Five Dartmoor prisoners escape amid security tightenings
Five London convicts escaped from Dartmoor prison after overpowering staff and breaching a 30 foot wall. Patrolled moorland search failed to locate the six man group, who used a gym table and bench to aid the wall climb as drizzle and low cloud reduced visibility. The breakout adds to this year’s rising Dartmoor escapes noted in a government security report.
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Author Illness Delays Publication Talks on The Death of a President
Illness of author William Manchester halted negotiations with Harper & Row over publishing his controversial JFK assassination book The Death of a President. Mrs Kennedy and Look magazine had agreed to edit personal passages, with legal show cause actions postponed if talks failed.
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Look Magazine
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Cong Opens Major Action After Truce
In Bong Son area near the South China Sea a U S 1st Cavalry Airmobile Division unit faced a Communist assault after the 48 hour Christmas truce ended. About 500 attackers reportedly breached a perimeter before reinforcements and flare ships restored defensive lines.
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20 Percent Under Last Year’s Christmas Death Toll
The Associated Press reports the 78 hour Christmas weekend death toll reached 506, about 20 percent below last year. Total holidays to date include 564 New Year, 542 Memorial Day, 576 July 4, 636 Labor Day, and 748 Thanksgiving. Weather and heavy snow reduced driving and overall fatalities.
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Kin claim unclaimed Sgt Richard Campos body
Army Sgt Richard Campos, killed in Vietnam on December 6, was claimed Monday by his uncle John Campos of Marysville California. The body had lay in a metal shipping case two weeks at an Army terminal before relatives verified kinship and were permitted to take custody. The Pentagon will decide on release after the kinship proof is reviewed.
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Two Tots Perish In Home Fire Near Fairfax Virginia
In a Hampton Wood subdivision home near Fairfax Virginia two toddlers Freddie Tillery age three and Susie age two died when fire swept a second floor bedroom while their parents were away. A bystander used a borrowed ladder to break in and pull Freddie clear but the flames prevented further rescue. The boy and girl died inside the brick house as their sister ten of whom escaped watched. The mother Mrs Fred E Tillery was hospitalized in shock and is expecting her 14th child. The cause of the blaze remains undetermined.
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Ohio Man In Critical Condition After Route 460 Crash
A 65 year old Ohio man, John Melvin of Dayton, is critically injured after his car crossed the center line on U S Route 460 near Glen Lyn Virginia and collided with C E Weaver's eastbound vehicle. Mrs Garnet Weaver of Belfry Ohio has knee injuries. Damages are estimated at 1500 dollars.
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Vandals Damage Two Huntington Schools During Holidays
In Huntington, vandals damaged Westmoreland Elementary and Vinson High during the Christmas weekend. Locks were broken, equipment ruined, and an $8,000 foreign language console damaged at the high school. Doors and windows were broken, with papers scattered throughout the two buildings.
Legendary Nick the Greek Dies After Life Bet
Nick the Greek, famed high roller and professional gambler, died in Los Angeles at age 80 from complications after a heart attack. The Crete native, who quit college in 1911, claimed 73 rags-to-riches turns in 50 years and left a string of legendary gambling tales.
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Abstainers Outnumber Heavy Drinkers in U S Study
AP report from Washington says heavy drinkers are 12 percent of the population, mostly male, young and upper middle class, while abstainers total 32 percent. The study led by Dr. Ira H. Cisin cites age, income, and social patterns, noting rising female participation and a drop in drinking after age 45.
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