Marathoner sits on British throne at royal luncheon
A bearded 28 year old Olympic athlete Jim Alder briefly sat on the British throne during an informal Buckingham Palace lunch with Queen Elizabeth II Prince Charles and Princess Margaret present. A palace spokesman offered no comment on whether the act was approved.
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London
UPI
Elizabeth II
Prince Charles
Margaret
Buckingham Palace
Jim Alder
England
Girls on trial for serious case murder in UK town
Norma and Mary, two girls, face adult court jury for strangling a boy and assisting in the death. Prosecutors describe detailed confessions and notes left at the scene, with both girls accusing each other. The case dates span May to July in a northern English industrial town.
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Home Office
Norma
Mary
Lyons
Martin
Brian
Mrs. Brown
California college crisis cools as talks begin
San Francisco Mayor Joseph Alioto and acting SF State president S I Hayakawa signaled hopeful signs toward resolving campus clashes that saw police fire on militants for the third time in four days. 24 protesters were arrested including Dr Carlton Goodlett and two white ministers.
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SAN Francisco
UPI
Joseph Alioto
S.I. Hayakawa
San Francisco State College
Hayakawa
Carlton Goodlett
Akoto
Spokesmen Arrive Today For Expanded Paris Talks
South Viet Nam spokesman Dan Duc Khoi arrived at Le Bourget for expanded negotiations. Diplomats say two door room setup signals possible move to two sided talks with Viet Cong included in Hanoi delegation. Vance and Lau set English and Vietnamese as official languages with translations to French.
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Paris
UPI
South Vietnam
Washington
Hanoi
Dan Duc Khoi
Nguyen Cao Ky
le Bourget
Saigon
Pham Dang Lam
U.s.hanoi
U.S
Cyrus R. Vance
Col
Ha van Lau
Foreign Ministry
Viet Cong
United States
South Vietnamese
Supreme Court
Senate
House of Representatives
Vance
Col. Lau
City Council Meeting Notice Arrives for December 2 1968
Public notice states the city council will meet on December 2 1968. The item outlines agenda points and location details for residents to attend or submit input within the posted deadline.
Des Moines seeks 23 year old murder suspect Niccum
Des Moines police say 23 year old Michael Charles Niccum, a high school dropout, remains at large after being charged with murder in the November 20 beating death of Linda Boothe 17 the daughter of Highway Patrol Lt Arliss Boothe An FBI warrant for unlawful flight to avoid prosecution expanded the search nationwide Des Moines and St Louis were centers of the hunt with the FBI aiding the effort Miss Boothe was killed by a golf club while working alone at a night cleaning establishment and died two hours later in a hospital
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Des Moines
UPI
Iowa
Cleatus Leaming
Michael Charles Niccum
Linda Boothe
Miss Boothe
Highway Patrol
Arliss Boothe
Leaming
Niccum
St. Louis
FBI
Weather Summary for Iowa Saturday Outlook
United Press International reports variable clouds across Iowa with little temperature change. Tonight’s low ranges from 5 to 10 degrees in the north and 10 to 15 in the south, while Saturday’s high climbs from the 20s in the north to the 30s in the south.
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United Press International
Iowa
Army to release 20,000 guardsmen from active duty
Washington UPI reports the army will release 20,000 Army National Guard and reserve troops called to active duty early this year before 1969 ends. About half who served in Vietnam will be released after completing their one year tour, with roughly 10,000 to be released by October 31, 1969.
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Los Angeles
UPI
Santa Claus
Santa
Miss Claus
Office of State Mutual Savings & Loan Association
Washington
Escaped East Germany By Homemade Submarine, 28-Year-Old Says
Bernd Boettger a West German refugee claimant, described escaping from the East German Baltic coast in a self built underwater craft. He piloted the U boat about 15% miles at three miles an hour to a Danish lightship while wearing a frogman suit and carrying lead ballast. Boettger built the submarine at a cost of 50 dollars and plans further dives and patent applications.
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Berlin
UPI
East Germany
Bernd Boettger
Baltic Sea
Boettger
West Germany
Warnemuende
Bitter cold grips nation as gale winds slam Dixie and beyond
Bitter winds whipped across the nation driving freezing temperatures into Dixie and the Southern Plains. Gusts up to 63 mph toppled a crane in Chicago and caused widespread damage. Snow and wind felled trees, downed power lines, and disrupted traffic from Michigan to Maryland with records of 63 mph at JFK and heavy snows in Marquette and Grand Rapids.
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United Press International
Mideast
Dixie
Southern Plains
Michigan
Chicago
Maryland
Atlanta
Boston
Washington
Minneapolis-St. Paul
Flint
Davison
Swartz Creek
Mich
Calumet River
St. Lawrence Seaway
Jamestown
N.Y
Donald Orman
Erie
Indiana
Baltimore
WTOW
Towson
U.S. Weather Bureau
Kennedy International Airport
New York
Cleveland
Philadelphia
Communist terror strikes hit South Vietnam villages
UPI reports a coordinated Communist assault across 11 South Vietnamese locales since November 1, killing at least 17 civilians and wounding 93. Phu Loc village suffered the worst damage with 45 of 65 refugee houses burned as guards and villagers faced interrogation and gunfire.
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Saigon
UPI
South Vietnam
Mekong
Johnson
U.S
North Vietnam
Phu Loc
Paris
Hanoi
Vegeance
Tay Ninh
An Loc
Bien Hoa
Here
Ban
Pentagon split over Nixon draft end plan
A survey of 30 top military leaders for Air Force Times shows a divided Pentagon view on replacing conscription with all volunteer forces. Most officers oppose or doubt feasibility, fearing low income recruitment and questioning readiness. some favor the shift, others hedged.
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Washington
UPI
Nixon
Pentagon
Air Force Times
Independent Service Journal
The
Service Journal
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Defense Department
Times
Memo Intercept Cites Boettger on Berlin U‑boat Work
Intercepted note from Bernard Boettger mentions Berlin and a U‑boat topic. The memo signals work underground in the west and conveys a casual farewell. The document’s terse phrasing implies clandestine wartime communication.
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Santa’s
Lawrence Halprin
Ferry Building
Recreation and Park Commission
E. Everett Cahill
Prodigal Returns
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Maria
Richard M. Nixon
Paul W. McCracken
University of Michigan
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Black Students Union
Third World Liberation Front
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English Channel
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Reims
France
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