Wreck near Lincolnton injures survivor and kills five
Four adults and a fifth person die in a single crash on Highway 182 near Woodside Church west of Lincolnton. A 19 year old, Robert Patterson, survives but is in critical condition after the 1935 Oldsmobile, registered to Edward Toby Beal of Lincolnton, ran off a curve into a pine tree. Authorities note no tire marks and suspect the driver may have fallen asleep. The crash marks a deadly start to the new year in Lincoln County with prior high wreck totals noted by officials.
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Toby Beal
Oak SL
Lincolnton
Michael Quinn Patterson
Cherry
Vine R
Sam
Robert Patterson
Crowell
Charlotte
Davis
Jarrett
Cherryville
Walrolman Jarrett
Beal
North Carolina
Woodside Church
Lincoln
Peace envoy Goldberg arrives in London for Viet Nam talks
Arthur J. Goldberg arrives from Paris to meet Prime Minister Harold Wilson as part of a U S effort to seek a peace settlement in Viet Nam. W Averell Harriman meets Yugoslav leaders in Brdo Castle to discuss regional peace while planning to visit India.
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London
Arthur J. Goldberg
Johnson
Paris
Harold Wilson
Viet Nam
W. Averell Harriman
Tito
Yugoslavia
Brno
Balkan
White House
Harriman
Kranj
Brdo Castle
Belgrade
C. Burke Eibrick
U.S
Yagoslav
Marko Nikezic
Viet Cong Hide, Fighting Pauses Across South Viet Nam
Viet Cong battalions slipped into hiding in multiple areas as ground fighting quieted. A major action near Hau Nghia Province yielded 125 killed, 63 captured, 26 weapons seized. U.S. and South Vietnamese pilots flew 267 sorties. 50,000 strike sorties this year. North Viet Nam air activity diminished.
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South Viet Nam
Hau Nghia
U.S
1St Corps
Viet Nam
Air Force
Harold Brown
Southeast Asia
Guam
Leas
Quang Ngai
U.S. Air Force
North
Riches In New Year Dollarwords Contest Begins
The Gazette starts a new Dollarwords contest with $25 weekly added to the prize pot and a $50 bump planned. Readers urged to submit blanks and answers from the Sunday edition as they chase the $450 total, a sum described as the Dellarwards money. The piece notes seven weeks without a winner and keeps a playful tone.
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the Gazette Today
First baby of year born in Gaston County
Ricky Lee Edwards is the first baby of the new year in Gaston County. Son of Mr. and Mrs. Maryin Lee Edwards of 210 South Poplar Street, he weighed in at Garrison General Hospital at 003 a.m. The baby, mother, and father are all well.
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Gaston County
Ricky Lee Edwards
Maryin Lee Edwards
S. Poplar St. Ife
Garrison General Hospital
Widow Found Dead In Wrecked Car Near Wadesboro
A 36 year old widow Margaret Beaty was found dead in the rear seat of a wrecked car eight miles west of Wadesboro near Polkton. Cause of death pending autopsy by Coroner OH Leavitt. Claude White 47 of Gastonia connected with Evans Business College was hospitalized with a head wound after his Oldsmobile convertible struck his vehicle and a camping trailer. Police and sheriff investigators await autopsy results to determine if Beaty died before or after the crash.
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Gary Martin
Wadesboro
Polkton
Claude Arthur White
Fairfield Dr
Leavitt
Wileher
White
Wison
Gastonia
Gene Heafner
Rayfield
Mrs. Beaty
Heafner
Wilson
Cherry Grove Beach
Evans Business College
River Ends Bender In Phoenix Flood Disaster
Salt River in Phoenix valley rose to record flood levels after emergency releases from six reservoirs. About 8,000 residents were evacuated to churches schools and armories with 1,700 remaining away from homes as floodwaters damaged Interstate 10 and shut many streets and highways. Estimated damage started at 1.2 million dollars and gas lines ruptured in the valley as power was briefly cut to a large area. The flood crest subsided about 20 hours after spillways opened.
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Phoenix
Ariz
Salt
Arizona
National Guard
Salt River Valley
Walter Hil Sis
Salt River
Ex-President Auriol Dies In France
Paris AP reports Vincent Auriol former French president from 1947 to 1954 died after a hip fracture suffered in a fall at his Riviera home. He died in a Paris hospital. A Socialist who opposed German capitulation in World War II, he later joined De Gaulle in London and became the first president of the Fourth Republic in 1937.
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Paris
Vincent Auriol
France
Auriol
Riviera
Charles de Gaulle
London
Highway Death Toll Mounting During New Year Weekend
The Associated Press reports traffic deaths during the New Year weekend total around 387 by Sunday midnight, with prior weeks showing 280 plus during Christmas. Projections suggest 30 to 40 more fatalities by end, compared with 474 in 1904-05 New Year, and a 720 record for Christmas.
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National Safety Council
Associated Press
Dacko Ousted in Bangui by Colonel Bokassa
In Bangui Central African Republic President David Dacko was toppled in a swift military coup Dacko placed under house arrest Col Bokassa commander in chief of the armed forces announced he had seized power and taken control of the government.
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Banguy
Central African Republic
David Dacko
Col. Bokassa
Ife
Dacko
Subway Strike Grips New York City Transit
New York endured a citywide transit strike as Mayor Lindsay faced his first hours in office. AFL-CIO union leader Michael Quill insisted the strike was on despite a court injunction. Officials warned one in four Manhattan commuters could be unable to travel if the strike lasts to Monday.
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New York
John V. Windsay
Manhattan
Peppery
Michael J. Quill
Afl-Cio Transport Workers Union
Lindsay
Qual
Supreme Court
Lalks
Ad-stary Hotel Americana
Transit
Lindsay, Quill
Union
Authority
Joseph O'Grady
George Tilzer
San Juan
Puerto Rico
Fifth Avenue
National Guard
Quill
No Company Response LBJ Asks Meeting On Steel Prices
Washington AP report on Bethlehem Steel raising prices for structural steel shapes and piling by five dollars a ton. President Johnson called for a meeting between Bethlehem officials and his economic advisers, while Bethlehem officials were unavailable for comment.
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LBJ
Washington
Bethlehem Steel Corp
Johnson
Council of Economic Advisers
Bethlehem
Gardner Ackley
Ackley
Bethlehem Action
Texas
Johari
Kennedy
Edward D. Bickford
Bethlehems
Social Security tax jumps by 5.1 billion dollars
Washington AP reports major tax changes from last summer's acts bring a $4.1 billion annual rise in Social Security payroll deductions for 1966, with employers and employees each facing higher rates and a $6,600 income base. Excise taxes fall about one third, delivering a $1.7 billion annual consumer saving, including telephone, auto, and entertainment taxes, while new year increases fund old age pensions disability and survivors benefits retroactively from Jan 1.
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Washington
Congress
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