Winter Storm Douses Midwest Rockies and Texas Panhandle
A second major snowstorm plowed into the Midwest and Rockies with heavy snow and near blizzard conditions from northern New Mexico to northern Missouri and southern Iowa. Snow totals reached a foot at Gallup airport and seven inches in Las Vegas New Mexico as highways opened after closures.
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Texas Panhandle
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Publishers Are Given More Time In Kennedy Book Suit
A New York state supreme court justice scheduled a Thursday hearing at publishers Harper & Row and Manchester’s lawyers request in the suit to block publication of The Death of a President. Manchester remained ill with pneumonia and was hospitalized, delaying proceedings. Kennedy aides sought a resolution.
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Supreme Court
John F. Kennedy
William Manchester
Saul Streit
Manchester
Kennedy
Edward Greenbaum
Harper & Row
Tracy
Simon Rifkind
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New Traffic Light Joke Hits Las Vegas
A lighthearted quip notes Las Vegas unveiling traffic signals with Stop Go and Eight to Five You Don't Make It. The joke plays on the city’s bright pace and adds a spoof of numeric timing, reflecting local humor.
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Las Vegas
Five Inches of Snow Forecast for Iowa Areas
The first blizzard of the win ter threatens most of the state with snow and freezing rain through Wednesday. Up to five inches of snow expected in some areas with winds to 45 mph causing drifts and hazardous driving. Temperatures in the teens with a cold front lingering, and state temperatures logged across Cedar Rapids and other towns.
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Oelwein
Elkader
Fayette
Eisenhower Leaves Hospital After Surgery
Former President Eisenhower, discharged from Walter Reed Army Hospital, commented on world affairs and Vietnam civilian casualties. He spoke of aggression, military targets, and the idea of a potential Far East goodwill tour, noting his recovery from gall bladder surgery.
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Walter Reed Army Hospital
Hanoi
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Vietnam
Far East
Educator and Four MIT Students Die in I-94 Crash
A Massachusetts Institute of Technology administrator and four students were killed in a collision with a concrete abutment on Interstate 94 in Baldwin Wisconsin. Three students were MIT affiliates and one was from the University of Massachusetts. They were en route to a Minneapolis Alpha Phi Omega service fraternity convention. The car veered onto the median strip at about 6 am, struck a drainage structure, with no skid marks or other vehicles involved.
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Leading Democrats Doubt Johnson Run in 1968
AP reports that 43 percent of 125 Democratic leaders across 30 states say they would prefer a new presidential nominee in 1968 or will not endorse Johnson now. Support for renomination stood at 57 percent, strongest in the Northeast and weakest in the South and Midwest, with officials promising anonymity.
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Six Little Rogers Stay Close After Fire and Loss
In Racine Wisconsin five sisters aged 2 to 15 and their 19-year-old brother Richard endure double tragedy after their parents die in an auto crash and their Caledonia home burns on Christmas weekend. They live with neighbors and grandparents temporarily while Richard seeks a new home and maintains family unity.
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Caledonia
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Racine
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City considers tougher junkyard controls in Cedar Rapids
Cedar Rapids city officials weigh stricter junkyard rules including a possible ban on new yards within city limits. Mayor Bob Johnson backs tougher requirements while Frank Bush urges state auto license laws to reduce unsightly junked cars.
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Frank Bush
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Cedar Rapids
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Bosh
U S Troops Repel Major North Vietnamese Attack Near Crow Foot
North Vietnamese regulars overran positions of about 170 U S troops near Crow's Foot on the central coast. Heavy casualties followed until American artillery and cavalry fire broke the assault. Lt Michael Livergood recalled the clash as like Custer. Air strikes and ground support helped end the attack. Further fighting and a Christmas truce fallout persisted as U S planes resumed strikes near Hanoi and Saigon dock workers threatened strikes.
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First Air Cavalry Division
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Custer
Michael Livergood
Billings
Mont
Phan Quang Dan
Constituent Assembly
U.S
North Vietnam
Hanoi
Bong Son
Border Battle Report Over 300 Die in Congo Raid
An attack by a 500-man rebel force on a border town led to more than 300 rebels killed. Portuguese authorities said the Christmas-day crossing from the Congo sparked the assault, with details released Tuesday.
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Angola
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34 Month Old Michelle Robins Avid Reader
FADUCAH Ky AP report shows Michelle Robins at 34 months reading magazines newspapers and books during travel and visit. Her mother notes she began reading at 14 months and can name cactus varieties with correct pronunciations while counting to 30, though she sometimes says eleven as eleventeen.
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Michelle Robins
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Mansfield Calls for Major Senate Re-examination of Great Society Programs
Senate Democratic Leader Mike Mansfield proposes a thorough re-examination of major Great Society programs from medicare and civil rights to farm subsidies. He urges 17 committee chairmen to identify rough edges, gaps, and overlaps and to check administration equity, affecting programs from draft to foreign aid and taxes.
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Washington
Senate
Mike Mansfield
Mont
Senate of Great Society
Mansfield
Wilson Cabinet Reshuffle Anticipated Early 1967
London reports Prime Minister Harold Wilson plans a cabinet reshuffle early in 1967 to remove dead wood and promote young Labour members, according to reliable informants.
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Harold Wilson
Labor Party
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