Contrasting Reports On Lakonia Crew Heroism And Panic
The Greek liner Lakonia sailed from Southampton on December 18 for a warm Christmas cruise with 651 passengers and 377 crew. A fire broke out near the barber shop late December 20 as the ship neared Madeira, prompting a frantic SOS from radio operator Kalogridis as crew and passengers scrambled toward lifeboats.
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London
England
Lakonia
Southampton
Madeira
Canary Islands
Sunshine
Buchanan
M. R. Lovat
Fallout From Russian Tests Hits Enterprise
Radioactive fallout from 1961 Soviet nuclear tests contaminated the U S aircraft carrier Enterprise for about a month. Navy medical officials state no health danger, while rain brought fallout to exterior areas and efforts were made to prevent ingress through ventilation and clothing. The incident hints at broader shipboard challenges and emergency responses during a crisis at sea.
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Russia
U.S
Enterprise
Navy
Bureau of Medicine and Surgery
Cmdr
Lewis H. Seaton
Seaton
Johnson Busy at LBJ Ranch Seeks Counsel on National Problems
President Johnson hunted deer with former Tennessee Governor Ellington at the LBJ Ranch and planned talks on national issues. He also monitored the Cyprus crisis with State Department briefings, while issuing a 18 month federal job cut directive and backing British Greek Turkish stabilization efforts.
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Johnson City
Tex
Johnson
Buford Ellington
Tennessee
Ellington
LBJ
Atty
A. W. Moursund
Moursund
Withgon
Cyprus
Dean Rusk
NATO Allies May Be Drawn Into Cyprus Crisis
Britain ordered more troops to Cyprus as Greek and Turkish Cypriots clashed, prompting discussions to place British Greek and Turkish forces under a unified command. NATO members Greece and Turkey face heightened risk while Makarios accuses Turkey of massacres and appeals to the UN.
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Britain
Cyprus
NATO
Greece
Turkey
Nicosia
Paris
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Permanent Council
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Makarios
Cemal Gursel
Johnson
London
Washington
Atlantic Alliance
Texas
Alec Douglas Home
U. N Security Council
Hunter Found Dead After Blizzard Near Fort Sisseton
Keith Cooper, 40, of Huron, missing since a December 7 blizzard during a hunting trip, was found Christmas afternoon in his car four miles north of Fort Sisseton. He lay in a sleeping bag, death due to asphyxiation. Snow buried the car until a recent warm period exposed it after several searches.
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S.D
Keith Cooper
Huron
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Cooper
301 Die in Traffic Accidents During Christmas Holidays
The nation counted 301 highway deaths in a 48 hour period ending Christmas Day. Two Minnesotans died on Christmas Eve, Ray Rebuck 41 near Detroit Lakes and Valerian Stiezka 55 in a rural tractor rollover. Minnesota’s annual toll stood at 774.
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Ray Rebuck
Perham
Detroit Lakes
Valerian Stiezka
Foley
Johnson Hosts Busy Christmas Day at Texas Ranch
President Johnson spent a festive Texas Christmas with 27 relatives, gifting dresses, dining on a full turkey dinner, and touring the 12 room Johnson ranch. He inspected cattle, delivered poinsettias, and rode a speedboat on a Pedernales lake before a 17 minute helicopter visit to Haywood Ranch. Bernard Rosenbach, Lynda Bird Johnson's fiance and Navy lieutenant, joined the gathering.
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Johnson
Texas
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Pedernales River
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Lynda Bird Johnson
Bernard Rosenbach
Comfort
Navy
Guantanamo Bay
Cuba
Johnsons
Lynda Bird
Haywood Ranch
Wisconsin Christmas traffic toll rises to thirteen
News reports list 13 deaths in Wisconsin during the Christmas period. Three fatalities occurred in a Christmas Eve crash on U.S. Highway 12 near Black River Falls. A Highway Department spokesman said action on a court order affecting Commissioner James Marshall’s discharge of a highway patrolman would wait for his return from a holiday trip.
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Associated Press
Wisconsin
U.S. Highway 12
Black River Falls
Hope Arrives at Crete on Christmas Tour
Comedian Bob Hope arrived at Crete Irakleion Air Station from Turkey as part of a Christmas tour to entertain American servicemen. He planned to fly to Athens that night with a 62 member troupe to perform at the U.S. Air Force installation in Athens. Jacob J. Schubert, 83, famed theatrical entrepreneur who produced countless shows, died today in his Manhattan apartment from a cerebral hemorrhage.
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Crete
Bob Hope
Mediterranean
Turkey
Athens
New York
Jacob J. Schubert
Manhattan
License plate tabs due with penalties dated
Motor vehicle owners have two weeks to obtain 1964 license plate tabs without penalty. Secretary of State Joseph Donovan said Friday, Jan. 10 is the deadline. A $1 penalty begins Jan. 11, $2 on Jan. 22, and $2.50 on Feb. 1.
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ST. Paul
Secretary of State
Joseph Donovan
Lodge Groups Form in Minnesota to Back Lodge Candidacy
Minnesota organizers have started two independent groups to support Henry Cabot Lodge for the Republican presidential nomination. Daniel C. Corrigan of St Paul and John C. McNulty of St Louis Park say they began efforts separately and have not heard of one another.
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Minnesota
Henry Cabot Lodge
Daniel C. Corrigan
St. Paul
John C. McNulty
St Louis Park
Lodge
Weather outlook with clouds and light snow likely
Variable cloudiness brings occasional light snow and colder tonight. Friday starts partly cloudy and colder with a few snow flurries. Low tonight expected between 5 and 18.
Spy charges target Georgriev in 220000 sale plot
On trial for spying, 56 year old Georgriev is accused of selling military and economic secrets to the CIA for 220000. He faces the death sentence if convicted. The case references a 1961 UN General Assembly speech and involves intelligence contacts.
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Thal Intelligence Agency
Georgriev
U.N. General Assembly
CIA
Ivan Assen Christof Cgeorgiev
United Nations
Sofia
U.S
Cen
Schedule of Pages editorials-4 Sports-9 Society-6
Page layout notice lists sections for today including editorials sports society area news and classifieds. It notes pages 4 9 6 7 and 8 14 across sections such as Mkts and Conic pages.
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