Dynamite Bluff Bank Robbery Ends With Arrests On Line
In Picher Oklahoma a man and woman robbed the First State Bank by bluffing staff with dynamite as the bank closed. Thirty minutes later a pursuit led to arrests near the Missouri border after dynamite was thrown at officers. Vehicles contained $15,343 and two sticks were fused. Suspects Jim Collins and Barbara Sandoval, both from Springfield Missouri, are held without bond after a magistrate’s hearing in Miami. The loot’s exact amount was not confirmed.
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Picher, Okla
First State Bank of
Picher
Missouri Oklahoma State Line
Ottawa County
Bill Shulein
Jim Collins
Barbara Sandoval
Springfield
Miami
Shulein
W. A. Brewer
Brewer
Twelve Days Of Christmas Gifts Costs A Five-Figure Show
AP reports a humorous guide to assembling the carol prop for the Twelve Days of Christmas in Los Angeles. itemized costs cover a partridge tree at 300 dollars, partridges at 10 dollars, doves 25 per pair plus travel, French hens, blackbirds, geese, swans, maids milking, cows, drummers, pipers, dancers, and lords with varied prices, totaling a five-figure sum. alternatives include a necktie if time or funds run short.
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Los Angeles
Musicians Union
American Guild of Variety Artists
Floods Turn States Into Disaster Areas
The Pacific storm drenched California Oregon Idaho and Nevada for the third day endangering cities and forcing evacuations. Six deaths and three rescuers missing with 5 000 people displaced as rivers flood. Evacuations considered in Yuba City and towns across Northern California. Governors declared disaster areas and National Guards were deployed in several states.
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Associated Press
Pacific
California
Oregon
Idaho
Nevada
Coast
Eel River
Yuba City
Calif
San Francisco
Sutter County Board of Supervisors
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Orick
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Mark Hatfield
National Guard
Grant Sawyer
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Sierra
Santa navigates crowded space junk in 1960s era warning
Cape Kennedy AP reports Santa may dodge a dense field of man made debris as he prepares for a chimney flight. About 297 objects orbit from 100 miles to several million miles, including spent boosters and fragments. NASA and Soviet debris from Sputnik era litter the heavens. The United States has orbited 236 earth satellites and six astronauts. the Soviets, 76 earth satellites and nine orbits.
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Cape Kennedy
Fla
Santa Claus
Santa
U.S
United States
Soviet Union
Soviets
Earthquake Strikes California Town and Mexico Border Areas
A powerful quake rattled Southern California and nearby Mexico causing windows to shatter, alarms to sound, and beds to roll across San Diego and surrounding cities. Pasadena seismology expert Charles Richter logged a 6.7 magnitude, tracing the origin to Baja California Peninsula.
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San Diego
Calif
California
Mexico
Scripps Hospital
Tijuana
Avenida Revolucion
Los Angeles
Orange County
Pasadena
Charles Richter
California Institute of Technology Seismology Lab
San Francisco
Baja California Peninsula
Last Minute Shopping At Brown's Hardware
Local ad notes a rush on last minute shopping at Brown's Hardware in Ady. Offers limited time deals on home tools and seasonal supplies as shoppers seek quick gifts and essential goods.
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Brown’s Hardware
Ady
Yosemite Floods Close National Park Evacuations Ordered
Torrential rains flooded Yosemite National Park forcing evacuation of several hundred people from housing areas outside the gates. The Merced River surged with 4.35 inches of rainfall overnight while warming storms melted snow high in the mountains. No letup was seen as visitors remained stranded inside the park.
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Yosemite
Calif
Yosemi
Ite National Park
Merced
Weather County Forecast Partly Cloudy to Turning Colder
Partly cloudy tonight with a low around 35 to 40. Thursday mostly cloudy and turning colder with a high in the 50s.
Avery Wants Fees Hiked by Kansas Regents
Salina Kansas AP Gov elect William Avery pressures the Kansas Board of Regents to raise student fees to bolster college budgets. An emergency Topeka meeting is set Tuesday afternoon to consider the hike. Current nine month fees average 244 at universities and 180 at state colleges. Austin notes a Santa Claus motif amid tuition probe and cites a statutory prohibition against charging tuition at state colleges.
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Salina
Kan
Kansas Board of Regents
Eelect
William Avery
Whitley Austin
Topeka
Austin
Avery
Washington
Santa Claus
ItSo
Seventy OHS Students Feted by PTA
Seventy Ottawa High School students were honored by the PTA at a school assembly for top records and citizenship. Winners include seniors Brenner to Zerbe, juniors Babcock to Wightman, and sophomores Bennett to Wellington.
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PTA
OHS
Brenner
Brenda
Brockway
John
Buck
Roger
Campbell
Cheryl
Fleming
Susan
Garrett
Gail
Geiss
Ann
Hoppe
Hughes
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Kasper
Karen
Korte
Lennard
Roxanne
Mendell
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Northway
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Porter
Donna
Presley
Reedy
Walelace
Thurston
Waymire
Daelene
Welen
Glen Ford
Zerbe
Tony
Babcock
Marla
Backer
Arlyss
Bullock
Nancy
Butler
Elizabeth
Calder
Dudley
Christie
Anne
Cooper
Joyce
Cox
Doerr
Teresa
Gibson
Sally
Hamerickhouse
Linda
Good
Margaret
Paulette
Latimer
Robert
Lewis
Licenses Needed for Final Quail Season Days
Bruce Spears county clerk reminds hunters that 1965 quail stamps and hunting licenses are required for the last three days of the season Jan 1.3. Licenses cost 3 dollars for hunting or fishing and 6 dollars for a combination. Upland bird stamps cost 1 dollar. Sold at the county clerk's office and Brown's Hardware 1540 S Main. other dealers will receive them by mail.
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Brown’s Hardware
S. Main
Bruce Spears
Battle of Sweden Ends With Pastry Victory In Feast
In Stockholm AP report, two 200-pound eaters vie for Sweden’s eating crown. Defending champ Stene Ake Cederhoek weighs 238 pounds, challenger Ake Eriks son 2291 pounds. The contest spans six fish varieties, meats, breads, pastries and drinks, ending with Cederhoek edging Eriksson by a quarter ounce, 8 lb 15 oz to 8 lb 14 34 oz.
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Stockholm
Sweden
Stene Ake Cederhoek
Ake Eriksson
Eriksson
Anotheer
Cederhoek
Cederoek
Spy Freed On Huge Bail in Newark
Igor Ivanov, sentenced to 20 years for conspiring to pass U S Air Force secrets to the Soviet Union, was freed on 100000 bail pending appeal. The Russian chauffeur, held in Hudson County Jail, had bail revoked but it was reinstated after a letter from Soviet Ambassador Dobrynin guaranteed his appearance. Fellow conspirator John W Butenko, an Orange electronics engineer, was sentenced to 30 years and remains in custody without bail.
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Newark, NJ
Igor Ivanov
Hudson County
Jersey City
Third Circuit Court of Appeals
Philadelphia
Ivanov
Anatoly F. Dobrynin
Butenko
Englewood
Rusk Backed Tough Viet Nam Policy Amid Saigon Purge
Secretary of State Dean Rusk urged Saigon factions to set aside personal and lesser issues for unity in the war against the Viet Cong. The brief statement backed Ambassador Taylor and warned that U S support hinges on a civilian government free of external interference, amid Khanh's criticism of U S policy and the generals’ purge of the civilian regime.
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Washington
Dean Rusk
Saigon
Rusk
U.S
Johnson
State Department
Maxwell D. Taylor
Nguyen Khanh
Robert J. Moe Closkey
Khanh
Saturday workday plan during holiday period mentioned
The Herald notes that Saturday December 26 will be treated as a working day by some, with banks and courthouse offices closing while city hall offices stay open until noon. The Chamber of Commerce retail committee suggested businesses remain open, though several lumber yards and car garages will close Saturday.
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Herald
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City Hall
Chamber of Commerce
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