Robbers Tie Priests and Slug Guard in Brinks Truck Heist
Three masked gunmen bound two priests and a Brinks guard in the rec tory of Divine Savior Church in Norridge, west of Chicago, then fled with a large cash haul from an armored truck. The crime, described as professional, followed a similar Paterson New Jersey robbery a week earlier. Authorities noted the money may include holiday collections and said the truck had completed pickups for the day.
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Chicago
Norridge
Brinks, Inc
U.S
Brinks
Divine Savior Roman Catholic Church
Paterson
N.J
Joe W. Tottingham
Joe Ahrens
Curt Burtall
Robert Johnston
Alsip
Resurrection Hospital
Divine Savior Church
Johnstea
Robbers invade rectory. one wears Brinks uniform
Get Loot enters the rectory finds Father Walter Morris 58 seated. Johnston is struck from behind by a masked intruder. both men are taped handcuffed and gagged. One thief removes clothing and dons Johnston's Brinks uniform before fleeing.
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Walter Morris
Johnston
Morris
Brinks
South Viet Nam's old guard demands civilian power restored
South Viet Nam leaders Suu and Huong urged the armed forces to hand back powers to restore civilian control after the Dec 20 purge of the High National Council. Washington notes aid talks stall amid political confusion while still offering about 600 million dollars in aid when usable.
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
Phan Khac Suu
Tran van Huong
High National Council
Armed Forces Council
Washington
U.S
Suu
Huong
Nguyen Khanh
U.N. Near Vote Truce in U.S.-Soviet Impasse
The United Nations moved toward adjourning the General Assembly until January 11 and delaying a U.S.-Soviet clash over voting rights tied to Soviet failure to pay peacekeeping assessments. Mali and Jordan reportedly settled a seat dispute, clearing a possible quick adjournment after Dec 1 opening.
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United Nations, N.Y
U.N. General Assembly
Security Council
Assembly
Mali
Jordan
Morocco
Council
United Nations
Alex Quaison-Lackey
Ghana
Quaison-Lackey
U.S
Adlai E. Stevenson
Nikolai T. Fedorenko
U Thant
U.N
Thant
Soviet Union
Traffic Deaths Reach 578 For Yale Holiday
Traffic fatalities over the weekend rose to 578 for a three day Christmas period, near a record high. Howard Pyle of the National Safety Council urged driver caution, saying many deaths could be prevented if drivers keep an out for emergencies and consider sudden stops and lane changes.
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Howard Pyle
National Safety Council
Council
Hawaii
Maine
Montana
Washing
Ton
Associated Press
Socialist Wins In Italy In 21st Ballot
Rome AP Giusepp e Saragat broke a 13 day stalemate to become Italy's first Socialist president on the 21st ballot. The 66 year old former foreign minister succeeds Antonio Segni who retired due to ill health. Saragat won with Communist backing, securing 23 votes from the party to reach the required majority for a seven year term.
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Rome
Giuseppe Saragat Brok
Italy
Saragat
Antonio Segni
Christian Democrats
Israel and Jordan clash along border injures Jordanian
Israeli and Jordanian forces exchanged mortar and small arms fire along the central border sector about 15 miles from Tel Aviv. A U N spokesman said damage was not serious and one Jordanian was wounded.
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Tel Aviv
Israel
U.N
Burglary at Loyal Order of the Moose Club in Meyersdale
Over $1,800 in cash taken from a safe at the Loyal Order of the Moose clubhouse on Main Street Meyersdale. Thieves climbed to the roof and entered the second story window then moved the safe into the dining room. $160 left in a pasteboard box. Club closed 1:30 a.m. and burglary discovered at 8:30 a.m. Investigating: Meyersdale police Deputy Hay and Cpl. Sterner with state police.
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Loyal Order of the Moose
Meyersdale
Norman Walker
Walker
Main Street
Incient
Donald Hay
Cpl
Thomas Sterner
State Police
Soothsayers Say Stay Single In 65
Tokyo AP recounts zodiac beliefs for 1965 the Year of the Serpent guiding births luck and money making fortune telling from Takashima Ekidan notes serpent marriage conflict with the serpent and prophesied prosperity for serpent years while warning against marriage in 1965 and referencing Greek myth China and Japan influences final line dismisses Western superstitions.
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Tokyo
Takashima Ekidan
Japan
China
Johnson names new IRS chief at LBJ Ranch
President Johnson announced Shel don S. Cohen as the new IRS commissioner with Mitchell Rogovin to replace Cohen as chief counsel. Frederick K. Deming, president of the Minneapolis Federal Reserve, will become under secretary of the Treasury for monetary affairs. Johnson, health reports in hand, previewed State of the Union plans and received a foreign policy briefing from CIA Director John A. McCone at the LBJ Ranch.
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Johnson City
Tex
Johnson
White House
LBJ
Internal Revenue Service
Sheldon S. Cohen
IRS
Mitchell Rogovin
Internal Revenue Commissioner
Cohen
Frederick K.deming
Federal Reserve Bank
Minneapolis
The
Treasury
Robert V. Roosa
Congress
Nation
Pedernales River
John A. McCone
Central Intelligence Agency
McCone
Texas
Washington
Dean Rusk
McGeorge Bundy
Snows Stall Relief Efforts For 500 Isolated In California
Heavy snow cut off 500 residents in the Siskiyou Mountains near the Oregon border, limiting food and delaying federal disaster relief as two feet fell overnight. Gov Brown added counties to the disaster list and Air Force helicopters waited for weather to improve for救援 flights to Yreka and nearby towns.
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California
San Francisco
Siskiyou Mountains
Siskiyou
Oregon
Klamath
Salmon
William Sowle
Civil Defense
Yreka
Gov. Brown
Sacramento
Arcata
Dryden
Eel
Mad
Eureka
Crescent City
Humboldt
del Norte
Willo Creek
Hoopa
Don Telford
Humboldt County
Civil Defense Information
Sierra Nevada
Air Force
Stead Air Force Base
Reno
Nev
Klamath Falls
Ore
Calif
Cecilsville
Sawyers Bar
Somes Bar
Happy Valley
Ssikiyou
Trinity
Viet Battle Veteran Returns Home In Honor
Viet Battle veteran Army Captain Roger H. C. Donlon arrives in Saugerties after being awarded the Medal of Honor for heroism at Nam Dong on July 6. Thousands line Main Street as the auditorium is renamed in his honor. Donlon is the first Vietnam War MOH recipient and the first since Korea.
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Saugerties
N.Y
Hudson Valley
Army
Roger H. C. Donlon
Donlon
Main Street
Marion Donlon
Rog
Cornelius Cox
United States
Saugerties High
Nam Dong
Western Pennsylvania Weather Outlook Tuesday to Wednesday
Partial clearing and warmer Tuesday in western Pennsylvania with highs 36 to 42 north and 40 to 46 south. Tuesday night partly cloudy and warmer with lows 34 to 42. Wednesday cloudy and mild with showers and a few thunderstorms.
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Pennsylvania
Distribution Of Surplus Food Planned
The Acosta Fire Hall stops serving as a surplus food center with January 14 distribution moving to U M W Hall at Que Creek or Harrison. Recipients must recertify at their local center the day they receive January commodities and provide social security numbers, public assistance numbers, and household details. Dismissal from rolls for noncompliance. Recipients must bring their own containers. Schedule lists multiple county locations and dates in early January.
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Acosta Fire Hall
Somerset County
U.M.W. Hall
Que Creek
Harrison
Kennells Mills
New Baltimore
Central City
Jenners
Hooversville
Confluence
Search narrows to woods for accused cop killer
Curwensville Pennsylvania state police charged Richard Lines with the murder of Patrolman Lyle Domico and focused a manhunt in wooded areas near his home. Lines, 38, was last seen wearing light overalls and a red wool jacket and may be armed with two .38 revolvers a carbine and ammunition. Domico, 55, was found in his cruiser after being shot once in the chest and abdomen. a woman with Lines was questioned but unnamed.
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Curwensville, Pa
Curwensville
Claude Bloom
Clearfield County
Richard Lines
Lyle Domico
Clearfield
Punxsutawney
Lines
Domico
Patrick
Paul Lynch
Boswell Fire Dept Elects New Officers
The Boswell Volunteer Fire Department elected a new slate of officers Monday night led by Glenn Deal Sr as president to begin January 1. John Pokos was chosen as vice president and also elected president of the department's Relief Association. New fire chief Irvin Jay Hoar Jr. won four votes to succeed Ralph Persahn.
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Boswell Volunteer Fire Department, Inc
Glenn Deal Sr
Deal
Lloyd Koontz
John Pokos
C. 5. Ickes Jr
Harrison Smith
Randy Koontz
Clark C. Boyer
John Croyle
Edward Felesky
Robert Williams
George Smith
Irvin Jay Hoar Jr
Ralph Persahn
Theodore Ryniak
John Pokos Was Also Elected President of the Fire Department
Relief Association
John Bodziak
Tony Nancarvis
Joe Ryniak
Harold Holsapple
Richard Snoeberger
Glenn Deal Jr
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Fatima Jinnah
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Miss Jinnah
Viet Power
Yale
Lee Johnson
Frank Dryden
Office of Emergency Planning
Idaho
OEP
Edmund G. Brown
Mark Hatfield
Red Cross
Columbia
Woods
Boswell
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