Oshkosh Youth Killed in Crash
A 28 year old Oshkosh youth died in a two car collision on Oakwood Road near Highway 21 when his father's Buick pulled into the path of a westbound car driven by William A. Zinecker. The victim was ejected about 50 feet and died of a skull fracture. Zinecker suffered serious injuries and was hospitalized. Police noted possible secondary impact from another car as he lay on the roadway.
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Oakwood Road
Highway 21
William A. Zinecker
Bambi Lane
Jero Auto
Winnebago County
Jero
Art C. Miller
Zinecker
Mercy Hospital
Moore Ambulance
Gary
Shorehaven Lane
Oshkosh
Two Indonesian Airliners Down Over Weekend
AP report from Jakarta says one Garuda DC3 crashed in South Sumatra jungle with 34 aboard and a second DC3 is missing after departing Jakarta Saturday for South and Central Sumatra. Wreckage found 63 miles south of Palembang. five helicopters and rescue teams reached the area but survivors unconfirmed. A broad search continued for the other plane.
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Jakarts
Indonesia
Sumatra
Garuda
Jakarta
Palebang
Invasion in Mekong Delta Opens with Paratroopers
U S paratroopers slogged through mud in their first big Mekong Delta invasion for New Year operations. A large Viet Cong force slipped deeper into the Red mameracy, while paratroopers, supported by artillery, air strikes and tanks, clashed with guerrillas who withdrew toward the Plain of Reeds near the Cambodian frontier.
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
U.S
Mekong
Lake Poygan Drowning Claims Couple Blanchards
An elderly skater and his wife drowned New Year’s Day on Lake Poygan when they fell through ice into open water. Volney V. Blanchard, 62, and Lilly Blanchard, 58, were recovered less than 30 minutes later, 500 yards from shore near Waushara County. The Blanchards had recently moved from Milwaukee after his retirement. Father and son also fell through ice. Donald Marx and seven-year-old Roger were rescued with help from locals. The Blanchards’ rites will be in Marshfield after his birth in 1903 in LaValle and long-time residence in Marshfield/Pittsville area.
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Tustin
Wis
Lake Poygan
Volney V. Blanchard
Lilly
Fremont
Oshkosh
Waushara County
Blanchard
Milwaukee
Jack Boysor
Donald R. Marx
Buife Des Morts
Roger
Marx
al Schluecher
Russell Lehman
Ripon
Schluecher
Marshfield
LaValle
Marshfield High School
Pittsville
Lillian Beckman
Survival FolkeStone Birthday Prank Stuns Rest Home Resident
Edward Jamieson marked his 01st birthday at a FolkeStone rest home by ducking his head into a bucket of water. He joked that the stunt was his recipe for a long life and a future song.
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Folkestone
England
Edward Jamieson
Red Paper Sees U S Peace Talks As Trickery
Hanoi branded current U S peace moves as trickery and demanded Washington acknowledge four conditions for end of war. US efforts to start talks continued with Harriman in Pakistan and Williams in Africa as Hanoi reiterated it would fight to final victory. The piece notes a bombing moratorium and Hanoi’s hard line despite Washington’s diplomacy.
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Washington
Johnson
Hanoi
Communist Party
Nhan Dan
U.S
United States
W. Averell Harriman
Pakistan
Mohammed Ayub Khan
G. Mennen Williams
North Viet Nam
Transit strike eases as New York traffic flows normal
New York faced a two day old transit strike with waves of cars filling Manhattan streets then easing toward normal flow. Mayor Lindsay urged no extra drivers as he inspected the choke points from a police helicopter. Traffic Commissioner Barnes said conditions were loosening up though jams would continue, with drivers arriving earlier than usual. Negotiations remained unsettled as Transport Workers Union chief Michael J. Quill prepared to answer a show cause order in State Supreme Court.
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New York
Manhattan
John V. Lindsay
Lindsay
Henry A. Barnes
Barnes
Michael J. Quill
Transport Workers Union
Aflcio
State Supreme Court
Health Good Johnson Set For Job Ahead
President Johnson returned to the White House in apparent good health after his gall bladder and kidney stone operation. Doctors say he is in excellent health and has shed weight, with the president in fine spirits at the Texas ranch where reporters noted his easy pace and informal exchanges. He had forecast resuming normal duties by early 1966.
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Washington
Johnson
White House
George G. Barkley
Johmson
Burkley
LBJ
Texas
Wisconsin Traffic Toll Reaches Fourteen in Holiday Toll
Wisconsin opened 1966 with a toll of 14 traffic deaths during the New Year weekend. Of the 14, seven victims died in crashes linked to trains, trees, a bridge railing, a signal post, a parked truck or other objects. only three crashes involved multiple cars. The seven new-year deaths already outpaced 1965’s pace, and total state fatalities rose to 1,027 as figures continued to rise pages later.
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Associated Press
Wisconsin
Fight It Out in New Mexico Small Claims Case
UPS tired of hearing the defendant and plaintiff argue Justice of the Peace Boy B. Maddux ordered them to put on bounce gloves and have it out. Judgment Sunday in the 27 small claims suit went to the plaintiff on the third knockdown.
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N. M. ‘Ups
Justice of the Peace
B. Maddux
Storm Hobbles Traffic in State
A winter storm sweeping Wisconsin delays traffic headed to the NFL championship in Green Bay, dumping up to eight inches of snow in places like Wausau and Superior, with single to subzero temperatures across the state. No storm deaths reported as roads grow slick and temperatures plunge through Tuesday.
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Associated Press
Wisconsin
Green Bay
Weather Bureau
Wausau
Superior
New York
New England
Eau Claire
le Crosse
Milwaukee
Beloit
Cleveland
Appleton
Butte Des Morts
Oshkosh
U.S. 41
Prairie du Chien
la Crosse
Park Falls
Madison
Sputniks to Orbit Earth for Over a Thousand Years
Pravda reports five Cosmos series satellites will remain aloft for more than 1,000 years. Center for processing radio data tracks over 20 Sputniks. Cosmos 89 to 84 in the Cosmos series will stay up beyond a millennium, Cosmos 100 about 10 years, first and third Electron satellites at least 200 years.
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Moscow
Pravda
Soviet Communist Party
Center For
Newlywed Burrows and Taplin Plan NZ Emigration
In BreamsHurt England Sam Burrows aged 74 and Gertrude Taplin aged 71 wed during the weekend and now plan to emigrate to New Zealand. The couple cites opportunity and a new life abroad as their reason for moving.
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Breamshurt
England
UPD
Sam Burrows
Gertrude Taplin
New Zealand
Burrows
Fatalities Set Record in U S New Year Holiday Traffic Toll
An Associated Press survey shows 562 people died on U S highways during the three day New Year weekend, a record for the period. The toll could reach 600, with the National Safety Council noting the final count depends on pace.
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Associated Press
National Safety Council
Safety Council
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Ho Chi Minh
Asahi Shimbun
Havana
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