Weston chosen as site for giant atom smasher
The Atomic Energy Commission selected Weston near Chicago as the site for a 375 million dollar, 200 billion volt proton accelerator. Eight years of construction with 1,200 workers, potential 2,300 jobs, and an estimated 600 million dollar annual operating budget. Weston beat Brookhaven, Ann Arbor, Madison, Lowry Field, and Sacramento.
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Delaware
Hawaii
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St Louis Teen Murder: Barbara Wade Stabbed on City Street
A 16 year old girl, Barbara Ann Wade, was stabbed repeatedly on a city street in St Louis while witnesses did not intervene. She died in surgery about an hour after the attack. Investigators sought a motive and found $50 on her body. her father said he gave the money for Christmas shopping plans.
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Barbara Ann Wade
Africans press for UN sanctions vote on Rhodesia showdown
Africa’s militant bloc demands a midnight Security Council vote on intensified action to topple Rhodesia. Britain is accused of stalling and seeking a “dishonorable surrender” as Uganda’s Kironde warns of Western hesitation and a potential reform under British pressure.
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Britain
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Lord Caradon
London
Daily Telegraph
Smith
Harold Wilson
Kironde
Rotary backs Crane factory bond proposal in Washington
Washington's Rotary Club voted unanimously to endorse a 10 million dollar industrial revenue bond issue to finance a new Crane Co factory. Leon Hillman of the Washington Industrial Corporation outlined the plan, urging residents to vote yes on December 28. Miguel Glik, Argentine exchange student, spoke at the meeting, hosted by the McAvoy family, with Tom Essex presenting the exchange project proposal. President Jim McQuaid announced the Rotary YWCA Christmas party and urged club support.
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Rotary C1
Rotary
Crane Co
Leon Hillman
Washington Industrial Corporati
Miguel Glik
Rotary Exchange
Marion McAvoy
Tom Essex
Washington Rotarians
Jim McQuaid
Rotary Ywca
Westmoreland says war effort needs more resources
Gen William C Westmoreland, commander of U S forces in Vietnam, urged greater effort including more troops, civilian workers, and economic aid. He avoided precise figures, noting imponderables, and did not rule out sending more troops to the Mekong Delta. He defended air strikes as targeting military installations and regretted civilian losses as accidental.
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UPI
William C. Westmoreland
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Vietnam
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Saigon
Philippine Defense
Ferdinand Mar
South Vietnam
Mekong River
Three Die in Iowa Highway Night Crashes
Traffic accidents in Iowa left three people dead last night and early today, lifting the 1966 toll to 865, 110 ahead of the 1969 pace. Van Antwerp twenty Iowa City and Ione Flanagan twenty Coralville were in critical condition at University Hospitals Iowa City, Brenda Pierce seventeen Iowa City was in good condition. Louis Boyson sixty nine Havelock was killed when a car driven by his wife Mary collided with a small truck at the intersection of Iowa 3 and 44, about six miles east of Pocahontas.
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Iowa City
Ione Flanagan
Coralville
University Hospitals
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Louis Boyson
Havelock
Mary
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Iowa 44
Pocahontas
Jackie objects to book on Kennedy
historian William Manchester plans to break silence on Jacqueline Kennedy's bid to block publication of The Death of a President about President Kennedy's assassination. Kennedy seeks an injunction from Harper and Row to stop serialization in Look Magazine, claiming the manuscript exposes intimate reactions that would embarrass her family.
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Cert
Johnson
Tha
Worthington Audit Slams 1966 Iowa State Fair Ticket System
State Auditor Lorne Worthington released a critical audit of the Burns Detective Agency hired to run ticket sales and traffic at the 1966 Iowa State Fair. He found the reentry and charging system inadequate with overcharges possible, and urged serious evaluation before a 1967 contract. The report credited the agency with traffic improvements despite flaws.
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UPI
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Burns
Falk
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Walt Disney Dies At Age Sixty Five In California
Hollywood reports Walt Disney died at St Joseph Hospital in Burbank after lung surgery for a tumor. The creator of Mickey Mouse and Disneyland had just turned 65 and received messages from leaders worldwide.
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UPI
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Disney
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Iowa farm land values rise 38 dollars per acre in 1966
Iowa survey shows land value up 12.9 percent in 1966, averaging 331 per acre. Study by Iowa State University economists Mohsen A. Fardi and William Murray notes uneven gains, with higher increases in north central grain areas and varied regional shifts. Strong buyers include farmers expanding holdings.
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API
Iowa
Iowa State University Agriculural and
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South Central
Washington Junior High Christmas Concert Set for Dec 19
A Washington Junior High Christmas concert will be presented by two bands and two choruses on Monday Dec 19 at 7 30 in the school gym. Gary McCurdy tuba soloist from Olds will be featured. Choruses directed by Mrs Blanche Stanley bands by Ron Wise.
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Washington Junior High
Gary McCurdy
Olds
Blanche Stanley
Ron Wise
Weather Outlook for Unmea rress Iowa Tonight and Saturday
Clear to partly cloudy weather moves through Unmea rress Iowa with colder temperatures in the east and a bit warmer air across the extreme west. Tonight lows range from 15 to 20 degrees in the east and 20 to 25 in the west, with Saturday warmer and mostly partly cloudy. Highs Saturday reach the middle 40s to lower 50s.
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Unmea Rress International
Iowa
Americans deny bombing Hanoi as raids continue
Reports say Americans rejected charges of bombing Hanoi amid raids over North and South Vietnam. U.S. forces struck targets near the DMZ and Saigon area while denying that Hanoi itself was hit. Westmoreland officials and maps supported the denial, while Moscow and Peking broadcasts condemned the raids.
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