Ave Maria lists 13 silenced priests including O'Brien
The Catholic weekly Ave Maria on Notre Dame campus names Rev. Bonaventure O'Brien of Siena College as one of 13 silenced priests. The issue cites restraint due to involvement in civil rights or the peace movement and lists other priests from California to Maryland.
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Ave Maria
National Catholic Weekly Magazine
Bonaventure O'Brien
O.F.M
Siena College
University of Notre Dame
O’brien
Loudonville
South End
Father Bonaventure
William du Bay
Compton
Calif
Los Angeles
Joel Moelter
St. Bernadette’s
J. Clement Burns
la Salle College
John V. Coffield
Ascension Church
Philip Berrigan
Epiphany College Seminary
Newburgh
California
U S to Bring Television to South Viet Nam
U S Ambassador Lodge signed an agreement with the Saigon government to introduce television with two channels by month end. One channel will air Vietnamese programs for an hour daily, the other three hours for U S armed forces. Three thousand 23 inch sets will be sent from the United States via AID and the Defense Department. 890 sets will be sold locally.
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
U.S
Henry Cabot Lodge
United States
USAID
Defense Department
U.S. Post
Parked Car Hit Causes Front End Damage and Window Breakage
Harry E. Erwin reported his 1966 auto was struck while parked at a store lot between 3 30 p m and 6 p m with $350 damage to the right front fender door and side. Donald Fitch said six windows were broken in his 1958 auto parked near his home between 4 p m and 8 30 p m yesterday.
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Harry E. Erwin
Eighth Ave
Atlantic & Pacific Tea Co
River Streets
Donald Fitch
Ferry St
Young Hunter Shot By Dog
A 17 year old hunter from Amesbury was shot in the toe when his beagle Sam pawed his rifle causing a .22 slug to fire. He walked home and was taken to Amesbury Hospital for treatment.
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Amesbury, Mass
UPI
David DeGuio
Amesbury
Sam
Amesbury Hospital
NAACP Reports Second Straight Membership Decline
New York AP The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People reports a drop in total membership to 440 159, down 20 000 from a peak of 535 000 in 1963. Roy Wilkins notes no trend but expresses concern as Civil Rights Act shifts views. The 60 member board may elect a new president to replace Arthur Spingarn, retiring after 1939 tenure.
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New York
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
Roy Wilkins
Association
Board of Directors
Wilkins
NAACP
United States
Harlem
Yonder
Arthur Spingarn
Justice Sentences 2 Youths
Two Troy youths pleaded guilty before Justice Fogarty after he took office. Robert Skaarup, 17, and Henry Morlock, 19, were sentenced to 30 days in Rensselaer County Jail for dis orderly conduct following a disturbance on Fifth Avenue near Jacob and Hutton Streets. Officer William Maloney made the arrest.
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Troy
Timothy J. Fogarty
Justice Fogarty
Robert Skaarup
7Th Ave
Henry Morlock
Jacob St
Fogarty
Rensselaer County
William Maloney
Fifth Avenue
Jacob
Hutton
Britain and Soviet discuss Viet Nam in brief Downing Street meeting
London sources say Prime Minister Harold Wilson met Soviet charge d affaires Vladillen Vaser at No 10 Downing Street for about 20 minutes. The talks, linked to Viet Nam, raised speculation about a possible Geneva conference revival but no immediate steps were expected. Wilson reportedly conveyed a private message to Premier Kosygin.
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London
Soviet Union
Harold Wilson
Viet Nam
Vladillen Vaser
Alexander Soldatov
Moscow
No. 10
Downing St
Britain
Cochairmen
Indochina
Wilson
Vaser
Alexei N. Kosygin
Italy Reports Six Million Telephones In Use
Italy, population about 52 million, has six million telephones in service according to government figures. The report outlines expansive telecommunications growth and modernization across the country.
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Rome
Italy
St John’s Faculty Endorses Anti Strike Resolution
NEW YORK AP More St John’s University faculty members approved a resolution condemning a threatened strike by the United Federation of College Teachers. The vote 19 to 2 came from about three quarters of the education school faculty at a Sunday session. The federation is protesting the dismissal of 31 teachers amid a dispute over academic freedom while the university remains closed due to a city transit strike and plans to reopen. The federation warns the strike remains official and will mobilize pickets if the transit dispute resolves or the campus opens.
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New York
St. John’s University
Virginia Kavaugh
University
School of Education
United Federation of College Teachers
St. John’s
Computer Lifesaver for Troopers Uses UNIVAC Link
State Police Troop G will connect to a UNIVAC computer by March to check car registrations within a minute. The system will relay license numbers to Albany and trigger alerts within 30 seconds if a car is stolen or linked to a crime, guiding patrol decisions and aiming to save trooper lives. It will eventually cover all police files on thefts, missing persons, homicides, and more.
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Maj
A. E. Wright
New York Police Central
Albany
Troop G
Troop Ge
New CORE Head Seen Real Fighter
Floyd B. McKissick, 43, a Durham North Carolina Negro lawyer, named national director of CORE to succeed James Farmer who leaves March 1. McKissick plans to reinforce non violent action with new techniques while keeping CORE’s methods. He has led CORE chairman duties for three years and will lead in economic cooperatives efforts. The Asheville native rose from a 13 year old Boy Scout to university admission under federal orders and helped desegregate Durham schools and university programs through lawsuits.
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New York
Congress of Racial Equality
Floyd B. McKissick
Durham
N.C
National Action Council
James Farmer
McKissick
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
Student Non-violent Coordinating Committee
CORE
Asheville
MecKissick
University of North Carolina
Jocelyn
Peking blocks peace talks says Zablocki claims
Wisconsin Democrat Rep. Clement Zablocki says Polish officials report North Vietnam ready to negotiate a truce but that Red China blocks talks. He notes Hanoi could accept if escalation avoided and ground intervention by China not pursued.
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Milwaukee
Wis
Poland
Viet Nam
Clement J. Zablocki
D-Wis
Zablocki
Red China
House
Foreign Affairs
Far East and Pacific
Zablecki
Southeast Asia
Hanoi
China
Wtmj-Tv
Ho Chi Minh
Peking
United States
South Viet Nam
Haiphong
Red River
North Viet Nam
NAACP Leader Will Retire After 25 Years
Arthur B. Spingarn president of the NAACP will retire at 87 after 25 years at the helm. He made the announcement at the annual NAACP fellowship dinner at the Hilton Hotel on Sunday. He succeeded his brother Col. J. E. Spingarn as president in 1940.
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New York
UPI
Arthur B. Spingarn
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
NAACP
Spingarn
Hilton Hotel
Col
J. E. Spingarn
State Love Boss? Indian parents seek marriage ministry
JHARIA India AP reports a government official complains that Indians rely heavily on the federal government and predicts to the day parents will demand a ministry of marriage to arrange weddings for their children in response to the growing dependence.
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Jharia, India
Ministry of Marriage
Burgh Credit Unit To Meet Tomorrow
An organizational meeting of the Lansingburgh School District Federal Credit Union will be held at 7 p.m. tomorrow in the Knickerbocker Junior High School library. Michael A. Cassella of the welfare committee of the Lansingburgh Teachers Assn. will lead the meeting. All employees and members of the Lansingburgh school system are invited.
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New
Lansingburgh
Federal Credit Union
Knickerbocker Junior High
Michael A. Cassella
Welfare Committee
The
Lansingburgh Teachers Assn
France and South Korea sign friendship pact
Paris and Seoul sign an accord to exchange professors athletes and technical advisers. The pact aims to strengthen cultural academic and athletic ties between the two nations.
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Seoul
South Korea
France
Pope Plea for Peace Brought to Johnson in Rome
Pope Paul VI urged President Johnson to use his power to seek peace in Vietnam. The Vatican report said the message was delivered to special envoy Arthur Goldberg during a Rome meeting two days before similar appeals to Red China, the Soviet Union, and Viet Nam leaders. Goldberg, who flew to Rome on an urgent mission, met with the Pope for an hour.
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Vatican City
Paul VI
Johnson
Viet Nam
Vatican
L’osservatore Romano
L’osservatore
Arthur J. Goldberg
Red China
Soviet Union
Goldberg
Rome
Re Enlisted Sailor To Get 7848 Bonus
Ronald E. Hassler a 22 year old sonar technician second class from Wichita Kansas reenlisted for six years aboard the Newport based destroyer escort Hartley under the Navy incentive program. He will receive 1570 plus 1046 as initial bonus and 1046 each anniversary for five years totaling 7848.
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Newport, R.I
Hartley
Navy
Ronald E. Hassler
Wichita
Kan
Italy Calls Off Session To Hear Fanfani Report
Rome AP Italy cancelled a special Foreign Affairs Commission session planned for January 5 to hear Amintore Fanfani explain his role in the Hanoi peace feeler affair after his resignation as foreign minister on December 28. Hanoi repudiated the overture and Communists withdrew their questions.
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Rome
Legislative Commission
Amintore Fanfani
Hanoi
Chamber of Deputies Foreign Affairs Commission
Fanfani
Italy
Johnson
Giorgio la Pira
Florence
120 Year Old Fisherman Dies in Malaysia
Kuala Lumpur AP reports Abu Bakar Bin Mat Rashid a fisherman aged claimed 120 years died after a three week illness. He credited his long life to rice boiled eggs and preserved durians, a fruit noted for its strong odor.
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Kuala Lumpur
Malaysia
Abu Bakar bin Mat Rashid
Smathers Not To Hold Senate Seat
Sen. George A. Smathers of Florida will not seek reelection in 1968 due to ill health. The move opens leadership vacancies on the Judiciary and Finance committees and prompts a scramble for the Democratic nomination with Rep. Charles E. Bennett as a candidate for Smathers’ seat. Smathers did not disclose his illness but said doctors advised hospitalization within a week.
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Washington
George A. Smathers
D-Fla
Smathers
Claude Pepper
House
Johnson
Leverett Saltonstall
R-Mass
Maurine Neuberger
Dore
Charles E. Bennett
Dfla
Draft Of College Men Looms In Viet Nam Draft
Washington reports the Selective Service may draft college students and paper reserve units if Viet Nam manpower needs worsen. Director Hershey urged students to study to avoid deferments, noting possible elevation of 1-Y graduates and ongoing reviews of high school graduates’ eligibility.
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Washington
UPI
Selective Service
Lewis B. Hershey
Hershey
Defense Department
U.S. News & World Report
Plane Carrying General Down Near Seattle
A T38 jet trainer piloted by Maj. Gen. I. L. Branch 53 of Edwards Air Force Base disappeared while approaching Boeing Field over Elliott Bay in Seattle. Weather was rainy at 3 000 feet during instrument approach as Coast Guard and Air Force search began.
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Seattle
Wash
Air Force
Edwards Air Force Base Flight Test Center
California
Puget Sound
I. L. Branch
Elliott Bay
Boeing Field
W. H. Price
Boeing Co
James G. Smith
Edwards
Branch
Boung Co
Coast Guard
General Alarm Fire Destroys Two Buildings in Atlantic City
A general alarm fire swept two connected frame structures in central Atlantic City New Jersey. No injuries were reported about 50 people were evacuated from nearby apartments and homes. The blaze damaged a two story building and a three story structure housing Calvi Electric Co with a rear warehouse destroyed. The front wall collapsed knocking down power lines as flames rose about 200 feet above the roof.
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Atlantic City
N.J
UPI
Calvi Electric Co
Electric Company
Police seize wine truck in Portugal for wrong turn
In northern Portugal at Lamego police confiscated a wine truck and its cargo after the driver took a wrong turn into a restricted sparkling wine region. The area bans wines except with special entry permits.
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Lisbon
Portugal
Lamego
Bicycles and Stagecoach Aid New Yorkers Amid Transport Strike
New York faces a citywide strike grounding buses and subways as bicycles, helicopter services, and even a repurposed 16 passenger stagecoach fill gaps. NYU student Jay Taylor outlines a transit route, while many residents rely on private cars, creating massive congestion at Manhattan hubs.
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Midtown Manhattan
Madison Avenue
Corral
Jay Taylor
New York University
Flushing
Queens
Wall Street
Lower Manhattan
Long Island Rail Road
Port Washington
Pennsylvania Station
33Rd Street
Sixth Avenue
Port Authority Trans Hudson
Jersey City
Hudson Terminal
Cortland Street
Manhattan
Holiday’s End
Grand Central Station
Leon Kennedy
Ozark
Ala
Great Barrington
Mass
Woman Found Strangled In Calverton Woods
In Calverton Suffolk County a woman in a purple evening gown was found dead in a wooded area near Pineview Drive between Calverton and Manorville. She appears to have been strangled a dark stocking knotted about her neck. She is described as in her late 40s, five feet five, 140 pounds with light brown hair and a gold watch on her left wrist. State police and Suffolk County officers investigated after a passerby discovered the body.
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Calverton
N.Y
Pineview Drive
Manorville
Suffolk County
Berlin Wall Closed Again As Visits End
The Berlin Wall shut down again as a two week Christmas pass expired without a new Easter visitation pact. Tearful reunions occurred at midnight with armed guards present. West Berliners visiting East Berlin totaled 71 096 on the final day, lifting the two week total to 823 904. talks for a new agreement were uncertain at about a 50 percent chance.
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Berlin Wall
Berlin
UPI
Wall
East Berlin
West Berlin
Rhodesia offers tax relief to keep trade with Zambia
The Rhodesian government suspended heavy royalties and export tax on coal and coke for Zambia and the Congo. Observers see the move as an attempt to prevent Zambia from seeking coal and coke from other suppliers. Coal and coke sales to Zambia have been a key Rhodesian export item.
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Salisbury, Rhodesia
UPI
Zambia
Congo
Ian Smith
Prisoners Strike at Sing Sing Over Good Time Rules
In New York the Sing Sing prison faced a prison strike as inmates refused work in shops and gathered on the baseball field and other shelters. Warden Wilfred Denno said the protest appeared aimed at reduced good time credits and noted no violence.
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New York
Sing Sing
Wilfred Denno
Denno
Adenauer warns of secret U S Soviet deals hurting West Germany
Former chancellor Konrad Adenauer expressed fear that hidden U S Soviet agreements disadvantage West Germany. He warned U S commitments in Asia could revive American isolationism to European and German security harm. Die Welt interview marked his 90th birthday.
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BOM
UPI
Konrad Adenauer
United States
Russia
West Germany
U.S
Asia
America
Hamburg
Die Welt
Soviet Union
U.S.A
Martinis Renamed As Judge Martinis Renamed As Judge
The father of Gareth Martinis and two of the three judges who acquitted him in a five death drunken driving case have been reappointed to the Criminal Court bench. Mayor Lindsay cited Bar Association reports and a Rockefeller ordered inquiry before reappointing Francis X. O’Brien and Morris Weinfield. Judge Martinis’ son was involved in the 1963 crash. Ambrose Haddock retired.
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New York
Gareth Martinis
John V. Lindsay
City Bar Association
Nelson A. Rockefeller
Francis X. O’brien
Morris Weinfeld
Criminal Court
City Hall
Joseph A. Martinis
Martinis
Gareth
Ambrose Haddock
Steady Winter Weather Predicted For Several Days
The Weather Bureau five day forecast shows little change with seasonable cold. Today and tonight are clear with a cold low in the teens. Tomorrow will be partly cloudy with similar temperatures around today’s 35 degree high. A January 4 record cites a 64 degree high in 1950 and a 15 below zero low in 1904.
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Weather Bureau
Young siblings bitten by deadly tiger snake in Perth
In Perth Australia 14 year old Suz ette Hughes was bitten on the leg by a deadly yellow and black tiger snake. She wrapped a tourniquet and used a knife to cut around fang marks and applied medication. Her brother Brendan 15 later was bitten and treated similarly. A nurse praised the children's efforts.
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Perth
Australia
Suzette Hughes
Brendan
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Siena
William A. Scully
New York City
Father O'Brien
John Reedy
Congregation of the Holy Cross
Phillip E. Berryman
St. Philip the Apostle Parish
Pasadena
Maurice Ouellet
St. Elizabeth's Mission
Selma
Gommer de Pauw
Mt. St. Mary’s Seminary
Emmitsburg
James E. Groppi
William Whelan
Daniel Berrigan
S.J
Jesuit Missions Magazine
Daniel Kilfoyle
S. Viet Nam
Tod AM
Hilda Goodwin
Fighter For Rights
Burgh Credit
Paris
Pope
Troy Club
Kenneth L. Goeney
John F. Gain
John A. Peartree
Elaine Darrow
Senate
General
Stagecoach
Rhodesia
Davis
King St
Adenauer
Judge
Troy, N.Y
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