Smog Crisis Triggers Eastern Seaboard Antipollution Alerts
Emergency antipollution measures hit New York City Connecticut and New Jersey as a vast smog blanket endangering health spread across the region. Authorities urged voluntary auto bans and reductions in heating fuel use while monitoring pollution levels. The crisis echoes a deadly 1963 smog episode and prompted state officials to issue escalating alerts.
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Rockefeller
Thanksgiving holiday toll climbs with 276 deaths
The Associated Press reports the Thanksgiving travel toll reached 276 fatalities by Friday with 59 under 18. The four day weekend began Wednesday 6 p.m. and ends Sunday midnight, pattern lighter than Christmas and Labor Day peaks, with prior records showing 615 in 1965 and 720 for the Christmas holiday.
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National Safety Council
Fife Critically Hurt In Wreck
Two Virginia Tech players were injured when the car they rode in collided with a parked vehicle in Blacksburg. Rusty Fife, a junior tailback from Bluefield, was in critical condition with internal injuries. Tommy Groom, a senior fullback from St. Albans, had a hip injury and was in satisfactory condition. The driver, Milt Miller from Louisville, was unhurt. The crash happened hours after Tech’s 70-12 win over VMI to end the season.
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Virginia Tech
Rusty Fife
Bluefield
Radford
Tommy Groom
St. Albans
W. Va
Roanoke
Milt Miller
Louisville
Tech
Virginia Military Institute
Weekend Warmer Outlook With Light Rain Totals
The forecast shows Sunday to Wednesday temperatures about 3 to 5 degrees above normal highs of 50 south and 46 north and lows of 22 south and 25 north. Rain is expected Saturday and again Monday and Tuesday totaling two tenths of an inch.
Inside Abby 10 L People 12 Add Years 10 Movies
Industry notes and feature blurbs from Princeton Society and entertainment sections listages. brief items mention Graham and Goren with sparse context, while weather and stocks are lightly referenced in this clipped page.
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Goren
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State's Road Money Sliced 16 Million
West Virginia's highway funds were cut by about 16 million, with federal obligations set at 64.959 million for the current fiscal year. The SRC notes the figure likely reflects interstate funding, while awaiting official notification of the cut amid broader federal reductions. By next June 30, WV should receive about 57.876 million from the federal government.
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West Virginia
State Road Commission
Junior Misses To Vie Tonight In Princeton Pageant
The West Virginia Section 4 Junior Miss America Pageant will be held at Princeton High School tonight at 8 o'clock. Eleven contestants from an eight county area compete for six state contenders to Charleston. Arrivals start at 10 a.m. with interviews at 10:30 a.m. and an afternoon rehearsal.
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Princeton
Viet Cong Flee After Hefty Operation Attleboro Clash
Viet Cong troops fled after a heavy battle in War Zone C near Tay Ninh Province as American forces pushed to clear the Viet Cong 9th Division. U S air strikes and artillery supported 30,000 troops sweeping the area with allied Vietnamese forces and Green Beret advisers.
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Young
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William J. Porter
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Panhandle
Haiphong
Mu Gia Pass
Tay Ninh City
Plei Djereng
Highlands
U.S 25Th Infantry Division
1St Cavalry
Bong Son
Hearing Set Dec 13 In Slaying Of Girl
Portsmouth AP reports a Chesapeake welder charged in the fatal shooting of 12-year-old Reba Yancey has a court hearing moved to December 13 in Municipal Court. George Washington Price Jr., 24, was charged after bullets were fired through the Front door of the Yancey home Tuesday night and remains free on a 20000 dollar bond.
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Chesapeake
Reba Yancey
George Washington Price Jr
Hunter's Stray Bullet Kills Smyth County Child
MARION AP A 3 year old Smyth County girl was struck by fragments from a hunter's bullet while going to a mailbox near her Marion home around 2 30 p m She died at a local hospital Authorities noted heavy hunting fire in the area eight miles southwest as investigators pursue the case.
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Walter Dennison
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Here
Czech Crash Toll 82 Prompted Probe Slowdown
CTK reported 82 people died when a Bulgarian Ilyushin 18 crashed near Bratislava in fog and snow. Radiation from radioactive iodine hampered the inquiry while the site was sealed and decontaminated. Victims included Brazilians Chileans Tunisian English Honduran Japanese Swiss and an Argentine.
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Budapest
Prague
ADN
East Germany
Ivan Bratshvarov
Europe
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Congress Party
Jose Gonzales
Jorge Ramirrez
Chile
Alberto Ferrari
Argentina
Pedro Mota Lima
Brazil
Ramon Anwila
Honduras
Kodjita Shigeo
Japan
Colombia Outlines Vast Waterway and Power Scheme
The Colombian government unveiled a preliminary plan for a huge project including a 269 mile ship canal linking the Atlantic and Pacific, toward boosting hydroelectric power and regional development. The design features two large lakes formed by rivers, connected by a 30 mile channel and multiple smaller canals, with cost estimated around 150 million dollars and a TVA like model relying on electric power sales.
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Pacific
Panama Canal
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TVA
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Caribbean Sea
Panama-Colombia
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San Juan River
Columbia
Atrato Lake
San Juan Lake
Right To Work Drive Targets Union Shop Bans in 16 States
The National Right To Work Committee announces a new campaign to outlaw union shop contracts as part of a broader effort to restrict compulsory unionism. The push follows electoral gains for the GOP and signals possible expansion of state bans in California New York Illinois Pennsylvania New Mexico Montana Idaho Missouri Delaware and Massachusetts.
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Right To Work Committee
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Labor Movement
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Senate
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Reed Larson
National Right To Work Committee
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New York
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Pennsylvania
New Mexico
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Idaho
Missouri
Delaware
Massachusetts
Gorge Meany
Organized Labor
Hoover defends Kennedy probe and autopsy findings
FBI Director J Edgar Hoover rebutted critics of the Warren Commission report on Kennedy's assassination. He said no evidence links Oswald to a conspiracy. He noted no conflict between FBI autopsy notes and the final autopsy report and explained the debate over bullet paths and exit wounds.
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Evening Star
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