Meningitis outbreak prompts safety measures at Lackland and bases
Trainees at Lackland Air Force Base enter semi isolation as Army bases also deploy steps to curb a spinal meningitis outbreak that has killed two recruits this week. New arrivals will be sent to Amarillo to limit exposure while flights and common areas are scaled back and bunks spaced for protection.
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San Antonio
Tex
Lackland Air Force Base
Lackland
Air Force
Amarillo Air Force Base
Jerry L. Slagle
Akron
Ohio
Lackland Hospital
Robert W. Given
Ft. Gordon, Ga
Ft. Gordon
Denver
Colo
Champaign
Ill
Biloxi
Miss
Wichita Falls
Amarillo
African Offers Plan On Peace Discussions
Mali ambassador Lori Coulibaly says U S recognition of the NLF is needed to start peace talks in Viet Nam. He argues the Saigon government exists only due to American presence and envisions neutral nations pressuring recognition as the first step. U N ambassador Goldberg says the U N can play a constructive role if Hanoi agrees to talks and conditions are negotiated.
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United Nations, N. Y
U. N. Security Council
Viet Nam
United States
Viet Cong
National Liberation Front
NLF
U. S
Lori Coulibaly
Mali
Saigon
Coulibaly
U.N
U. N
Arthur J. Goldberg
United Nations
NFL
North Viet Nam
Goldberg
Hanoi
New York
Woman Dies in Early Morning Auto Collision
Ruby Goins 23 of Vincennes died after a two car crash at 14th and Chestnut Streets about 3 23 a m Saturday. Five injured in the collision with Norman Burdette 42 of Pimento the other driver jailed as prosecutor to seek grand jury review.
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Ruby Goins
Vincennes
Union Hospital
14Th
Chestnut Sts
Vigo County
Ralph Berry
Norman Burdette
Pimento
Burdette
U S Aerial Bombardments Knock Out Cong Airfield
U S Navy and Air Force planes launched 47 attacks on North Viet Nam targets. Air Force planes cratered the Dien Bien Phu airfield runway rendering it unserviceable. B52s bombed Viet Cong targets in Quang Nam Province as allied forces report heavy enemy losses around Bong Son. A teen aged terrorist killed by a bomb attached to a jeep near CARE director William Strouse’s staff compound in Saigon.
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UPI
Air Force
Viet Nam
U. S
Dien Bien Phu
Hanoi
Air
Guam
VA. 3. 1St Air Cavalry Division
Bong Son
Saigon
9Th Division
Kien Giang
Care
William Strouse
San Jose
Calif
Strouse
Westinghouse Strike Cancelled After Agreement Reached
Baltimore defense complex workers and Westinghouse salaried employees union avoided a Monday strike after reaching a tentative settlement. Union President James L. Hare said executive board ratification would occur at 10 a.m. Details would be presented then. The walkout stemmed from wage disputes over blizzard-related payroll deductions and began during President Kennedy's funeral.
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Baltimore
Westinghouse Corp
Westinghouse
James L. Hare
Westinghouse Defense
Westinghouse Defense and Space Center
Hare
John F. Kennedy
D. C. Lee
Indonesia Rejects China Note Over Demonstrations
Indonesia rejected a Chinese protest note about hostile demonstrations and told Beijing to stay out of its internal affairs. The government expressed regret for damage to the Chinese Embassy on February 3 and denied any Indonesian government involvement, citing anti-Indonesian broadcasts on Peking radio. In Algeria, a French attempt to orbit a science satellite failed after a power cable malfunction halted the three stage rocket.
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Tokyo
Indonesia
Peking
Antara
Peking Radio
Sukarno
Hammaguir
Algeria
Jean Coulomb
Sahara Test Center
Weather Map Report for Terre Haute Region
The Weather By U. S. Weather Bureau notes river stage at 6.1 ft and rising. Conditions: mostly cloudy with warmer temperatures and a chance of rain in Terre Haute vicinity. Indiana forecasts show partly cloudy today, increasing clouds tonight with light rain possible in south portions, and Sunday cloudy with rain possible. Illinois expects partly cloudy to night, colder Sunday with snow probable. Temperatures range from the mid 30s to the mid 40s with a 28 degree street reading at 6 am and 42 at 2 pm.
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Terre Haute
Indiana
Illinois
Soviet Rocket General Dies While On Duty
Moscow reports Lt. Gen Ivan D Ivliyev aged 50 died while carrying out his duties according to Red Star Defense Ministry newspaper. No cause given whether rocket explosion or aircraft crash. Ivliyev held Hero of the Soviet Union and many other decorations.
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Moscow
Defense Ministry
Red Star
Ivan D. Ivliyev
Ivliyev
Soviet Union
Cardinal's sermon defends Polish church against communists
In Warsaw on Friday night Stefan Cardinal Wyszynski urged that the world needs love not steel amid church state clashes with the Communist government. He called for unity and restraint as tensions rise in Poland.
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Warsaw
Poland
Stefan Cardinal Wyszynski
Gove
Wilson's Action Averts British Rail Strike
London AP reports Prime Minister Harold Wilson averted a nationwide rail strike by winning union leaders to accept the government compromise. The National Union of Railwaymen's 23 member executive rejected the proposal 13-10 after talks with Economics Minister George Brown. The deal moves up a 34 percent pay rise to Sept 1 and cuts the work week to 40 hours from Feb 28, along with benefits for long service and pension renegotiations.
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London
Harold Wilson
Wilson
National Union of Railwaymen
George Brown
Labor
Editorial Attacks King Baudouin Seized in Belgium
Police seized La Voix du Peuple, the pro Chinese Belgian Communist weekly, on accusations of insulting the royal family after an editorial attacked King Baudouin.
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Brussels
Belgium
la Voix du Peuple
the Voice of the People
Baudouin
Johnson Says Nation Backs Viet Nam Policies
President Johnson told reporters at the White House that Congress and the country broadly support his Viet Nam policies. He expects more U S troops to South Viet Nam to bolster about 200 000 already there and cautioned no firm reserves are planned. Sen. McCarthy noted the speech signaled no major acceleration of the war, while Fulbright and critics show dissent in mail. Public hearings on Viet Nam were discussed with emphasis on objective, fair debate.
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Washington
Johnson
Congress
Viet Nam
White House
U.S
South Viet Nam
Eugene J. McCarthy
Dminn
J. W. Fulbright
D-Ark
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Hugh Scott
R-Pa
Foreign Relations Committee
Early judgment by kin on Lincoln born 157 years ago
A National Geographic Society account recalls a nine year old cousin’s first view of Abraham Lincoln and the ex claimed he would never amount to much. The remark reflects early skepticism about the future president.
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Abraham Lincoln
National Geographic Society
Lincoln Observances Mark 157th Lincoln Birthday
Springfield events honor Abraham Lincoln with tomb wreath ceremonies led by veterans groups. A Lincoln Association dinner features Gov. Kerner introducing Gov. Scranton, plus a $100000 restoration pledge for the old state capitol. Dirksen warns Republicans over Viet Nam politics.
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Springfield
Ill
Abraham Lincoln
Oak Ridge
American Legion
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Abraham Lincoln Association
Otto Kerner
William Scranton
Pennsylvania
Kerner
State Capitol
Lincoln
Adlai E. Stevenson
United States
United Nations
U.S
Everett M. Dirksen
Senate
Crop humor as old neighbor tensions emerge in proverb
A terse aphorism notes that a robust crop helps a man endure a neighbor's failure, hinting at rural resilience and social friction. The line frames farming life where harvests both sustain households and underscore rivalries between neighbors.
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Meki Toalepai
Samoa
Jo Ann Kovacs
D. C
Frederick J. Hanna
Bethlehem
Maryland
Milton Besser
Cong
By Michael T. Malloy
Quang Nam
World News
China
U. S. Weather Bureau
British Rail
Raymond E. Palmer
King Baudouin
Ies
Cies
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House
Dirksen
Dwight D. Eisenhower
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