Johnson stops in Thailand on way home from Australia
President Johnson left Australia after memorials for Harold Holt and talks with allied leaders. Advices say he arrived overnight in Thailand and spent the night at Khorat air base as U S forces stay in Southeast Asia. Johnson’s trip included discussions with Thieu and Thoe officials on peace efforts while signaling continued military action.
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Lee Kuan Yew
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Vietnam
Thieu
Viet Cong
National Liberation Front
Front
Commercial Travel Resumes On Ohio River After Silver Bridge Collapse
Commercial traffic on the Ohio River reopened Thursday night at the Silver Bridge collapse site and by Friday morning was near normal after a week of disruption. The U S Corps of Engineers limited navigation to a 225 foot mid channel area and restricted boats to a 13 5 foot draw. Recovery work may halt traffic several times. backlog of 40 tons with barges could pass by next Wednesday. Death toll stands at 32 with about 26 missing. No bodies recovered since 10 30 a m Thursday. Diver William Burns described cars forming a cage under the bridge. Coast Guard said downstream surveys yielded mostly negative results with one body recovered. Dragging was discontinued due to choppy conditions. warm conditions gave way to a rapid drop in temperature. The first tow to pass Point Pleasant after traffic resumed is noted.
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Winter Storm Dampens Ohio With Record Heat Then Freeze
Winter arrived in Ohio bringing tornado watches, heavy rain, and high winds. Record warmth was followed by a plunge to the teens as a storm system tracked across the state. In Toledo rainfall caused flooding while a tornado near Bluffton, Indiana sparked damage nearby.
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Bombers Return To DMZ In Renewed North Vietnam Strikes
U S B52 bombers attacked targets in the northern DMZ despite SAM threats firing at them Wednesday night. They hit troop concentrations and artillery seven miles north-northwest of Con Thien and hit suspected infiltration routes along the Cambodian border. Marines conducted an amphibious and helicopter assault in the northern sector as 35,000 Communist troops were believed concentrated. No additional SAMs were reported Friday. A second strike hit routes near the Cambodian border, one 68 miles northwest of Saigon and another 89 miles north near Bu Dop Camp. The Marine assault, aimed at easing pressure on the north, centered five miles below the DMZ along Quang Tri coast with about 1,000 Marines landing Thursday.
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Humphrey to Lead Campaign Against McCarthy Challenge
Vice President Hubert H. Humphrey is slated to spearhead Johnson administration efforts against Eugene McCarthy in the 1968 nominating fight and in the fall campaign. Sources say Humphrey will travel, campaign and deliver much of the rhetoric, keeping President Johnson in a supporting role.
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Final Rites Are Held For Washkansky
CAPE TOWN South Africa AP Louis Washkansky the first man to receive a transplanted heart was buried today by the rabbi who married him 21 years ago. The surgeon who led the team exhausted by efforts to save him from pneumonia while the heart beat strongly did not attend the funeral and prepared to depart for a TV appearance in the United States Prof Christian Barnard was represented by his younger brother Marius.
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South Africa
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Seventeen Men Rescued From Mountain Tunnel in Tehachapi
Seventeen workers trapped 19 hours after a cave-in in a snowbound Tehachapi mountain tunnel were rescued through a narrow passage. They joked and ate as rescuers worked, with air and warmth maintained, and one survivor praising a rescuer who earned a bet.
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Tehachapi Mountains
California
Influenza Outbreak Spreads Across Regions
The CDC reports flu like illnesses in the South East and Midwest with thousands seeking care. Mobile County Alabama alone saw about 6,700 doctor visits in the week of December 3. Similar outbreaks are noted in four other Alabama counties and in Michigan cities Detroit and Ann Arbor.
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Ann Arbor
Passenger Train Collides With Freight Near Wamego
A holiday passenger train carrying 190 people collided with a 70 car freight train on a siding east of Wamego Kansas injuring about 50 passengers. None seriously. About 12 remained hospitalized overnight with 20 treated and released. The Portland Rose No 18 en route from the west to Kansas City slowed for a freight and fouled the main line.
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Salina
Last Movie Newsreels End as Universal Closes
New York AP reports Universal Newsreel, the last supplier of film news to theaters, will shut Tuesday. Two six minute reels will be shown in 1,600 theaters, including a final shot of a bulldozer at the Olympic Village in Mexico City with Ed Herlihy narrating. General manager Thomas Mead retires after 34 years, ending an era once backed by 12 cameramen nationwide and foreign exchanges.
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Mexico City
Bobcats Beset by Minnesota in Season-Defining Clash
In tonight’s matchup the Bobcats seek to even their season as they face Minnesota. The game highlights a larger college gridiron slate while regional notes cover Athens business backing SEORC highway plans and a state budget cut to Ohio University.
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