam Clayton Powell of New York, convicted of contempt in a libel suit, and urged his departure from Bimini, 50 miles off Florida. The paper warned his presence could be unhealthy for society and urged relocation.
The forecast calls for mostly cloudy skies with little temperature change tonight with lows in the low 20s. Sunday will be partly cloudy with highs in the low 40s. Chance of precipitation is about 10 percent tonight through Sunday. Friday’s high is 32 with a night low of 22, and 1 am reading is 35. Snow accumulates at 2 inches.
London reports say Britain proposed an immediate meeting among the United States, North and South Vietnam to discuss ending the war. Washington indicated willingness to attend, while Hanoi gave no immediate response. Foreign Secretary Brown offered Hong Kong as a possible venue and said the text would be released New Year’s Eve.
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