Midwest Cold Sets Senate House Talks as End Near
Bitter December cold swept the Midwest with temperatures to 35 below zero and spread winter misery to the East and South. Dozens of cities logged records while Kalkaska Michigan saw 20 inches of snow. Texas and Oklahoma faced dangerous travel as accidents claimed lives. Bemidji Minnesota registered 35 below and a 3 year old boy wandered away before being found with beagle hounds.
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United Press International
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Muskegon
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William Elster
Indiana
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Optimism Memo From Saigon On Vietnam War
McNamara told Saigon leaders and junta officials that the United States would withdraw most combat troops by 1965 if progress continued. Observers noted the date was not firm after Ngo Dinh Diem’s overthrow and Mekong Delta hopes for victory faded. He spoke in cautious optimism amid allied doubts as he headed to Honolulu, stressing continued U.S. backing and a push for unified leadership and army reorganization.
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South Viet Nams
UPI
Robert S. McNamara
South Viet Nam
Ngo Dinh McNamara
United States
McNamara
South
Viet Nam
South Viets
Uniteds
Johnson
Triday
Jeruses
Paris
Three Named To Top AFC Positions
Three assistant fire chief appointments were approved Friday by the Anderson Board of Safety. Walter Wihebrink Alfred D. Tibbetts and Maurice Jack Bowman will assume their posts January 1. Wihebrink becomes assistant chief of the A shift with 18 years in the department. Tibbetts, a long time captain, will head fire prevention. Bowman, 18 year veteran, takes over B shift.
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Anderson Board of Safety
Walter Wihebrink
Alfred D. Tibbetts
Maurice
Jack) Bowman
Wihebrink
St. Mary’s Catholic Church
Widebrink
W.1
Bowman
Church of the Brethren
Walter Widebrink
Center
Maurice Bowman
Infarming Anderson Fire
John (Ack) Richardson
C. D. Rafruck
New
Anderson Safety Board
Ex Hostages Recount Women Guards With Dynamite
Ex hostages describe women guards carrying dynamite during a 1962 incident involving American volunteers and a Peace Corps worker in Libya near mines. The account details seizure events, the area near Fergerstrom and Cat mines, and ensuing political tensions as a press briefing unfolded in Washington.
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Martin
Reb
Dent Johnson
Thenj
Fergerstrom
Peace Corps
Honolulu
Jayi
Pedestrian Struck in Hit-Run at 7th and Main
Robert Simmons, 33, of 2221 Pearl St., was struck by a hit and run car at the corner of 7th and Main while crossing 7th Street on the west side. He was taken to St. John's Hospital for observation for possible internal injuries.
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Robert Simmons
Pearl St
7Th and
Main Streets
Simmons
St. John’s Hospital
Record Cold Scarred Night Across County and Bolivia Hostage Update
Two story house fire left a missing woman as firefighters battled extreme cold that froze pumps. Auto accidents rose on slick streets with over 20 reported in Anderson area as icy highways persisted. Simultaneously, a Bolivia mine incident saw 17 hostages seized by armed foreigners and later moved to a library site amid tense standoff.
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Andersen
Madison County Sheriff’s Department
Charles Lee Smith
Chesterfield
Ruth Eileen Miller
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Cross Street
Smith
Anderson
Indiana
Pendleton
U.S
Congress Narrowly Settles Wheat Sales Controversy
Congress near adjournment after a compromise on foreign aid totals 3.0 billion for a year and 200 million in leftover funds. The deal, cleared with President Johnson, rejects federal guarantees of private credits in wheat sales to Communist countries while giving discretionary authority to the President for such guarantees. High-level leaders expect swift Christmas adjournment as talks end with a tentative agreement on aid and wheat policy.
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UPS
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Senate
Johnson
Congress
Representatives
Hubert H. Humphrey
Minn
John O. Pastore
D-R
Everett M. Dirksen
Karl ©. Mundt
Dirksen
Pastore
Humphrey
John W. McCormack
Mass
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Girl Scouts Seek Campsite for Expansion
The Site Searching Committee of the Wapehani Girl Scout Council seeks at least 300 acres of land with rough terrain and tree cover for immediate use and future growth. The first committee meeting was December 13, 1963 at the Girl Scout Office in Daleville, with members from Anderson Munice Tipton New Castle and Winchester.
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Girl Scout
Daleville
Munsee
Stanton Huber
Anderson
Robert Showalter
Muncie
Joseph Brady
Davis Piper
Tipton
Ggorge Hand
New Castle
William Mendenhall
Winchester
George Stevens
Elwood
Ellen Kennedy
Unclear Weather Fragments From Past Report
Readable portions describe cold and partly cloudy conditions with a low around 10 and sunset near 22 p.m. and sunrise listed as 7 minutes after 7. The text includes stray times and incomplete phrases, offering minimal verifiable details for a fuller forecast.
Absent-minded motorist pays with gold for six minutes parking
In Lincoln Nebraska a motorist in a hurry used a gold piece to obtain six minutes of time on a city parking meter. A sorting machine found the coin during routine processing and valued it at up to 3000 dollars to collectors, or about 2.99 dollars face value, a surprising gain for a brief park.
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Neb
UPT
Area Cage Scores Hit District Matchups
The scoreboard lists multiple Indiana high school basketball results by school pairs and scores. Markleville 61 over Wilkinson 60, Rogerton 57 over Daleville 16, Knightstown 95 over Monroe Central 79, Hancock Central 42 over Charlotsville 41, Mt. Vernon (Hancock County) 7 over Greenfield 68, Hagerstown 92 over Frankton 76, Anderson 89 over East Chicago Washington 76, New Castle 92 over Madison Heights 76, Fairmont 72 over Highland 50, Pendleton 77 over St. Marys 63, Elwood 80 over Noblesville 55, Huntington 55 over Alexandria 45.
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Rogerton
Daleville
Knightstown
Monroe Central
Hancock Central
Charlotsville
Mt. Vernon
Hancock County
Greenfield
Hagerstown
Frankton
Berlin East West Berliners Joyously Visit Over Wall
Thousands of West Berliners crossed the border to visit relatives in the East as passes and trains moved amid heavy queues and official limits. Officials reported about 4,500 crossers, with similar numbers entering West Berlin by rail, while 170,030 passes were issued in the first two days to residents with East kin.
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Berlin
UPT
West Berlin
East Berlin
Jaycees Sponsor Shopping Tour For Children
Jaycees organize a holiday shopping tour for 27 children from the Madison County Children's Home. Guided by Jaycee sponsors, the youngsters will select gifts and personal items in local dawnview stores with each child receiving two dollars to spend.
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Jaycees
Madison County
Jaycee
Dawnvew
New Arrivals Born at Area Hospitals
New births reported for families including Purkey at Daleville a girl Seat in Markleville a son Kline in Dakota Drive a girl Cox at Jackson Street a girl Law at Shawnee Drive a son Boys Rt 2 a girl Carroll at Alexandria a boy Remington at Alexandria a boy.
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Erate Purkey
Daleville
Clifton Seat
Markleville
Kenneth
Kline
Dakota Dr
Community Hospital
R. C. Cox
Jackson
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