Massive Winter Storm Sweeps Eastward Across States
A massive winter storm swept east from the Midwest toward the Deep South bringing snow sleet and freezing rain that hampered highway travel. Subzero cold gripped the Northern plains and loosened its hold on the Northeast as warnings stayed in effect for twelve states with heavy snow accumulations reported from Minnesota to Mississippi.
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Associated Press
Midwest
Minnesota
Mississippi
Snow blankets Kentucky and Tennessee with partial southern reach
A night of snowfall covered Hopkinsville in southwestern Kentucky with six inches while Nashville Tupelo and Chattanooga areas awoke to three inches and two inches respectively. The snow extended north toward the Great Lakes as Weather Bureau forecasts showed accumulations up to four inches in southwestern Virginia amid sleet and freezing rain preceding.
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Hopkinsville
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Nashville
Tupelo
Miss
Chattanooga
Great Lakes
Weather Bureau
Virginia
Snowstorm and Ice Siege Hit Southeast and South
The eastward snowstorm met a southern ice siege for three days. Three inches of ice coated eastern North Carolina as power crews fought to restore service. Carolina Power and Light called the damage far worse than the 1954 Ha zel hurricane. Ice and sleet closed northern Georgia roads into Atlanta and caused a 50-car pileup. Subzero cold spread from Berryville to the plains, while the Far West faced Pacific Coast rain and gale warnings from California to Washington.
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North Carolina
Carolina Power and Light Co
Atlanta
Tennessee
Alabama
Georgia
Virginia
Berryville
Shenandoah Valley
Plains
Bismarck
N.C
Kansas City
Pacific
Point Arena
Calif
Tatoosh Island
Wash
Campaigning in California and New Hampshire in 1968 race
Vice President Humphrey and Senator McCarthy campaign among California Democrats while Governor Romney courts New Hampshire Republicans. Mills will oppose Johnson tax hike in 1968-69 budget. A go go dancer jailed as a murder witness. Six Penn students blinded by sun during LSD trip sparks federal search. Wiretap expansion battles persist. A Marine helicopter missing near DMZ with all aboard feared dead. Talks with Sihanouk seem to buy time on Cambodian sanctuary issue. West Europe Arab tensions ease but influence remains limited. Castro calls US enemy and offers prisoner swap for Che Guevara remains.
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Humphrey
Sen. McCarthy
California
Gov. Romney
New Hampshire
Washington
Pennsylvania
Johnson
Southeast Asia
U.S
Demilitarized Zone
Chester Bowles
Norodom Sihanouk
Cambodia
Middle East
Fidel Castro
United States
Rnesto Che Guevara
Talks in Phnom Penh Buy Time on Cambodian Border Tension
AP analysis notes Bowles Sihanouk talks aim to empower the International Control Commission to patrol Cambodia’s border against Viet Cong and North Vietnamese sanctuary use. U.S. pressure grows to permit hot pursuit, risking wider fighting on Cambodian soil. India as ICC chair and Indian Prime Minister Gandhi shape next moves.
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Joe McGowan
New Delhi
India
Phnom Penh
U.S
Chester Bowles
Norodom Sihanouk
Cambodia
Sihanouk
United States
International Control Commission
Bowles
ICC
Indira Gandhi
Vietnam
Commission
Foreign Office
Vietnam War Echoes Open Hot Pursuit Debate Across Border
Late 1967 sees renewed calls for hot pursuit into Cambodia as Viet Cong sanctuaries in neutral territory fuel fears of widening war. Johnson administration pursues cautious diplomacy through Bowles mission, while U S forces bolster troops near the DMZ. Separate report notes two more heart transplants and early results.
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Associated Press
Vietnam
Cambodia
Loc Ninh
Bu Dop
Dak To
U.S
Norodom Sihanouk
Johnson
Chester Bowles
India
Bowles
United States
Rome Spring Fashion Shows Hatch Warm Weather Vibe
In Rome and amid a cold snap Italian fashion houses present spring summer lines as designers cope with a flu epidemic delaying work. Thirty couture houses push last minute shows through Thursday with London styles favoring covered legs while Italian designers favor knee length and mid thigh outfits.
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London
Hardy Amies
Italy
Heinz Riva
Titti Brugnoli
Western Europe and Arab world seek limited economic ties
A AP survey shows West European and Arab relations are warming after the Arab-Israeli war but no broad push to deepen ties. Britain and Italy ease diplomatic and trade links while West Germany avoids a large push. France pursues active economic cooperation as a third force, with arms sales potential and oil field exploration gains.
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Syria
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Algeria
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Kurdistan
Israel
Charles de Gaulle
McCarthy Attacks War Policy in California Stop
Senator Eugene J. McCarthy, aiming for the Democratic nomination, criticizes the Johnson administration as afraid to negotiate to end the war in a UCLA speech. He campaigns in California while Vice President Humphrey backs Johnson. Romney outlines Vietnam ideas ahead of New Hampshire vote, and others react to party strategy and the GOP California primary, with debates on delegation and law and order issues.
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Associated Press
Eugene J. McCarthy
Johnson
University of California At Los Angeles
Minnesota
McCarthy
California
Hubert H. Humphrey
Fresno
Michigan
George Romney
New Hampshire
Romney
Vietnam
Ucla
Kennedy
Springfield
Mass
Lawrence F. O’brien
O’brien
Alabama
James D. Martin
George Wallace
Barry Goldwater
GOP
Goldwater
Martin
Thomas W. Bailey
Ronald Reagan
John M. Bailey
LBJ Ending Ranch Stay Nears Return from Texas
President Johnson nears the end of a long yearend ranch stay in Texas after evaluating administration programs and preparing the 1968-69 budget. He is expected back in Washington by Sunday as the 90th Congress reconvenes. He focuses on the State of the Union message for a joint session Wednesday night. Weather has been unusually cold and rainy during the stay.
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Chester Bowles
Cambodia
Texas
State of the Union
Congress
U. S
San Antonio
Tex
Washington
House
Senate
Capitol
Local Grandmother Travels The World
Irene Cote, 68, of Biddeford Maine, traveled 24000 miles with her son Dennis J. Cote a state department officer stationed in the Philippines. She visited Manila and Baguio Hong Kong and Japan, saw poverty and a shopping paradise, and plans to visit 45 grandchildren. They returned to Chicago for Thanksgiving with family.
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Islands
Dennis J. Cote
Dennis
State Department
Philippines
Manila
Baguia
Cote
Maine
Hong Kong
Chicago
Bryce Roberts Named Golf Pro
Bryce Roberts of 88 North Street Saco was named golf pro by the Biddeford Saco Country Club Board of Trustees. The 27 year old, a 1958 Thornton Academy graduate, UC 1962 alum, Army service member and former assistant pro in Orleans France and Blue Point Scarborough succeeds Harvey Lamontagne Jr. and will oversee forthcoming club and course improvements.
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Saco
Biddeford-Saco Country Club
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Rockland Country Club
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University of Connecticut
US Army
Orelans
France
Blue Point
Scarborough
Biddeford-Saco
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