Television Today: Xmas TV Highlights and Classics
New York critic Alan Gill reflects on holiday TV fare. NBC rebroadcast The Coming of Christ and Amahl and the Night Visitors, CBS features Tessie OShea on The Sullivan Show, and local stations air A Christmas Carol and A Child's Christmas in Wales. Gill praises Amahl and notes performances by Martha King and Kurt Yaghjian, while lamenting Mary Kuhlman and other castings in the 1951-52 era.
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Edward Arnold
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Rosemary Kuhlman
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Regional News and Weather Summary Segment
A multi section bulletin listing stations and topics including news weather and sports coverage across Iowa areas. The lineup references various channel numbers and program blocks without detailing specific stories or events.
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Pentagon trims arms budget by about one billion dollars
Secretary of Defense McNamara announced a defense budget cut of roughly 1 billion, lowering the proposed annual defense outlay from about 52 billion to 51.1 billion. The reduction, spread across all services, fell short of the commanders' request and comes as Johnson aims to present a 100 billion plus budget to Congress next month.
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Train Derailment Injures Five Near Hutchinson
Five aboard the westbound Santa Fe Chief were injured when two diesel units and a Pullman car derailed on a curve at Hutchinson. About 200 to 250 passengers were on board en route from Chicago to Los Angeles. Engineer Noble Hall blamed brake failure for the derailment.
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Swimming Ban On Natal Coast After Shark Attacks
Durban reports a 10 mile stretch along Natal province’s north coast closed to swimming after the third shark attack this month. Authorities imposed the ban to protect beachgoers as surfers and swimmers faced heightened danger.
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Crackdown on Drunk Drivers Slated Tonight
DES MOINES Iowa will conduct a maximum enforcement crackdown on drunken driving New Year Eve.col Ted Mikesch Iowa highway patrol chief ordered 75 unmarked plus marked patrol cars for the effort targeting rural clubs taverns and dance halls with a strong deterrent message. He warned drivers Tuesday night the law will follow and stressed the penalties for first offense include license revocation of at least 60 days fines from 300 to 1000 jail up to one year or both.
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Fennell Committed to Mental Hospital in Johnson Threat Case
Robert Beaty Fennell 29 formerly of Sioux City Iowa was found psychotic by a psychiatrist and ordered by U S District Judge Oliver Carter committed to a state mental hospital. The action followed a note threatening President Johnson and was requested by the U S Attorney's Office. Fennell had four months in 1959 in a Cherokee Iowa mental hospital.
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Electrified Wire Barricades Rise Around Bissau and Airfield
Exiles from Portuguese Guinea report electrified barbed wire barricades being erected around the capital Bissau and the Bissalanca airfield after guerrilla raids by Guinea nationalist movements.
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Farm Prices Decline Two Percent in December
The Agriculture Department reports farmers' prices fell 2 percent for crops and livestock in the month ended December 15, lowering the parity index to 76 percent, the lowest since 1959. Cattle and hog prices dropped, while oranges and corn rose slightly, and production costs edged up by one third of 1 percent.
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UPI
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Department
Quake Fault Factor in Baldwin Hills Dam Burst
A geologist testified that water seepage into earthquake faults beneath the Baldwin Hills reservoir site contributed to its December 14 breach. Robert Wilson of the Department of Water and Power presented the tests to Mayor Samuel Yorba.
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Baldwin Hills
Robert Wilson
Department of Water and Power
Samuel Yor
Inquiry board probes earthquake faults under reservoir
LAFF-A-DAY reports three faults run beneath the reservoir with one under the broken section. Faults were found during 1947 dam construction but deemed not dangerous. Board member discounts oil well subsidence as cause of the disaster that killed five and caused about 50 million dollars in damage. investigation continues.
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