Cold Wave Sweeps Most Of Nation
Bone chilling cold gripped two thirds of the nation with gale winds and heavy snows in the Northeast. Temperatures fell to near or below zero from the Rockies to New England with frost in Georgia and Alabama. Sixteen thousand Mummers Parade marchers in Philadelphia postponed. Erie Airport closed due to visibility. boater divers braved 3 degree water on Lake Erie.
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Associated Press
Georgia
Alabama
Florida
Weather Bureau
Rockies
New England
North Carolina
Seaboard
Lakes Erie
Ontario
New York
Pennsylvania
Boonville
Erie
Erie International Airport
Erie Skindivers Club
Lake Erie
Don Herrick
Philadelphia
Lower
Michigan
Three Organ Transplant Performed In New York
A heart and kidneys from a 48 year old New York physician were transplanted into three patients at New York Hospital Cornell Medical Center. The operation began after consent from the donor’s wife, Dr Helen Beigon, and lasted 55 minutes. The heart recipient had waited since August. two other patients await transplants as 35 more await kidney transplants. It marked the world’s 10th such transplant and was led by Dr C Walton Lillehei.
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New York
New York Hospital
Cornell Medical Center
Oregon
Pacific Coast
Rockies
Florida
California
Havre
Mont
Key West
Fla
Beigon
Helen Beigon
C. Walton Lillehei
5 Degree Reading Cuts Time Of Annual Dip
Carl Dickman, 61, shortened his annual Owaseo Lake New Year plunge to one minute citing five degree air, 33 mph wind, and 33 degree water. He has carried out the ritual for 90 years. Watchdog stolen in Albuquerque as thief takes watchdog along with phone and outdoor decor parts.
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Auburn
N.Y
Carl Dickman
Owaseo Lake
Dickman
Albuquerque
N.M
Smith W. Howard
Fire destroys Centerville family trailer near Britton Run
A Centerville family escaped unharmed when a trailer home burned to the ground two miles east of Riceville on Route 77 at Britton Run around 9 am. Spartansburg, Lincolnville, and Centerville fire departments battled the blaze in bitter cold, using 2 000 and 850 gallons respectively with little effect on the oil heat system. Firefighters stayed two hours to prevent spread to nearby structures.
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Centerville
Lewis Brown
Riceville
Britton Run
Spartansburg
Sidney Winans
Lincolnville
Winans
Wew
Church Leader Celebrates 68th Wedding Year
Salt Lake City AP reports Mormon Church President David O. McKay, 96, marks his 68th wedding anniversary with Emma Ray Riggs. Married in 1901 at the Salt Lake Temple, the couple has six living children and about 50 descendants. Family and close associates were expected to visit.
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Salt Lake City
David O. McKay
McKay
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints
Emma Ray Riggs
Salt Lake
Tax Free Status Of Charitable Institutions To Get Close Study
Washington AP reports Congress plans careful scrutiny of the tax free status of charitable institutions and the capital gains exemption for heirs as part of broad tax reform in 1969. The 27.5 percent oil depletion allowance is not slated for review. The Johnson administration has provided a Treasury reform package to Congress.
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Washington
Congress
Richard M. Nixon
Johnson
San Antonio
Tex
Treasury Department
Mills
Vietnam
Howev
Remsen Shootout Claims Several In Westernville Spill
In blizzard conditions a Remsen shootout left Cynthia Ringrose 11 and Barbara Ringrose among the injured in critical condition. The Pepper and MacLachlan families lived nearby as investigators hunted a suspect across a 20 mile snowbound radius. Police used snowmobiles and roadblocks as Westernville residents cowered indoors awaiting updates.
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Mrs. Pepper
Rome- Murphy Memorial Hospital
Cynthia Ringrose
Robert Ringrose
Perry Turke
Turke
Turkes
Peppers
MacLachlans
Westernville
Remsen
MacLachlan
New York State
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Melvin Beigon
Beth Israel Hospital
Sparta
Stearns & Foster
Barney
Barney’s
South Center Strees
Stearns& Foster
Treasury
Wilbur D. Mills
D-Ark
House
Ways and Means
Nixon
James Pepper
Milton Pepper
Columbus School
Mardens Vibe
Hamburg
Sterling Home
Conelway School
Starling All Star
Area High School
Starling
Spring Creek
Wright School
Sterling Erie
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