Crossing Crash Kills 12 in Everett Mass
A Boston and Maine diesel passenger train struck a fuel oil truck stalled with frozen brakes at a street crossing in Everett. Twelve people died and up to 35 were aboard. Firefighters pried victims from the wreck as flames enveloped the train and truck and investigators blamed frozen brakes on the truck.
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Everett
Mass
Boston & Maine
Chelsea
Herbert Fothergill
Ralph Devito
George Stewart
Massachusetts General Hospital
Boston
Whidden Hospital
Chelsea Naval Hospital
Chelsea Memorial Hospital
Raymond Bouley
Billerica
Second Street
Bouley
Whidden
North Station
Rockport
Thomas Bagley
Martin F. Marnik
Lynn
Marnik
Frederick Scott
Taxes and Relief Third in Series by State Senator Mankin
Editor notes this is the third in a series by State Senator Jack H. Mankin of Vigo County on Indiana 1967 tax relief. He outlines why property tax rates keep rising despite state steps and argues three realistic options to cut local government budgets and tax levies.
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Jack H. Mankin
Vigo County
Indiana General Assembly
Indiana State Chamber of Commerce
Indiana
Weather map shows colder trend with snow likely
At 6 a.m. a 33 degree reading with a 4 p.m. 53 reading, river stage 8.7 ft and falling. Indiana and Illinois forecast warns Hazardous driving conditions with rain snow and snow flurries. highs in 30s to low 40s, lows in 20s, chance of precipitation over 60 percent tonight and around 30 percent Thursday.
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Terre Haute
Indiana
Lake Michi
Illinois
Mekong Delta Offensive Opens With 89 Viet Cong Dead
Thousands of South Vietnamese troops swept rice fields in the Mekong Delta in a large scale operation launched Tuesday. Vietnamese officials report 89 Viet Cong killed in two days, with two prisoners and 48 weapons seized. Paratroopers conducted the first combat jump in years as U.S. forces prepare for future deployment.
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Saigon
South Vietnam
Mekong
Chuong Thien
Delta
U.S
Legislauts Aim to Split State Surplus for Local Tax Relief
Indiana legislators plan to use a large portion of the general fund surplus to provide quick property tax relief for local governments and to create a permanent system that returns funds when the surplus remains above a safe minimum. An AP poll of 1967 General Assembly members shows 75 percent favor a continuing relief system, 66 percent support quick distribution, and 63 percent back a combination.
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Indianapolis
Indiana
Associated Press
General Assembly
House
Senate
Rites Friday for Monty Grant Ex Newsman
Richard L Monty Grant 70 retired city editor of The Star died Tuesday after an attack at his home 410 South 24th Street Union Hospital. Services Friday 10 a m at Christ Lutheran Church with Rev Kenneth Schlueter officiating. Interment Oak Grove Cemetery Grayville Ill. Friends may call after 2 p m Thursday at J N Hickman Funeral Home. Grant joined The Star staff in 1914 and became city editor in the 1920s after stints with Evansville Courier and Peoria Journal Star.
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Christ Lutheran Church
Richard L
Monty” Grant
The
Star
Union Hospital
S. 24Th St
Kenneth Schlueter
Oak Grove
Grayville
Ill
J. N. Hickman
Grant
Evansville
Peoria
Journal-Star
Terre Haute Star
Courts Study Sweeney's Argument with the City
Vigo County treasurer Bernard Sweeney and Terre Haute officials clash over who can invest 1.2 million in sanitary district funds. Judge Charles K. McCrory weighs conflicting statutes while both sides face possible lack of authority. Continued on page 5.
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Vigo County
Bernard Sweeney
Terre Haute
Vigo Superior Court No. 2
Terre Haute Sanitary District
Charles K. McCrory
Sweeney
Sanitation Board Commissioners
Raymond Thomas
United States Monitors Report Chinese Nuclear Test
Washington reports that six U S monitors detected evidence of a new Red Chinese nuclear explosion. No details were released. If confirmed, this would be China’s fifth nuclear test, aligning with a State Department forecast from a month earlier.
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Washington
U. S
State Department
Red China
Above Freezing Weather Averts State Ice Storm
Indiana faced nasty weather but avoided a major ice event as temperatures rose above freezing in the south. Northern areas bore the worst with snow and sleet. roads were slick in the northwest and drifting snow near South Bend. The day saw rising temps that would melt ice and snow, with a colder turn expected tonight and possible more snow by weekend.
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Indiana
Lafayette
South Bend
Fort Wayne
Snowstorm Sweeps Upper Midwest with Heavy Snowfall
A storm dumping heavy snow spread from the central Plains into the Midwest causing drifting and highway disruptions. Up to a foot fell in parts of Kansas with continued snow in Nebraska and western Missouri, while Oklahoma and southwestern Kansas saw snow end, and eastern Kansas expected to finish today.
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Central Plains
Midwest
Kansas
Weather Bureau
Oklahoma
Missouri
Nebraska
Nebras
Pentagon stance on bombing North Vietnam unchanged
U S officials say no change to bombing policy despite civilian casualties. They argue military targets must be hit to deter aggression and save American lives. The Times dispatch cited blocks of desolation and 89 civilian deaths in one town. Senate hearings by Fulbright are expected to seek detailed reports from McNamara and Rusk. Eisenhower noted civilian harm is unavoidable.
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Washington
U.S
North Vietnam
Pentagon
South Vietnam
Harrison E. Salisbury
New York Times
Congress
J. W. Fulbright
D-Ark
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Fulbright
Defense
Robert S
Origin of the phrase roll out the red carpet traced to officials
The expression is linked to ancient church and state officials who wore red to signify their position.
Road Conditions Improve After Winter Mix
Area roads are described as improved but still wet and slick in spots after a combination of rain sleet and snowfall. State troopers urge extra caution as sand and salt were applied by city county and state crews Tuesday night to combat slipperiness.
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Indiana
Fire shuts J. J. Case Co plant and small Montgomery Ward blaze
Firefighters from Terre Haute and Otter Creek Volunteer fire units respond to 11:47 call at the J. I. Case Company plant on N. 13th Street for a substation fire that disrupted power. About 30 minutes later, Pumps 2, 4 and 5, Snorkle No. 1 and Chief Harris tackle a Montgomery Ward Co. warehouse fire at 4th and Cherry Street with light damage estimated at five dollars in the initial report.
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Terre Haute
Ray Moe-Manus
Otter Creek Volunteers
J. I. Case Company
N. 13Th St
McManus
Don Harris
Montgomery Ward Co
4Th and Cherry Sts
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William F. Nicholson
Sen
U. S. Weather Bureau
S. Vietnam
By Robert Tuckman
Hue
By Irwin J. Miller
Monty’ Grant
Treas
Urer
Bulletin
Upper Midwest
United Press International
J. J. Case Co
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