Frigid air follows blizzard across western states
United Press International reports a brutal cold wave sweeping two thirds of the nation after a Sunday blizzard. More than a thousand stranded in Kansas and Nebraska as temperatures plummet, with 48 storm deaths across seven states. Iowa, Illinois, Wisconsin, Nebraska, Kansas, Minnesota, and New Mexico tally casualties. Stranded travelers number in the hundreds at Iowa truck stops, while Omaha and Lincoln face shuttered streets and slow recovery. Washington to New York see airport disruptions and freezing temperatures extend south to Texas.
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Nebraska
Iowa
Illinois
Wisconsin
Minnesota
New Mexico
Plaza
Williams
Shenandoah
Omaha
Neb
Lincoln
Des Moines
Madison
Diane Krueger
Sun Prairie
Texas
Cotulla
Tex
Cambodian premier tours bottlenecked highway fight
Premier Lon Nol flew to Kompong Som to inspect Cambodian troops struggling to clear North Vietnamese and Viet Cong forces from the vital highway to Phnom Penh. Military sources cited a top level conference on six weeks of delays in the operation. Communiques from Saigon reported six American GIs wounded 70 miles north-northeast of Saigon after Communist shelling of a U.S. Marine position.
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Phnom Penh
UPI
Lon Nol
Kompong Som
Saigon
U.S
Kirirom Pass
Ream
Namese
Sosthene Fernandez
Highway 5
Battambang
Armed robbers kill employee and set fires at furniture store
A gang of armed men shot an employee to death and crazed the store with fires, as police and investigators scour the scene for suspects amid a violent attack at a local furniture retailer. Snow flurries and cold temperatures are forecast for northern New England, with sunny conditions elsewhere and slight snow chances Saturday. Daytime highs will be in the teens to low 20s north and around 30 south, with subzero to low teens overnight north and teens to low 20s south.
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Boston
UPI
New England
National Weather Service
Alton Baker
Dubrow
Philadelphia
Morton Grossman
Dandis Burney
Illegal primer cords found in mine where 38 were killed
Federal officials said illegal primer cords used to detonate explosives were found inside the Finley Coal Co mine, where 38 miners died last week. The cords are forbidden in underground mines by the 1969 Federal Coal Mine Health and Safety Act. Westfield noted the material will be tested by a Pittsburgh lab to determine its nature and potential role in the blast that killed 38 and injured others.
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Hyden
UPI
Finley Coal Co
James Westfield
U.S. Bureau of Mines
Westfield
William Boleyn
U.S. Bureau of Budget Management
Nixon
CBS airs Viet Cong film showing capture of GIs
New York United Press International report says CBS Evening News aired footage claimed to show Viet Cong troops capturing American soldiers outside Con Thein in October 1968. The Defense Department allowed broadcast to aid soldier identification, but CBS noted the film is propaganda and of poor quality with faces pointed out for recognition.
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CBS
New York
UPI
Con Thein
CBS Evening News
Defense Department
U S urges big powers to stay out of Mideast talks
The United States calls for a hands off approach by major powers as Middle East peace talks near re opening in New York. U N envoy Gunnar V Jarring leads efforts to keep external influence minimal.
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U.S
Big Powers
United States
Middle East
New York
U.N
Gunnar V. Jarring
Sweden
Security Council
Israel
Egypt
William P. Rogers
Thant
United Nations
Yosef Tekoah
Tel Aviv
Mohammed Hassan el-Zayyat
Cairo
Montreal
Anwar Sadat
Explosion at Miami mall kills woman and injures many
A natural gas explosion at Circle Blueprint Shop in the Lincoln Road Mall, Miami Beach, killed a 75 year old passerby Anna Kane and injured at least 61 others. Police called it the worst explosion in the tourist area as crews cleared debris with heavy equipment overnight.
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Miami Beach
UPS
Lincoln Road
Circle Blueprint Company
Anna Kane
Rocky Pomerance
James Blitch
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