Warning on dangerous imported ice balls for drinks
Arkansas health officials warn imported plastic water filled ice balls pose contamination risk. Tests show bacteria and fungi including Salmonella and Shigella may be present if balls leak during freezing. Over 425 boxes quarantined. products advertised as Ice Cools Ice Kools Ice Balls and Pink Elephant Ice Kools were sold locally. Fundraisers and retail sales reported with refunds offered to buyers.
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Little Rock
Arkansas
J. T. Herron
Herron
Maryland
Garland County Legal Secretaries Assn
Doors Closed On AFL-CIO Meeting Now
AFL-CIO delegates recessed behind closed doors after two days of speeches at the 10th anniversary convention in San Francisco. Administration spokesmen including Vice President Humphrey praised labor, urged repeal of Taft-Hartley union shop laws, and pledged to press Democratic leaders to vote on the issue. Andrew Biemiller cautioned that Democratic leadership must face aggressive tactics to overcome filibusters and GOP obstruction.
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Afl-Cio
Humphrey
Johnson
Great Society
Vietnam
Senate
Dirksen
Illinois
Mansfield
Montana
Andrew Biemiller
Count Nine Dead in Chicago Flash Fire
A flash fire tore through a tavern on West Madison street Saturday night. First reports said at least nine people were dead on arrival at Cook County Hospital, with an admission officer confirming nine bodies brought in.
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Chicago
West Madison Street
Cook County Hospital
Everything Go for Today's Rendezvous
Gemini 7 enters its 112th orbit as Gemini 6 readies for an 8 54 a m CST launch. Borman and Lovell report a Hawai i Laser beam sighting but no two way voice link yet. The mission aims to eyeball rendezvous over Southeast Asia with observers tracking from Hawaii White Sands and Ascension.
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Houston
UPI
Frank Borman
James Lovell
Cape Kennedy
Walter Schirra
Thomas Stafford
Southeast Asia
Cape
Borman
Lovell
Hawaii
Gemini
Hawaiian
A Tall Statuesque Girl Simply a Long Lanky Heiress
A comic line notes that a tall, stately girl is just a long, lanky young woman with money. The witticism plays on appearance and wealth without further context.
Heaviest XB-70 Flew 1920 MPH From Edwards Base
The XB-70 No. 2, weighing about 530 000 pounds with fuel, achieved 1920 mph and 70 000 feet on a two hour test flight from Edwards Air Base. Pilots Alvin White and Van Shepard of North American Aviation piloted the mission to study stability, control at near triple sonic speeds, and heat effects on the surface.
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Edwards Air Base
Calif
Upi
Desert
Air Force
Alvin White
van Shepard
North American Aviation
Sit in ends for Kathy Sullivan as boyfriend remains
Kathy Sullivan, 23, left St. Joseph's cathedral after her father persuaded her to quit the fast and sit in begun Friday. James Wilson, 21, from New York City, stayed in the chapel pledging protest against church silencing of priests.
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Manchester
N.H
Kathy Sullivan
St. Joseph's
Frank Sullivan
Chicago
Boyland
James Wilson
New York City
Miss Sullivan
Anthony Mullaney
St. Anselm’s College
Daniel Berrigan
New York
Bonaventure O’brien
Siena College
Albany
N.Y
Mullaney
Berrigan
Vietnam
Father O’brien
New Rochelle
Young Christians Student Organization
Wilson
St. Anselm’s
Catholic Workers Organization
Maugham in a coma in Nice with grave prognosis
W. Somerset Maugham 91 lies in a Nice hospital in a coma. Three doctors report a vascular neurological syndrome with a grave prognosis and expect death within two to three days. He was moved from his seaside villa to the British American hospital.
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Nice
France
W. Somerset Maugham
Marcel Guiran
Maugham
Mediterranean
Viet Cong Christmas Truce Offer Seen as Propaganda
SAIGON AP The Viet Cong proposed a 7 p.m. Christmas Eve to 7 a.m. Christmas Day halt in attacks. U S military and diplomatic officials regard it as propaganda and not a true peace feeler. Past truces during Tet and Buddhist holidays failed amid continued fighting.
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Saigon
Vietnam
U.S
Brink
Killet
Johnson Rest Pushes Back to Washington Chase
President Johnson forgoes chores to rest and recuperate at his Texas ranch before heading to Washington. He plans to host visits by Ayub Khan, Wilson, and Erhard while continuing budget work and administration duties.
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Austin
Texas
Johnson
Washington
Johnson City
Bill Moyers
Ayub Khan
Pakistan
Wilson
Erhard
West Germany
Cedar Rapids Post Office Adds Evening Window Hours
The Cedar Rapids post office will extend hours with extra stamp and parcel post windows today and next Sunday from 2 to 5 p.m. Additional services will run Monday Wednesday and Friday this week from 7 to 9 p.m.
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Cedar Rapids
Third Day of Storms Strikes Wide European Areas
Gales blizzards and floods hit multiple European nations for a third day. Northern Italy faced heavy snow and drowning fears for three fishermen. Britain saw Thames floods ease but Severn rose 17 feet, flooding towns and factories as troops aided workers. Belgium Netherlands and Denmark declared widespread flood danger with boats the main transport in Jutland. Sweden Austria Norway faced snow and gales.
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London
Europe
Italy
Britain
Thames
Shrewsbury
English Midlands
Rhine
Belgium
Low Countries
Denmark
Jutland
Sweden
Baltic
Austria
Norway
Norwegian
Tornadoes and hail sweep across multiple states
Fog and precipitation disrupted travel from the Dakotas to the Great Lakes while tornadoes struck Texas in two cities, injuring two people and causing property damage. Hail 1 to 2 inches fell near Fort Smith and Des Moines, with snow in upper Michigan on the horizon and several new temperature records tallied across the Midwest.
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Midwest
Dakotas
Great Lakes
Minnesota
Upper
Michigan
New England
New York States
Texas
Marshall
Atlanta
Fort Smith
Ark
Des Moines
Iowa
Harrison
Upper Michigan
St. Joseph
Kansas City
Waterloo
Ottumwa
Lamoni
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Chris Kraft
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J. C. Tillman
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Winnie Murray
Hot Springs
Blytheville
el Dorado
Baltimore City Health Department
U.S. Pub
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Marion
Ei Sports
Iowa Financial
Parade Magazine
San Francisco
By Carl Craft
Maugham Dangerously
Hanoi
Ho Chi Minh
North Vietnam
South Vietnam
Lbj
By Karl Bauman
Moyers
Stavoren
Friesland
Ijsel Lake
England
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