LBJ Returns to Budget Talks After Christmas
President Johnson resumes work on the federal budget at the LBJ Ranch after a Christmas with family. Decisions loom on funding for education and the war on poverty, civil service pay raises, and keeping spending under 100 billion. The president and family attended church in Fredericksburg and shared holiday moments at home.
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Birge Alexander
Rebecca
Johnsons
Texas
Flooded West Coast Counties Face New Wind Threats
The Wil lamette River crest near 29.8 feet began receding as Humboldt County rescue heli copters aided flood victims. In Portland winds up to 45 mph threatened renewed damage while 7,000 plus flood refugees faced ongoing cold. Across five states, 40 plus dead, 14,000 homeless, and millions in losses were reported.
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Portland
Ore
Willamette River
Harbor Patrol
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Hardhit
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Seven Drown as Car Plunges Into Lake Lanier Christmas Day
Seven members of two Gainesville families were pulled from Lake Lanier after a car carrying 11 people slid down a 30 foot embankment on Christmas Day. Only four survived. Rescue crews operated across California flood zones and Oregon daylight reports noted 16 deaths statewide with widespread damage and dispatches of helicopters.
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Christmas Happiness May Be Tree Baby or Taking Somebody's Place
A rabbi fills in as Reno police chief aiding Christmas delivery. Hartford volunteers handle hospital duties. a Louisville couple marks 70 years of marriage. a Long Beach couple welcome Christy Carole at Christmas. Louis Armstrong and wife Lucile in Tokyo celebrate a Christmas tree tradition. Stefanija Rukas reunites with husband and daughter in New York after 23 years. two Air Force colonels in South Viet Nam sub for junior officers on a Christmas mission.
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Satchmo) Armstrong
Tokyo
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New York
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State mails 28.4 million in Minnesota school aid
Minnesota Treasurer Val Bjornson mailed school aid checks totaling 28.4 million dollars. Foundation aid amounts to 24,242,422 dollars, reaching 60 percent of the 1964-65 amount due, with census aid making up 4,190,855 dollars. In separate war news, two U S airmen flew a C123 plane nicknamed Linda and defended against a Viet Cong assault 75 miles southwest of Saigon for 45 minutes as Vietnamese air force jets provided support.
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Fire destroys Duluth area home. mother and son die
In Duluth Minnesota a woman 31 and her son Timothy Oppel perished when a fire swept their Bergquist Road home. Firefighters and a nearby Air Force unit battled the blaze in subzero temperatures, recovering the bodies about 4:30 a.m. The cause remains undetermined.
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Clifton
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Douglasville Man Charged With Murder Over Dog Skeleton Gift
In Florida, James L. Purcell 56 allegedly killed his estranged wife after she mailed him a dog skeleton as a Christmas gift. Purcell was charged with murder and returned to Ocala to await grand jury action. The victim, 48, was found shot in the chest at Magnolia Haven, Florida.
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Boys Chase FBI Ten Most Wanted Man Near Paineville
A group of local youths aged 16 to 17 pursued Alfred Oponowicz, an FBI ten most wanted fugitive sought for counterfeiting and bank robbery. After spotting him at a railroad overpass and tailing him through darkness, Oponowicz was captured when a neighbor alerted police. the boys would likely do it again if needed.
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Ohio
FBI
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Arthur Bryant
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Bryant
Arthur Dowdy
James Balford
Iowa Traffic Deaths Hit 830 During Holiday Start
A Christmas Eve to Friday stretch saw 14 Iowa highway deaths, raising the 1964 toll to 830 per Associated Press counts. Victims include Everett Curl 36 and Frances Curl 34 of Bea con and their two sons, Leota Belzer 59 of Albia, Marilyn Tone 37 of Cedar Rapids, and Denny Gordon 32 near Keosauqua. Multiple accidents occurred on Highway 137, 6, 163, and near Grinnell, Fairfield, and Coralville amid slick, icy conditions.
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Albia
Highway 137
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Beacon
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National Road Toll Climbs During Holiday Weekend
Traffic deaths rose during the holiday period starting Thursday at 6 p.m. local time, reaching 290 with nine accidents causing at least 36 deaths. Hazards from rain fog and snow persisted across regions, with the National Safety Council forecasting a final weekend toll between 550 and 650.
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Three Die in Christmas Night Collision Near Sioux Falls
A head on crash on Christmas night near Sioux Falls killed three people and seriously injured another. Victims were Joseph D. Glantzer 60 his daughter Sandra 18 and Donald Nelson 29 of Sioux Falls. The fourth victim was unnamed in the report. In Mississippi two Oberlin volunteers reported shots fired into a house housing two white students aiding a rebuilt Negro church.
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Ripley
Canada Christmas Mercury Sets Records Across Regions
Record high temperatures in four eastern Canadian cities led by Montreal at 57.4 degrees on December 25 while Medicine Hat Alberta plunged to 33 below, the coldest in 32 years according to reports.
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Wreckage of Missing Plane Found Near Philip
The wreckage of a single engine plane missing since Thursday night was found about 12 to 15 miles south of Philip along with parts of two bodies. Pilot Larry Maier, 52, of Phoenix was aboard with an unidentified woman secretary. A search began Friday after radio notes indicated the craft was lost and out of control.
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Trouble Forces Max Down 14 Florida
Max Conrad, 61, attempting a long-distance light plane record, was forced to land in St. Petersburg after radioing mechanical difficulties. He had been flying from Cape Town to New Orleans in a Piper Twin Comanche with 700 gallons aboard to beat the 1999 world record of 7,668 miles.
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