Hong Kong Flu Triggers More Early School Closings
The Hong Kong flu prompts two additional early holiday closings with several reopenings planned this week. Hospitals restrict or suspend visiting. four Virginia colleges closed last week. Central Michigan University and Northern Michigan University cancel classes. New York City expects 300 400 deaths and a two month outbreak.
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Associated Press
Virginia
Central Virginia
Central Michigan University
Northern Michigan University
Maryland
Cleveland
Ohio
Wisconsin
Milwaukee
Milwaukee-area
San Francisco
F. Frank Ellis
New York City
Edward O’rourke
Humphrey to Teach At Macalester And Minnesota
Vice President Hubert H. Humphrey announces a joint professorship at Macalester College in St. Paul and the University of Minnesota in Minneapolis. The 1939 graduate and 1943 44 Macalester teacher will teach after January 20 and pursue lectures and seminars while addressing society’s evolving problems.
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Macalester College
St. Paul
Karren A
Mills Associated Press
ST. Paul, Minn
Hubert H. Humphrey
Twin Cities
Humphrey
University of Minnesota At
Minneapolis
Macalester College of
Macalester
Fine Arts Center
Minnesota
Austin Herald December 16 1968 item brief
The Austin Minnesota Herald issue from Monday December 16 1968 provides a local news glimpse with brief items and notices typical of community papers of the era.
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Austin
Minn
Herald Monday
Snowmobile Race in St Paul Offers $5000 First Prize
The St Paul Winter Carnival International Snowmobile race offers $5000 to the winner of the 555 mile endurance event from Winnipeg to St Paul. The race starts January 27 and runs three days to January 30 with 130 entrants expected. Second place pays $1000 and third $500.
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ST. Paul
Winnipeg
Man
Carnival
Fred Eskuri
Eskuri
Crookston
Park Rapids
Brainerd
Gerald Reese
Roseau
Herb Howe
Crystal
Czech Fears Subside as Communists Retain Dubcek Leader
The Prague central committee kept Alexander Dubcek and Josef Smrkovsky in leadership and approved a limited economic reform program. The plan delays major reforms to mid-1969, shelving action for about six months while maintaining a liberal-slanted line.
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Fred Coleman
Prague
Czechoslovakia
Communist Party
Alexander Dubcek
Dubcek
National Assembly
Josef Smrkovsky
Olver
Central Committee
Former Patient Ends Siege After Treatment Promise
A former patient, William Meagher, 24, seized three hostages at the South Florida State Hospital in Hollywood triggering a five hour siege. He surrendered after Miami Herald reporter Rod Gibson promised to secure pep pills and better treatment for him.
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Associated Press
Hollywood
Richard Parks
Arthur Stillman
Gibson
Meagher
Marines Hunt Missing Plane
A company of 140 U S Marines was flown into a rain forest near Roosevelt Roads Naval Base Puerto Rico to start a ground search for a missing twin engine Air Force cargo plane with a crew of eight reservists.
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San Juan
P.R
U.S
Roosevelt Roads Naval Base
Puerto Rico
Air Force
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