Dak To airstrip hit as two USAF planes destroyed
North Vietnamese mortar strikes on the Dak To airstrip blow up the main ammunition dump for allied forces in the central highlands. The blasts destroy two C130 transport planes and damage another while a fire spreads to the adjacent special forces camp evacuating 500 Montagnard irregulars and 15 U S advisers. A helicopter downing northeast of Dak To adds to the day of heavy fighting.
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Saigon
Dak
Central Highlands
U.S
Dak To
Clymer School District Seeks 2.32 Million For Upgrades
Voters in the Clymer Central School District will decide December 9 on a 2.32 million dollar improvement program including additional classrooms laboratories and facilities to reduce class sizes. An alternative 360000 pool plan depends on first approving the 1.5 million building program. Meetings December 4 Findley Lake and December 7 Clymer. Polls 2 to 8 30 p m at the Clymer School.
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Clymer Central School
Hubert W. Brown
Findley Lake
Clymer School
Clymer
Good Ship Lollipop Goes Down in California GOP Fight
Shirley Temple Black lost the Republican nomination bid for Congress in San Mateo County to Paul N. McCloskey, a Korean War hero and advocate of Vietnam disengagement. McCloskey led with 50,634 votes to 93,015 for Black as 564 of 575 precincts reported, with Roy A. Archibald winning the Democratic nomination runoff against Edward M. Keating.
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Redwood City
Calif
Shirley Temple Black
Congress
Paul N. McCloskey
McCloskey
Roy A. Archibald
San Mateo County
J. Arthur Younger
Mount Sinai Hospital Fight For Life Follows Diver’s Rescue
A diver named Boardman suffered from decompression after a 160 foot dive. A dramatic Coast Guard helicopter rescue carried him from New Jersey to a field near Central Park. AP Wirephoto.
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York
Mount Sinai Hospital
Boardman
Coast Guard
New Jersey
Central Park
Storms Whip State In Early Winter Blast
Snow squalls sweep western Pennsylvania after a Lake Erie storm. Up to a foot of snow piles up near the lake, with 40 to 50 knot gale warnings in effect. Pittsburgh sees a sudden squall during evening rush hour, causing slick roads and heavy traffic. Erie earlier in the month also affected.
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Erie
Pennsylvania
Lake Erie
Pittsburgh
Steel City
Brookville
Bradford
Warren
Meadville
DuBois
Penn Avenue
St. Francis General Hospital
Great Lakes
New York
Buffalo
Tax Annuities Begin For Teachers Here
The Corry Area Joint School Committee approved launching tax sheltered annuities for seven teachers enrolled in the program. Director Carroll Crowell abstained due to his role as the insurance agent for the plan. The storm section details snow depths and cold temperatures across western Pennsylvania, with traffic disruptions and a hospital transport story from Pittsburgh.
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Corry Area
Carroll
Jack)Crowell
Wayne Township
Crowell
Jointure
Central State University acts after campus riots
Officials at Central State University in Wilberforce Ohio moved to weed out organized Black Power elements after Thanksgiving riots that led to four arrests. National Guard patrols and law enforcement sealed five campus gates as administrators warned possible expulsions while students left the campus.
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Wilberforce
Ohio
Central State University
Central State
Harry
National Guard
Greene County Sheriff's
John H. Bustamante
School Board approves boiler replacement and fire alarm extension
Corry School Board accepts Industries Service and Equipment of Erie bid 1481 to replace the 40 year old boiler at Corry Public Library. The Corry Area Joint School Committee approves Desmond of Corry to extend the high school fire alarm system for 1853, adding an outside alarm box connected to station No.1.
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Corry
Desmond
Fire Fatal to Invalid in New Castle Apartment Blaze
Mrs. Emogene Nelson, 51, an invalid, burned to death in a housing project fire in New Castle. A fire truck responding to the blaze collided with a tractor trailer, which struck two cars at a red light. police reported no serious injuries. Firemen said the blaze was confined to one room and may have started from a match in a basket.
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New Castle
Emogene Nelson
Nelson
Senate Debates Record Social Security Benefit Increase
The Senate takes up a Democratic bill proposing the largest cash benefit rise in history with a major tax hike. The measure would raise average benefits about 19 percent, increase minimums, and boost total outlays while pushing for passage before Thanksgiving.
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Senate
Washington
Mike
Mansfield
House
Everett M. Dirksen
Finance Committee
Dirksen
John J. Williams
Delaware
GOP
Williams
Milk deliverers plan walkout over Shafer plan in PA
Pittsburgh and Reading meetings are set as milk delivery workers consider a one week strike to oppose Governor Shafer s reorganization of milk control. Kaiser of Local 463 says a governor audience is the aim while hospitals and schools would still receive milk.
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Harrisburg
Pittsburgh
Teamsters
Shafer
William J. Kaiser
Philadelphia
Mille and Bakery
Kaiser
Man Hurt On Kinzua Job Asks For Full Disability
Pittsburgh truck driver Floyd D. Swartz appealed to the State Superior Court seeking full disability payments for injuries from an August 18, 1962 logging accident near Kinzua. He contends the ankle injury aggravated a back condition, while opposing briefs note he did not report back problems until December 1963. Superior Court will rule later.
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Kinzua
Pittsburgh
Floyd D. Swartz
Workmen's Compensation Board
Crawford County Common Pleas Court
Swartz
Fisher & Young, Inc
Howard N. Plate
Erie
Paul D. Shafer Jr
Meadville
Fisher & Young
R. Charles
Superior Court
Blue Cross Rate Hike Hearings Open in Pittsburgh
The State Insurance Department begins two days of public hearings in Pittsburgh on proposed rate increases by Blue Cross of Western Pennsylvania. Insurance Commissioner David C. Maxwell announced the department has hired Milton F. Chauner of Philadelphia as a consulting actuary to review the proposals.
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Blue Cross
Harrisburg
State Insurance Department
Pittsburgh
Western
Pennsylvania
David C. Maxwell
Milton F. Chauner
Philadelphia
GOP Senator criticizes Europe trip amid antipoverty funding row
Senator Paul Aiken denounces a congressional delegation plan to travel to NATO meeting in Brussels while the Office of Economic Opportunity lacks current year funding. Eleven senators and nine representatives are slated as delegates, with questions over attendance as Congress debates emergency antipoverty financing.
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Washington
Europe
Senate
House
Vermont
Aiken
Office of Economic “Opportunity
OEO
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Office of Economic Opportunity
NATO
Brussels
Belgium
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