Five story hotel falls 14 inches on Canal Street
In New Orleans the Governor House Motor Hotel on Canal Street dropped about 14 inches causing guests to flee in nightclothes. One minor injury was reported to W H Nash of Atlanta as a beam twisted on the first floor and ceiling tiles rained down. The chief engineer attributed the collapse to apparent fatigue of material amid a two year old building.
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New Orleans
Governor House Motor Hotel
Canal Street
William K. Willams
W.H. Nash
Atlanta
Pope Paul VI appeals for peace in Holy Land
The pope pleads for peace between Arabs and Jews in the Holy Land. In a message to Jerusalem, he prays for all people of goodwill to accept the divine message of peace and expresses concern over the suffering and fear amid recent events.
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Vatican City
UPI
Paul VI
Holy Land
Jerusalem
Vatican
Amleto Cardinal Cieognani
Paul
Linda Gardner breaks ground as first woman railroad postal clerk
Linda Gardner, 20, became the first woman assigned to a railroad mail car, making a six hour run from Union Station to St. Louis. She faced no restrooms or clothes changes on board and noted the job is exhausting but unique, with crews respectful yet surprised.
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Kansas City
Linda Gardner
Post Office Department
Hury
Miss Gardner
Union Station
St. Louis
Linda
Belgian North Sea coast tourist trade rises in 1966 four months
Brussels reports a 2 percent increase in tourism on the Belgian North Sea coast from May through August 1966. Hotel bed occupancy totaled 12,310,886 for the period, up from 12,070,327 in 1965.
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Brussels
UPI
Belgian North Sea
Pee
The
Touristee
Prisoner paroled for family's sake
Lewistown prison parole granted to James A. Bruno Pepe 31 of Wilmington for gambling violations after testimony on impact on his wife and six children. Judge Caleb M. Wright ordered one year in federal penitentiary with concurrent six month term for IRS filing and registration failures.
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Lewisburg
James A. Bruno T. Pepe
Wilming
Lagherty
Pepe
Del
Lewi
Isburg Federal Penitentiary
U.S
Caleb M. Wright
Internal Revenue Service
Rusk Adds Thailand Iran to Overseas Itinerary
Secretary of State Dean Rusk will add Thailand and Iran to his overseas trip starting Sunday. He will also visit Japan Formosa and South Vietnam en route to NATO talks in Paris. The Bible remains the world’s best seller with portions translated into 1136 languages.
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Washington
UPI
Dean” Rusk
Thailand
Iran
Rusk
Japan
Formosa
South Viet Nam
NATO
Paris
Speck trial moved for fair jury to downstate site
Richard Speck charged with murdering eight student nurses will face trial in a downstate county to secure an unbiased jury. Judge Herbert C. Paschen granted the change of venue, ordering a site be chosen by December 19 after considering county options and jury-readiness, with lists due next week. Separately, American homemakers are projected to buy a record 1.4 million dishwashers this year per Hotpoint statisticians.
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Chicago
Richard Speck
Herbert C. Paschen
Speck
Gerald Getty
Paschen
Getty
William Martin
Martin
Hotpoint
CBC film stirs uproar in Canadian Parliament
Ottawa AP report says a CBC telecast of an eight minute BBC sex film showing an unmarried couple in bed and answering questions about sex sparked a parliament uproar. Conservatives calling it low and pornographic. CBC president Ouimet called the showing a mistake amid wider debate on church attitudes and morality.
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CBC
Ottawa
John Diefenbaker
Davie’ Fulton
British Broadcasting Corp
Canadian Broadcasting
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