Court Orders Kokomo Men Back to Work
Federal judges halt a 2 1 2 month strike at Union Carbide Stellite plants in Kokomo Indiana. The 11 000 workers nationwide strike over whether bargaining should be company or plant wide continues only if no agreement is reached in an 80 day cooling off period.
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Federal Court of Appeals
Washington
Union Carbide Corp
Aflcio United Steelworkers
Supreme Court
High Court
Carbide
Stellite
Defense Department
Indiana highway funds under review for restoration
The Federal Bureau of Roads will decide by January 10 whether to restore cut funds from Indiana’s 1967 highway program. Indiana, among 17 states, faces a potential restoration. no construction is rescheduled pending the decision. The 17.5 percent cut would effectively exceed one third when accounting for next year’s funds and prior year uses.
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Indianapolis
Federal Bureau of Roads
Martin L. Hayes
State Highway Department
Indiana
Hayes
FTC proposes heat on retailers hiding credit costs
The FTC proposes requiring retailers to disclose full credit costs to customers including cash price taxes trade in balance and all finance and insurance charges. Public comment ends February 24 before a final ruling. The plan targets installment sales with repossession or promissory notes and excludes ordinary charge accounts.
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Washington
Federal Trade Commission
FTC
Executive Dies in Chicago Former National Tea Chairman
Harley V. McNamara former board chairman and president of National Tea Co died after collapsing on a street near the Chicago loop at age 72. A longtime leader in food merchandising he built National Tea into a major U.S. chain after starting as a stock clerk.
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Chicago
UPI
Harley V. McNamara
National Tea Co
McNamara
National Tea
United States
Christmas Tragedy Weighs On Aberfan Town
In Aberfan Wales on Christmas Eve residents mourn the 1966 slag-heap disaster that buried 116 children and left 320 survivors. Princess Margaret donations funded a global toy drive while a 4.2 million disaster fund nears final distribution and a formal inquiry pauses for Christmas.
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Aberfan
Wales
Harry Short
Martine
Clifford Hodkinson
Clifford
Ruby Too Ill For Lie Test In Oswald Killing Case
Dallas UPI Jack Ruby is too ill from cancer to undergo a lie detector test to prove he acted alone in killing Lee Harvey Oswald. Detective Paul Bently says Ruby’s condition and drugs render any exam unreliable while Texas Attorney General Waggoner Carr urges testing ASAP.
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Lee Harvey Oswald
Paul Bently
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Bently
Earl Ruby
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Jack
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Burglary Hits Four Oblong Stores In One Night
Sheriff investigates thefts at IGA Harmons Drug Store Marshall Insurance Agency and Musgrave Real Estate Agency in Oblong Illinois. Burglars broke rear doors took cash and merchandise including 650 cartons of cigarettes and cameras. Losses totaled over 8000 with IGA at 1750 Harmons 5600 and small sums at the other offices.
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Oblong
Ill
Robert B. Stewart
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Marshall Insurance Agency
Musgrave’s Real Estate Agency
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Musgrave Real Estate Agency
Marshall
Ofice
Seelyville Man Hurt in Crash Near Tabertown
Seelyville resident George Kratzer, 53, was injured Friday night when his car veered off US 40 near Tabertown and struck a house. He was reported recovering Saturday after a hospital ambulance transported him. Indiana State Police troopers investigated the crash.
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Seelyville
Callahan
ISP
Don Sullivan
John Gilmore
Photographer Dick Gould Dies in Cincinnati Newsroom
Dick Gould a veteran news photographer died Friday of an apparent heart attack in the WCPO newsroom Cincinnati He was 51 Gould previously served as chief photographer at WCPO and worked for WLW Acme News Service and United Press International.
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UPI
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Acme News Service
United Press International
American nurse finds relief in Kuala Lumpur during Vietnam leave
Sally Dunbar, a nurse with the Agency for International Development in Da Nang, spends R and R in Kuala Lumpur. She enjoys luxury hotels, museums, and a British club while reflecting on the stress of life in Vietnam and training 18 Vietnamese nurses.
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Malaysia
Vietnam
Sally Dunbar
da Nang
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Sally
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Branigin Extends Merry Christmas Wishes to Hoosiers
Gov. Roger D. Branigin issues a holiday message urging Hoosiers to count blessings and uphold Judeo Christian values. He speaks of rights duties and peace, wishing Merry Christmas to all including service members overseas. A brief radar note about time measurement follows.
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Indianapolis
Roger D. Branigin
Hoosiers
Christ
Royal Bangkok birthday party amid tense border pressures
At King Bhumipol Adulyadej's birthday reception in Bangkok 5 000 guests attended a lush garden party in near 100 degree heat. Thai patrols searched for guerrillas while F 105s roared toward North Vietnam. The king, 39, wore a general's uniform and his queen Sirikit looked radiant as the couple greeted thousands of friends.
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Diplomatic Corps
Bhumipol Adulyadej
Sirikit
Ava Gardner
Ackack
Bhumipal
Abol Rattana Rajikanva Siri Vadhana
Vajiralongkorn
Sirinthorn
Chulaporn
Moonlighting Cop Dies After Scaffold Fall
Anderson Indiana Ray Wilson 41 a member of the Anderson police juvenile division died in Indianapolis Methodist Hospital from injuries after a 15 foot fall from a scaffold while working at St John s Hospital in Anderson He joined the force in 1959 to support his family and was moonlighting construction work at the time of the accident.
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Anderson
Ray Wilson
Anderson Police
Indianapolis Methodist Hospital
St. John’s Hospital
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Christmas Amid Shortages In Communist Europe
Radio Free Europe finds mixed holiday signs in East Bloc states with scarce everyday goods yet festive observances. Czech beer, Romanian home deliveries, and imports of cosmetics and toys mark some brightenings as churches again draw worshippers despite atheism policies.
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Radio Free Europe
Turkey
Czechoslovakia
Romania
Hungary
Communist Party
Driver Fined for No Operator's License in City Court
Gary Lee Van Sandingham of 4% Paris Ave West Terre Haute was fined $3.25 in city court Friday for driving without an operator's license. The article notes New York City's Grand Central Station houses the world's largest indoor clock with a 15-foot clock face and a seven-foot minute hand.
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Gary Lee van Sandingham
Paris Ave
West Terre Haute
New York
Grand Central Station
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