Thieu and Johnson Endorse Quiet Talks on Vietnam Peace
In Canberra Thieu and Johnson push informal discussions with Viet Cong Front as compatible with their governments. They reject talks with violent elements while reiterating past accords and one man one vote concepts. Johnson plans to travel to Melbourne after signaling readiness for possible talks.
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Canberra
Australia
Thieu
South Vietnam
Johnson
Vietnam
Viet Cong
National Liberation Front
Front
Saigon
Holt
U.S
NLF
Three Die and Many Injured in Tornadoes in Missouri
A line of tornadoes struck Missouri and Arkansas early Thursday causing deaths and widespread injuries. Potosi suffered the worst damage with three killed and 39 injured tied to Washington County hospitals. At McBride airport in Perry County several structures were destroyed and a plane overturned, with injured moved to Chester Illinois and Perryville. Additional injuries were reported in Fort Smith, Arkansas.
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Arkansas
Missouri Highway Patrol
Washington County Civil Defense
Washington County
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Perry County
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Chester
Ill
Perryville
Fort Smith
Poynor
Ripley County
North
Weather Bureau
van Buren
Snow and Cold Sweep Cedar Rapids Area in Early Winter
Winter blast brings wind driven snow and plunging temperatures across Iowa. Cedar Rapids set record highs for December and then tumbled, while highways grow treacherous. The storm spawned tornadoes in Missouri and extensive damage in Potosi and Fort Smith areas as officials report injuries and property loss.
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Iowa
Cedar Rapids
Road Reports Provide Iowa Weather and Road Conditions
Iowa highway patrol reports weather and road conditions through Cedar Rapids via 356-1884. The updates are compiled from patrolmen several times within a 24 hour period.
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Iowa Highway Patrol
Iowa
Cedar Rapids
Cavein Traps 12 to 16 Workers in Tehachapi Tunnel
A cavein 6,200 feet inside a Tehachapi mountains tunnel trapped 12 to 16 workers in the state water project. Crews dug an escape tunnel while officials said the men had air and water and were in contact via an air line.
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Gorman
Calif
State Water Project
Tehachapi Mountains
Hanoi Bars Yule Parcels To Captives
The Pentagon said Hanoi refused Christmas parcels for U S prisoners in North Vietnam. 231 packages were returned to families with a Refused by the postal service of Vietnam note. 228 American servicemen are known captive, 635 others missing or possibly captured.
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UPI
Pentagon
Hanoi
North
Postal Service of
Vietnam
Defense Department
North Vietnam
U. S
sanctuary: bob hope visits u s s sanctuary in vietnam
aboard the u s s sanctuary bob hope raquel welch and crew toured field hospitals near vietnam. the sanctuary a camp follower serves 350 staff and has 683 beds though only 150 were occupied at a christmas visit. wounded troops are treated quickly, with hope and humor lifting spirits aboard.
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da Nang
Raquel Welch
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Pedestrian Campus Goal Highlighted in Iowa U Plan
At an informal joint session in Old Capitol Merritt Ludwig outlined a bid for a pedestrian campus free of major traffic routes. He cited closing Newton Road and extending pedestrian zones east and west of the Iowa River, referencing Howard Bowen’s letter on urban renewal and a central green area along the riverfront.
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Iowa City
University of Iowa
Old Capitol
Merritt Ludwig
University
Newton Road
Riverside Drive
Woolf Avenue
Ludwig
Howard Bowen
William Hubbard
Bowen
Melrose Court
Melrose
Deere VAW Pact Goes To Workers
Negotiators for United Auto Workers and Deere & Co. reached a tentative contract Thursday amid a strike that idled 34 days of farm equipment production. About 20,000 workers at plants in Illinois and Iowa, plus East Moline and St. Louis depots, would vote on details with ratification by locals after Tuesday talks. The pact reportedly includes a 20 to 40 cent an hour raise plus further increases.
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UAW
Deere
Illinois
Iowa
Moline
East Moline
Ottumwa
Waterloo
Des Moines
Dubuque
St. Louis
Red Missile Try at B 52 Flight Fails
Communist gunners fired three surface to air missiles at U S B 52 bombers over the demilitarized zone but all rockets missed the eight engine aircraft. The Pentagon reported it marked the first combat report of red efforts against the Superfortresses.
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Saigon
U.S
Demilitarized Zone
Red
U S losses rise as Vietcong fight new missile threat
U S casualties last week reach 187 killed and 932 wounded with 513 of the wounded hospitalized. The report notes commu nist missile fire near the DMZ using S A M S against B 52 bombers, and the U S response including a large air strike.
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Saigon
U.S
Pneumonia Ends First Heart Transplant Patient's Life
In Cape Town, Louis Washkansky died of pneumonia 18 days after receiving the first human heart transplant. Autopsy found no rejection by the transplanted heart, confirming the lungs as the cause of death and preserving the transplant principle.
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Cape Town
South Africa
UPI
Louis Washkansky
Christian Barnard
Washkansky
J. Ozinsky
Ozinsky
Three Georgia skin divers die at Jenny Springs
Four college skin divers from Georgia entered Jenny Springs near Trenton. Three bodies were recovered in a tunnel 400 feet back at about 70 feet depth while a fourth diver, Al Moody of Blackshear, remained missing. Tom Crofton of La Grange participated in the expedition.
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Trenton
Fla
Georgia
Jenny Springs
Santa Fe
John Alston
University of Georgia
la Grange
Pete Mitchell
Brunswick
Richard Ross
al Moody
Blackshear
Moody
Tom Crofton
Larry Briel
Briel
Today's Chuckle About Teens and the Dollar Value
A humorous line notes that most teenagers understand money worth, joking that a dollar buys about three gallons of gas. The quip reflects a light social observation on youth and spending power.
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