Hong Kong Flu Forces School Closings Across Nation
The Hong Kong flu epidemic prompts school and college closures and higher absenteeism. Adelphi University delays classes to Jan 5. Kings Point midshipmen off for Christmas after many fall ill. Nationwide outbreaks reported in 30 states with 14 confirming Hong Kong flu. Actress Tallulah Bankhead dies of pneumonia related to the flu.
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Associated Press
Los Angeles
New York City
Adelphi University
Garden City
Merchant Marine Academy
Kings Point
National
Communicable Disease Center
Puerto Rico
District of Columbia
Tallulah Bankhead
California
Ronald
Reagan
San Diego
Michigan
Detroit
Chrysler Corp
General Motors Corp
Illinois
Chicago
Wheaton College
Wheaton
Ill
Iowa
University of Iowa
Des Moines
Parsons College
Fairfield
Massachusetts—College
Nicholas J. Fiumara
Division of
Boston
GOP Leaders Back Ray Bliss At National Chair Post
About 500 Ohio Republican leaders praised National Chairman Ray Bliss and urged his retention amid rumors he could be replaced by a Nixon-backed candidate. The meeting followed Bliss's earlier tenure as Ohio GOP chief and precedes national party politics.
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Columbus
Ohio
Republican Party
GOP
Ray C. Bliss
Bliss
National Post
Nixon
University trustees raise tuition by 30 per quarter
Ohio University officials announce a 30 per quarter tuition increase as trustees approve the measure. Christmas recess starts tomorrow for about 17 000 students. Athens County workers face unpaid paychecks as funds run dry. A Harvard game in Columbus features Athenian Eric Gustavson facing Ohio State.
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Ohio University
Athens County
Eric Gustavson
Harvard
Ohio State
Columbus
Heaviest B52 Bombing Creates Fog Of War Near Saigon
US B52s dropped 3000 tons in a 40 hour strike north of Saigon signaling intention for a new winter offensive. Observers note 15000 to 30000 North Vietnamese troops along the Cambodian border and from Laos, while peace talks in Paris move toward a four sided table format.
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Saigon
U.S
Washington
Laos
Hue
South Vietnam
Paris
United States
Hanoi
W. Aver
Ell Harriman
Nguyen Cao Ky
Nixon Turns Toward Specific Problems
President elect Nixon, back from Washington after naming his cabinet, shifts focus to domestic and foreign issues. He meets with Urban Coalition leaders led by John Gardner and with former Gov William Scranton after Scranton's Middle East tour. Johnson offers private cabinet talks and possible summit discussions were not listed.
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Washington
Tricia Nixon
White House
Luci Johnson Nugent
New York
Nixon
Johnson
Wth
Urban Coalition
William Scranton
Pennsylvania
Middle East
John W. Gardner
Health, Education and Welfare
Scranton
Israel
Fifth Avenue
Vietnam
William P. Rogers
George Christian
Tricia
Luci
Pan American 707 explodes over Caribbean. 51 feared dead
A Pan American 707 crashed into the Caribbean sea sixteen miles from Caracas after nightfall. Fifty one aboard include 21 listed U.S. residents and guests from Canada Italy Ireland and Venezuela. Seven bodies recovered before dawn. search for survivors continues with wreckage including auto inflating life rafts.
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Caracas
Venezuela
Caribbean Sea
Pan American
New York
United States
Canada
Italy
Ireland
Sidney E. Stillwaugh
West Islip
N.Y
Six Month Delay Averted On Athens Flood Control Project
The Hocking Conservancy District celebrates its fourth birthday by averting a six month delay in starting the Athens flood control project. The Corps of Engineers chief approved local funding to initiate a $9.7 million plan, with work possibly beginning mid February or early March. The delay had stemmed from a national budget cut and a Bureau of the Budget directive reducing federal funds until the new fiscal year.
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Hocking Conservancy
Athens
Corps of Engineers
U.S
Clarence Miller
Conservancy District
Bureau of the Budget
Household items sold quickly via Messenger Ad says Albany resident
Mrs. Blanche Woodyard of 23 Lee St Albany reports selling several household articles the first evening her ad ran. She received five calls and saw results in about two hours showing the fast easy Messenger Action Ad method works.
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Blanche Woodyard
Lee St
Albany
Humphrey Face Boost With Dual Professorship Offer
The University of Minnesota and Macalester College are poised to offer Hubert H. Humphrey a dual professorship. He is expected to accept at a Board of Regents meeting. The coach and former Macalester teacher may also sign a book contract worth over 100000 dollars with Doubleday.
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Minneapolis, Minn
University of Minnesota
Macalester College
Hubert H. Humphrey
University Board of Regents
Humphrey
Minnesota
Macalester
Minneapolis-St. Paul
Minneapolis
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LBJ
EL Paso
Tex
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Santa Fe International Bridge
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Kein Hoa
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