Eight Paintings Stolen From Dulwich Gallery in London
Thieves broke into Dulwich Art Gallery overnight and made off with eight paintings including three Rembrandts and three Rubens. Value estimated at 1.0 to 1.5 million pounds, about 2.8 to 4.2 million dollars. Victims include Elsheimer and Gerrard Dou works. Police say entry was through a door panel. one thief described as small crept through the hole. Gallery holds about 300 works. theft ranked among Britain’s biggest art heists.
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Dulwich Art Gallery
Elsheimer
Gerrard Dou
Dulwich College
Rembrandt
Titus
Jacob de Gheyn
Rubens
Edward Alleyn
South Londs
Britain
National Gallery
Cezannes
Aix En Provence
France
Scotland Yard
House Unit Ends Probe of Powell
A House subcommittee has wrapped up its investigation of Rep. Adam Clayton Powell and will submit recommendations to the House Administration Committee. Rep. Wayne J. Hays said the panel cannot act against Powell and aims to propose general procedures for travel and payroll expenses. Findings include more than 75 airline trips charged as official travel for Powell aides but paid by someone else. Hays also suggested removing Powell's wife from the payroll at $20,500 a year on her husband's staff.
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House
Adam Clayton Powell
House Administration Committee
Wayne J. Hays
Ohio
Justice Department
New York Democrat
Hays
Powell
Frederick News Year In Review 1966 Changes Highlight Region
The Frederick News chronicles 1966 as a year of change with major events including the election of a new governor, two county commissioners, an additional state senator from Frederick County, and a two week zoning dispute in Montgomery County. The review appears on pages 10 and 11 of the edition.
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Montgomery County
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Frederick News
U Thant to Answer Plea for Talks
United Nations Secretary General U Thant will consider a U S request to pursue all possibilities for Vietnam peace talks. He has probed Hanoi and Viet Cong contacts but no progress announced. He still backs a three point plan: halt bombing, scale down hostilities, and include Viet Cong at the table.
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U Thant
U.S
Vietnam
Thant
Arthur J Goldberg
Hanoi
Viet Cong i
North Vietnam
United Nations
Frederick News Schedule: No Monday Publication
No Frederick News will publish on Monday in observance of New Year’s Day. Editorial offices open Monday at 4 p.m. and the business office opens Tuesday at 9 a.m.
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New Year truce opens amid Viet Nam war restart attacks
Amid a two day ceasefire in South Vietnam, allied and Communist forces exchanged fire. One battalion size Communist attack near Kontum City and nearly 40 lesser assaults were reported. US forces landed troops off Vung Tau as peace efforts shift to negotiations with Britain and the United Nations urging a settlement.
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South Vietnam
U.S
101St Airborne Division
Central Highlands
Kontum City
Britain
United States
North
United Nations
U Thant
Vung Tao
Britain Seeks Talks On End To Vietnam War
Britain urged an urgent meeting of the United States South Vietnam and North Vietnam to discuss ending the Vietnam War. Washington indicated willingness to attend while Hanoi offered no immediate reaction. Foreign Secretary George Brown proposed the talks and offered British territory for venue, with Hong Kong named as a possibility.
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South Vietnam
Vietnam
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Hanoi
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Brown
Hong Kong
Dean Rusk
Saigon
Cochairman
Soviet Union
Indochina
China
U.S. State Department
Four Frederick teens reported missing after overnight disappearance
Four teenagers David Julien McDonald Junior Tommy Martin Susie Keyser and Susie Cromwell were reported missing after failing to return home last night. They were last seen in a 1957 blue two tone Chevrolet driven by McDonald. State and city police searched parks but had no clues as of press time. Police urged anyone with information to contact authorities.
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Frederick County
David Julien McDonald
Charles McDonald
Buckeystown
Tommy” Martin
Thomas Martin
North Market Street
Susie Keyser
Alton Keyser
Yellow Springs
Susie Cromwell
Kenneth Cromwell
Rocky Springs
McDonald
Martin
Miss Keyser
Miss Cromwell
Legislator Opposes Poland Debt Easing Aide Deal
Rep. Paul Findley accused the Johnson administration of moving toward easing Poland debt payments with U S funds while Poland aids North Vietnam. The State Department said Ambassador Cronouski may begin talks to convert part of Poland debt into Polish currency to relieve Poland’s foreign exchange burden.
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North Vietnam
U.S
Poland
Yugoslavia
Paul Findley
Coast Guard Rescues Two Ships In Atlantic
The Coast Guard cut ters Vigilant reached a Liberian freighter with 29 Greek crewmen, 460 miles east southeast of New York, while cutter Tamaroa took in tow a battered 70 foot yawl with five survivors after 15 harrowing hours at sea. The Georgia freighter, hatch blown, water in hold, listed but making five knots as a tug and life gear were en route. No injuries reported among the Greek crew. weather eased but winds hit 28 knots with 14 foot swells and nine mile visibility. A C130 dropped life rafts if needed and two other ships were released from rescue efforts.
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Coast Guard
Vigilant
Atlantic
Georgia
Red China Claims New Guided Bomb
Red China announced it has succeeded in producing guided nuclear weapons in a brief dispatch. Tokyo observers doubt a full arsenal claim, noting only a single sentence in a long report and suggesting limited progress rather than a fleet of nuclear tipped missiles. The note cited a nuclear test date and the US AEC analyzed the device as involving thermonuclear material.
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Red China
Peking
New China News Agency
China
US Atomic Energy Commission
Chris Noel Adopted by Big Red One in Vietnam
LAT KHE Vietnam AP report on Chris Noel, a West Palm Beach born actress adopted by the US 1st Infantry Division. She toured bases, signed shells, visited hospitals, danced with cooks, and spoke in support of the war while expressing affection for the troops.
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Robert R. Brouillette
Vergennes
Richard Puerini
Providence
R.I
Clarence Killion
Bakersfield
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Lat Khe
South Vietnam
Chas Noel
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Hanoi Hannah
Chris
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Vietnam
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West Palm Beach, Fla
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