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The Associated Press notes global New Year celebrations with fireworks in West Germany and a Vatican jubilee. Other items include Times Square's $10,000 digital clock, free coffee on major turnpikes, a Vermont paper offering funeral costs for drinkers, roast lion at a Plymouth restaurant, church warnings in Detroit, and protestors in Times Square amid revelers.
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Jerry Buck
Associated Press
Paul VI
Vatican Ecumenical Council
New York
Times Square
U.S. Naval Observatory
Johnson
Viet Nam
Massachusetts
Pennsylvania
New Jersey
Burlington, Vt
Free Press
Plymouth
Mich
New Yorker
Humphrey Seeks Aid In Viet Nam
In Manila Vice President Humphrey and President Marcos discussed Philippines moving to aid South Vietnam possibly by sending troops. A government spokesman said Congress must approve and a special session could be called this month. Aspiras noted Marcos weighs national interests and economic woes, with a private 45 minute meeting confirming possible closer involvement. Humphrey then heads to Taipei and Seoul.
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Manila
Hubert H. Humphrey
Ferdinand E. Marcos
Philippines
United States
Viet Nam
Philippine
Congress
Marcos
Maros
Jose Aspiras
Humphrey
Aspiras
Southeast Asia
Taipei
Formosa
Chiang Kai-shek
South Korea
Anti poverty grants awarded to four Ohio programs
The Office of Economic Opportunity announced grants for four Ohio anti poverty projects. Tri County Community Action Committee in Hocking Athens and Perry counties receives 25529 dollars for program development. Community Action of Columbiana County gets 12717 dollars for development. Washington County Community Action Organization gets 12704 dollars for development. Jefferson County Community Action Council receives 6093 dollars for conduct and administration. Cuban workers facing dismissal to seek U S entry are offered farm work options.
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Washington
Office of Economic Opportunity
OEO
Ohio
Tri-County
Community Action Committee
Hocking
Athens
Perry
Community Action of
Columbiana County
Community Action Organization
Washington County
Jefferson County
Community Action Council
Castro Seeks New Prestige With Anti Yankee Conference
Fidel Castro opens a tricontinental anti-imperialist conference in Havana as strains with Moscow and Beijing test his leadership. The event aims to boost prestige after the 1962 missile crisis, but discord over Asia and Cuba’s economy strains his revolution and export aims.
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William L. Ryan
Fidel Castro
Castro
Havana
Asia
Africa
Latin America
Uncle Sam
Cuba
Algeria
United States
Moscow
VC Blasts Yank Billet At Dalat
In Dalat Viet Cong forces attacked a U S enlisted men’s barracks and killed one American, with others wounded or missing. U S air raids resumed with B52 strikes on a Viet Cong area in Tay Ninh Province as negotiators inch toward a settlement over a protracted gunpowder plant strike in East Alton Illinois.
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
U. S
Pole
Anatol Slavinski
Lodz
Slavinski
International Control Commission
Indochina
South
Viet Nam
India
Canada
North Viet Nam
Dalat
Les Ravines
Hanoi
Yale
Moscow
U.S
Tay Ninh
Air Force
Olin Mathieson
East Alton
Athens man Edwin Wagoner killed in railroad collision
Edwin Reed Wagoner age 54 of Athens Route 1 died Friday after his 1962 station wagon was struck by a westbound freight train on Athens County Rd 109 two miles east of Stewart. Wagoner who served as president of the Margaret Creek Conservancy District and held numerous civic posts was pronounced dead at the scene at 8 45 a m. The engineer was Edgar Oney of Chillicothe Route 1. Police said the car crossed the tracks about 7 30 a m before the collision. All mail in the car was recovered intact.
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Athens
Athens County
Stewart
Edwin Reed Wagoner
Athens Route 1
Margaret Creek Conservancy District
Robert Butts
State Highway Patrol
Wagoner
Edgar Oney
Chillicothe
B&o
C&o
Sharpsburg
Frost
Conservancy District
Common Pleas
John Bolin
County Fair Board
Athens County Farm Bureau
Hereford Association
New Marshfield Summit
No Cure For Hangove LT According To Experts
New Brunswick experts from Rutgers University say there is no cure for hangovers. They advise eating a high protein meal before drinking, spacing drinks one per hour, and replacing alcohol with ginger ale when needed. Coffee does not sober you, and only time heals.
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Robert W. Jones
Rutgers University Center of Alcohol Studies
Jones
Greenberg
New Policies Planned For Draft Boards
Washington reports the Selective Service may revive Korean War era college deferment rules to target less promising students. About 2.2 million currently hold deferments while full time college status suffices for eligibility. Officials suggest screening students if more troops are needed, noting the old standards were dropped in 1962 based on class standing and test performance.
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Washington —P
Selective Service Agency
Selective Service
Goldbeg: Viet Nam talks needed at conference table
Arthur Goldberg told President de Gaulle that a settlement of the Viet Nam conflict must come at a conference table with no preconditions. Bob Hope led 63 entertainers on a 12 day trip to South Viet Nam to boost U S troop morale returning to Los Angeles saying the response was highly satisfying. Bethlehem Steel announced a nine dollar per ton price increase on structural steel shapes and sling due to demand for lighter high strength steel, effective with Saturday shipments.
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Paris
Arthur Goldberg
Johnson
Charles de Gaulle
Los Angeles
Bob Hope
United States
South Viet Nam
U.S
Hope
Los Angeles International Airport
New York
Bethlehem Steel Co
E. B. Bickford
CongressMoeller predicts 16000 grant for tri county action
Congressman Moeller predicts approval of a $16,000 tri county community action program grant. The report notes anticipated backing and plan details as the county prepares for the January grand jury session.
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Athens County
Moeller
Logan
Nelsonville
Government moves to national air pollution control
Washington reports the government moves toward nationwide regulation of automotive pollutants. Proposed 1968 model standards would set limits on hydrocarbons and carbon monoxide, with 30 days for public comment before revisions and immediate effect upon publication.
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Federal Register
John W. Gardner
California
Department
District of Columbia
United States
Extra Hours Set For N J Drinkers
Hoboken officials extend New Year celebration by allowing 68 straight hours of alcohol service, from 6 am today to 2 am Monday, in 200 taverns. Also notes a five day forecast with above normal temperatures and scattered rain.
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Hoboken N. J
Hoboken
Alcoholic Beverage Commission
Cleveland
Columbus
Cincinnati
True Honesty Is Not Always Best Policy in Cincinnati
Mrs Vernon Brown found a purse containing over 500 dollars in the Kneewood Plaza parking lot and turned it in. Her husband set a package down while shopping, and someone later swiped the package.
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Cincinnati
Brown
Vernon Brown
Reading
Kneewood Plaza
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Ohio Department OF Health
Messenger Newsphoto
Ippines
Bulletin
Yank
Edwin Wagoner
New Brunswick
N. J
Goldberg
de Gaulle
Civics
Department of Health, Education and Welfare
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