Slaying at St Louis school dormitory shocks city
Three male patients were found dead in a security dormitory ward at the St Louis State School and Hospital. Authorities say the deaths were premeditated strangulations. Four patients are being questioned. victims were Allen Jackson 24 Henry Miller 22 both of St Louis and Gary Earl Boenker 22 of St Charles.
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St. Louis State School
F. J
Pete) Vasel
Cecil M. Baker
Allen Jackson
Henry Miller
Gary Earl Boenker
St. Charles
Donnelly Hall
Institution
Bowles and Sihanouk Hold Cordial Phnom Penh Talks
U S Ambassador Chester Bowles met Prince Norodom Sihanouk in Phnom Penh for the first time. Cambodian officials called the one hour session frank and cordial with useful points of view exchanged. No details were released about the meeting.
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U.S
Chester Bowles
Norodom Sihanouk
Bowles
Phnom Penh
Blast Wrecks Two Houses Killing Nine
An explosion Tuesday night destroyed two houses, killing nine people. Firefighters recovered bodies from the wreckage, with some burned beyond recognition. Victims include Mrs. Frank Stanislaw and her children Robert and Linda, plus Robert Geiser and his family. Frank Stanislaw survived but was injured.
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Robert
Linda
Robert Geiser
Shirley
Ethel
Bonnie
Karen
Weather outlook for the week ahead
Partly cloudy conditions with a warm spell forthcoming. Tonight lows in the 20s and Thursday should see highs in the 40s.
Transplant patient dies in Brooklyn
Louis Block, the world’s fifth heart transplant recipient, died at 4:35 a.m. after a smaller woman’s heart was implanted. The 57-year-old retired fireman had been on Maimonides Medical Center’s critical list since 12:40 a.m. with difficulty maintaining blood pressure.
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Louis Block
Maimonides Medical Center
Brooklyn
Block
U.S. Helicopters Hit As North Vietnamese Press Saigon Front
US and allied forces faced heavy Viet Cong and North Vietnamese attacks from Kontum to the Mekong Delta. In one major strike, NVA raiders hit Kontum airfield, destroying or damaging multiple Huey helicopters and vehicles. In other fights, U.S. troops repelled assaults as civilians suffered in nearby districts. President Thieu rejected extending Tet truce and affirmed Saigon's stance amid peace-talk pressure.
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Kontum Airfield
U.S
57Th Army Aviation Company
Kontum
Highlands
Mekong Delta
U.S. 25Th Infantry Division
Mekong
Kien Son
Khiem Cuong
96Th Light Infantry
Nguyen van Thieu
Thieu
United States
Hanoi
Donges dies in Cape Town
The 69 year old former South African minister of finance Theophilus Donges died at Groote Schuur Hospital after a cerebral hemorrhage. He had been critically ill for eight months following his relapse last year before his planned inauguration as the second state president. Police reported a woman identified a policeman among two men who beat her husband and tried to extort $1,000. Capt. Raymond Clark said the couple picked the officer from 24 policemen for the showup.
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South Africa
Theophilus Donges
Groote Schuur Hospital
South Side
Raymond Clark
Police
Powell named in 1 million damages suit in Illinois
Paul Powell Illinois secretary of state is among seven defendants in a Circuit Court suit seeking 1 million dollars in damages. The filing accuses Powell investigators of improper arrests and intimidation of Paul Kubis, who was charged then acquitted of fraudulent checks, with claims against three stores Montgomery Ward Guldblatt and the Eric Salm Store for Men.
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Paul Powell
Illinois
Powell
Paul Kubis
Charles Spranzo
Gerald Mead
Kubis
Jal
Frank
Porky
Porcaro
Montgomery Ward & Co
Guldblatt Brothers, Inc
Eric Salm
Surveyor 7 Lands On Moon Amid Close Rock Call Divine Guidance
Surveyor 7, the final $500 million lunar probe, touched down near Tycho crater in a near flat landing that narrowly avoided a rock six to eight inches wide. NASA officials cited divine guidance for the final moments of the 250000 mile flight. The craft will trench soil to 18 inches and study lunar composition as manned missions loom next year.
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Pasadena
Calif
Surveyor 7
U.S
Tycho
Lunar Disc
Copernicus
Lee Shearer
U.S. Space Agency
Cape Kennedy
Fla
Carterville plan commission site study denied for Egyptian Junior College
The Carterville Plan Commission sought a site study west of Lakeside Nursery for an Egyptian Junior College location. Greater Egypt officials balked, noting the request could imply an endorsement. No board letter had arrived. Carterville has a contract with Greater Egypt for a CBD study only.
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Greater Egypt
Greater Egypt Commission
Greater Egypt Regional Planning and Development Commission
Carterville
Commission
Benton
Don
Ald Gentry
New Junior College
Carterville Commission
Lakeside Nursery
Rt. 13
Gentry
Crainville Road
James Walker
Herrin Roy
Sion
Moreno
Central Business District
Gunmen Loot World Wide Record Distributors on West Side
Three gunmen terrorized five employees of World Wide Record Distributors on the West Side today and escaped with about $60,000 worth of long playing records. The robbers bound the workers with twine and rifled pockets before fleeing in a panel truck and a van carrying around 10,000 albums.
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West Side
Wemen
Cordell Daniels
Miami Lawyer Arraigned in $4.1 Million Counterfeit Ring
Joel Lee, 39, arraigned in Brooklyn on charges of trafficking counterfeit $100 bills from Miami to New York. Secret Service says $4.1 million seized at Kennedy Airport, largest single counterfeit seizure in agency history. Two Ohio men allegedly part of a ring aiming for $50 million in fake currency. investigation ongoing. Bail set at $25,000 with a Jan. 19 hearing.
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Miami
New York
Secret Service
Ohio
Asst
U. S
Raymond B. Grunewald
Washington
San Francisco
Federal Reserve
Joel Lee
Kennedy
Grunewald
U.S
Max Schiffman
Brooklyn
Lee
Johnson to deliver State of the Union address next Wednesday
President Johnson will deliver the State of the Union message to Congress next Wednesday at 8 p.m. CST. The address will be televised by major networks and outlines the administration’s assessment of the nation’s situation and proposed actions in Congress.
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John W. McCormack
D-Mass
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