Kid Comes Home A Hero The Medal of Honor Recipient Roger Donlon
The cat skills town salutes Capt. Roger H. C. Donlon as he returns from Vietnam. He earned the Medal of Honor for bravery, and residents recall his boyhood, high school leadership, and service. Flags line Main Street as friends, family, and neighbors greet the hometown hero.
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Charles Hewitt
Roger H.C. Donlon
U. S. Army
South Viet Nam
Catskills
Hudson River
Roger Donlon
Saugerties
Air Force
US Military Academy
West Point
Roger
Main
Mynders
New Flooding Threat Looms in Washington After Ice Jams
Two large ice jams on the Yakima River raised warnings of renewed flooding in Washington as arctic storm conditions persist. Civilian and military pilots prepared to aid isolated mountain communities near the California Oregon border with food and medicine once the weather relents. The disaster toll rose across the Far West with dozens dead and thousands homeless in California Oregon Idaho Nevada and Washington.
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Nel Corbett
San Francisco
UPI
Yakima River
Washington
Pacific Coast
California-Oregon
Weather Bureau
California
Oregon
Idaho
Nevada
William Ward
Red Cross
Ward
Holiday Death Toll 88 in Texas Includes 40s Houston victims
Holiday fatalities across Texas rose to 88 as UPI tallies show 47 traffic deaths and six fires, with 25 by self harm or foul play. Notable victims include Edwin Kenneth Mills 40 and Lora Mills 68 of Houston in a car crash near Sealy, and Richard Eli Gill 34 found dead in a barn near Amarillo. Herbert Ross Jr. 23 of Houston died from a stabbing in a Houston fight.
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United Press International
Texas
Department of Public Safety
UPI
Edwin Kenneth Mills
Lora Mills
Houston
U. S
Sealy
Austin County
Richard Eli Gill
el Paso
Amarillo
Justice of the Peace
W. W. Hancock
Randall County
Herbert Ross Jr
Pastures Dry Sparks Firemen Urgency
Firefighters urge residents to discard lighted cigarettes and matches carefully as grass and pastures remain extremely dry. Earlier Monday, crews fought a grass fire two miles east on a farm road and minutes later extinguished a trash blaze at 406 Avenue F Northwest.
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Avenue F
Fashion Shoppe Renews Efforts to Update Store Look
The Fashion Shoppe announces a plan to implement changes this week aimed at refreshing its interior display and updating merchandising. Management stresses commitment to customer experience and timely completion of updates.
Handsome duo rob City Hall treasurer in Buffalo cash haul
Two dapper holdup men overpowered City Treasurer Melvin Elliott at Buffalo City Hall and fled with about $16,000 in cash and an estimated $184,000 in tax checks. A pedestrian wrestled one robber outside, a patrolman fired at the fleeing car, later found abandoned a mile away.
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Buffalo
UPI
Melvin Elliott
City Hall
Voting Hours for Social Security Vote in City Hall
City police and fire department members vote Thursday between 4 and 5 pm to decide joining the Social Security program. Election judges are Louis Sally, City Manager, and the box will be at city hall. Fire Chief John Ballew and Police Chief Alvis Maddox note a compulsory retirement program with reduced benefits for uniformed staff. Volunteer firemen are excluded.
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Childress
Louis Sally
John Ballew
Alvis Maddox
Large Part Of Nation Menaced By Weather
Severe winter storm impacts land and sea routes across the nation. Freezing drizzle coats Midwest highways with deadly ice. Nebraska reports multiple fatalities from spinouts. Washington Oregon border floods and snow worsen conditions as Colorado reports avalanches and heavy snow on mountain passes. Temperature plunges to 13 below in Havre and Cut Bank Montana.
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United Press International
Midwest
Nebraska
Yakima River
Washington
California - Oregon
Minnesota
South Dakota
Iowa
Lincoln
Neb
Highway Patrol
Waterloo
Colorado
Arizona
Aspen
Colo
Wolf Creek
Red Mountains
New England
Georgia
Carolinas
Mississippi Valley
East Texas
Plains
Rocky Mountains
Havre
Cut Bank
Goat Falls
Montana
Jack Weston Faces Sentencing Over Flag Incident
Television actor Jack Weston 40 faces sentencing in Beverly Hills Municipal Court for disturbing the peace alleged after an October 20 incident in front of a Barry Goldwater campaign headquarters. A Goldwater worker said Weston ripped a U S flag from its staff. Weston said the flag fell on him as he paused to light a cigarette.
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Beverly Hills
Calif
UPI
Jack Weston
Barry Goldwater
Goldwater
Alex Siden
Weston
U. S
Steel firms raise prices as industry adopts creeping increases
Wheeling Steel Corp and National and Armco agreed to $6 per ton hikes on carbon and galvanized sheet and roofing products. The move marks the seventh steel company to lift prices, intensifying industry-wide boosts as USW seeks a larger share in wage negotiations.
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Pittsburgh
API
Wheeling Steel Corp
Steel Company
Wheeling
United Steelworkers of America
USW
David J. McDonald
McDonald
National
Armco
Talks Resumed Galveston Dock Strike Threat
A federal negotiator returned to Galveston to restart talks aimed at averting a dock strike that could halt shipping along the Gulf and Atlantic coasts. The talks seek to resolve labor disputes and prevent major disruptions to maritime commerce.
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Galveston
UPI
Gulf
Atlantic
New Year's Eve Dance at Childress Country Club
College members and guests are invited to a New Year's Eve dance with an orchestra at the Childress Country Club from 9 p m to 1 a m. Admission is 150 per person and 250 per couple.
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Childress Country Club
Brink's Truck Loot Hits Chicago at $223000
Three masked bandits robbed the Divine Savior Church rectory in Norridge Chicago tying up two priests and diverting proceeds from Sundays collections The heist mirrors a recent Paterson New Jersey bank truck robbery with similar tactics FBI and Chicago Police examine possible connections and a local gang angle.
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Chicago
UPI
FBI
New Jersey
A. S. Genet
Brink's
Norridge
Divine Savior Church
St. Anthony's Roman Catholic Church
Paterson
N.J
Marlin W. Johnson
Michael J. Spiotto
Midwest
Parison
Spiotto
Virus Epidemic Kills 30 in Dallas This Month
Dallas health chief Dr J W Bass reports 30 deaths this month from viral pneumonia and related infections. Most victims were 65 or older. He notes a 20 percent rise in overall deaths and calls the outbreak mild but fairly widespread. No Taflan'a involvement. Weather changes may have contributed.
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Dallas
UPI
J. W Bass
Health Department
Bass
Abbott Doing Well After Stroke at Hollywood Facility
Co median Bud Abbott, 66, is reported responding satisfactorily to stroke treatment at the Motion Picture Country Home and Hospital. Abbott, partner of the late Lou Costello, was admitted December 16 and has been semi retired, living in Encino with his wife.
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Abbott
Hollywood
UPI
Bud Abbott
Motion Picture Country Home and
Lou Costello
Encino
Three U.S. helicopters shot down in Vietnam clash
Communist gunners downed three American helicopters near Binh Gia 40 miles southeast of Saigon as Viet Cong forces again overran the village. Six Americans were wounded, four crew escaped, and two more helicopters were hit while troops were airlifted in. Wounding reports described knee and ankle injuries. two pilots were evacuated to Saigon.
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Binh Gin
U.S. Navy
Saigon
U.S
Vang Tau
South Viet Nam
United States
Priest in self-imposed exile leaves Los Angeles duties
Chicago officials confirm Rev. John V. Coffield a 24 year LA priest will not receive any official parish work in Chicago. Coffield arrived at O Hare Monday night after declaring protest against Cardinal McIntyre policy and noting restraint due to local host Cardinal Meyer. He had been placed on five month enforced vacation for opposing a California property buyers Proposition.
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Chicago
UPI
Los Angeles
John V. Coffield
Chicago Catholic Chancery Office
Father Coffield
O'Hare
James Francis Cardinal McIntyre
Albert Cardinal Meyer
Cardinal McIntyre
Eorlier
Coffield
California
South Side
Inter American Institute
Cletus O’donnell
Dry Weather Returns Across West Texas
A Pacific cool front brings chilly dry conditions to West Texas while the eastern part stays mild and damp. Morning lows range from 34 in Dalhart to 65 in Corpus Christi and Victoria with traces of rain at Victoria Waco Austin and Texarkana. Monday peak reached 80 in Midland and Presidio as fog reduces visibility along the Rio Grande from Del Rio to Brownsville and coats coastal plains inland about ten miles.
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West Texas
East Texas
Dalhart
Corpus Christi
Victoria
Waco
Austin
Texarkana
Midland
Presidio
Rio Grande
del Rio
Brownsville
Charges Filed Against Albert Stokes Jr
Unlawful false statement charges were filed Monday in the county attorney’s office against Albert Stokes Jr of the Quanah area. He has not been apprehended.
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Albert Stokes, Jr
Quanah
Johnson calls Rusk from Texas ranch on world view
President Johnson phoned Secretary of State Dean Rusk at his Texas ranch to discuss global affairs and decisions on ambassadorial appointments.
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Rusk
Texas
Johnson City
Tex
UPI
Johnson
Dean Rusk
Firemen and Enginemen Walk Out Against Southern Railway
The Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Enginemen struck Southern Railway operating in 14 southeastern states over diesel locomotive fireman retention. Union cites forced action while negotiations continue. Southern offers arbitration or attrition as settlement options. Inman yards Atlanta blocked. trains run by management crews in South Carolina.
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Washington
UPI
Brotherhood of Locomotive
Southern Railway
Southeastern
Congress
Southern
National Mediation Board
NMB
Union
D. W. Brosnan
Atlanta
Inman
South Carolina
Railway
Duke of Windsor Leaves Hospital Tour of Houston
The Duke of Windsor left hospital Monday for the first time since his operation, taking a downtown Houston limousine tour. Doctors said he may be able to return to New York within the week.
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Houston
UPI
Duke of Windsor
New York
White Hostages Rescued In Congo From Rebels
Congolese troops rescued at least 120 white hostages from rebels in Wamba northeast of Stanleyville. Reports say 10 whites were killed and eaten on Christmas Day, with figures ranging up to 150. Rescue planes state at Leopoldville as mercenary-led columns freed the captives.
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Leopoldville
UPI
Wamba
Stanleyville
Congo
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Alle
Elliott
Robert Wicks
Edith Pieber
David Zackem
Brink
Pacific Northwest
Klamath
NEA
Michael T. Malloy
United Press International Saigon
O'Donnell
West
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