Nuns' courage frees 50 hostages in Managua hotel siege
Two American nuns Mary Arthur and Jeanne Teresa Deiman led a white flag march through gunfire at the Gran Hotel in Managua to halt a daylong battle. The rescue freed 46 Americans and four foreigners as government troops pressed a crackdown after rebels seized the hotel during a political crisis.
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Mary Arthur
Los Angeles
Jeanne Teresa Deiman
St. Paul
Mary
Fernando Aguero Rochas
U.S
Msgr
Santo Portalune
Aguero
Conservative
Gran Hotel
Carazo
Managua
Lorenzo Guerrero
Burglary at Kerr Jewelry Store Leads to $4000 Loss
Kerr Inc. jewelry store at 5 North Mill Street suffered a $4000 burglary according to Don Thompson the credit manager. Thieves entered through a skylight punched through plasterboard. They took watches and watch bands while leaving cheaper bracelets in display. Diamonds were reportedly kept in the safe. The crime occurred Sunday after 3 p.m. and was reported to city police.
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Jesse N. Kerr Inc
N. Mill St
Don Thompson
Apollo 1 mission set to orbit February 21 at Cape Kennedy
Virgil Grissom Edward White and Roger Chaffee head a Saturn 1 crew for Apollo 1 a 3 man spaceflight to test the manned moon project. The mission aims for a 14 day stay in earth orbit with a cautious orbit by orbit plan toward a 1969 moon landing.
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Cape Kennedy
UPI
Virgil
Gus) Grissom
Edward White
Roger Chaffee
U.S. Space Agency
America
John Glenn
Grissom
General faces enemy bullets in helicopter
Communist guerrillas shot down two U.S. helicopters near Saigon. Brig. Gen. Richard T. Knowles survived a forced landing after his helicopter was hit eight times. the other chopper went down killing four crew. Sailors died when a minesweeper was hit in the Long Tau Channel. Weather hampered strikes over North Vietnam and an F4C Phantom crew was listed as missing.
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Saigon
UPI
U.S
Richard T. Knowles
Knowles
Army
196Th Light Infantry
Iron Triangle
Cedar Falls
Long Tau
South Vietnam
North Vietnam
Shafer to Outline 1967 State program in Address
Gov. Raymond P. Shafer will deliver the State of the Commonwealth to a joint session at 2 p.m. broadcast on 17 TV stations and 100 radio outlets. He plans civil rights, higher education, reorganization and mass transit proposals while deferring budget figures until the tax study commission reports. The House advanced eight constitutional amendments toward a May referendum and six appropriations bills were released to finance current programs.
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Shafer
Pennsylvania
New Space Program Phase Outlined by Johnson
President Johnson outlined a new space phase calling for 14 day lunar explorations and sun studies by manned orbiting observatories with astronaut flights around Earth lasting up to a year. He said NASA will not launch a grand new program and will spend $300 million less in the coming year than this year.
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Washington
UPI
Johnson
Earth
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
NASA
Kennedy
Johnson seeks 73 billion defense budget amid Vietnam war costs
President Johnson presented a 73.1 billion defense budget to Congress forecasting 21.9 billion in Vietnam war spending for the coming year, lifting total war outlays to over 47 billion since 1965. The plan calls for 3.464 million military personnel and includes production funds for Nike X ABM during talks with Russia.
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Charles W. Cord Dry
Washington
UPI
Johnson
Congress
America
U.S
Vietnam
Army
Navy
Air Force
Soviet Union
Russia
Defense
United States
Melvin R. Laird
Rwis
House Republican Conference
Laird
Maoist takeover in Shansi province sparks civil war fears
Radio Peking reports Maoist forces seized Shansi Province after a major battle with tens of thousands of workers. The claim, if confirmed, would mark the largest clash in the current Chinese political chaos, with further unrest in Manchuria Canton and southern cities.
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Hong Kong
UPI
Radio Peking
Communist Party
Mao Tse-tung
Shansi
Manchuria
Canton
China
Taiyuan
Peking
Peking Radio
Mao
Airmen Await White House OK to Bomb North Vietnam MIG Bases
A high level source says final approval from the White House is expected to authorize bombing of North Vietnamese MIG bases as a slight escalation. Proposals include striking runways or MIGs on the ground, with 75 targets identified, including Haiphong and key industrial sites, while fearing Chinese involvement.
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North
Saigon
UPI
White House
North Vietnam
U.S
Haiphong
China
Johnson
Peking
Weather forecast for Western Pennsylvania with mild temps
Vari able cloudiness and warm conditions across Western Pennsylvania today and tonight. Highs reach the 50s to low 60s with lows 45 to 55. Wednesday remains cloudy with scattered showers and little temperature change. 24hour period ending 7 a.m. records show a max 64 and min 43 with no precip. Shenango River at 5.5 feet.
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Pennsylvania
Shenango River
Death Record for Jean Beaman
Jean Marie Beaman, age 1 day, of 318 Boyles Avenue, is listed in the death records dated Tuesday January 24, 1967. The notice records the infant's passing with address details.
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Jean Marie Beaman
Boyles Ave
Podgorny Visits Italy For Historic Papal Audience
Soviet President Nikolai Podgorny arrived in Rome for a week long state visit highlighting talks with Italian leaders on trade and peacemaking efforts. He would meet Pope Paul VI in a historic encounter as security tightened after a recent bomb blast at Communist Party HQ.
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Rome
UPI
Nikolai Podgorny
Italy
Podgorny
Vietnam
Kremlin
Vatican
Russia
Ciampino
Communist Party
Giuseppe Saragat
Aldo Moro
Carlo Grano
Scio
Griffith Dominates Archer In Middleweight Title Bout
Emile Griffith earns a unanimous decision over Joey Archer to claim the world middleweight title. The bout is featured on page 14 with coverage of related boxing angles and reactions.
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Emile Griffith
Joey Archer
Federal budget seeks 25.6 billion to aid poor nation
President Johnson asks Congress to fund 25.6 billion for next fiscal year to aid the poor, up 3.6 billion and 15 percent of the federal budget. Social Security benefits would rise about 20 percent for retirees, with larger gains for the smallest pensions. The plan also expands food stamps and school lunches, and pushes welfare reform to require states to aid families with unemployed parents.
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Washington
UPI
Johnson
Congress
Office of Economic Opportunity
OEO
UC Berkeley Crisis Grows Over Kerr Dismissal
Tension at the University of California over President Clark Kerr's dismissal intensifies as Regents propose a successor advisory committee. Despite the board's peace overture, students and faculty rally in protest across UC campuses statewide.
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Berkeley
Calif
UPI
University of California
Clark Kerr
University
Board of Regents
Theodore R. Meyer
Aegents
Kerr
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