Arab Israeli clash escalates with gunfire near Aqaba frontier
Gunfire and heated words marked another round of Arab Israeli hostility. In Jordan near Aqaba a security car was set on fire and three occupants were killed. Israel says a civilian car was destroyed after it fired on troops pursuing Arab infiltrators. In Hebron an Israeli patrol killed an Arab woman and a suspect, injuring three bystanders.
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Gulf of Aqaba
U.N. Security Council
New York
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Amman
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Aqaba
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Eirat
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Tel Aviv
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Hebron
Abraham
Stress corrosion suspected in Silver Bridge collapse
Government findings on the 1967 Silver Bridge disaster cite stress and corrosion as possible causes for minute cracks in an eyebar chain that helped trigger the collapse killing 46. NBS official says conclusions are tentative and under study as inspectors consider secondary failures. A new $14.4 million bridge is planned nearby.
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Kanauga
Ohio
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Brazil
West Virginia State Road Commission
NTSB
Joseph J. O'Connell Jr
Charles F. Scheffey
Scheffey
St. Mary's Bridge
Navy probes fuel thefts in Thailand raise flag of lax oversight
Navy ousted a civilian inspector linked to an GAO inquiry into thefts of at least 5.5 million gallons of fuel meant for U N military use in Thailand during 1967. The inspector was reassigned as investigators drafted their report.
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Washington
Navy
U. S
Thailand
John M. McGee
Bangkok
Navy Fuel Supply Office
General Accounting Office
Future of Regional Planning Commission Faces Shaky Ground
Athens county spotlight on vital regional planning issues and longstanding problems as Meigs and Hocking counties show contrasting developments. Multiple pages indicate officials grappling with old and new concerns in regional governance.
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Future OF Regional Planning Commission
Athens
Hocking County
Meigs County
Racine Locks
Teachers in Politics seminar for teachers in Cincinnati
The Citizenship Committee of the National Education Association sponsors a three day clinic January 17 to 19 in Cincinnati to boost political knowledge for about 250 teachers who have some political experience. Participants will come from Illinois to Connecticut and New Jersey.
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Citizenship Committee
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National Education Association
Illinois
Connecticut
New Jrsey
Warden’s Stand Hampers FBI Probe of Ohio Pen Riot
FBI investigations into the August riot at Ohio Penitentiary in Columbus are hindered as Warden Harold Cardwell refuses to release inmates and records. The Dayton Daily News cites an unidentified FBI spokesman saying federal authorities are blocked from interviewing inmates or examining records. Coercing views from Franklin County officials add to the dispute as five inmates died and 58 face felony charges stemming from riots in June and August.
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Columbus
Harold Cardwells
Dayton Daily News
Washington
Justice Department
Cardwell
Lou Rotterman
The
Daily News
L.G. Ridenour
Franklin County
C. Howard Johnson
Winter Cold Snap Forecast Hits Ohio Ahead of New Year
The Weather Bureau warned of bitter cold from 5 degrees below to 10 degrees above zero across Ohio as a cold air mass moves in from the west. Gusty winds will accompany the freezing temperatures with cold wave warnings in effect through New Year’s Day, and only teens are expected in the afternoon.
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South Vietnamese Army to Assume More Battlefield Duties in 1969
President Thieu said in a New Year's Eve address that South Vietnam will gradually take over battlefield responsibilities from U.S. and allied troops in 1969. He announced an armed forces expansion to 924,000 and delivery of modern U.S. weapons as the U.S. plans a phased withdrawal later. A South Vietnamese division freed a captured U.S. officer in the Mekong Delta, marking a rare POW rescue amid ongoing talks with Viet Cong.
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U.S
Nguyen van Thieu
South Vietnam
Thieu
Republic of Vietnam
United States
Mncre
Rowe
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