Wallace dies at 77 former vice president of U S
Henry A Wallace former vice president under Franklin D Roosevelt died in Danbury Hospital at 11 15 a m EST aged 77 He entered hospital Wednesday after a long battle with lateral sclerosis He was with wife Ilo Browne and sister Mary Braggman and three children at his side He had been living on a South Salem New York farm since October 28 after release from NIH Bethesda He served as Agriculture Secretary 1933 1940 VP 1941 and Commerce Secretary 1945 46 He ran unsuccessfully on the Progressive ticket in 1948 born October 7 1888 in Adair County Iowa He was a prominent New Deal advocate and a longtime editor of Wallace's Farmer and a farmer breeder of hybrid corn and fruit products.
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Danbury, Conn
National Institute of Health
Bethesda
South Salem
N.Y
Wallace
Roosevelt
Agriculture
Harry S Trumen
Adair County
Iowa
Harding
Farmer
Henry C. Wallace
Appaloosa Show Opens At Arizona Stables
Entries from 27 states attend the fifth annual World Championship Appaloosa Horse Show and Race Meet at Arizona Stables Horse Country Club in Scottsdale. The event runs through Sunday with 140 horses competing in nine events and special races. Roy Young of the Appaloosa Horse Club notes the Indian horses’ historic role and standout quality.
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Arizona Stables Horse Country Club
Scottsdale
Arizona Stables
Pima and Indian Bend Roads
Appaloosa Horse Club
Moscow
Idaho
Dorothy Dandridge Dies From Forfanil Overdose
Los Angeles coroner reports actress Dorothy Dandridge died from an overdose of forfanil a psychiatric mood treatment drug. The death certificate issued last September corrects an earlier embolism-with-bone-marrow cause. Coroner Dr Theodore Curphey declined to determine if death was accidental or suicidal.
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Los Angeles
UPI
Dorothy Dandridge
Star
Miss Dandridge
Theodore Curphey
Clerks Call Off Strike Pending Federal Mediation
The Brotherhood of Railway Clerks agreed to suspend a planned strike against Santa Fe today while federal mediation proceeds. About 9 000 clerks had planned to strike earlier.
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Washington
UPI
Brotherhood of Railway Clerks
Santa Fe
Copper price war erupts as McNamara targets copper costs
Defense Secretary McNamara unveils a four point plan to curb rising copper prices. The move follows a similar action against aluminum a week earlier. Proposals include releasing 200000 tons from the strategic stockpile, lowering import duties, tightening margin requirements on the NYMEX, and restricting exports. Kennecott Copper is the major producer not yet altered by price hikes.
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UPI
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Defense
Robert S. McNamara
Viet Nam
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New York Commodities Exchange
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U.S
Freak Accident Kills Scottsdale Man
Lester L. Jorgenson age 49 of 2720 N 66th St died after a stabbing in his temple. Police and coroner investigators said he slipped in mud while holding a knife, fell onto the blade, and the wound was accidental. He was found by his sister Doris Robinson in the backyard. The coroner supported the accidental injury assessment.
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Scottsdale
Lester L. Jorgenson
66Th St
St. Joseph's Hospital
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D. W. Townsend
Jorgenson
Townsend
Pope Paul VI Initiates Beatification Steps for Two Past Popes
Pope Paul VI announced at the Ecumenical Council that he has begun the canonical process to beatify Pope John XXIII and Pope Pius XI, a move seen as accelerating sainthood despite traditional procedures. The step follows public pressure and aims to preserve their spiritual legacies, with further rites to go through the Vatican’s Congregation of Rites.
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UPI
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John XXII
Pius XI
Ecumenical Council
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Pius XII
Vatican
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Council
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Paul
Teen gunman aboard jet narrowly disarmed over Gulf coast
A 16 year old honor student aboard a National Airlines DC8 fired two pistols during a 20 minute outburst over the Gulf coast. Houston businessman Fidward Haake overpowered him and the plane returned safely to New Orleans. The youth was arrested on federal weapon charges and held for a hearing. Several Gemini NASA officials were aboard.
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UPN
Gulf Coast
Space Agency
Christopher Kraft
National Airlines
DC8
Houston
Thomas Robinson
Brownsville
Tex
Tie
Leo
Robinson
Fidward T. Haake
Haake
FBP
Kraft
Nancy Taylor
Dean Cooper
Paul Haney
NASA
Charles Mathews
Gemini
Los Angeles
Melbourne
Ita
Sqnce
Cape Kennedy
Haney
Kidnappers Get 45000 Dollar Ransom For 13 Year Old Boy
Charles H Hyde III was kidnapped at a Tacoma school bus stop Wednesday and released that night after his father paid $45 000 in cash. The 13 year old son of a wholesale grocer was kept blindfolded and hidden in an abandoned house before escaping aided by a neighbor. He described two white male abductors with mixed ethnic features and provided clothing details of the suspects.
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Wash
UPI
Charles H. Hyde III
Jack Berry
Charles Mattson
Mattson
Hyde
Berry
77Th St
Park Ave
FBI
Sheriff's Office
Rush Stoffer
Old Town
Stoffer
Underground utility lines urged by Valley Beautiful head
Ruskin urged Arizona planners to place all utilities underground arguing even expensive high voltage lines should be burned to study costs and potential tax relief for undergrounding. He noted Scottsdale's opposition to a 69 000 volt line and urged including underground lines in new subdivisions.
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Lewis J. Ruskin
Planning Association of Arizona
the Safari
Arizona
Ruskin
Scottsdale
Arizona Public Service
N. Scottsdale Rd
Shea Blvd
Camelback Rd
Valley Beautiful
City workers barred from campaigning in council election
City Manager Bill Donaldson stated state law and city code forbid city employees from campaigning or giving favors or withheld information for candidates. He said staff will brief candidates on December 16 to answer municipal questions while keeping confidential sensitive items. Meanwhile a new third party coalesces as splinter groups seek to challenge Mayor Bill Clayton. Don Chambers rejects involvement. Weather outlook calls for clouds today and Friday then sun with highs near 74 and 73 and lows around 50.
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Donaldson
Bill Clayton
Don Chambers
Tam
Scottsdale
Chambers
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