Six Killed As Bomb Blasts Vegas Motel
A downtown Las Vegas Orbit Inn motel blast killed at least six people and wounded up to 20 others. Officials said the explosion was caused by a bomb with no gas involvement and noted a ninth year of victims yet to be identified. FBI aid requested for ID work as bodies were laid out in bags.
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Las Vegas
Nev
Dist
George E. Franklin
Clark County
Harvey Schnitzer
Schnitzer
Newse
General Motors recalls 269000 cars for steering shaft defect
General Motors recalls 269,200 cars over faulty installation of collapsible steering columns. Reports say shafts could break under slow maneuvers during parking or turning. Affected models include Pontiac Tempest Chevelle El Camino Oldsmobile F85 and Buick Special. repairs will replace shafts before sale and in current customers’ cars.
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Detroit
General Motors Corp
Jack Ruby Buried Friday in Chicago
Jack Ruby was buried Friday in a snow swept cemetery in Chicago amid family and friends. The 55 year old Ruby died Tuesday from a blood clot and cancer in Dallas. Rabbi David Graubart led the Conservative Jewish ceremony calling him the avenger of a martyred president.
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Chicago
Jack Ruby
Ruby
Dallas
Tex
David Graubart
John F. Kennedy
Lee Harvey Oswald
Oswald
Warren Commission
OU Professor Joins Clergy Ordination for Dr Charles C Anderson
Dr Charles C Anderson Ottawa University religion professor will be ordained Sunday at 7 30 p m in First Baptist Ottawa Kansas His baptism was July 20 1952 at Oxboro Evangelical Free Church Minneapolis His family moved to Ottawa in 1961 His schooling includes Bethel College Bethel Theological Seminary and the University of Chicago Other speakers include Rev James W McCrossen Rev Leonard L Meyers and Dr Richard K Curtis.
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Charles C. Anderson
Ottawa University
First Baptist Church
Ottawa
Anderson
Oxboro Evangelical Free Church
Minneapolis
Minn
Bloomington Senior High School
Mineeapolis
Bethel College
St. Paul
Lawbreakers, Be Prepared for New Wet Teargas Guns
St Petersburg police begin issuing chemical mace peppered guns that shoot a liquid tear‑gas to stun suspects up to 20 feet away. The device leaves victims in tears and pain for up to two hours, with officers calling it a self defense tool against armed aggressors and intoxicated individuals.
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ST. Petersburg
Fla
John Sheffield
Pennsylvania
Iowa
Kenetucky
Florida
New York
Missouri
Minnesota
Sheffield
Londerholm Submits Memorandum on Absentee Ballot Issues
Atty Gen Robert C Londerholm sent to Gov William H Avery a memorandum on discrepancies in absentee ballots in Sedgwick County during the 1966 general election. It notes pre filing issuance of ballots, only five of 34 counted, notarization irregularities, and concerns about misconstruction rather than fraud, with the election contest tribunal finding no fraudulent intent.
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PERA
Robert C. Londerholm
William H. Avery
Sedgwick
Londerholm
Gladys Cox
Sonderholm
Comes Missioner
Londerhollm
Wilson Makes Cabinet Change
London AP reports Prime Minister Harold Wilson announced government changes to strengthen the Foreign Office and unify the armed forces. The defense ministry will replace service ministers with two defense ministers handling administration and equipment, while overall defense remains under Defense Secretary Denis Healsey.
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London
Britain
Foreign Office
Harold Wilson
Defense Department
Army
Navy
Royal Air Force
Defense
Denis Healsey
Compromise Whispered In Powell House Case
Washington AP reports talk of a compromise over seating Rep. Adam Clayton Powell in the 90th Congress as he heads back to Washington. Key figures include Speaker McCormack and Rep. Van Deerlin with a plan for conditional seating pending Powell clearing a court judgment, while the Education and Labor chair remains in dispute.
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Washington
Adam Clayeton Powell
Harlem Democrat
Powell
Bahamas
House Democrats
Congress
Education and Labor Committee
John W. McCormack
Lionel van Deerlin
D-Calif
Sam M. Gibbons
D-Fla
van Deerlin
Sen Tence
New York
US Doubts Reds Willing To Negotiate For Peace
US officials doubt North Vietnam is willing to negotiate an end to the war despite peace probing. They credit Hanoi’s four point program as a settlement basis, while de‑escalation by the North remains unassured. The United States seeks North Vietnamese de‑escalation and removal of forces and supplies from the south.
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Washington
U.S
North Vietnam
United States
Pham van Dong
New York Times
Hanoi
the Times
Weather highs and lows for today and past records
The forecast lists a Friday high of 56 and a low of 15 today, with a year ago high of 30 and low of 30. Record high for this date is 73 set in 1907, record low 17 in 1912. Hourly temps progress through today ending at 8 a.m.
Bridge Collapses Friday Near Hope Cemetery
The old bridge beyond Hope Cemetery west on 2nd Street collapsed Friday seconds after a dump truck crossed it. The driver escaped by accelerating sharply. Coffman and Son Demolition Co. worker hauled debris from the Montgomery Ward Nelson Hotel site. County and city engineers note the bridge was 65 to 10 years old and had long required pilings for backwater issues. A metal pipe arch replacement is considered after drainage study. A shoefly detour was being installed.
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Lois Smith
Hope Cemetery
2Nd Street
Coffman and Son Demolition Co
Montgomery Ward-Nelson
Steve James
Robert Lister
Nugent Creek
Lister
Marais Des Cygne
Circus Director Rushat Vanishes on West Germany Tour
Eduard Rushat, director of the Moscow State Circus, is missing from his troupe during a West Germany tour. A Nuernberg police spokesman said Rushat was last seen by troupe members on Thursday.
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Nuernberg
Rushat
Congress Given CIA Briefing On Vietnam War Debates
The new Congress opens with a Senate CIA panel briefing by Richard Helms on bombing impact in North Vietnam. Sen. Symington says bombing not an outstanding success and troop flow is higher than warned. Leaders Mansfield and Dirksen offer mixed views on peace talks as war dominates the 90th Congress.
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Washington
Congress
Senate
Central Intelligence Agency
Richard Helms
Richard B. Russell
CIA
U.S
North Vietnam
Stuart Symington
Mike Mansfield
Everett M. Dirksen
Moscow Flower Trade Tests State Controls during Holiday Season
Private merchants and state stores clashed in Moscow as farmers from private plots shipped flowers to city corners and subways, drawing huge crowds. State shops lost sales, prompting Trud to urge embracing private-plot produce and opening stores to private-farm flowers to boost supplies and profits for the state.
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Moscow
Trud
Mikhail A. Shishayev
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