660 Die On Roads Over Christmas Weekend
The nation’s Christmas travel period ended with 660 highway fatalities, below the 1965 three day record of 720 but above the year’s nonholiday weekend. The National Safety Council had estimated 625 to 725 deaths and noted the holiday toll compared with previous periods such as Thanksgiving and Independence Day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
National Safety Council
Congress
The
Safety Council
Chicago
Four Children Die in Watertown Fire on Christmas Morning
A 32 year old mother Jeannine Green survived with serious burns after a Christmas morning house fire that killed her husband Clifford and their four children, all found in or near their beds. Authorities say a space heater fueled by kerosene caused the blaze.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Watertown
Clifford Jr
Elizabeth
Craig
Leila
Avery Lamphier
Green
Refugees Spend Christmas in Jacksonville School Gym After Gas Alert
About 400 people displaced by a chlorine gas scare found shelter and Christmas carols at Robert E. Lee High School gym in Jacksonville. Police evacuated 300 families as fumes drifted from a chemical plant. Red Cross opened the gym as an emergency shelter. Two doctors treated affected residents while volunteers tended to warmth and gifts amid the unusual Florida winter night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert E. Lee High School
Jacksonville
Florida
Red Cross
Santa Claus
Charles King
Snowmobiles Dum Found on Loveland Field and Spring Street
Police received a Christmas Eve complaint about a snowmobile tearing through Loveland Field behind Wright School. An operator admitted to making the tracks and was told to park the vehicle. The prior night Thomas C. Sawyer, 16, was cited for driving an unlicensed vehicle on Spring Street. charge information was filed with Alderman Norbert Bachhofer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Loveland Field
Wright School
Thomas C. Sawyer
Brook Street
Spring Street
Norbert Bachofner
Area Roads Crash-Free Over Holiday
Corry area traffic was largely clear during the Christmas holiday period with four auto seek outs and no injuries reported. Four crashes caused about $3,800 in property damage, including incidents near Union City on Route 6 and Corry Route 8, involving drivers Donald Klotz, Rosemary Capps, Kenneth Smith, and Karen Schweitzer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Corry
Union City
Donald Klotz
Columbus
Ohio
Berm
Rosemary, Capps
Fort Wayne
Ind
Virginia Tanner
Gould Street
Titusville
Kenneth Smith
Centerville
Smith
George Roberts
R. D
Karen Schweitzer
Wattsburg
Corry-Clymer Road
Beatrice Grden
Midwest Chill Brings Arctic Blast Across Nation
A fresh cold snap pushed temperatures below zero from the Dakotas to the Great Lakes and into the South. Rain and snow moved east with 1 to 2 inches of snow from Michigan to New York and Pennsylvania. Hazardous roads warned in western upstate New York as light snow dusted the Rockies and rain fell in the Pacific Northwest. International Falls dropped to 11 below zero, while Key West stayed warm at 69 degrees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Dakotas
Great Lakes
Towa
Nebraska
Texas
Georgia
Midwest
New England
Virginia
Lower
Michigan
New York
Pennsylvania
Weather Bureau
Rockies
Pacific Northwest
International Falls
Minn
Key West
Fla
Convoys Hit by Air Attacks End Christmas Truce
American warplanes pounded North Vietnam as the 72 hour Christmas truce ended. About 100 trucks were destroyed or damaged in major supply convoys, with more than 200 trucks spotted by air, including a 150 truck convoy near Thanh Hoa. US carrier strikes targeted major north coast supply routes as ground fighting resumed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Navy
Marine
Jols
Trans
Wir
U.S
Thanh Hoa
Moscow Gas and Bomb Attacks Hit Apartment and Car
Two blasts struck Moscow including a six story apartment building and the car of AP bureau chief Henry Bradsher. Officials withheld casualty counts while bystanders cited 10 to 20 dead. Bradsher and his family escaped injury as police blamed a gas main for the apartment blast.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moscow
Henry
Bradsher
Associated Press
Kremlin
Fowl Play Lays An Egg With Cook
Mrs Eugene Lee discovered a swapped turkey when she opened the oven for Christmas dinner. While the Lees were at church neighbors confessed to replacing the 12 pound gobbler with a 16 ounce Cornish game hen causing a panic lasting about an hour.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milwaukee
Wis
Eugene Lee
Keystone State Leads In Yale Traffic Deaths
Pennsylvania topped national traffic death counts for the Christmas weekend with at least 46 lives lost from Friday 6 p m to Monday midnight, tying a previous weekend record. The tally included 47 total deaths when nontraffic deaths are counted, and three victims died in Breezewood and Paradise incidents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pennsylvania
Breezewood
Paradise
Wilkes-Barre
County Deal Likely On Wagner Job As GOP Takes Over
Incoming Kick County Republicans Fred Lamberton and Les Weir plan to scrap or reassign Democrat John Wagner from the administrative assistant post when the courthouse switches to GOP control next week. Wagner would move to a higher paying position with the Mental Health Retardation Board at 8500 annually, leaving his current $2475 salary behind.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Lamberton
Les Weir
John Wagner
Lamberton
The
Journal Today
Wagner
Weir
Mental Health Retardation Board
George Wilson
Soard
Courts Studying Copyright Infringment CATV-Blessing To Viewers
New Mexico residents in Farmington access five channels via CATV from Albuquerque and Durango. The case links FCC authority over CATV to copyright liability, with billions in potential damages and debate on public performance status. Strong entities include FCC, National Cable Television Association, William Carlisle, Frederick W. Ford, and the International Broadcasters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
New Mexico
Farmington
Albuquerque
Durango
Colo
CATV
U.S. 9Th Circuit Court of Appeals
San Diego
FCC
Thernier
2Nd Circuit Court of Appeals
Clarksburg
Fairmont
W. Va
Frederick W. Ford
National Cable
William Carlisle
National Association of Broadcasters
Washington
Also Mentioned on This Page
Blaze
Sherry Roberts
Eddie Strickland
Sam Roberts
Saigon
Worth Vietnam
Plante
Tonkin Gulf
Senate House Economic Committee
General Accounting Office
William Proxmire
Wisconsin Democrat
Joint Congressional Committee
Mire
Pentagon
GAO
Proxtire
Defense Department
Proxmire
Ussr
St Homme
Monica
Keith
Neal
Keystone State
Yale
Paris
Kick County
U.S. Supreme Court
Federal Communications Commission
Commission
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!