Subzero Cold Sweeps Country From Montana to Maine
Winter belted the nation with subzero temperatures from Montana to Maine as far south as Kentucky and Tennessee. Blizzard warnings were issued for Montana east of the Continental Divide while a new cold wave followed. Snow and ice disrupted roads and schools, with record lows in Minnesota and Wisconsin and heavy lake-effect snow near Lake Superior.
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Associated Press
Montana
Maine
Kentucky
Tennessee
Canada
Continental Divide
Weather Bureau
Wyoming
Plains
International Falls
Minn
Minnepolis St. Paul
Milwaukee
Nashville
Lake Superior
Houghton
Michigan
Upper Peninsula
Houghton County Road Commission
Lake Ontario
New York
Booneville
New York State
Buffalo
Minneapolis-St. Paul
Viet Cong Kill 3820 Civilians in 1967 Reported
Saigon AP reports Viet Cong terrorists killed 3,820 civilians in 1967, more than double 1966's 1,618. Communist agents abducted 5,368 civilians vs 3,507 in 1966, with tactics aimed at local political leaders, wardens, and pacification workers.
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Saigon
U.S
Ted
Chimney Fire Extinguished In Gainesboro And Winchester
Gainesboro firemen reported no serious damage after extinguishing a chimney fire yesterday at a Renner home. Winchester firefighters answered a noon alarm at Ella May Lee 111 West Germain Street but found no fire. Fire Inspector William Godenour said a stove enamel pan evaporated water and cracked, prompting the alarm.
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Gainesboro
Nain
Renner
Winchester
Ella May Lee
W. Germain St
William Godenour
Draft Card Protester Seeks Supreme Court Appeal
University of Washington graduate student Russell Milton Wills asks the Supreme Court to bar draft boards from speeding induction of men who destroy their draft cards as protest against the Vietnam War. Wills was deemed delinquent 1-A after burning his card in 1965 and sentenced to five years. he argues destruction is peaceful symbolic speech. Another challenge by David P. O'Brien targets the federal draft card burning law.
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Wills
Supreme Court
High Court
David P. O’brien
Framingham
Mass
Annexation Debate Highlights City Growth and Tax Focus
The city and county clash over expansion and land use with emphasis on income producing property. The city seeks more open space and tax bases while the county resists. A pre trial conference is expected as the annexation suit moves forward.
War Keeps FBI Busy With Draft Evasion and Theft Cases
The FBI's 1967 annual report notes the Vietnam War raised military spending and draft law violations. Hoover cites a higher workload as the bureau pursued more than 600 fugitives linked to Selective Service Act violations and investigated growing government property theft.
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Washington
Vietnam
FBI
J. Edgar Hoover
Bureau
Fire Company Officers and Members Elected in Rousss
The report lists elected officers for the ROUSS Fire Company including First Vice-President Loring Wright Jr and Secretary Robert Smallwood along with a slate of vice presidents treasurer and board members. The company mascot Dalmatian named Sam was also elected to membership.
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Ruth Link
Middletown Ladies Auxiliary
Robert Legge
Volunteer Fire Company
Jean Legge
Jack Shiley
Shiley
Geanious
Tommy Singhass
Bruce Macbeth
Fred Geanious
Jack Ryan
W. C. Perry
Allen DeSchon
George Cook
James Geanious
James Troisi
Sam
Rouss Fire Company
Loring Wright, Jr
Arthur Spaid
Charles Zeiler
Alson Loy
Robert Smallwood
Preston Ritter
Carson Dettra
Governor Lurleen Wallace Faces Possible Malignancy Again
Alabama Governor Lurleen Wallace disclosed a thumbnail size pelvic nodule possibly malignant. She returns to Houston's M D Anderson for radiation over three to four weeks. Her husband, George Wallace, advances his campaign while she undergoes treatment.
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Montgomery
Ala
Alabama
Lurleen Wallace
Wallace
M. D. Anderson Hospital
Houston
Tex
George Wallace
Capitol
Ed Ewing
California
American Independent Party
Heart Transplant Patient May Go Home in 3 Weeks
Cape Town AP report says Philip Blatberg, recovering well after a heart transplant by Dr. Christiaan Barnard, could leave Groote Schuur Hospital in about three weeks and resume normal activity within months. Barnard noted no infection or rejection, with kidneys and liver returning to normal and Blatberg now euphoric.
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Cape, Town
South Africa
Philip Blatberg
Christiaan N. Barnard
Blaiberg
Groote Schuur Hospital
Barnard
Hensmen
Louis Washkansky
Washkansky
Barnward
Threaded patch could mend damaged hearts says Gulton
Scientists at Gulton Industries in Metuchen New Jersey describe a thread woven from polycrystalline piezoelectric crystals that converts electrical energy to mechanical energy. The thread may form clothlike material to patch or replace damaged hearts and advance artificial heart development.
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Los Angeles
New Jersey
Leslie K. Gulton
Gulton Industries, Inc
Metuchen
N.J
Gulton
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Delmont
Dr. Htop
Chrysler
New Yorker
POE Olds, Inc
Commercial St
Middletown Fire Company
Atty
Ramsey Clark
Hoover
Marvin Weaver
Maynard Renner
George Sardelis
A. C. Long
Lynwood Newbrough
Jack Owens
Andy McCarty
Joseph C. Haines
Reuss
Mrs. Wallace
Ewing
Florida
Houston Hospital
Winchester Evening Star
I.H.C
Moline
P.T.O
Crawley
Martinsburg Pike
Turkey
Bryarly & Louthan We
Rouss Ave
Stuart M. Perry
Winchester Rt
Berryville Rt
Winchester Savings
Boscawen
Washington St
Winchester, Virginia
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