Wisconsin State University selects site for new fine arts building
WSU Oshkosh will acquire most blocks bounded by Woodland Algoma Elmwood and Vine for a new fine arts facility costing up to 5.7 million dollars. The project consolidates art music speech and drama spaces now in temporary quarters and begins after property options are secured by December 1, 1966.
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Wisconsin State University
Oshkosh
Woodland
Algoma
Elmwood
Vine
Robert R. Polk
Long Range
Vine Street
Polk
Vine Avenue
Red Feather Agency
Oakmanor Nursing Home
Elmwood Ave
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Dempsey Hall
Halsey Science Center
Wilson Wins U S Support For Embargo Oil Rodesia
Washington AP British Prime Minister Harold Wilson leaves Washington after winning U S support for an oil embargo against Rhodesia. On Vietnam, Wilson says no positive response yet to peace efforts but Britain will vigorously pursue every possibility toward a conference table.
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Washington
Harold Wilson
U.S
Rhodesia
Viet Nam
Johnson
Wilson
Britain
Saigon Curfew Imposed After Viet Cong Attacks
Viet Cong overran three Saigon outposts and attacked a mobile police checkpoint. U S command ordered a dusk to dawn curfew for all personnel. In the central highlands a firefight erupted 40 miles east of Saigon as U S paratroopers clashed with guerrillas. AP photographer Al Chang was wounded in the head but treated and returned to Saigon.
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
U.S
Central Highlands
Jungles
173Rd Airborne Brigade
Associated Press
al Chang
Thu
Man claims astronaut status from laundromat dryer
A 24 year old man sleeping drunk inside a laundromat clothes dryer told police he is an astronaut from his capsule. He was jailed for being drunk.
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San Antonio
Tex
Hanoi Peace Talks Clarification Sought by U S
The United States pressed North Vietnam to clarify conditions in Ho Chi Minh’s peace feeler for talks to end the Vietnam War. President Johnson urged negotiations while White House and State Department remained skeptical of Hanoi’s offer and warned against delay in seeking an honorable peace in Viet Nam. This followed a November offer relayed via Italy and Fanfani, with concerns that disclosure could invite Chinese pressure on Hanoi. Continued on Page 3, Col. 2.
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United States
Viet Nam
Ho Chi Minh
White House
Dean Rusk
U.S
Hanoi
State Department
Johnson
Taix
Italy
Amintore Fanfani
U.N. General Assembly
Dominican Reds Lose New Round
Dominican Reds suffer setback as leaders split within a major Communist controlled union amid failed efforts to mobilize broader violence. AP reports tactical errors threaten influence in the labor movement with ongoing political consequences.
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Dominican Reds
Santo Domingo
Dominican Republic
Kohler Tioup Ends Officially After 11 Year Strike
Kohler Co and the United Auto Workers said they settled an 11 year labor dispute. The deal includes 3 million in back pay to about 1,400 strikers and at least 1.5 million for restored pension rights. NLRB will decide individual payouts up to 10000 while 57 dismissed workers are reinstated.
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Kohler
Wis
Kohler Co
United Auto Workers
Arthur E. Bauer
U.S. Supreme Court
Bauer
Allan Graskamp
Kobler
National Labor Relations Board
Nlrbs
NLRB
E. H. Kohlhagen
Lisbon Bound Train Collision Kills 21 Persons
A Lisbon bound Sud Express train from Paris collided with a focal train near the Portuguese frontier in Spain, killing 21 and seriously injuring 14. Three dead were railway employees. The crash happened between Fuentes De Onora and Medina De Campo. Ambulances transported victims to Salamanca hospitals.
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Spain
Lisbon
Paris
Fuentes de Onora
Medina de Campo
Gemini 7 astronauts land safely after 14 days in space
Frank Borman and James Lovell returned to Earth aboard Gemini 7, splashing in the Atlantic after 14 days in weightlessness. The pair, 330 hours, 35 minutes in space and 5,129,400 miles flown, were lifted to the Wasp and transferred to the carrier for checks.
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James Lovell
Frank Borman
NBC
Carrier
Earth
NBC TV
Abe Tweleulic
Borman
Lovell
United States
Russia
Walter Schirra
Thomas Stafford
Wasp
Ben James
NASA
Pioneer 6 mission accelerates as all systems go
Pasadena California AP reports Pioneer 6 interplanetary satellite on a six month sun orbit with all systems go after final Earth sun adjustments 230000 miles from Earth. The 175 pound craft launched from Cape Kennedy Florida.
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Pasadena
Calif
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Cape Kennedy
Fia
Close Vote Indicated In France Sunday
Paris AP reports France faces a tight presidential runoff between incumbent Charles de Gaulle and challenger Francois Mitterrand. In the Dec 5 first round De Gaulle led with 45 percent, while Mitterrand had 32 percent amid multiple rivals, signaling continued disaffection and a likely close contest.
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Paris
France
Charles de Gaulle
Francois Mitterrand
Mitterrand
de Gaulle
Jean-Louis Tixier-Vignancour
Jean Lecannet
Ingenuity Behind Viet Nam Creche Fuzes Monks and Marines
In Can Tho Saigon dummies and spare parts became a lifelike nativity for the 4th Corps compound. Chaplains Frank Riley and Alvin Campbell led a frugal effort using duffel funds and local Vietnamese church workers to craft a bamboo stable and figures. The 70 mile convoy delivered the half figures amid Viet Cong fears, with Vietnamese girls painting the scene and soldiers adding improvised gifts.
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Can Tho
South Viet Nam
Mekong River
4Th Corps
Saigon
Frank C. Riley
Augusta
Riley
Alvin L. Campbell
Post Exchange
Father Campbell
St Joseph
Vo Hiep
Campbell
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