Snowstorms swirl through the Northeast disrupt travel
Heavy snowstorms blanket the Northeast causing flight delays and highway hazards as schools close in multiple states including Virginia where a foot of snow shuts five counties. Authorities investigate the strangling death of 16 year old Tharon Shepherd near Tiffin two miles south of the city. President Johnson outlines four policy focus messages to Congress this week. A Cincinnati teen and her boyfriend face court as a three state search unfolds. Mississippi grand jury reopens evidence in a civil rights worker slayings case.
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Joe Sparrow
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Smoking Decline Seen, Yet National Catastrophe Remains
Surgeon General Luther L. Terry reports nearly one in four adult men has quit since 1962 and women’s smoking also fell modestly. A nationwide sample shows men down to 52 percent and women to about 28 percent. Despite declines, smoking still claims 125000 to 300000 American deaths annually.
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Kennedy Ninth Child Born to Ethel Kennedy
New York reports Ethel Kennedy gave birth by Caesarean section to an eight pound son at Roosevelt Hospital. The Kennedys now have six boys and three girls with Senator Robert F. Kennedy present. Mrs. Kennedy will be 37 in April and previously had a Caesarean section in Boston in 1963.
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Apathy Club Forms at Xavier to Challenge Apathy
Cincinnati report on Xavier University students forming the Apathy Club to raise awareness of apathy on campus. Founder Anthony Thomas, a senior pre medical student, says the club aims to lower standards and hinder activities while inviting apathetic participation. Faculty reaction is mixed and turnout at basketball games has been notable.
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Xavier
Miami
Portsmouth Shipyard Defended in Thresher Report Fallout
In Portsmouth New Hampshire public officials and labor leaders rallied to defend the shipyard after a congressional inquiry blamed the Thresher disaster on construction practices. Capt William Hushing scheduled a briefing to amplify the findings while the yard faced a “black eye” over faulty pipe joints and hastened fabrication.
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Five Die In Head-On Freight Crash At Sterling
A Baltimore and Ohio freight and an Erie-Lackawanna freight collided at a Sterling track crossover early today. Five crewmen were killed in flames, a sixth survived in fair condition. Firemen battled 150-foot flames for over an hour as wreckage and downed wires hampered response. Victims were Marion and New Castle residents, including engineers Carl Duckworth and Donald Narney, and B and O head brakeman F C Druschel.
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Marion
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New Castle
Chicago
New York City
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G. S. Williams
Japanese Premier Sato to Talk with Johnson on China Trade
Eisaku Sato arrives in San Francisco and heads to Washington for talks with President Johnson and U Thant on Japan China trade ties and the U S tax on overseas investments. He says no conflict exists between trade with Communist China and U S policy and notes Tokyo hopes to end the equalization tax.
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Eisaku Sato
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Japan
China
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Dean Rusk
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Sato
Hayato Ikeda
Peking
Dock Strike Snarls Seaports From Maine to Texas
The 60,000 member Longshoremen's Union walked out at ports from Maine to Texas over a proposed contract clause. The strike mirrors the Oct 1 walkout when Johnson used Taft Hartley to order a cooling off period. The White House has no immediate action planned unless the economy is at risk.
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Texas
Johnson
White House
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Brown backs plan for state official pay raises
Secretary of State Ted W. Brown urged a minimum 20 percent pay boost for state employees and elected officials. A. G. Lancione supported raising elected officials from 15 000 to 25 000 with a governor's salary match. Governor Rhodes opposed any increase.
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R-Logan
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Theodore M. Gray
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Gray
William H. Deddens
Hamilton
Athens Schools Curriculum Meeting Set for Tuesday
Athens educators gather for a curriculum planning session on Tuesday. The Messenger notes commentary on cost of living factors comparing hospital stays and luxury hotel costs, per columnist Robert Peterson.
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Robert Peterson
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