De Gaulle and Wilson Agree to Meet in Paris
Britain’s Prime Minister Harold Wilson and President Charles de Gaulle agreed to a Paris meeting after a 50 minute discussion at the French Embassy. The leaders planned a late February or early March rendezvous, aiming to ease tensions over Europe’s structure, U. S. influence, and Atlantic defense issues.
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London
Harold Wilson
Charles de Gaulle
Winston Churchill
Paris
Wilson
de Gaulle
Churchill
Europe
U.S
France
Dean Rusk
United Nations
Weather County Forecast Clears to Partly Cloudy Weekend
Forecast calls for clear to partly cloudy skies through Sunday with diminishing north winds and a rebound in temperatures. Tonight's low near zero to 5 above, Sunday highs in the upper 20s. Friday high 26, today's low 1, last year’s high 43, low 23, record highs 67 in 1931 and record low -13 in 1949. 24 hour precipitation totals 0.06 inch ending 1 am. Hourly temps through 8 am today listed.
Fiddler Smitty Rejoices in Life Despite Stroke and Time
Ninety four year old Smitty E Smith of Franklin County, a longtime fiddler who stopped playing after a 14 year old stroke, returns to the violin with hope and memory. He recalls early moves to Kansas in 1884, farm life with his father, marriages, and a career at Standard Oil, a furniture store, and hotel clerking. He has three children and many grandchildren, thrives on music, and believes life still has much to offer despite health setbacks.
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Manuel EF. Smith
Rosie
Mane Uel E. Smith
Red Wing
Smitty
Franklin County
Ottawa
Anna May Brinkerhoff
Russel
Vernon
Tex
Robert
Golly
Paola
Garnett
Lawrence
Topeka
Bob
Kansas University Medical Center
la Jolla
Calif
Europe
California
Stork Brings Baby During Des Moines Hospital Evacuation
Mrs Willis Condon Jr 33 gave birth to her third child as 82 patients were evacuated from Des Moines General Hospital in zero weather. Doctors nurses and attendants carried patients down steps and fire escapes to temporary refuges amid a sudden flood and extreme cold. Her baby boy was born at Wilden Hospital after a prior flood and heat wave episode.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Willis Condon Jr
Des Moines General Hospital
Viet Cong Declares Seven Day Lunar New Year Truce
The Viet Cong will begin Sunday a seven day cease fire in Vietnam to celebrate the lunar new year. Hanoi radio says hostilities will resume if the Saigon government breaks the truce. The National Liberation Front, political arm of the Viet Cong, issued the order.
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Tokyo
Viet Cong
Viet Nam
Hanoi
Saigon
South Viet Nam National Liberation Front
Woman Shot Rings Stolen in South St Louis Robbery
Miss Natalie Wilkinson, 58, vice president of Mound Tool Co, was shot on a snowy South St Louis street while walking to her car after the plant closed. Two masked men took her $12,000 diamond ring and a 22 carat ring from Charles Franklyn, 82, president of the firm, who was also shot at but escaped. Franklyn valued the stolen rings at $25,000 and said they once belonged to Gloria Swanson. Leo Leone, 65, a company supervisor, witnessed part of the robbery.
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St, Louis
St. Louis
Charles Franklyn
Natalie Wilkinson
Franklyn
Mound Tool Co
Leo Leone
Leone
Miss Wilkinson
Chicago
Gloria Swaneson
Momentous Funeral For Sir Winston Churchill at St Pauls
Britain held a monumental funeral for Sir Winston Churchill at St Pauls Cathedral attended by four kings two queens presidents including Gen Charles de Gaulle and Gen Dwight Eisenhower. Lord Attlee aided pallbearers as 321,360 paid homage. 90 gun salutes marked his 90 years. The Battle Hymn of the Republic, chosen by Churchill, echoed through the nave.
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London
Britain
Winston Churchill
Beeneath
St. Paul’s
France
Charles de Gaulle
Christopher Wren
Dwight D. Eisenhhower
de Gaulle
Winston
Lady Churchill
Sir Winston
Churchill
Jennie Jerome
New York
St. Martin’s
Bladon
Bleneheim Palace
Westminster Hall
Lord Attlee
School Aid Bill Hits First Snag
Washington AP The Johnson school aid bill faces early trouble as a House subcommittee clash erupts over testimony by Edgar Fuller chief state school officers and concerns about 100 million for parochial textbooks and 10 million for private education centers while 1 billion targeted for low income areas remains the core aim.
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Washington
Johnson
Congress
House
Subc
Edgar Fuller
Council of Chief State School Officers
Fuller
John Brademas
DeInd
Executive Flu Hits VIP Ranks
Washington AP reports President Johnson, recovering from a week long cold, attended Churchill funeral duties via delegation while no official appointments were on his White House schedule. Behind the scenes, Johnson held at least five conferences and was described as working on appointments by White House Press Secretary George Reedy.
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Washington
Johnson
White House
United States
Winston Churchill
George Reedy
Area Faces Cold Spell Braces Ottawa for Record Winter
The region including Ottawa and southeast Kansas faces a weekend with the coldest weather yet this winter. Forecasts show subzero lows in parts of Kansas with the northwest reaching 10 below. Ottawa reports 1.6 inches of snow and .06 inches of precipitation, while an 8 am reading shows one below zero. Ice may form on ponds and lakes improving skating, though highways are clearing after chemical treatment. only modest statewide warmup by Sunday expected.
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Ottawa
Kansas
Highway Patrol
Divco Plans 50 Units A Week at Ottawa Plant
Divco Wayne's Star Division aims for 50 mobile homes weekly from a 63000 square foot Ottawa plant under construction at the northeast corner of Ottawa. The plant serves dealers in Kansas Missouri Arkansas Iowa Nebraska and Oklahoma with a May 15 dealer showing planned for the first Ottawa produced homes. Total fiscal 1964 sales reached 82 million for the parent corporation, a major producer of mobile homes and multiple vehicle types.
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DivcoeWayne
Ottawa
Kansas
Missouri
Arkansas
Iowa
Neebraska
Oklahoma
Star Division
Divoe Wayne
Wong Tsai Seeks Shorter Jail Term Over Laundry Bill
Wong Tsai asked a Hong Kong judge to cut his three month theft sentence to three months arguing that failure to release him for laundry pickup would lead to confiscation of his clothes for unpaid charges. The request was presented Friday in court.
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Hong Kong
Wong Tsai
Maytag Floor Samples Sale Near A&P Douglas Bros
Local ad offers savings up to 75 dollars on dependable Maytag floor samples at a new location near A P Grocery. Douglas Bros Dependable Sales and Service marks 30 years in business with this promotion.
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A&p
Douglas Bros
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