Gold cards trendy as Christmas season begins
New York AP reports 1966 Christmas cards adopt a gold motif with Golden Madonnas and golden Santas as the Greeting Card Association predicts 3.5 billion cards sold in the United States, up 400 million from 1965. Designers note many new designs include peace themes and neuter family figures while emphasizing space for personal messages.
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New York
Robert Haines Jr
Rust Craft Greeting Cards, Inc
Dedham
Mass
Greeting Card Association
United States
Reds to launch large man carrying satellite next week
Soviet bloc sources in Moscow say the USSR will launch a large satellite carrying several men from Baikonur in central Asia next week. The event would be watched by East European Communist leaders to discuss China policy and could precede a joint condemnation of China.
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Moscow
Soviet Union
Central Asia
China
Counterfeit Ring Hit Taft Cabin With $500000 Found
U S Treasury agents seized $500000 in counterfeit bills in a mountain cabin south of Taft after three men faced counterfeit charges in Bakersfield. Arrested were Robert Rothey 46 Jerry Fields 30 and Henry Houts 41 with bail set at $2500 each.
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TAFT
Calif
U.S. Treasury
Stephen A. Byrne
Treasury
Sacramento
Robert Brown Rothey
Jerry Allen Fields
Henry Leroy Houts
U.S
Willliam Hulsey
Bakersfield
Rothey and Fields
Las Vegas
Nev
Byrne
Pearson Seeks Ellsworth Backing In Kansas Campaign
Senator James B. Pearson campaigning for reelection in Kansas wires Representative Robert F. Ellsworth in Washington asking for support. Ellsworth replies by wire that he is glad to meet and discuss the matter.
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PEKA
James B. Pearson
Kansas
Robert F. Ellsworth
Washington
Ellsworth
Pearson
New Cabinet Post Signed Into Law Makes Number 12
President Johnson signs a bill expanding the cabinet to 12 by creating a Transportation Department to coordinate air and land policies. The department will have about 90,000 employees and a nearly $6 billion budget, with a 90 day lead to formal existence. Names speculated include Joseph Califano as secretary and Alan Boyd as possible appointee. The agency unites the Bureau of Public Roads, the FAA, the Coast Guard, and other transit functions.
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Washington
Johnson
Congress
White House
Joseph Califano
Califano
Alan S. Boyd
Boyd
Miami
Fila
Department of Housing and Urban Developsment
Transportation Agency
Bureau of Public Roads
Commerce Department
Federal Aviation Agency
The
Coast Guard
Treasury Department
Civil Aeronautics Board
Interstate Commerce Commission
Empty Places Angry Faces For Michigan Booze Plans
Michigan liquor buyers face empty shelves as shortages hit bars stores and hotels. Officials cite a 11 year old Lincoln Park warehouse and a new $135000 conveyor belt and storage rack system as the cause while district managers say post modernization delays should end within a week.
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Detroit
Michigan
Michigan Liquor Control Commission
Lincoln Park
Commission
Chuck Muer
Ponchartrain Hotel
al Plachta
Jerry Moore
Picke Fort Shelby
Gordon Ritcale
The
Liquor Commission
Fire near Homewood scorches 80 acres of pasture land
Franklin County Undersheriff Max Gilmore said volunteers doused a grass fire that started at a dumping ground near Homewood burning about 80 acres of pasture and a nearby cornfield. Fire crews from Penny's Ready Mix two cement trucks Beatty-Enge Trucking and the Noxious Weed Department helped contain the blaze in roughly 21% hours. No livestock were in danger though some smoke inhalation occurred. authorities urged against burning trash on gusty winds. The fire spread toward two homes but stopped before reaching them near a creek between the houses.
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Penny’s Ready Mix Co
Beatty-Engeland
Franklin County
Laurence Wightman
Gilmore
Homewood
Max Gilmore
Voluneteer
Sheriff's Office
Olin G. Wollen
Albert Johnston
Johnston
Edmund Miller
Weather highs and records for the date
Friday forecast shows a high of 86 and a low of 42 matching year ago highs of 82 and lows of 60. Record highs and lows for the date are 90 in 1950 and 28 in 1943. A .01 inch precipitation total occurred in the last 24 hours ending 7 am. Hourly temperatures conclude at 8 am.
Cities Bill Passes House In Last Burst
The House approved the 1.17 billion demonstration cities bill by 178 to 141, backing a plan to use local and federal resources for slum rehabilitation in selected cities. The measure, similar to a Senate version, would fund most local costs and push area wide planning while Congress faces possible adjournment.
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House
Washington
Johnson
Congress
Ways and Means
Senate
Brezhnev Rejects Johnson Peace Plea Over Vietnam War
Brezhnev dismissed President Johnson’s Europe peace appeal, linking any thaw in East West ties to ending the Vietnam War. He urged Washington to halt air raids on North Vietnam, denounce the war, and push for a nuclear weapons ban while noting talks with Gromyko on a broader agreement may proceed.
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Moscow
Leonid I. Brezhnev
Johnson
Europe
United States
Brezhnev
Soviet Communist Party
Viet Nam
Kremlin
Brezhenev
New York
Ime
Soviet Union
Breezhnev
Washington
NATO
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
U.S
Andrei A. Gromyko
Powell Faces Civil Contempt Arrest Delay in Congress Recess
New York state Supreme Court justice authorized any sheriff to arrest Representative Adam Clayton Powell for civil contempt, but only when Congress is in recess. Powell has avoided state court appearances, relying on congressional immunity, a tactic similar to his 1964 case.
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New York
Supreme Court
Adam Clayton Powell
Congress
Powell
Winter Storm Strikes Central Plains In Violent Weather
Killer tornadoes and the first major snowstorm of the season hit the central nation and Western states. The blizzard faded into the Upper Mississippi Valley as dozens were injured and six died in Colorado Wyoming and Missouri. Tornadoes ripped through Missouri and Illinois injuring about 40, with damage across Brumley Camdenton Eldridge Waynesville and near Jefferson City. St. Charles area saw widespread havoc including uprooted trees roofs blown off and power outages. A shopping center near Waynesville was wrecked by a twister.
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Associated Press
Colorado
Wyoming
Nebraska
Kansas
Missouri
Illinois
Plains
Mids
Texas
Oklahoma
Central Plains
Mississippi Valley
Great Lakes
Rockies
Western Plains
Camdenton
Brumley
Eldridge
Waynesville
Jefferson City
St. Charles
St. Louis
Six Dead In Belmond Tornado Rips Iowa Town
A tornado from the same storm system that hit the Rockies struck Belmond Iowa Friday killing six people and injuring 150 or more. Four blocks of the business district were wrecked and many homes and farms damaged. Law enforcement, National Guardsmen, and volunteers worked through the night in cold rain to clear rubble and search for victims. State Patrol Captain Beaman said an inch by inch search was completed by midnight.
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Belmond
Iowa
Rocky Mountains
National Guardsmen
State Highway Patrol
Jack Beaman
Inchebye
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Franklin County Fairgrounds
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Reds
Baikon
Bob
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