Viet Nam War Tops 1965 News Story, Editors Vote
New York United Press International poll shows the Viet Nam war as the year’s top U.S. news story in 1965 with civil rights, Watts riots, space exploration, and other major events ranking behind it.
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New York
Viet Nam
United States
United Press International
Congress
Watts
Los Angeles
Edward W. White
UPI
U.S
White
Gemini
Seaboard
Pope Paul VI
United Nations
Sir Winston Churchill
India
Pakistan
Kashmir
Bayh Helps Pair Wed In Fort Wayne Event
Senator Birch E. Bayh aids a wedding plan in Fort Wayne as Miss Joan Holtermann 18 and Pvt. Bill W. Thompson 23, of Catlettsburg Kentucky, prepare to marry with about 400 guests after his hoped leave from basic training at Ft Gordon, Georgia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Wayne
Ind
Birch E. Bayh
Hoosier Democrat
Joan Holterman
Bill W. Thompson
Catlettsburg
Thompson
Ft. Gordon
Senator Secures 14 Day Leave For Soldier Husband
Dr Gordon Franke Allen County coroner and neighbor asked Bayh for help. The senator contacted Army authorities and arranged a 14 day leave for Thompson. The couple will honeymoon in Chicago then Thompson returns to Georgia for transfer overseas while Joan stays with her parents Mr and Mrs Louis Holterman. Joan works as a bank secretary.
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Germany
Gordon Franke
Allen County
Miss Holterman
Bayh
Thompson
Chicago
Georgia
Louis Holterman
Joan
Christmas travel toll could reach six hundred deaths
The National Safety Council estimates 560 to 660 people may die in traffic accidents during the three day Christmas weekend. Drivers will log about 11.3 billion miles from Thursday 6 p.m. to Sunday midnight, compared with 8.9 billion on a typical weekend. NSC President Howard Pyle notes Christmas is the deadliest holiday for motorists.
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Chicago
National Safety Council
Council
Howard Pyle
Rioting in Santo Domingo blocks bridge route
In Santo Domingo Dominican Republic small bands of rioters sealed the main east west route and halted an American Army convoy crossing Duarte bridge. No casualties reported as violence around the bridge subsides while American troops stay in their quarters and one U.S. and one Brazilian company remain stationed in the former rebel stronghold.
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Santo Domingo
Dominican Republic
Duarte Bridge
Leonard Toney Heads FOP Lodge 85 for 1966
Leonard Toney was re elected president of Lodge 85 Fraternal Order of Police for 1966 at a Thursday night meeting at the clubhouse west of the city. Other officers elected were Nicholas Sereno vice president Verle Johnson secretary treasurer and James Swift William Herndon and Paul Chambers delegates.
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Leonard Toney
Lodge 85
Fraternal Order of Police
Nicholas Sereno
Verle Johnson
James Swift
William Herndon
Paul Chambers
Woman jailed for refusing to give ex mate number
In Chicago Mrs. Betty Barnett 29 was jailed in Cook County Jail by Judge Raymond P. Drymalski after she refused to reveal her telephone number to her estranged husband Harvey 35 so he could call their children. The couple, who married Jan 10 1959, have two sons and the court had ordered sharing the number for reasonable calls. Barnett’s retains residence at 7410 W North Ave while Barnett a fruit salesman lives at 6707 N California Ave.
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Chicago
Betty Barnett
Cook County
Raymond P. Drymalski
Circuit Court
Harvey
Barnett
Man Fined for Public Intoxication in Clinton
Donald G. Schimmel, 40, of Terre Haute, was fined $5 plus $25 costs after conviction in City Court on a public intoxication charge. The arrest occurred in September in the 300 block of North 19th Street.
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Clinton
Ind
Onald G. Schimmel
Terre Haute
N. 19Th St
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Jerry W. Travelstead
Indiana University School of Dentistry
Xi Psi Phi
Jerry
Homer Travelstead
The
Tribune
Sen Birch Bayh
Cupid
DRY Homes
LAB
Optical Lab
South 7Th ST
Santa Domingo
Sale Fruit Salesman
California Ave
T. H. Man
Pel
DuPont
Meis
Aramis
Rearr
Meis Men’s Clothing Store
Meis Bros. Co
Lerre Haute, Ind
C.C.D
Indiana
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