First major winter snowstorm hits mid-Atlantic region
A sweeping Nor’easter blankets New Jersey and New York with heavy snow while Pennsylvania and Connecticut report deaths. The storm prompts tunnel closures, widespread traffic jams, power outages, and more than 15 fatalities across several states as Washington and Baltimore endure record snowfall.
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Pennsylvania
Connecticut
Middle Atlantic
Washington
Baltimore
Philadelphia
Pittsburgh
New York
Kentucky
Washington Weather Bureau
Allied Forces Repel VC Attacks Around Bu Dop and Dak To
Allied troops repelled a Viet Cong assault on Bu Dop airstrip near the Cambodian border, the third attack in three days. In the Dak To region fighting continued with government forces claiming dozens of Viet Cong fatalities and renewed clashes near Con Thien and the DMZ. U.S. pilots flew supply missions amid clashes, while a train mine near Nha Trang and a court bombing in Can Tho caused casualties.
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Saigon
Aps
Dak
Bo Duc
Eugene V. Risher
Dmz
Con Thien
Dak To
Viet Cong
Nha Trang
Can Tho
Youth Council Cleans Meeting Area at East Ward School
About 60 Youth Council members met at East Ward School to clean rooms they will use for meetings and activities. They scrubbed windows swept and mopped rooms cleaned the kitchen and discussed using one classroom as a study area with desks and another as the meeting space. They aim to obtain chairs and desks as the current room lacks furniture. Parents were invited but only three attended, Dub Eikman and Mr and Mrs Felton Cameron.
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East Ward
Dub Eikman
Felton Cameron
Farris Rites Held in Oklahoma City
Mrs. Ben Saied and her daughter Najla Saied attend the funeral of Mrs. Fred Farris 51 a niece of Mrs. Saied Mrs. Farris died Tuesday in Oklahoma City Survivors include husband Fred daughter Sandra son Fred Jr parents and a sister
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Ben Saied
Najla Saied
Oklahoma City
Fred Farris
Saied
Elks Christmas Party Chairmen Named
Exalted Ruler Joe Howard announces the list for the annual Christmas Party for Needy Children. Jack Short will be general chairman with Gerald Havens R. J. Cordell Dalton Martin Guy Jones Walter DeArmond and Trans-Holland Port transportation Duke filling other roles.
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Joe Howard
Jack Short
Gerald Havens
R. J. Cordell
Dalton Martin
Guy Jones
Walter DeArmond
Portation
Duke
Army Allows Home For Holidays Leave Policy
The United States Army Recruiting Service announces a Christmas New Year leave policy. Enlistees entering December 6 to 20 will be processed at examining stations and transferred to reception stations before receiving holiday leave. Those enlisting December 21 to 29 will receive leave at the examining stations and return January 3 for transfer.
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United States Army Recruiting Service
MSG
Drue McBride
Armed Forces
Army
Sgt
McBride
Wilbarger, Vernon
Egyptian jets clash with Israel near Suez City
Egyptian officials report three Israeli Mirage jets shot down near Suez City and Suez Canal while Israel confirms one aircraft down over Suez Gulf. Both sides conduct search for missing crew as tensions rise amid Levin Eshkol peace push and Dayan hardline statements.
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Walter Logan
United Press International
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Israel
Suez Gulf
Egypt
Suez
Suez Canal
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Gulf
Port Tewfik
East Bank
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Jordan River
Elath
Eshkol
Defense
Moshe Dayan
West
Jordan
U.N
Thant
Mideast
Gunnar Jarring
Charles de Gaulle
de Gaulle
McCarthy Candidacy May Clear Way for RFK Challenge
Democratic leaders question if Eugene McCarthy enters primaries to open path for Robert F. Kennedy against President Johnson in 1968. McCarthy vows four to six state runs in Wisconsin Oregon California Nebraska and possibly New Hampshire Massachusetts while Kennedy stays on neutral stance in primaries.
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Raymond M Lahr
Washington
UPI
Eugene J. McCarthy
Sean
Robert F. Kennedy
Johnson
McCarthy
Kennedy
Minnesota
Congress
Wisconsin
Oregon
California
Nebraska
New Hampshire
Massachusetts
Sen
Thomas J. McIntyre
Dn.h
New York
County Farmers To Vote On Cotton Quotas
Childress County cotton farmers will vote on marketing quotas from December 4 to December 8 by mail. If one third of farmers vote no, quotas fail for 1968. No diversion or price support payments. no penalty for excess acres. Loans at 50 percent parity only to those who do not overplant. If two thirds approve, both diversion and price support programs go into effect. Ballots counted December 13. observers welcome.
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Childress County
ASC Ofice
ALCS
November Is Another Dry Month
The month of November yielded only .20 inch of rainfall at the Federal Aviation Agency Station in Childress. Through 11 months the total is 10.61 inches, about half the average. Moisture occurred on November 2 7 15 28 and 29 with small traces.
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Federal Aviation Agency
Air Field
Childress
National Guard halts recruits without prior military experience
Washington National Guard units are ordered to stop accepting new recruits without prior service. The move aims to trim strength from 17 3000 over authorized levels to 400000 by June 30 and free guard units for returning Vietnam veterans. New Jersey receives an exception for a special 865 Negro recruits program. about 300 already signed.
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Washington
UPT
National Guard
National Guard Bureau
Congress
Vietnam
Southeast Asia
New Jersey
Regular Armed Forces
Cyprus Crisis Settlement Talks Falter Over Troop Withdrawal
Diplomatic sources say Makarios opposed terms for pulling back Greek troops from Cyprus, with 8,000 to 12,000 infiltrators to be replaced by a larger UN peacekeeping presence. Cyrus Vance prepared to fly to Nicosia to push anew as UN rounds continued in New York.
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United Press International
Asnag
Cyprus
United Nations
Makarios
Cyrus Vance
Nicosia
Athens
Greece
Turkey
Vance
Britain
U.N
Thant
New York
Arthur J. Goldberg
Forecast Low Temperatures For West Texas
United Press International reports dense fog across North and South Texas disrupts air and sea traffic. Houston ships anchor off Port of Houston. Galveston Port closed. Saine-Neches River traffic halted briefly. Temperatures ranged from the 20s Panhandle to 60s coast. highs from 85 South Central to 72 Northwest. Snow flurries in Northwest Texas. rain in Northeast. cooler air moving in Saturday.
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United Press International
Texas
William P. Hobby
Houston
Galveston
Sabine - Neches River
South
The
Grande
Red River
Dallas-Fort Worth
Dallas Love Field
Rig and Dash
Christi
Mineral Wells
Panhandle
Lews
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