Nation on Threshold of Hong Kong Flu Epidemic
UPI reports about 700 flu and pneumonia deaths in the United States as the Hong Kong flu nears national epidemic level. The NCDC says the western mountain states show epidemic activity while at least 33 states report flu, with peak expected mid January.
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NCDC
Hong Kong
Atlanta
UPI
United States
National
Colorado
John R. Bagby
Chicago
Ursuline College
Ohio
General Motors
Cleveland
Ford Motor Co
Los Angeles
County
Philadelphia
New York City
Virginia
Richard Rothenberg
Richmond
Paul Laxalt
Nevada
Claude Kirk
Florida
Tallahassee
Jetliner Crash Near Caracas Leaves 51 Dead
UPI reports searchers found only bodies and empty liferafts after Pan Am Flight 217 from New York exploded 16 miles off Maiquetia near Caracas. Navy officials said no survivors, while Pan Am hinted some might have used liferafts. Names of crew and passengers from New York, New Jersey, and Venezuela listed. investigation and recovery ongoing.
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Caracas
UPI
Caribbean
New York
Pan American World Airways
Maiquetia International
la Guaira
Pan American
Sidney E. Stillwaught
West Islip
N.Y
William J. Canell
Upper Saddle River
N.J
Richard H. Titus
Ridgewood
Alfred C. Perezz
Valley Stream
Heidrun M. Caplan
New York City
Francis
B52s Bomb Foe's Bases Near Cambodian Border
Saigon reports indicate Communist shelling of Saigon area towns and heavy B52 bombing of Viet Cong positions between Saigon and the Cambodian border. At least 10 killed and 24 wounded, including civilians, in Sa Dec Loc Ninh and Khanh Hung.
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Saigon
UPC
U.S
Sa Dec
Loc Ninh
Khanh Hung
Gome
North Vietnam
New Italian Cabinet Hopes To Relieve Internal Strife
Rome reports Premier Marino Rumor forms left center cabinet with Pietro Nenni as foreign secretary amid calls for Vietnam peace. The new government faces ongoing strikes by workers and students across Genoa Genoa shipyards Sicily Rome protests strain Italy’s economy and politics.
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Rome
UPI
Mariano Rumor
Italy
Giuseppe Saragat
Rumor
Pietro Nenni
Nenni
Socialist Party
U.S
Vietnam
Genoa
Sicily
Hanoi Permits Gifts to Prisoners
North Vietnam agreed to allow imprisoned American pilots to receive Christmas cards and small gifts from home. Packages must not exceed three kilograms and may not include perishables, personal items, or medication. The decision, conveyed through Xuan Thuy to Ambassador Hariman, was noted as having uncertain political significance. As of Nov 23, 1968, 879 U.S. servicemen were missing in Southeast Asia and 336 were known POWs.
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Washington
UPI
North Vietnam
State Department
Department
Robert J. McCloskey
Paris
W. Averell Harriman
Xuan Thuy
McCloskey
United States
Hanoi
U.S
Southeast Asia
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Maiquetia
Vanesse
Foe
Cambodian
South Vietnam
Bennington Banner
Main St
Bennington
The
Banner Publishing Corporation
United Press International
Vermont
Bennington, Vt
ELM Street
Ben Mont Ave
Zenith Circle OF Sound
Zenith
E. T. Williams
Berkshire
Olin Meyer
Norwic
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