Pennsylvania hit by huge storm cripples travel and tempers roads
State police report most main highways cleared though poor visibility and drifting snow up to six feet hamper travel in Pennsylvania. 12,000 men and hundreds of trucks and graders worked under emergency conditions as up to 24 inches of new snow fell in places. Corroborating icing and one lane openings persisted on Turnpike. Two minor crashes near Titusville and Columbus caused minor damage. Schools and many businesses closed or altered schedules for the holiday weekend.
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Hazleton
Bartlett
Turnpike
Uniontown
Pennsylvania
Weiss says State to publish list of missing US servicemen
Cora Weiss of the Women’s Strike for Peace says the State Department plans to publish on Tuesday the names of all American servicemen known to be held captive in North Vietnam. A State Department spokesman in Washington denied knowledge of any planned announcement. Weiss, who recently returned from a two week visit to North Vietnam, claims she was allowed into a detention camp during her trip.
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Los Angeles
Cora Weiss
Women’s Strike For Peace
State Department
North Vietnam
Utilities Will Pass Tax Bill To Users
Pennsylvania utilities warn a new state tax on utility property would force across the board rate hikes. Penelec officials say a 5 percent tax on fair market value could total 30 to 35 million dollars for 1969, a burden that would hit low income families and jobs. General Telephone adds telephone bills could rise about a third, with basic local service for a one party residence jumping from 6.60 to 8.80 dollars monthly.
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Pennsylvania Electric Company
Penelec
N. Gwynne Dodson
Dodson
General Telephone Company of Pennsylvania
Donald E. Carnahan
General Telephone
Carnahan
Infant Born Addicted to Heroin in Tucson
Doctors say a newborn showed classic heroin withdrawal signs within a day of birth at Tucson Medical Center. The Yaqui parents, both in their late 20s, were addicts, with the mother recalling earlier pregnancies. After 15 days of treatment, the baby recovered and could lead a normal life, provided the child’s environment avoids drug exposure. The baby left the hospital three days before Christmas to live with his grandmother, with the couple agreeing to seek treatment at another Tucson hospital.
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Tucson
Ariz
Tucson Medical Center
Milton Semoff
Semoff
Semoif
Legal Payoff Clarifies Multimillion Dollar Fee
San Francisco mayor Joseph L. Alioto released a tabulation showing 14 checks among himself former Attorney General John J. OConnell of Washington and George Faler. The records indicate payments totaling 935315 to the three, with 192500 returned, leaving 802815 due to the pair. Alioto claimed no formal obligation to serve as counsel for municipal utility districts and suggested private practice for OConnell.
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San Francisco
Joseph L. Altoto
All of Washington
Atty
John J. O'Connell
Washington
George Faler
O'Connell
Alioto
Viet Fighting Erupts At Cambodia Border
SAIGON AP U S forces fought their biggest single battle in a month and a half. They reported spotting up to 200 North Vietnamese troops near the Cambodian border and north of Saigon and attacked with jet bombers helicopters tanks and armored personnel carriers. At least 72 North Vietnamese dead and 40 bunkers smashed were counted by aerial observers. Light American casualties were described.
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Saigon
U.S
Demilitarized Zone
11Th Armored Cavalry Regiment
Loc Ninh
Cambodia
South Vietnam
Mekong Delta
Passenger Service In Carry To End
Notice posted at the Erie Lackawanna station says passenger service will be discontinued as of January 4 following ICC approval. Trains 5 and 6 between Hoboken and Chicago will end, ending Corry passenger service while freight continues. Seaway Coach Lines remains the only public transport.
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Erie Lackawanna Railroad
Interstate Commerce Commission
ICC
Corry
Hoboken
N.J
Chicago
Seaway Coach Lines
E.T. Bolmer
Refuse Crew Of Duty Temporarily Relieved After Incident
Police were called when a Superior Refuse Co truck stopped on Taylor's Jewelry sidewalk with a driver unconscious. Officers towed the vehicle to the garage after locating it behind Sears Roebuck. later, at Serrin's Auto Parts, one worker had left while the other slept it off inside the building.
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Superior Refuse Co
Taylor's
Kenneth Nichols
James Hurlbut
Sears Roebuck
Serrin's Auto Parts
Mead Avenue
Homeless After Bear Lake Fire
A Bear Lake family of nine, the Johnsons, were left homeless when a noon blaze gutted their home on South Center Street. Firemen from Bear Lake aided by Sugar Grove and Columbus crews battled the fire, hindered by siding trapping the flames inside. Damage estimates await inspection.
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Bear Lake
John Johnson
Sugar Grove
Columbus
Gerald Crosby
South Center Street
Johnsons
Missing crewmen as Viet-bound cargo ship explodes at sea
SS Badger State, loaded with rockets and bombs totaling up to 2000 tons of TNT, burned in the mid Pacific 580 miles northeast of Midway. Fourteen of 39 crewmen were picked up by Greek freighter Khian Star, including Captain Charles Wilson who ordered abandon ship. Navy said no confirmed casualties but unclear if all were accounted for as a huge hole opened in the hull after an explosion. Rescue planes dropped flares and life rafts were marked. the ship was en route to Da Nang from Bangor, Washington.
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Honolulu
Charles Wilson
Wilson
Midway Island
Navy
Hickam Air Force Base
Badger State
Bangor
Seattle
Wash
da Nang
South Vietnam
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John J. Delp
Delp
William Barbour
Route 6
Samuel Denardi
West
Frederick Street
Harold Eberhardt
Joseph Furst
Robert Bracken
Journal
Endsley
Epeekee Tata
Faler
State of Washington
Dong Ha
Redwood City
Calif
Robert H. Auld Je
Edna R. Johnson
Fallen Solon
Assemblyman Forest
Hopkins
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