Vacationer Jet Crash in Mexico City No Deaths Healings Begin
A four engine Aeronaves de Mexico DC 8 with 101 passengers and eight crew crashed near Lake Texcoco on approach to Mexico City. All aboard survived though 21 injured were treated and four U S teachers among the passengers described a harrowing landing. Rescue and customs delays were reported as officials probed radar and landing facilities.
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Mexico City
New York
International
Aeronaves de Mexico
Red Cross
U. S
Lake Texcoco
U.S
Diane Solomon
Myrna Finkelstein
Jane Sugarman
Barbara Litsky
New Haven
Arkansas Hit By 18 Inch Snow And Bitter Cold
A winter storm dumped up to 18 inches of snow in northern Arkansas with temperatures plunging to 13 below zero in Gilbert and 4 below in Bartlesville. Hazards included major traffic delays across a 16 state area and at least five fatalities on a Kentucky parkway.
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New York
New Jersey
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Tennessee
Kentucky
Virginia
West Virginia
Charleston
Beckley
Laurel Track
Maryland
Springfield
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Ark
Bartlesville
Oklo
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Mississippi
Jackson
Miss
Massachusetts
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Will Rogers Turnpike
Miami
Ohlo
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Leitchsfield
Dearborn
Bull Shoals Lake
Harrison, Ark
Ozarks
Five Die In Collision In Kaufman Texas
Five people were killed when a car and a pickup truck collided Saturday in Kaufman Texas AP reports. The crash occurred on a local road, authorities said, with responders dispatching to the scene.
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Kaufman, Texas
Santa’s Jailer Draws Kids’ Ire
Portage sheriff Vearn Goiz faced angry calls after he jailed Roy Heidel 58, a Rockford Illinois department store Santa, on an old non support warrant. Heidel had been working as Santa in Rockford when arrested.
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Portage, Wis
Vearn Goiz
Santa Claus
Goiz
Roy Heidel
Portage
Rockford
Ill
Heidel
Power outage hits Cedar Rapids and Marion area residents
A Friday blackoutffected Cedar Rapids and Marion fogging power for 2 to 40 minutes. Iowa Electric Light and Power Co said a 115000 volt line outage at Marion cut power to 20000 eastern Iowans. Restoration began within two minutes, but Springville Whittier Viola and Stone City and the WMT transmitter also lost power briefly. Lindale Plaza Noel Ridge First Avenue East and areas near Thirty Second Street faced darkness.
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Cedar Rapids
Lindale Plaza
Marion
Springville
Whittier
Viola
Stone City
WMT Radio
Noelridge
First Avenue
Blairs Ferry Road
Luna 13 Makes Fourth Soft Moon Landing
Moscow AP reports the Soviet vessel Luna 13 achieved a fourth soft landing on the moon. The spacecraft is conducting scientific observations and relay data via Tass.
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Moscow
Tais
Jackie Kennedy S lawyer seeks out of court settlement
The chief counsel for Mrs. John F. Kennedy reviews Harper & Row revised manuscript of The Death of a President, signaling continued out of court talks to settle the dispute. Talks paused at times with plans to resume, as a Manhattan hearing on blocking publication looms.
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Jackie
George Esper
NEW York
John F. Kennedy
Harper & Row
Simon Rifkind
Kennedy
Rifkind
Kennedy Family Skiing Injuries Hit Kennedy Children
Senator Robert Kennedy promised his son Joseph, 14, that the family will sign his cast after a broken leg from a ski spill in Sun Valley Idaho. The incident adds to a pattern of injuries among the Kennedy children including previous leg fractures and a concussion from a horse fall.
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Sun Valley, Idaho
Robert Kennedy
D- N.Y
Joseph Kennedy
Joseph
Kathleen
Robert,Jr
Yule Weekend Mishaps Leave Cedar Rapids Needing Care
Twelve people injured in eight Cedar Rapids traffic accidents Friday and Saturday. Two in ICUs at St. Luke's, eight treated and released. Notable crashes involve Jeanette Moran 17 in a 1800 block Sixteenth Ave SW collision with Robert Fulkerson 18 and Emily Cross 19. Thomas Cross charged with unsafe turning. Jerry Malnix 26 injured after car hit a pole on Mt Vernon Rd and Forsieth St SE. Horak 24 charged with reckless control and intoxication. Moran in fair condition. Malnix also in fair condition. others treated.
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Cedar Rapids
St. Luke's Hospital
Sixteenth Avenue
Jeanette Moran
Fifth Avenue SE
St. Luke’s
St. Luke’s Intensive Care Ward
Robert A. Fulkerson
Mr. Vernon Road
Emily Cross
Rockford
Jerry Malnix
Mt. Vernon Road
Forsieth Street
St. Luke's
Malnix
Marvin F. Horak
Horak
Grash Injuries Fatal To Brooklyn Woman
Mrs. Clemence Van Tamme, 80, of Brooklyn Iowa, died Saturday in University Hospital Iowa City from injuries in an auto crash Friday evening three miles east of here at the junction of highmume and junction roads.
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Victor
Clemence van Tamme
Brooklyn
Iowa
University Hnspitaly
Iowa City
Here
Highumee FH
Reds Attack Marines After Truce Begins
UPI reports Communist forces opened fire on U.S. Marines and other American units as a Christmas truce began. Heavy fighting centered 20 miles south of Da Nang with Viet Cong attacks on a Marine outpost and two USMC companies. Casualties reported among U.S. forces and Guerrilla forces claimed by both sides amid recon flights and sporadic sniper fire.
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Lacross
Thu Bon
da Nang
Highlands
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di An
Jerry Neal
Neal
West Helena
Ark
UPT
Alvin Webb
Charlie
Francis Cardinal Spellman
Billy Graham
Bob Hope
Hope
Gen
William Westmoreland
Vietnam
Santa gift horse helps crippled Debbie walk again
Debbie Cormier 13, long reliant on crutches, gains new hope after a mystery benefactor buys her a thoroughbred named Matey. The horse arrives in Greentree along with gifts from Thistledown staff and local supporters enabling Debbie to start riding to aid her recovery and mobility.
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Pittsburgh
Debbie Cormier
Debbie
George Cormier
Greentree
Whirlaway
Matey
Edward Debartolo
Youngstown, Ohio
Thistledown Race Tracks
Cleveland
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Vietnam Plane Crash Kills Sixty Civilians Near Da Nang
AP reported 60 Vietnamese civilians died when a four engine C-144 Flying Tiger cargo plane crashed into a populated area near Da Nang amid heavy rain. The four crew members were missing. The crash destroyed homes and blocked rescue efforts. Marines and airmen searched rubble as Viet Cong attacks escalated nearby and U.S. forces returned fire with artillery and small arms.
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DA Nang
Vietnam
API
U.S
da Nang Air Base
Japan
U.S. Marine Field
da Nang City
Bint Thai
Command
Bagging of Duck Fatal to Hunter
Ferndale California AP reports a 17 year old hunter, Alan Schuler, shot a duck and was fatally shot when the shotgun discharged as he struck the bird to finish it. He died instantly from the blast to his midsection.
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Ferndale
Calif
Friday
Alan Schuler
Schuler
Grandfather Dies After Saving Grandchildren Fire Rescue
Edward Black 72 died Friday after staying behind to fight a blaze that he helped rescue his grandchildren aged 2 4 and 6 from. Mrs Black 57 aided in their escape and suffered shock. The children were not hurt.
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San Antonio
Edward Black
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