Fire Destroys Knowles Pontiac On Sixth Ave
A two alarm blaze gutted Knowles Pontiac Inc at 2739 Sixth Ave early today destroying 30 to 40 new and customer cars. About 40 cars were in the showroom and nearby lots. fire and heat forced evacuation of nearly 30 neighboring occupants. Police patrol minutes earlier found nothing. fire started in rear paint shop. First alarm at 2 05 am, second at 2 10 am, more units called after 3 am.
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Knowles Pontiac, Inc
Tomer
Sixth Ave
Consid
Knowles
Knowles Pontiac
Drug-Crazed Troops Routed Near Saigon
North Vietnamese and Viet Cong forces charged a U S artillery base 50 miles north of Saigon in a two hour battle. 124 enemy fighters were killed and one American soldier died with 31 wounded. A major commander was captured. heroin found on some dead. Local fighting involved the 165th Regiment of the 7th North Vietnamese Division near Loc Ninh.
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Saigon
Green
Young
U.S
Red Clay
Highway 13
Cambodia
Associated Press
George Esper
James D. Denbrink
Palm Beach
Fla
U.S. 1St Infantry Division
25Th Infantry Division
165Th Regiment
7Th
165Th
Loc Ninh
McCarthy Calls For Concessions In Vietnam Peace Talks
Senator Eugene J. McCarthy proposed that some South Vietnamese areas be ceded to the Viet Cong to spur negotiations. He argued the United States should avoid controlling all of South Vietnam and test Viet Cong reaction before pressing talks. Vice President Humphrey, by contrast, said breakthroughs come when the countryside is won, not through enclaves.
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Washington
Eugene J. McCarthy
D-Minn
South Vietnam
McCarthy
Humphrey
Hubert H. Humphrey
United States
Johnson
Vietnam
Warsaw
CBS
ABC
Meccarthy
Klan Has 17 000 Members
Washington report shows 1967 Ku Klux Klan membership at about 17 000 across 17 independent groups mostly in the south with Klaverns found to the north. The House Un American Activities Committee says the movement remains a competitive, conspiratorial effort depriving citizens of constitutional rights.
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Washington
UPI
America
House Committee On Un-American Activities
Michigan
Twisters Hit Florida Gulf Coast
Tornadoes cut a five mile wide path through Fort Walton Beach and nearby communities from Panama City to Pensacola injuring about 200, leaving 400 homeless. Capehart housing at Tyndall Air Force Base suffered the worst damage with 150 treated for injuries and 31 seriously hurt. Eglin and Hurlburt Field reported damage but no deaths.
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Panama City
Fla
Florida Panhandle Gulf Coast
Pensacola
Capehart
Tyndall Air Force Base
Here
Fort Walton Beach
Kirk
Florida
Claude Kirk
Palm Beach
National Guard
Okaloosa County
Ray Wilson
Bayou Wood
Air Force Base
Loreta Byrd
Jerry J. Byrd
Byrds
la Fayette
Eglin Air Force Base
Hurlburt Field
Eglin
Bay County
M.J. Daffin
Air Force
Parker
Springfield
Callaway
Hank Basham
Tyndall
Cinco Bayou
Ocean City
Shalimar
Gibson Shopping Center
Nixon Struggles To Win GOP Governors Support
GOP governors at Palm Beach assess Nixon's presidential bid amid doubts he can beat Johnson. While Nixon leads in polls for delegates, many state executives fear he cannot win primaries or defeat Johnson. Arizona's Williams calls him the acknowledged person who should have the nomination if he wins the primaries. Moderates seek a fresh face and consider Romney Rockefeller Shafer as fallbacks. Shafer gains limited prominence at the conference with a platform idea and co chair candidacy.
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Palm Beach, Fla
Richard M. Nixon
GOF
Nixon
Johnson
Henry M. Bellman
Oklahoma
Arizona
Jack Williams
John A. Love
Colorado
Ronald Reagan
California
George Romney
Michigan
Romney
Shafer
Senate
Everett M. Dirksen
Illinois
Pennsylvania
French Boy, 15 Admits Slaying Kidnap Victim
A 15 year old boy admitted kidnapping and killing the seven year old son of a French official, after luring Emmanuel Malliart to a woods death scene during a game misused as a kidnapping. He collected $12,000 in ransom and the money was recovered. The boy was arrested near his grandparents' home. witnesses said the youth had wild eyes. The victim's father is a government official and Governor Romney was nearby at a church service when the body was found.
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Versailles
France
Emmanuel Malliart
Emmanuel
George Romney
Michigan
Latter Day Saints
Rene Camard
Motorcycle Gang Held For Torturing Youth
Police in New York seized eight gang members accused of torturing a Youth Corpsman for two days in two Lower East Side tenements. Kenneth A. Goss, 20, said he was tied, beaten, burned with cigarettes, and threatened with death. The assault followed a fight with a gang member and involved seven youths and a girl among about 30 participants.
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New York
Lower East Side
Kenneth A. Goss
Three Die In Penn Fraternity House Fire Tragedy
A pre Christmas party at University of Pennsylvania Delta Tau Delta house on 36th and Locust Sts. ended in a fatal blaze linked to a discarded cigarette. Three people died, including a 17 year old girl, and fourteen were injured, five were firefighters. The fire trapped occupants on the second floor as decor with snow motif and igloo entrance sheets burned.
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Philadelphia
University of Pennsylvania
Delta Tau Delta
Locust Sts
Penn
West Philadelphia
Kent Smith
Wilmington
Del
John J. Grochwoski Jr
Franklinville
N.J
Susa Sagendorph
Teen Agers Targeted By Gyp Artists In NY
NY UP I reports school leaders warn about gyp artists targeting teens with bogus lists and mail schemes. Principal emeritus George F E Shattuck urges schools to flag direct mail offers, noting 18 billion dollars in teen economy fuels exploiters. He cites vanity volumes fake honor societies and unaccredited training as examples.
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New York
UPI
George FE. Shattuck
Norwich
National Education Association
NEA Journal
Shattuck
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Klan
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Florida Panhandle
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Rockefeller
Raymond P. Shafer
Ion
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