Bird proofed parade route for Nixon inauguration
Wilmette resident Joe Fink and eight workers spent 12 days treating 100 trees along Pennsylvania Avenue with 2000 gallons of his self made chemical to keep starlings off the inaugural parade route from the White House to the Capitol.
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Wilmette
Ill
Joe Fink
Nixon
Fink
White House
Capitol
Pennsylvania Avenue
National Bird Control Laboratory
News industry study urged by Courier Journal editor
Norman Isaacs editor of the Louisville CourierJournal urged a federal commission study of the news industry to curb coverage of violence. He said the press should exercise more responsible restraint in reporting crime and violence.
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Washington
Federal Commission
National Commission On the
Norman Isaacs
Louisville
Courier-Journal
Christmas Party Shootings End In Tragedy In Carlinville
Sherman Kline 38 aimed two pistols at a welfare agency Christmas party wounding several and killing his estranged wife Lorain 38 and three others. Social workers Frank Wildgrube 24 Bonnie Albracht 23 and receptionist Ann Keppler 25 died. Four children aged 14 8 13 and 10 were wounded with two in critical condition. Kline fled to Missouri then died after a self inflicted shot hours later.
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David L. Anderson
Associated Press
Carlinville, Ill
Welfare Agency
Sherman Kline
Illinois Department of Child and Family Services
Lorraine
Frank Wildgrube
Bonnie Albracht
Carlinville
Ann Keppler
Beard, TV
Michael
Diane
Springfield
Gene
Judy
Gillis Elected President Pro Tem In Georgia Senate
The Georgia Senate elected Sen. Hugh Gillis of Soperton as president pro tem after defeating proposed rule changes on committee appointments. The defeat surprised many since Senate committee chairmen had approved the changes last week.
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Atlanta, Ga
Georgia Senate
Hugh Gillis
Soperton
Senate
Picketers seek $100 Christmas bonuses in Atlanta
About 85 welfare recipients picketed in Atlanta organized by the National Welfare Rights Organization seeking $100 Christmas bonuses. They were heard by the Fulton County Department of Family and Children Services and County Commission with no promises of aid.
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Atlanta, Ga
Fulton County Department of Family and Children Services
County Commission
National Welfare Rights Organization
Ethel Mae Mathews
Showers Cloudy and Mild With Scattered Showers
Cloudy and mild conditions with scattered showers return tonight as the warm spell continues. Overnight low moderates while a few dry stretches appear between showers.
Don’t Laugh About Ethics and Parking Lanes
A fragmented note muses on ethics and political tactics. It mentions abruptly stopping pressure to confuse the opponent, and jokes about choosing the right foot forward. It also observes many churches surrounding their buildings with driveways to aid family parking.
Satellite Launched Intelsat 8 promises global communications boost
The Intelsat 8 satellite, the most powerful communications satellite yet, entered a preliminary orbit on a Delta rocket. It will double transatlantic channels linking North and South America Europe and Africa and head to a stationary position above the Atlantic. Trackers expect a signal to fire its engine to place it about three miles above the equator off Brazil.
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Gape Kennedy
Fla
Atlantic Ocean
Intelsat 8
South America
Europe
Africa
Intelsat
Equator
Brazil
Wounded Son Coming Home From Vietnam
Kenneth M. Robison, a Central High School graduate, 1967, of the 199th Light Infantry Brigade, was wounded by a Viet Cong booby trap in Vietnam. He will be hospitalized in Japan before returning to the United States, possibly Ft. Benning or Ft. Gordon, with plans to come home early next year.
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Tom Holton Ochlochnee
Odel Robison
Kenneth M. Robison
Vietnam
Kenneth
Central High School
199Th Light Infantry Brigade
Rt. 2
Long Binh
Hospi
Japan
States
Ft. Benning
Ft. Gordon
Robison
Cambodia, Viet Cong Offer Releases In Prisoner Talks
Cambodia announces it will release 12 American soldiers captured over the past year. The Viet Cong offers to free three U S troops named Thomas Nelson Jones Donald L Smith and James W Brigham. U S and South Vietnamese commands report rising casualties but no major ground fighting.
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George Esper
Associated Press
Saigon
Cambodia
U.S
Prince Norodom Sihanouk
Phnom Penh
Paris
Thomas Nelson Jones
Donald L. Smith
James W. Brigham
Bangkok
Sihanouk
Johnson
Coat Bargain Quest in Panama City Beach
Pat Still sought a fur coat to stay warm in Panama City Beach Florida but aimed to limit spending, searching for a affordable option amid warm weather.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Panama City Beach
Fla
Pat
Area Deaths Record Bible William Lloyd Sr Cotton Rev Earl Pendley Bobby
Area obituaries list William Lloyd Sr Bible, Rev. Earl Cotton, Bobby Pendley and others. Page 14 notes brief death notices from local churches and families with limited biographical detail.
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Bible
William Lloyd Sr
Cotton
Earl Pendley
Bobby
Hong Kong Flu Eases Congestion Amid Holiday Travel
Crowds fill roads rails and skies as Christmas travel peaks. The Hong Kong flu may spread load over an extended period with record crowds predicted by airlines and rail lines. Eastern Airlines expects a 60 percent surge to Florida and Puerto Rico, United adds 14 extra sections from Philadelphia for about 33 percent more passengers.
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Hong Kong
Associated Press
Virgin McKibben
Greyhound Bus Co
Washington
McKibben
Eastern Airlines
Philadelphia
Florida
Puerto Rico
United Airlines
Ransom payoff for coed broken up near Miami
FBI reports the kidnap ransom for Barbara Jane Mackle was broken up when a policeman found a blue Volvo abandoned near downtown Miami. A suitcase containing $500,000 in used $20 bills was recovered from a car. a skin diving suit and a carbine were also found as fugitives fled.
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Coed
Frank Murray
Miami
Fla
Barbara Jane Mackle
FBI
Bayside
Biscayne Bay
Fred Fox
Fox
Massachusetts
Self
James Knight
Brickell Avenue
Wind swept house leaves spinster homeless in Philadelphia
A wind swept derelict three story house on the Philadelphia waterfront slated for expressway clearance renders 70 year old Stefanie Murawska homeless. The Polish immigrant lived there on and off since youth, earning a cigars rolling wage of 40 dollars weekly and later on Social Security. She has long rented space with families and sought abandoned shelters, stating she prefers to be on the move.
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Philadelphia
Stefanie Murawska
Stefanie
United States
Steffie
Fortes
Eliee
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American Automobile Association
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Peninsula Motor Club
St. Petersburg Motor Club
U. S
Kline
O'Fallon
Gillis
Prexy
Santa Barbara
Calif
Episcopal
James A. Pike
California
Center For the Study of Democratic Institutions
N.J
Paterson
N. J
Maddox
Gainesville
Lester Maddox
Atlanta
Barbara Jané
Robert F. Mackle
Coral Gables
Fila
P. S. Self
Abby Ee Sree
Heloise Eees
Eben
Eee
Eeeneses
Evevevae
Sereen Ee Eeeves
Highway
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