Teenagers Money Spenders Reach 15 Billion a Year
An Associated Press survey finds 24 million U.S. teenagers have about 15 billion dollars annually to spend, averaging 625 dollars per teen. Many rely on allowances and jobs, with girls earning through modeling and babysitting while boys work caddying, mowing, and sales.
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New York
Associated Press
Dan Weber
Mission High School
San Francisco
Coral Gables
Fla
Tom Thacker
Timothy Burns
St. Mary's High School
Waltham
Mass
Coula Campbell
Atlanta
Chicago
Australia Eyes Expanded Viet Nam Troop Role
After talks with Vice President Humphrey Prime Minister Holt said Australia may increase its 1500 combat troops in South Viet Nam. He indicated no final decision yet and noted ongoing consideration of additional support beyond the current force level.
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Canberra
Australia
Hubert H. Humphrey
Harold Holt
Viet Nam
Holt
Humphrey
Hubert Humphrey
United States
U.S
America
New Delhi
International Control Commission
Proud Marine Well Trained Hit by Sniper
Cpl. Thomas J. Bain 21, a Marine corporal who wrote to his parents that he was proud to fight for his country, was wounded in Vietnam 16 days after arrival. He was hit in the right thigh and sent to Yokosuka Naval Hospital in Japan. His parents live on 201 13th St.
Earl of Gosforth dies at 55 in Camberley Surrey
The Earl of Gosforth, a Conservative aviation spokesman in the House of Lords, died at his home in Camberley Surrey. He was 55.
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Earl OF Gosforth
London
House of Lords
Camberley
Surrey
Greatest Free Show on Earth Opens Carnival in New Orleans
New Orleans embraces Carnival with four parades today and 19 by Tuesday night. Lynda Bird Johnson and escort George Hamilton IV join revelers in the French Quarter guarded by Secret Service, while ships and bands arrive for the festival.
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New Orleans
Robert Goulet
Iris
Municipal Auditorium
French Quarter
Lynda Bird Johnson
Lyndon B. Johnson
George Hamilton IV
Secret Service
Miss Johnson
Lexington
Hagerstown
Bowling Green
Paris
Tex
Marine Corps
Wallace M. Greene
Forign Nations
Hermes
Hamilton
Fire drives county humane home children to Hotel Van Curler
Nineteen children from the Schenectady County Humane Society fled a Friday night blaze and found shelter at the Hotel Van Curler. Four more children were taken to private homes. Fire officials cited water and smoke damage to the brick building and suspected a linen closet as the origin. No injuries were reported.
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Schenectady
N.Y
van Curler
Ernest Nacco
Big Ben Fails To Strike On Friday Evenings
London AP reports Big Ben paused at 10 and 11 p.m. on Friday night not striking the hour, then resumed at midnight after engineers from the bell's maker fixed a loose shackle pin in the mechanism. A spokesman attributed the fault to a mechanical hitch and said normal operation returned.
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London
Ministry of Public Buildings and Works
Severe Weather Chills Midwest and Northeast
A pool of arctic air swept the north driving temperatures below zero in 13 states. Subzero conditions reached 44 below in Roseau and 43 in International Falls, with multiple heavy snow areas and several deaths linked to shoveling and accidents as the storm moved into the Northeast.
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Four U S Marines hit hard Viet Cong near Phuoc Valley
Four battalions of Marines swooped into Phuoc Valley 350 miles northeast of Saigon after intelligence on a hard core Viet Cong 1st Regiment. Two Marines wounded on landing. Viet Cong casualties reported with an artillery arsenal seized.
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South Viet Nam
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da Nang
Chu Lai
Tay Ninh
Plantes
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Navy
North Viet Nam
Hanoi
17Th Parallel
North
South
Viet Nam
Vinh
Kitty Hawk
Enterprise
Dong Hoi
Reapportionment Deadlock Spurs Round the Clock Talks
Albany leaders Assembly Speaker Anthony J. Travia and Senate Majority Leader Earl W. Brydges vowed to confer around the clock to break the deadlock over legislative redistricting. They seek a bipartisan plan before court intervention becomes likely, as the Court of Appeals weighs stepping in if no agreement is reached by Feb. 22.
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Albany
N.Y
Assembly
Anthony J. Travia
Senate
Earl W. Brydges
Court of Appeals
Charles S. Desmond
Stanley Fuld
High Court
Two Army Nurses Die in Viet Nam Helicopter Crash
Two Army nurses among seven killed when a helicopter crashed near Saigon. The women were 2nd Lt. Carol A. E. Drazba of Dunmore Pennsylvania and 2nd Lt. Elizabeth A. Jones of Allendale South Carolina, attached to the 51st Field Hospital. Cause under investigation with unconfirmed reports of a power line strike.
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Washington
Viet Nam
Saigon
Defense Department
Pentagon
Carol A. E. Drazba
Marcella Drazba
Dunmore
Elizabeth A. Jones
George L. Jones
Allendale
S. C
51St Field Hospital
Detroit Housewive's Soap Helps Turn Viet Village Against VC
A Detroit housewife supplied forty bars of soap that, with help from Capt. Sidney L. Linver and an American medic, aided winning trust of villagers near a VC stronghold. After free medical aid and soap distribution, villagers alerted security before a January assault, causing internal VC confusion and yielding 25 killed and 15 wounded among VC forces.
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Detroit
Alfred Schwartzenfeld
Sidney L. Linver
Mrs. Schwartzenfeld
Linger
Schwartzenfeld
Rusk Urges Congress Vote on Viet Nam Policy
Secretary of State Dean Rusk invites Congress to vote again on Viet Nam policy if doubts remain, promising a result similar to the 1964 authorization. Senator Morse pushes to force a formal Senate vote as critics press for change. In Miami Beach labor leaders greet Labor Secretary Wirtz with cold reception amid AFL-CIO tensions over Johnson administration handling.
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Viet Nam
Washington
Dean Rusk
Congress
Rusk
Johnson
Southeast Asia
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D-Ore
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Senate
Miami Beach
Fla
Secretary of Labor
W. Willard Wirtz
Florida
Wirtz
Afl-Cio
George Meany
Americana
Maritime Trades Department
Henry H. Thomas Celebrates 101st Birthday at Birthplace Farm
Henry H. Thomas a retired farmer observed his 101st birthday Friday at the farm home where he was born. He lives in Leroy New York and reached the milestone in his family homestead, marking a long life on the same property.
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Leroy, N.Y
Henry H. Thomas
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