Mayors Take Office After Heated Campaigns In 1968 Opens
New mayors took office in Boston and Gary on New Year's Day after racially charged campaigns. Kevin White became Boston mayor at Faneuil Hall, defeating Louise Day Hicks. Richard G. Hatcher was sworn in as Gary's mayor, the first Black leader there, promising a multiracial government. Mississippi elected its first Black legislature member, Rep. Robert G. Clark, amid party-crossed seating challenges.
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Boston
Gary
Ind
Mississippi
Kevin H. White
Massachusetts
Faneuil Hall
Cradle of Liberty
Louise Day Hicks
John F. Collins
Tricks
Richard G. Hatcher
Lake Michigan
Indiana
Hatcher
Joseph Radigan
U.S
Carl B. Stokes
Cleveland
Seth C. Taft
Robert G. Clark
Holmes Coun
J. P. Love
Love
Clark
Woman claims wool world record after knitting spree
In Featherstone England Mrs Gwen Matthew aimed for 3000 ounces of wool in 1967 but slipped while knitting and sprained her arm. She still produced 244 garments using 2930 ounces of wool and declared a world record. In other results Mayor Tate won reelection in Philadelphia. Charles City County installed its first Negro sheriff and county clerk. James N Bradley and Mrs Jona W Adkins won posts. Henry Loeb became Memphis mayor succeeding William Ingram.
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England
Gwen Matthewman
Virginia
Charles City County
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Record cold grips Midwest as temperatures plunge
The Associated Press reports a brutal New Year weather sweep across the Midwest with readings below zero in Green Bay Milwaukee Chicago Indianapolis and Cleveland. A snowstorm hits the northern Rockies western Montana Idaho and spreads toward Wyoming and Colorado while freezing rain disrupts Arkansas Louisiana and Mississippi.
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Miami
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Dallas
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De Gaulle Applauds Pope Paul VI as Apostle of Peace
President Charles de Gaulle praised Pope Paul VI on New Year’s Day for peace efforts. He called the pope the apostle of peace par excellence in our universe and cited Middle East and Vietnam conflicts as obstacles to progress and development.
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Paul VI
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Middle East
Vietnam
Tri-Faith Chapels Border Lagoon Plaza Site
New York UPI reports Tri-Faith Chapels Plaza covering three acres borders the central lagoon in JFK International Park. The site hosts the International Synagogue Our Lady of the Skies Roman Catholic Chapel and is opposite the airport's Control Tower Building and International Arrivals Building.
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UPI
International Park
John F. Kennedy International Airport
Liberia Honors Humphrey At Tubman Inauguration
Liberian President William Tubman began his 25th year in office as Hubert H. Humphrey attended his sixth term swearing in. Humphrey, Johnson's representative, joined African leaders in colorful regalia as Tubman prayed on the inaugural platform.
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Monrovia
Liberia
William Vo
Tubman
Hubert H. Humphrey
Atlanta
United States
Humphrey
Johnson
Four Children Die In Blaze In West Baltimore
Four children of Rosemary Smith were killed in a duplex fire in West Baltimore. Yvette aged 7, Seam aged 5, Patricia aged 3, and infant Andrew, three months, died after the blaze swept the residence. Mrs Smith, a post office worker, and her mother Rena Casey 87, had left the children with a babysitter for the night and were treated for smoke inhalation and shock.
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UPT
Rosemary Smith
Yvette
Seam
Patricia
Andrew
Johnson Seeks peace efforts amid New Year cuts
President Johnson said he cannot predict peace in Vietnam this year while ordering severe curbs on overseas loans and investments to trim the balance of payments deficit. He urged Americans to limit Western Hemisphere travel for two years and signaled forthcoming legislation, aiming to reduce the deficit to about 3 billion dollars in 1967.
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Johnson
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Western Hemisphere
Nineteen Floridians Die in New Year Highway Crashes
Nineteen persons died on Florida highways as the New Year holiday weekend nears its end and six more perished in other accidents. The state patrol forecasts a total of 26 road deaths before midnight Monday, with six fatalities reported Monday in separate traffic wrecks. Names and ages span Tampa to Miami, including teens like Bradley K R Nadeau and 37 year old Isaiah Key, as well as workers, sailors, and residents from Stuart to Jacksonville and beyond. In other incidents, a Jacksonville man was found suffocated in a burned home, a Clewiston man died in a gas stove explosion, a stock car accident claimed a West Palm Beach driver, and a skin diver fatally drowned near Marathon.
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Florida
Ann Delatenda
Tampa
William R. Feagley
Tarpon Springs
Warren M. Istri
Bradley KR. Nad
Elsie Cove
Lowell
Angus J. Martin
Marianna
John Thompson
Isaiah Key
Miami
Florace Bailey
Jacksonville
Raymond Gwaliney
Bonita Springs
Robert L. Thonen
Safety Harbor
William Woolf
Redding Blount
Clewiston
Robert Bennett
West Palm Beach Speedway
Rickey Holt
Eustis
Chester Palmer
Jacksonville Beach
Marathon
Albatross Wings Beat Only in Light Sea Winds
The wandering albatross does not need to beat its wings until wind speed at sea level falls below 11.5 miles per hour, suggesting efficient soaring in modest air currents.
Canadian PMs Mourn Massey Birth Governor General
London reports Prime Minister Harold Wilson sent condolences to Lester Pearson on the death of Vincent Massey the first Canadian born governor general of Canada. Massey died Saturday and was described as a great Canadian who represented much admired in the country.
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UPD
Harold Wisert
Vincent Massey
Canada
Massey
Wilson
Lester Pearson
Morse predicts war with Red China and ground fighting
U S Senator Wayne Morse warned in a Detroit taped interview that the United States is headed toward a war with China that cannot be won with conventional or nuclear weapons. He said China would bring ground fighting and millions could die, and urged critique of the Johnson administration’s Vietnam policy.
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Wayne Morse
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United States
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Vietnam
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Washington
America
Woman Dies In One Car Crash New Year's Eve
Fort Walton Beach woman Mary Julia Smith aged 21 died in a one car crash at Camp Pinchot Road and Beal Parkway near midnight on New Year's Eve 1967. The driver, Sylem Killough 21 of the maintenance squadron at Eglin AFB, was injured and hospitalized. Police say Killough failed to turn, the car hit heavy equipment and both occupants were transported to Fort Walton Beach Hospital. Smith died on arrival. Funeral arrangements pending.
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Okaloosa County
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Beal Parkway
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Alton Street
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Sylem, Rallough
Tenance Squadron
Eglin Afb
Eglin Afb Hospital
Miss Smith
Melaughlin
AF Probes Why U S Planes Did Not Bomb Viet Cong
Saigon reports an American plane failed to strike Viet Cong positions during a New Year truce clash that left 20 South Vietnamese Marines dead and 47 wounded. U S Air Force officials say no ammunition was expended while lighting flares to support Marines amid multiple Viet Cong assaults.
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Mekong Delta
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ILS
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Six Die In New Orleans Plane Crash Over Lake Pontchartrain
A light twin engined plane sank in 15 feet of water near a causeway between Louisiana and Mississippi. Six people perished including likely pilot Col William Reid and five service members en route to New Orleans on standby. Names of the passengers were not released. The aircraft was owned by Leon Rains of Mobile Alabama.
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Civil Air Patrol
William Reid
Air Force
Mobile Air Center
U.S. Coast Guard
Leon Rains
Mobie
Ala
Louisiana
Mississippi
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