U.S. and Viet Envoys Seek New Offer to Break Vietnam Deadlock
U.S. and South Vietnamese diplomats prepared a fresh proposal to end the Vietnam peace conference stalemate. Washington pressed for a two-side format while Hanoi demanded four-sided status for the Viet Cong in talks led by Cyrus Vance and Ky.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U.S
Lewis Gulick Paris
Vietnam
Hanoi
Viet Cong
National Liberation Front
Cyrus R. Vance
Col
Ha van Lau
Vance
Philip CM. Habib
South Vietnam
Nguyen Cao Ky
W. Averell Harriman
United States
Tional Liberation Front
North Vietnam
NLF
Harriman-Ky
Hazardous Driving in Minnesota
Blizzard warnings stretched from Iowa and Nebraska to Minnesota and North Dakota as heavy snow and gale winds created whiteout conditions across the upper Midwest. The Minnesota Highway Department urged travel only for emergencies and noted snow blocks on some roads while winds exceeded 40 miles per hour and gusts reached 50 to 62 mph in surrounding states.
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Associated Press
Pacific Coast
Iowa
Nebraska
Minnesota
North Dakota
Dakotas
Minnesota Highway Department
Norfolk
Neb
Upper Michigan
Wisconsin
Youth Arrested in New Jersey Hotel Fire
An 18 year old, David Allen Raush, was arrested and charged with arson and six counts of homicide in a Paterson New Jersey hotel fire that killed six guests earlier this week. He is held without bail awaiting a December 26 preliminary hearing.
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N.J
Paterson
David Allen Raush
Cuban exile doctor Bosch sentenced to ten years
Dr. Orlando Bosch was sentenced to 10 years in federal prison after being convicted as the man known as Ernesto who directed Cuban Power terrorists. Eight co defendants, including a woman, received a combined 48 years for charges that included the shelling of the Iron Curtain freighter Polanica.
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Bosch
Miami
Fla
Orlando Bosch
Ernesto
Polanica
Fire destroys Old Founder's Hall at Whittier College
A four story Old Founder's Hall at Whittier College burned today, destroying the structure from which President-elect Nixon graduated in 1934. No injuries were reported. The fire started on the third floor at the Quaker campus about 15 miles southeast of Los Angeles.
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Whittier, Canf
Whittier College
Nixon
Los Angeles
Soviet Parliament Ends Four Day Budget Session
The Supreme Soviet closed a four day session in Moscow with sharp criticism of last year’s economy and 1969 plans. Deputies faulted industrial and housing construction while Nikolai Baibakov pledged a review of construction quality and the agricultural machine building sector including tractors planters and combines.
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Moscow
Supreme Soviet
Nikolai Baibakov
Viet Cong chief vows cooperation if Saigon leaders repent
Mme. Nguyen Thi Binh says the Viet Cong National Liberation Front would work with Saigon officials if they repent for crimes against the South. She adds that anyone, including Thieu Ky or Huong, who reforms and aids national liberation will be welcomed regardless of position.
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Paris
Saigon
Viet Cong
Nguyen van Thieu
Nguyen Cao Ky
Mme
Nguyen Thi Binh
National Liberation Front
Thieu
Tran van Huong
NLF
U S Planes Launch Heavy Bombing Around Saigon
American B52 bombers carried out the heaviest strikes in two months near Saigon. Over 100 aircraft dropped about 3,000 tons of explosives from noon Wednesday to noon today, targeting base camps bunkers depots and corridors. Aerial observers noted direct hits on ammunition stores and a broad pattern from 75 miles NW to 27 miles NE of Saigon as up to 30,000 North Vietnamese troops allegedly mass along the Cambodian border.
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Saigon
U.S
Key
No Survivors Among 51 Aboard Pan Am 707 Crash
A Pan American 707 exploded over the Caribbean and plunged into the sea near Caracas killing all 51 aboard. The flight from New York to Caracas carried 42 passengers, nine crew, and included Miss Venezuela 1962 Olga Antonetti de Dugarte. Seven bodies were recovered by dawn as authorities search for others continued.
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Caracas
Venezuela
Caribbean Sea
New York
Kennedy Airport
Olga Antonetti de Dugarte
Luis Beltran Gonzalez
Pan American Airways
LBJ and Ordaz End Old Fuss
Presidents Johnson and Diaz Ordaz oversee a dynamite blast that diverts the Rio Grande through a new concrete channel at the Santa Fe International Bridge. The boundary change returns 437 acres of land to Mexico and splits El Paso from Juarez, honoring an accord tied to Lopez Mateos and Kennedy.
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EL Paso
Tex
Johnson
Diaz Ordaz
Mexico
Rio Grande
U.s.mexico
Santa Fe International Bridge
Fel Paso
Juarez
Adolfo Lopez Mateos
John F. Kennedy
el Chamizal
Rio Grerde
Mansfield Calls for Equal Federal Pay Raises Across Branches
Senate Democratic Leader Mike Mansfield urged uniform pay hikes for lawmakers and federal officials. A nine member commission proposed House and Senate raises to 50 000, Cabinet to 60 000, Chief Justice to 67 500 and other justices to 65 000. Changes would auto take effect after 30 days unless disapproved.
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Washington
Senate
Mike Mansfield
Mansfield
Johnson
House
Supreme Court
Frederick R. Kappel
American Telephone & Telegraph Co
White House
Congress
Nixon to work with Urban Coalition on city problems
President elect Nixon won a pledge from Urban Coalition leaders to cooperate as possible on urban issues. John W. Gardner led the group in a 90 minute session with Moynihan present. Other attendees included Mayor John V. Lindsay and David Rockefeller.
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New York
Nixon
John W. Gardner
Gardner
Daniel Patrick Moynihan
White House
Coalition
New Urban Affairs Council
John V. Lindsay
David Rockefeller
Chase Manhattan Bank
J.W. Abel
United Steelworkers Union
Whitney Young Jr
National Urban
Fun Foods International Drops Stock Offering
ST. PAUL AP Fun Foods International Inc a food franchising company with directors including Billy Martin Bob Feller John Davis and Joe Foss voluntarily pulled its 480 000 stock offer in Minnesota after an inquiry by Atty Gen Douglas Head and a tentative suspension from the securities commissioner The case was closed and the company agreed to withdraw the offering Investors Martin and Davis said they would withdraw and reclaim their investments with Martin seeking 5000 back and Davis stepping down as director
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ST. Paul
Fun Foods International, Inc
Minnesota
Office of Minnesota Atty
Douglas Head
Elmer Borgschatz
Jerry Truhn
Fun Foods
International Fund Foods
South Dakota
Fun Food International
Donovan A. Gstohl
Sioux Fells
M.D
Minnesota Enterprise
Billy Martin
Minnesota Twins
Bob Feller
North Dakota
John E. Davis
Bismarck
Joe Foss
Scottsdale
Ariz
American Football League
Martin
Devis
Humphrey Offered Joint Teaching Post By U Minnesota And Macalester
Vice President Hubert H. Humphrey was offered a joint teaching post by the University of Minnesota and Macalester College. The offer follows his pending January 20 departure from the vice presidency and may anchor his political plans in Minnesota for 1970.
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Humphrey
U. and
Macalester
Minneapolis
Hubert H. Humphrey
University of Minnesota
Macalester College
St. Paul
University
Board of
Regents
Malcolm Moos
U.S. Senate
Minnesota
University of Louisiana
Minneapolis-St. Paul
Red Movement of Troops Reported Near Dresden and Berlin
Travelers saw East German and Soviet troop movements near Dresden and Berlin. A police spokesman said about 50 East German trucks loaded with troops were heading south Thursday night from Dresden toward the Czechoslovak border.
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Berlin
Dresden
Post Office Issues Key Mailing Rule
The Post Office Department issued regulations on mailing master keys for motor vehicles. The rule prohibits mailing keys or ads for them to anyone except lock manufacturers, locksmiths, vehicle makers or dealers, and government agencies. Shipments must be marked to show compliance with the law.
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Washington
Post Office Department
Traffic Toll Reaches 997 Statewide Fatalities
Minnesota reports 997 traffic deaths for 1968 exceeding the 1966 yearly high. Joseph Studnicka and Myrtie Studnicka, both residents of Water Ville, died in a Rice County crash at Highway 60 and a county road. Richard Sammon of Morrison escaped injury. A second fatality, Ernest Perkins of rural Elizabeth, died in a later crash on Highway 59 near Elizabeth. Harvey Weisel of rural Alexandria sustained minor injuries.
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Associated Press
Minnesota
Joseph Studnicka
Waterville
Minn
Myrtle
Rice County
Highway Patrol
Richard Sammon
Morristown
Sammon
Elizabeth
Otter Tail County
Ernest Perkins
Perkins
Harvey Weisel
Alexandria
Weisel
Temperature snapshot from Podey Year day report
Weather jotter notes a low around 14 or 16 and a high near 28 for a day, with Thursday showing a similar trend to the prior year when highs reached 56. The terse entry records minimal values without additional context.
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