Tragedy Strikes Two Wisconsin Families In Separate Fires
Seven Seckora children aged one to eleven perished in a rural Bloomer fire while two teenage brothers escaped from a second floor room and helped the other siblings. In Bayside, two of Dr Keith Eppersons children were missing as a fire consumed the home. Eva Epperson and another child were hospitalized with burns, while Peter and Vaughan survived or were treated.
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Earl Seckora
Chippewa County
Milwaukee County
Milwaukee
Larry
Thomas
Deborah
Gale
Douglas
Gregory
Mary Kay
Karen
Melvin
Ray Klukas
Bloomer
Klukas
Seckora
Keith Epperson
Bayside
Epperson
Eva
St. Mary’s Hospital
Grace
Paul
Vaughan
Peter
John Raduka
Francis Sievers
Glendale
St. Mary’s Burn Center
Israelis Anger Over Global Concern For Lebanon
In Jerusalem AP reports Israeli anger over world concern for Lebanon and its air power. Foreign Minister Abba Eban criticized the UN Security Council while Sephardic chief rabbi attacked Pope Paul VI. Border artillery renewed with Lebanon as Big Four discuss a Soviet peace plan.
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Zerah Warhaftig
Tel Aviv
Eban
Security Council
Lebanon
Israel
Soviet pressure to halt Phantom jet sale to Israel
London report says the Soviet Union urged the United States to stop the supply of 50 Phantom supersonic war planes to Israel as part of a Moscow led Mideast peace offensive. The U S had secured the deal with Israel a week earlier with delivery set to begin later this year.
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London
UPI
Soviet Union
United States
Israel
Kremlin
Washington
Paris
Council Approves 1969 Bond Issue and Emergency Powers
City council approves a $1 million bond issue for 1969 and passes an emergency powers ordinance. Meanwhile coverage notes international tension as Moscow seeks a phased peace plan, pressing Western powers to back a settlement while advising Egypt on terms for end of war and recognition of frontiers.
Viet Cong prisoner five years escapes to freedom
Maj James Rowe a Green Beret from McAllen Texas endured five years in a Mekong Delta jungle camp. A defecting VC officer described Rowe as stubborn and sneaky, uncooperative, beaten after failed escapes, and kept in harsh conditions with minimal food and medicine. U.S. troops neared the camp during an attack but the guards fled, leaving prisoners to endure rice and brine fish daily.
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Saigon
UPI
Viet Cong
Green Beret
James Rowe
Rowe
Phung van Thuong
Thuong
McAllen
Tex
Mekong Delta
Beret
U.S
Kennedy Beats Long for Whip Spot in Senate
In a secret ballot at a Democrats conference Kennedy defeated Louisiana's Russell B. Long to become assistant Democratic leader in the Senate. The Massachusetts senator won 31 to 26, elevating a potential path to the White House and boosting liberal influence in the chamber. Long had held the post since 1965 as party whip and chaired the powerful Finance Committee.
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Washington
Edward M. Kennedy
Massachusetts
Louisiana
Russell B. Long
Senate
Kennedy
White House
Long
Senate Finance Committee
Hubert H. Humphrey
Weather Update: Colder Day With Tonight's Lows
Cloudy and colder today then clearing tonight. Lows to night 5 to 15 below zero. Details on page 16.
Table Row Keeps Vietnam Peace Talks In Stalemate
Paris AP In a briefing, the National Liberation Front said it would be difficult to accept U S proposals to settle the procedural standoff in Vietnam peace talks, while not fully rejecting them. NLF deputy chief Tran Hoai Nam called Vance’s table options “tortuous” and said the Paris talks must be a four party process with the NLF at equal status. Vance and Lau discussed round tables and other formats, with Saigon and Hanoi signaling openness to some ideas but resistance to a two sided framing. The dispute over table shapes and ordering of speaking has delayed expanded talks for two months.
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Paris
National Liberation Front
Vietnam
NLF
Tran Hoai Nam
U.S
Cyrus R. Vance
Ha van Lam
Vance
Lau
North Vietnam
Nam
United States
South Vietnam
Hanoi
Pham Dang Lam
Viet Cong
Saigon
Lot
U.S. Saigon
Relieve Navy of Responsibility For Thailand Fuel Deliveries
Washington AP reports Defense officials shifted fuel inspection duties in Southeast Asia from the Navy to the Army amid revelations of large thefts of fuel and lubricant destined for U S military units in Thailand. GAO found 52 percent of gasoline and lubricants and 40 percent of diesel sent to a base were diverted. The change aims to show the Navy is no longer the prime user, though officials claim it is routine and not tied to the thefts. Senator Proxmire pushes for further investigations and criminal probes, seeking public copies of Air Force Special Investigation reports and protection for informants.
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Washington
Navy
U.S
Southeast Asia
Thailand
General Accounting Office
William Proxmire
D-Wis
Defense Department
Army
Pentagon
John McGee
Praxtrire
Navy Fuel Supply Office
McGee
Bangkok
Sen. Proxmire
GAO
Proxmire
Wisconsin
Joint
House Senate Economic Committee
Justice Department
Air Force
Office of Special Investigation
Knowles orders cutbacks to offset welfare deficit
Governor Knowles announced emergency actions to close a 239 million welfare deficit. He cited higher than expected costs in medical assistance, aid to families, and county hospital aid, and ordered agencies to freeze pay, halt vacancies, and restrict out of state travel while seeking revenue measures to fund the bi ennium.
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Knowles
Madison
Upi
Warren P Knowles
Wilbur Jo Schmidt
Secteias
Nealth Ana Social Services
Schmidt
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Phantom
Middle East
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Suez Canal
Gulf of
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Winnebagoland
Ottawa
Canada
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