Brink's Robbery at Church Rectory in Chicago Area
Brink's Inc estimates a loss around $223000 in a church rectory robbery in Nor ridge near Chicago. Two guards and two priests were tied up before gunmen stole the truck and escaped with funds likely including checks. Police pursue suspects after a similar Paterson New Jersey heist last week.
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Chicago
Brink’s Inc
Divine Savior Church
Paterson
N.J
Norridge
Brink
St. Anthony's Catholic Church
Brinks Inc
Brinks
UPI
Gunmen Rob Buffalo Tax Office Steals $299000
Two gunmen barged into Buffalo City Treasurer Melvin W. Elliott's office at 9 30 a m and escaped with 299 130 from the tax collection fund. About 16 245 was cash. The heist followed another major robbery in Chicago involving Brinks guards. Mae D. Wicks, a veteran teller, described the incident.
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Buffalo
N.Y
Brinks, Inc
Chicago
Brink
Melvin W. Elliott
Mae D. Wicks
Teller
Rescue of 120+ Westerners Reported in Congo Capture
Leopoldville AP dispatch says white mercenaries and Congolese troops captured Wamba and freed more than 120 European-held people from rebels. Some whites were reported killed and cannibalized on Christmas Day. Rescue aimed for Wednesday arrival in Leopoldville. William McChesney, a Phoenix missionary, among those behind rebel lines.
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Leopoldville
the Congo
Wamba
Stanleyville
Congolese
William McChesney
Phoenix
Ariz
McChesney
Congo
Union Calls Surprise Rail Strike
The Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Enginemen began a surprise strike against the Southern Railway System across 13 states and DC the strike was about trains operated without firemen officials said it was 75 percent effective. Government officials responded with no immediate plans to intervene and the union blamed management for using firemen only when unavailable.
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Washington
the Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and
Southern Railway System
States
District of Columbia
Afl-Cio
National Mediation Board
W. Willard Wirtz
D. W. Brosnan
Southern
Kuala Lumpur
Malaysia
United States
Indonesia
Johnson to Confer With Top Advisors
Secretary of State Dean Rusk and presidential aide McGeorge Bundy flew from Washington to the LBJ Ranch to meet with President Johnson and assess world developments. Budget Director Kermit Gordon joined for further budget discussions.
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Treasury
Johnson
Treasury Dept
Frederick L. Deming
Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis
Internal Revenue Service
Sheldon S. Cohen
IRS
UPI
Karl R. Bauman
Johnson City
Tex
Dean Rusk
McGeorge Bundy
LBJ Ranch
Washington
Kermit Gordon
George E. Reedy
George McGhee
U.S
Bonn
West Germany
Rusk
Bundy
McGhee
David K. E. Bruce
London
Viet Cong Seize District Town Amid Refugee Crisis
Viet Cong units captured a district town crowded with 6,000 Roman Catholic refugees. A US spokesman said the town was held despite government efforts to retake it, signaling escalating refugee displacement in Saigon.
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
U S
Snowstorm Halts Urgent Food Airlift to Refugees
In northwestern California a heavy snowstorm blocks a crucial airlift to 400 to 500 refugees isolated along the Klamath and Salmon rivers. Civil Defense officials report bleak weather hampers efforts as crews work to deliver food and emergency supplies across Humboldt and Del Norte counties.
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San Francisco
Siskiyou
Klamath
Salmon
California
Humboldt and
del Norte Counties
Civil Defense
Yreka
West Pocket
Salmon Rivers
Calif
Oregon
Yreka Civil Defense
Bill Sowle
Oak Bottom
UN-Soviet Union Showdown Averted
United Nations General Assembly ends year with no clash over Soviet voting rights. A private poll by President Alex Quaison-Lackey will select Security Council seat replacements, with Jordan versus Mali contesting the Morocco vacancy and the Netherlands Uruguay and Malaysia unopposed for other seats. The recess delays US-Soviet dispute over Article 19 on arrears.
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United Nations, N.Y
United Nations General Assembly
U.N. Security Council
Assembly
Alex
Jordan
Mali
Morocco
Netherlands
Uruguay
Malaysia
United States
Soviet Union
U.N
Alcoholic Hospital Investigation Continues At Pecos Lodge
The New Mexico Commission on Alcoholism plans to keep probing alleged irregularities at the Pecos Valley Lodge, a state hospital for alcohol addicts. Action paused due to lack of witness backing the petition, while admission policies may be relaxed. financials show a $2,730 cash shortfall.
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Albuquerque
New Mexico Commission On Alcoholism
Pecos Valley Lodge
Warren T. Brown
Commission
Pecos
Roswell
Turquoise Lodge
Fred Toler
Pecos Valley
Albert Simms Dies Former GOP Leader and Banker
Albert Gallatin Simms 82 former congressman, banker and businessman died at his Los Poblanos home in Albuquerque He was long prominent in state and national Republican politics He was married to Ruth Hanna McCormick Simms daughter of Mark Hanna Survivors include nephews Albert G Simms II and former Gov John F Simms
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Albuquerque
Albert Gallatin Simms
Los Poblanos
Simms
Ruth Hanna McCormick Simms
Mark Hanna
Albert G. Simms II
Gov
John F. Simms
Grand Jury Ordered Reconvened in Civil Rights Deaths Case
U S District Judge Harold Cox ordered a federal grand jury in Jackson Mississippi to reconvene January 11 to hear matters related to 21 individuals arrested in the FBI inquiry into the deaths of three civil rights workers at Philadelphia Mississippi. The jurors were recalled after a year in recess following a Justice Department move to seek indictments.
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U.S
District of
Mississippi
Justice Department
Philadelphia
Miss
Department
Meridian
Esther Carter
FBI
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Stephens College
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Miss Moore
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Phoenix, Ariz
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Houston
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N.M
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Robert S. McNamara
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