Four Americans Freed By Bolivian Miners
Four U S citizens held hostage for 10 days in Catavi Bolivia were freed and moved to Oruro after a 4000 miners meeting approved a government pact with dissident VP Lechin. The Americans and 15 others were unharmed but nervous, and praised by U S Ambassador Douglas Henderson as a flight to La Paz was arranged amid rain and delays.
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LA Paz
Bolivia
U. S
Oruro
Juan Lechin
Mine Workers’ Federation
Peace Corps
Catavi
Douglas Henderson
Irineo Pimental
Federico Escobar
Pimental
Escobar
Tammy drives better than many on road
On I 4 near Tampa a car led by a chimpanzee named Tammy was observed speeding between 60 and 70 mph. Carnival showman Robert E. Stover, 41, steered brakes and acceleration while Tammy handled the wheel. Maxwell stopped them and charged Stover with reckless driving and no license.
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Tammy
Tampa
Fla
Robert E. Stover
Interstate Highway 4
John McLeod
Lakeland
Highway Patrol
Stover
Maxwell
House Backs Foreign Aid Slash and Criticism
Washington reports the House trimmed foreign aid to 2.8 billion and blocked private wheat financing for the Communist bloc. President Johnson condemned the move as dangerous, warning that reduced funding signals weakness, while the authorization bill ties the program to security aims and strength against communism.
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Washington
Johnson
Capitol Hill
Congress
Senate
House
John F. Kennedy
Testifies Baker Received Share Of Stock Profit
Senate hearings into Baker outside dealings opened with Mrs. Gertrude Novak testifying that she and her husband provided $12,000 for stock in Mortgage Guaranty Insurance Co. Milwaukee. The stock, later sold for 66,889.86, yielded a profit of 54,889.86, shared with Baker who received 27,444.93 in three checks.
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Washington
Senate
Robert G. Baker
Gertrude C
Trudy) Novak
Senate Rules Committee
Baker
Alfred S. Novak
Mortgage Guaranty Insurance Co
Milwaukee
Novak
Johnson to Deliver State of the Union Address Jan 8
President Johnson will address Congress in person on January 8, 1965, with Congress expected to adjourn around January 7. Democratic leaders said talks with Republicans are to finalize adjournment dates and noted progress on foreign aid and tax reduction bills.
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Washington
Johnson
Congress
Capitol
White House
John W. McCormack
Massachusetts
Burton Taylor Wedding Nears After Mexican Divorces
Richard Burton and Elizabeth Taylor inch toward marriage as Sybil Burton wins a Mexican divorce and custody of their two daughters. Eddie Fisher prepares divorce proceedings, with a proxy divorce likely in Mexico. A settlement is expected soon, followed by nuptials likely in Puerto Vallarta where the couple own a large four story house.
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Richard Burton
Elizabeth Taylor
Burton
Marc Antony
Liz
Cleopatra
Sybil Burton
Eddie Fisher
Eddie
Elizabeth
New York
Mexico
Fisher
Bravo
Burton-Taylor
Puerto Vallarta
Ex-Convict Captured After Kidnap Case Near Glens Falls
Ex-convict Albert A. Almy, 31, of Saratoga Springs, was arrested by Albany police after abducting Mrs. Frank Shortell near Glens Falls. She escaped in Saratoga Springs. Almy, paroled from Attica last April, faced Queensbury arraignment. Police detail the crime, injuries, and prior convictions.
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Albert A. Almy
Saratoga Springs
Albany
Greyhound
Frank Shortell
Almy
Queensbury
Justice of the Peace
Andrew Butz
Edmund Smith
Cleveland
Smith
Shortell
Schuylerville
Attica State Prison
Malone
Danbury, Conn
Rochester
Saratoga Hospital
Nine Dead in Utah Coal Mine Blast
Nine miners were killed and one injured in an explosion at a Utah coal mine near Helper. The blast occurred at the face of a shaft, with officials citing coal dust or methane gas as possible causes. One survivor, Jesus Nunez, was hurled 200 feet and sustained injuries.
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Helper
Utah
James Diamanti
State Industrial Commission
Moab
Jesus Nunez
Diamanti
Onondaga Supervisors Double Their Own Pay
Onondaga County Supervisors voted a 100 percent pay increase from 2000 to 4000 dollars annually, with the chair to 10000 dollars and leaders to 5000 dollars. The 21 to 13 decision crossed party lines as four members were absent. The measure now awaits county executive approval.
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Syracuse
Onondaga County
Plattsburgh man dies from crash injuries in Vermont
Michael Mitchell of Plattsburgh NY died in a Burlington hospital from injuries suffered in a November 30 automobile crash in Plattsburgh. He was 56.
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Burlington
Michael Mitchell
Plattsburgh
New York Congressmen Fight Base Closures in Upstate NY
Two New York Democrats press the House Armed Services Committee to block Defense Department plans to close Schenectady Army Depot and Rome Air Material Area. They accuse a double standard and seek committee justification while awaiting a White House reply.
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Washington
New York
House Armed Services Committee
Defense Department
Upstate
White House
Leo W. O'Brien
Samuel S. Stratton
Armed Services Committee
Schenectady
Rome
Dallas Cop’s Family Fund Reaches $277,951
The fund for the family of slain police officer J D Tippit reached 277951 today. Donations arrive by mail though at a slower pace. Tippit was killed on November 22, allegedly by Lee Harvey Oswald, the accused assassin of President Kennedy.
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Dallas
J.D. Tippit
Tippet
Lee Harvey Oswald
Kennedy
Johnson Urges UN Peace Plan and NATO Strength
President Johnson called for a worldwide end to the cold war and pledged to join efforts against hunger disease and ignorance. He urged disarmament progress and strong NATO conventional forces while crediting the UN for successes and warning of ongoing global conflicts and colonial issues.
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United Nations
N. Y.P
Johnson
Nikolai T. Federenko
U. N. General Assembly
United States
Soviet Union
John F. Kennedy
U.S
Kennedy
Nhot
U.N
Air Force Pays Tribute at Kitty Hawk for Wright Brothers
In Kitty Hawk North Carolina the Air Force Thunderbirds led a two day observance marking Dec 17 1903 when Orville and Wilbur Wright first flew a powered craft. The final tribute featured jets roaring over a sandy strip where the Wrights lifted their craft ten feet.
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AIR Force
Wrights
Kitty Hawk
N. C
Wright Brothers
Thunderbird
Orville
Wilbur Wright
Attorney moves to Brunswick goat birth shocks neighbors
Troy attorney William J. Doyle relocated to a rural Brunswick area and was greeted by a goat neighbor gift. The goat unexpectedly gave birth last Friday to triplets, all female kids.
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Troy
William J. Doyle
Brunswick
Johnson Leads GOP Contenders in Newsweek Poll
Newsweek poll shows 64 to 36 favoring President Johnson over the five leading Republican contenders for 1964. Louis Harris & Associates conducted the survey, which also records a seven point rise in Johnson's popularity in the last two weeks.
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New York
Johnson
Newsweek Magazine
Louis Harris & Associates
State income tax forms sent to five million taxpayers
The State Tax Department began mailing five million packets with personal income tax forms and instructions to individual taxpayers. Tax Commissioner Joseph H. Murphy said the mailing started Monday and should finish early next month. An additional one million forms for business, nonresident, and other taxes will go out in the coming weeks.
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Albany
State Tax Department
Joseph H. Murphy
Agreement Opens Red Wall to West Berliners at Xmas
West Berlin and East German authorities sign an agreement to allow West Berliners to visit relatives in East Berlin over Christmas. About 400000 eligible crossers expected as permits start Wednesday at 12 points in West Berlin. The pact ends more than two years of border closure and was signed by Horse Korber and Erich Wendt. Willy Brandt declined to sign citing implications for West Berlin.
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Red Wall
Berlin
West Berlin
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