Severe Winter Storm Washes Across Wide Area
Snow and sleet brought early winter misery to a vast stretch from the Rockies to the Northeast. At least 36 people died as the storm knocked out lines, caused accidents, and forced emergency declarations in cities like Schenectady and Saratoga Springs. Temperatures plunged with lows reported from -25 at Alamosa to -24 in International Falls, while Chicago faced record snowfall and high winds slowing traffic and hampering services.
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Rockies
Great Plains States
Maine
New York State
Schenectady
Troy
Saratoga Springs
N.Y
New England
Massachusetts
Rhode Island
Missouri
Illinois
Indiana
New York
Midwest
Austin
Nev
Alamosa
Colo
International Falls
Bemidji
Minn
Fargo
N.D
Wichita Kan
Topeka
Kan
Maverick
Ariz
Chicago
Richlands Man Wounded After Shooting Wife then Self
Leland Clifton of Richlands Virginia was hospitalized in satisfactory condition after suffering gunshot wounds. He allegedly shot and killed his wife Patricia Jones Clifton in their trailer home during an argument before turning the rifle on himself. Clinch Valley Clinic officials reported the update.
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Leland Clifton
Richlands
Clinch Valley Clinic
Clifton
Patricia Jones Clifton
C. L. Gardner
Inside Business Classified and Features Notes
Brief page index listing sections such as Editorials About You Now and Then Princeton Servicemen and Classifieds indicate a standard newspaper layout. It anchors sections with page numbers and topics for reader navigation.
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Princeton
Tree Fund Climbing Toward Four Thousand Dollar Goal
With 17 days left the Bluefield Community Christmas Tree fund shows 593 dollars raised toward a 4000 dollar goal. The drive supports 1500 to 2000 underprivileged youngsters who expect toys and goodies at Ramsey Auditorium on December 24. Contributions may be mailed to Community Christmas Tree Association or Bluefield Daily Telegraph, Box 208, Bluefield W Va, or delivered to local newspaper offices.
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Bluefield
Ramsey Auditorium
Eugene
Iva M. Stowers
Grace Rigney
Betsy Ross Bakeries, Inc
Wade Weaver
J. W. Bailey
Coppinger Employees’ Benevolent Fund
Defense budget near fifty billion says McNamara
Secretary McNamara said preliminary estimates put next year’s defense budget just under 50 billion dollars after a White House briefing with President Johnson. He cited departmental economies enabling a substantial cut in new spending for the 1966 fiscal year starting July 1. The current year spending is about 49.8 billion.
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Washington
Robert S. MacNamara
McNamara
White House
Johnson
Department of Defense
Snowball Fun Fight Erupts Into Melee in Coral Gables
A pre Christmas snowball party for 300 to 400 children in Coral Gables ended in a wild melee as youngsters hurled ice balls at police and firemen. Firemen washed down the artificial snow with hoses while several kids suffered minor injuries. the pile dissolved under water in 80 degree heat.
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Coral Gables
Miami
Fla
Rusk and Gromyko Meet Inconclusive Talks At UN
Secretary of State Dean Rusk and Soviet Foreign Minister Andrei Gromyko described their two hour session as inconclusive. They plan another meeting to reduce East West tensions and discussed disarmament and the proposed multilateral force, with no U N financials or Vietnam on the agenda.
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United Nations, N.Y
Dean Rusk
Andrei A. Gromyko
Rusk
MLF
U.N
Viet Nam
Laos
U.S
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Moscow
Johnson
Harold Wilson
Washington
Pope Paul VI Returns to Rome After India Pilgrimage
Pope Paul VI landed at Rome's Fiumicino Airport to a roaring crowd as thousands cheered the pontiff returning from a four day India pilgrimage. Escort jets briefly shadowed the airliner over Turkey while the pope, though tired, signaled plans for future trips. Cardinals and officials welcomed him with gratitude as torches lit the Eternal City.
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Vatican City
Paul VI
Bombay
India
Turkey
Alitalia
Rome
Fiumicino
Avapal
Pope
Holy Land
College of Cardinals
Aldo Moro
Mreet
Explosive Cache Found in Hong Kong Apartment Block
Police uncovered a large stash of American made high explosives and weapons on the top floor of a Hong Kong apartment block. The cache described as highly dangerous included 200 pounds of plastic explosive, five limp et mines, detonators, time clocks, fuse wire, grenades, and revolvers. Authorities said the seizure could prompt further discoveries while investigations continue.
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Hong Kong
China
Mariner 4 Achieves Precise Maneuver in Space Race
In Pasadena California AP reports Mariner 4 executed a precise in space maneuver 1.25 million miles from Earth driving its trajectory toward Mars. The craft sped 7047 mph toward its target and may come within 4400 miles of Mars on its way to a solar orbit.
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Pasadena
Calif
Mariner 4
Mars
Earth
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Canopus
Sheriff Says Cash Proffered in Civil Rights Slayings
Sheriff Lawrence Rainey claimed FBI agents offered money for information about the murders of three civil rights workers. The FBI denied the eyewitness report while 21 white men faced federal conspiracy charges in the June killings. 19 charged with civil rights violations and two as accessories.
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Philadelphia
Miss
Lawrence Rainey
FBI
Rainey
KKK
Meridian
U. S
Price
Burch Status Still Disputed in GOP Leadership
Denver AP report says Republican governors united against narrow radicalism and urged a broad GOP leadership view while divisions grew over whether the statement called for Dean Burch’s removal as national chairman. Romney Rockefeller Scranton signaled a push for change. others resisted linking the move to Goldwater.
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Denver
Colo
Dean Burch
Barry Goldwater
GOP
George Romney
Michigan
Nelson A. Rockefeller
New York
William W. Scranton
Pennsylvania
Burch
Goldwater
San Francisco
United States
Robert E. Smiley
Idaho
Governors Association
Ohio Engineer Charged With Shooting At Planes
Gilber t Hagerman a 67 year old engineer from New Carlisle Ohio is charged by the FBI with three counts of destroying government property for shooting at planes near his farm located about seven miles from Wright Patterson AFB. He was released on 1000 dollar bond pending a hearing. If convicted he faces up to one year in prison and a 1000 dollar fine on each count.
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Gilbert H. Hagerman
New Carlisle
Ohio
FBI
Wright-Patterson Air Force Base
Dayton
Hagerman
Springfield
Robbins and Myer Inc
Hag
E. D. Mason
Cincinnati
Wright - Patterson Air Force Base
Wright-Patterson
Air Force
Secret Testimony By Reynolds Goes To FBI
Senator Reynolds secret testimony to the Senate Rules Committee has been turned over to the FBI, with Bureau leads check possible. Reynolds, key witness in a Rules Committee probe into a 1960 Kennedy Johnson campaign payoff, testified last week as McCloskey and Baker face federal scrutiny. The investigation resumes this week as new information from closed hearings emerges.
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Washington
B. Everett Jordan
D-N.c
Senate Rules Committee
Don B. Reynolds
FBI
Reynolds
Rules Committee
Matthew H. McCloskey
Bobby Baker
Senate
McCloskey
Ireland
Baker
Jordan
Lennox P. McLendon
Special Committee
McLendon
John J. Williams
Rdel
Reynold
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Letaap
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Andrew Goodman
James Chaney
Schwerner
Goodman
Chaney
Neshoba County
Cecil Price
Republican National Committee
Clifford Hansen
Wyoming
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