Morning Blaze Guts Old Home Fire at Locust Street destroys upstairs
Firefighters battled a two story frame house at 5278 Locust, where the attic burned out in freezing conditions. DPS director Oren Skiles cited icy ceilings and walls creating a vacuum that spread the blaze. one firefighter was treated for smoke inhalation. Owner and tenants escaped unharmed. investigation points to a fireplace log roll as the probable cause. The home is a total loss with repeated fires in recent years.
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David Olson
Department of Public Safety
Oren Skiles
DPS
Skiles
Larry Tate
Roger Schmanke
Tate
Schmanke
Ransom Memorial Hospital
James Raby
Kissinger Rejects Rerun On Rhodesia
Secretary of State Henry Kissinger rejected a new meeting with Rhodesian Prime Minister Ian Smith to discuss the Kissinger plan for Rhodesia’s transition. He said no further talks with Smith are needed and noted he did not deal with black Rhodesian leadership during his Africa mission.
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London
Henry A. Kissinger
Ian Smith
Kissinger
Smith
Rhodesia
Kissinger- Smith
Africa
Scandal strains Seoul Washington ties over influence buying
U S South Korea relations deteriorate amid reports of Korean influence buying on Capitol Hill. Diplomats warn the fallout will worsen as investigations into Tongsun Park’s payments proceed, while Seoul denies involvement and contemplates retaliation over alleged US bugging of President Park’s residence.
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Seoul
South Korea
United States
Capitol Hill
Washington
U.S
U.S. Justice Department
Tongsun Park
Park
Park Chung-hee
South Korean
Central Intelligence Agency
KCIA
Kim Sang-keun
Kim
Kim Seong-jin
Impractical Christmas Gifts Galore
The Associated Press surveys impractical gifts across price ranges from under ten dollars to over five hundred. Shoppers can feel lavish without real luxury, with items that range from novelty novelties to extravagant displays of excess. The piece notes there are options for those who want to emulate big spenders without huge costs.
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Associated Press
F.A.C. Schwartz
Neiman-Marcus
His and Hers
Area Weather and Local Ads Offer Odd Items
Area forecast calls for sunny and warmer weather with highs in the mid to upper, then clear to partly cloudy by weekend. Saturday night lows around 40s, Sunday highs in the upper 40s to low 50s. Also advertised are quirky local products: a designer-looking dirt bag for 9 dollars, silk stockings imported from England at 25 dollars, a steam-powered toy car for 75 dollars, and a rare perfume by Jean Patou at 175 dollars per ounce, registered for exclusivity.
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United States
England
Jean Patou
Friday Fire Victim Serious in Ottawa Area Blaze
A 24 year old woman burned in a cabin fire near Ottawa was transferred to KU Medical Center in serious condition with facial hand and chest burns possibly including the windpipe. The fire destroyed a cabin a Quonset hut mobile home and a shed as Unity REACT and Pomona volunteers battled the blaze.
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Ottawa
University of Kansas Medical Center
Diana Fiegl
KU Med. Center
Ransom Memorial Hospital
Kiefer
Marais Des Cygnes
Fiege
Unity
REACT
Pomona Volunteer Fire Department
Pomona
Nobel Americans Sweep Prizes At Stockholm Ceremony
America's seven Nobel laureates dominated the awards in Stockholm with only the peake prize not awarded. The event featured protests outside the hall against Milton Friedman winning the economics prize and a disruptive outburst inside. Nobel Foundation chairman Sune Bergström praised the American lead while recipients like Baruch Blumberg and Saul Bellow commented on research funding and the prize’s honor.
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Stockholm
Sweden
America
Nobel Foundation
Chile
Carl XVI Gustaf
Friedman
Sune Bergstrom
Bergstrom
Baruch Blumberg
Ature
Saul Bellow
Burton Richter
Stanford University
Samuel C.C. Ting
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
William N. Lipscomb
Harvard
D. Carlton Gajdusek
National Institute For Neurological Diseases
Blumberg
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Milton Friedman
University of Chicago
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