Gediz Earthquake Toll Climbs Over 1000 in Western Turkey
Turkiye officials and aid teams battle fires and rubble after a powerful quake in Gediz and surrounding villages. Death toll estimates exceed 1000 with 637 bodies reported, while survivors endure shelter shortages as tents rise and relief pours in from Kutahya and nearby areas.
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Munitions Ship Will Be Returned to United States
Phnom Penh reports General Lon Nol announced the Cambodian government will return the hijacked ammunition ship Columbia Eagle to the United States. The ship could depart at any time, with Cambodia seeking neutral assistance and possibly India's help. Thirteen crewmen and Capt. Donald Swann have been held since hijacking two weeks earlier, as U S coast guard teams monitor the vessel amid fears the bomb laden ship could be rendered unserviceable by harbor heat and lack of ventilation.
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Tit
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Lon Nol
Sundsy
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India
Thailand
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Sihanoukville
Cambodian Civil War Brings Casualties Across Regions
Reports indicate protests in Kampong Cham J assemblymen opposed to Sihanouk faced killings by demonstrators in several locales including Kampong Cham Skoun Kompong Trabek and Takeo. In Vietnam South Vietnamese forces were moved southwest to reinforce battered camps as North Vietnamese rocket and ground attacks killed 30 to 40 people and wounded about 200. American casualties rose with 19 killed and 23 wounded at a firebase near Saigon.
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Eight Injured in Clinton Chemical Plant Blast
An explosion at Jim Hawkeye Chemical Co in Clinton injured eight workers and caused extensive damage to a one story compressor house. The blast blew out building sides and windows as ammonia processing equipment had been recently relocated for repairs. Names of the injured and hospital updates are provided, with several patients treated and released.
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R. H. Woodward
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Flont
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Deverwaere
Richard Barber
Grand Mound
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Cutal Clinton
David Mitchell
Fulton
Anthony
Michaelsen
Robert Williams
Camanche
George Wullich
Les Schofield
Barber
Baker
Mitchell
Schofield
Jane Lamty Hospital
Christmas Weather Delays Easter Celebrations Nationwide
A storm sweeping from northern West Virginia to southern New England dumped 6 to 12 inches of snow and disrupted travel on Christmas. Air traffic controllers slowed operations, Kennedy jets faced hours of delays, and highways saw abandoned cars. In Florida, sunlit warmth contrasted with sleet along paths to city churches as Vice President Nixon attended services in a mixed weather scene.
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Premier May Might Seek U S Military Aid For Cambodia
Cambodian Premier Lun Nol Man spoke of Viet Cong attacks on Cambodian soil and said he would ask the United States and friendly nations for military aid if violations grow flagrant and UN action is warranted He stressed he would not seek deployed troops if his forces can defend the country on their own escalating tensions over Sihanouk’s return and UN involvement looms in New York census estimates project over 205 million U S citizens by mid decade and note insurers study corroborates figures
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Cambodia
Lun Nol Manlay
United Nations
U.S
Sihanouk
U.N
Southeast Asia
Nol
Security Council
Soviets test SS-9 missiles in Pacific weekend launches
Washington AP reports the Soviet Union fired two SS-9 missiles with three warheads into the Pacific over the weekend. Pentagon officials say the tests may signal nearing deployment readiness. ISBMs could threaten U.S. Minuteman silos amid arms talks. Also, China Zambia talks on a broadcast station aid conclude in Tokyo.
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Pacific
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Helsinki
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TOKYO
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Zambia
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China News Agency
Strike Spreads to Airport Towers Across Nation
Washington reports a nationwide controller sickout disrupts air travel. Only about half the usual flights operating into New York, Chicago O’Hare, and others. FAA says safety remains, with supervisors filling roles as PATCO and officials clash over training, workloads, and mediation.
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New York
Cheage
O'Hare
PATCO
FAA
Transportation
John Volpe
Nixon
Jealous husband shoots wife then sets apartment blaze
New York dispatch reports Eugene Everett, 35, enraged by alleged affair, killed Joyce Taylor, 29, and grocer Modesto Rodriguez, 29, in Brooklyn. He then torched the 3 story tenement, killing three more including Taylor’s children and injuring others as it burned. Everett fled in a black igold Buick carrying two pistols, leaving a crime scene and a city-wide manhunt across 13 states.
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Eugene Everett
Everett
Joyce Taylor
Miss Taylor
Modesto Rodriguez
Neigh
Bors
Brooklyn
Lin
Taylor
Most Guardsmen Off Postal Duty
The Pentagon announced the demobilization of about 10 000 army national guardsmen from active duty in New York during the wildcat postal strike by midnight. The move returns virtually the last of 22 054 guardsmen and reservists called up nearly a week ago to civilian life. A small number will remain to handle administrative matters. Earlier 2 728 regulars from the army navy marines and air force supplemented postal operations, with most reservists and guardsmen released last week.
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