Ice Balls deemed contaminated by health official
Little Rock AP report says bright plastic balls filled with water and frozen to cool drinks are contaminated with bacteria and fungi. Dr. J. T. Herron notes salmonella or shigella types may cause typhoid fever or dysentery if leaks occur. Over 425 boxes quarantined. sold as Ice Cools Ice Kools and Pink Elephant Ice Kools from Hong Kong.
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Little Rock
Arkansas
J. T. Herron
Herron
Hong Kong
Baltimore
Doors Closed On AFL-CIO Meeting Now
SAN FRANCISCO AP After two days of speeches opening the AFL-CIO 10th anniversary convention delegates retired behind closed doors for business. Administration spokesmen headed by Vice President Humphrey lauded labor for backing the Great Society and Vietnam goals and pledged support for repealing Taft Hartley section 14B. Unions plan to pressure Senate leaders to end the filibuster, from grassroots efforts to sending pro labor senators to urge a vote. Andrew Biemiller labeled Democratic Senate leadership the real problem and warned against politeness amid aggressive tactics.
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Johnson
Great Society
Vietnam
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Montana
Gemini 7 6 prepare for rendezvous as Laser tests continue
Gemini 7 and Gemini 6 remain on track at Cape Kennedy for an 8:54 a.m. CST launch aimed at a near eye‑to‑eye rendezvous over Southeast Asia. The teams reported a Hawaiian laser beam test successfully detected, but no two-way communication yet. scheduling notes and multiple tracking sites are listed.
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Houston
UPI
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James Lovell
Cape Kennedy
Walter Schirra
Thomas Stafford
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Borman
Lovell
Hawaii
Nine Die When West Madison Tavern Fire Burns
A flash fire at a tavern on West Madison Street in Chicago on Saturday night left at least nine dead on arrival at Cook County Hospital. An admission officer confirmed nine bodies were brought in.
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Chicago
West Madison Street
Cook County Hospital
Tall, Lanky Girl With Money Title Note
A brief line notes a tall stately girl described as long and lanky and linked to wealth, reflecting a forbidden or critical perspective. The source cites copyright context but provides no further event details or names to verify.
Girl quits sit in at cathedral. boyfriend stays
Kathy Sullivan 23 left St. Joseph’s Cathedral after her father Frank Sullivan persuaded her to end a four day fast and sit in. James Wilson 21 from New York remained in the chapel citing protest against limits on church freedom. Sullivan named three priests disciplined for antiwar or anti-poverty actions. Wilson is a Catholic Workers Organization member.
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St. Joseph's
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Chicago
Boyland
James Wilson
New York City
Anthony Mullaney
St. Anselm’s College
Daniel Berrigan
New York
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Siena College
Albany
N.Y
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Vietnam
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New Rochelle
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St. Anselm’s
Catholic Workers Organization
Author Maugham Dangerously III by Kart Baumad
In Nice France author W Somerset Maugham lies in a coma in a local hospital as doctors assess his condition and prognosis. The report notes the writer's frail state amid a period of ill health and uncertain recovery.
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Maugham
Dangerously III
Kart Baumad
Storms Batters Wide Area Across Europe
Gales floods and heavy snow hit broad Europe for the third day, causing deaths in six countries. Northern Italy faced snow and drowning fears for three fishermen. Britain saw Thames floods ease as Severn rose 17 feet at Shrewsbury and floods spread elsewhere. Dutch and Belgian floods persisted, while Denmark Sweden Norway and Austria faced transport chaos and freezing conditions.
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Ijsel Lake
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Belgium
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Jutland
Sweden
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Austria
Norway
Norwegian
Grave vascular ailment threatens Maugham with death
Dr Marcel Guiran, a heart specialist, warned that Maugham’s grave nervous ailment of vascular origin could prove fatal within two or three days. He was rushed to the British American hospital from his seaside villa on the Mediterranean coast where he was described as dangerously ill.
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Marcel Guiran
Maugham
Mediterranean
War Halt for Yule Does Appeal by Edwin White
Saigon AP report notes some officials see a Christmas Eve halt in fighting as fitting but view the Viet Cong 7 p.m. to 7 a.m. cease fire as propaganda. Past truces amid Tet and Buddhist holidays failed and the 12 hour pause faces weapon and spying ambiguity in a guerrilla war. No high level peace feelers detected from Viet Cong or Hanoi. Ho Chi Minh reiterates withdrawal of U.S. troops as a condition.
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Brink
Saigon
Vietnam
Hanoi
Ho Chi Minh
North Vietnam
South Vietnam
Cedar Rapids Post Office Adds Evening Hours
The Cedar Rapids post office will offer extra stamp and parcel post window hours today and next Sunday from 2 to 5 p.m. In addition, on Monday Wednesday and Friday this week, extra service is scheduled from 7 to 9 p.m.
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Cedar Rapids
Tornadoes and hail sweep parts of U S
Associated Press reports widespread weather across the United States with tornadoes and hail, heavy fog slowing travel, freezing rain in Minnesota and the Dakotas, and expected snow in upper Michigan. Two tornadoes hit Texas near Marshall and Atlanta injuring two people and causing damage. Hail up to two inches observed near Fort Smith Arkansas and in Des Moines and Harrison. New date records set in several cities.
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Marshall
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