Police And Motorcycle Club Clash In Danville Scene
Newark AP says 51 men and 6 girls face charges after a 15 minute clash with police at a Pagan Motorcycle Club party in Newark. Six youths charged with assaulting a police officer, violence erupted as officers tried to clear about 150 people from the Harold Club ballroom.
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Newark
Lantham
Pagan Motorcycle Club
Washington
D.C
Seaboard
Harold Club
Roy Lane
Maryland
Virginia
Christmas Parties Across War Areas And Europe
Christmas scenes reach Vietnam Greece and England as services for U S troops circle Saigon Da Nang and barnstorming air incidents occur. A Flying Tigers crash tethers civilians in Da Nang while NATO exits loom over France and Athens postal delays threaten year end mail flow.
Moon and Luna race to the Moon and a bus incident unfolds
The article contrasts the US Lunar Orbiter lead with Soviet Luna 12 and Luna 13 prospects and reports a bus incident where 57 people were detained for failing to show a good account of themselves and causing a disturbance.
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Lane
Perth Amboy youth charged with assault cases in disturbance
A disturbance led to four youths facing assault charges. Ross C. Ferraro, a 20 year old Perth Amboy high school student, was arranged on two counts of assault. Misdemeanor charges carry up to 15 months imprisonment, a $1200 fine, or both.
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Perth Amboy, WI
Ross C. Ferraro
Mexico City jet crash leaves 109 aboard with few injuries
A four engine Aeronaves de Mexico DC Casa jetliner crashed in Lake Texcoco during predawn landing after a New York to Mexico City flight. 109 aboard survived, six Americans hospitalized with serious injuries. Investigations cite possible altimeter failure and radar issues at the airport.
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Mexico City
New York
Aeronaves de Mexico
Daniel East
Stanley Winters
Trewin Parmer
Parmers
Parmer
Mexican Airlines
Christmas snowstorm blankets the South and Tennessee
A widespread pre Christmas storm brought up to six inches of snow and ice across western North Carolina and surrounding regions. By Saturday clearing skies and cold but sunny Christmas Day followed. Traffic accidents and 12 injuries reported as highways remained slick. Virginia and Tennessee each logged about 21 weather related deaths amid hazardous driving conditions. This storm marks only the third white Christmas in 93 years for Tennessee and a historic deep freeze for other areas.
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Associated Press
North Carolina
Weather Bureau
Massachusetts
Tar Heel
Boone-Sparta
West Jefferson
Avery County
Mountains
Piedmont
Hakersville
Spruce Pine
Asheville
Marshall
Saco Gap
Easton
Virginia
Tennessee
Storm Snow Strands Thousands Along East Coast
A massive storm blanketed the eastern seaboard with heavy snow and record cold. Virginia saw eight inches near Roanoke, while Washington DC suburbs reported two to four inches. Kentucky stranded drivers on I-75 and ministers aided travelers in Berea. Snow warnings extended to New England, with up to six inches likely. The weather disrupted travel as resort operators anticipated fresh snowfall for Christmas planning.
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Seaboard
Atlantic Seaboard
New England
Virginia
Roanocke
Piedmont Airlines
Roanoke
Washington
D.C
Maryland
Kentucky
North Carolina
Greyhound
Pelham
N.C
Washington, D. C
Pennsylvania
New York
New Jersey
Connecticut
Rhode Island
Massachusetts
New Hampshire
Maine
New York City
Ellenville
Thomas Hoving
Christmas Day Wish From Mrs Kissiah in Story Snippet
Mrs Kissiah, a former Orange County native who lived in Danville and retired at 72, looks forward to Christmas Day by seeing what everyone else is doing. The passage notes her simple hopeful wish to observe family and community activity during the holiday season.
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Kissiah
Orange County
N.C
Danville
Largest underground thermonuclear blast linked to U S
The report cites a 59 kiloton level blast in Nevada and California, marking a massive underground nuclear test. It compares the detonation to an II bomb and notes the shock area touched by the explosion.
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U. S
Nevada
California
Thirteen Die On Virginia Roads Amid Holiday Toll Rise
Virginia road deaths rose to 13 over a holiday period pushing the yearly toll to 1,079. The county toll included fatalities in Keysville, Richmond, Arlington, Purcellville, Bluefield, Clinchco, and Westmoreland, with victims ranging from truck drivers to passengers in multiple-car collisions and derailments during a winter storm and Christmas travel period.
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Keysville
Francis Turn
Jer
Rodgers Ave
Brooklyn
N Y
U.S
Charlotte County
Richmond
Russell G. Cottrell
Highland Springs
Henrico County
Arlington
Charles
Harbin
Springfield
George Washington Memorial Parkway
Glebe Road
Purcellville
Loudoun County
Bluefield
Agnes Greene
Nemours
W.va
Tazewell County
Clinchco
Sarai Gardner
Stacy Woods
Linchee
Dickenson County
Westmoreland County
James Everette Wilson
Pamela Gaskins
Westmoreland
Alberta
Karen Crane
Duke University
Disputanta
Elizabeth Dugger
Julia Jones
Waverly
U.S. 460
Roy Edward McClaugherty
Princeton
Bluesfield
Uorerara Ras Ray
Four American Women Arrive In Red Capital
Four American women affiliated with peace groups arrived in Hanoi to meet North Vietnamese leaders. Joe Griffith of Ithaca said Liberation Magazine was notified of the visit to the capital. The group left New York Dec 14 via Paris and Moscow and was invited by the Women's Union of North Viet Nam to meet President Ho Chi Minh. Other members include Grace Newman, Barbara Deming, and Diane Bevel.
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Ithaca
N.Y
Hanoi
Joe Griffith
New York
Liberation Magazine
North Vietnam
Paris
Moscow
Women's Union of
North Viet Nam
Ho Chi Minh
Grace Newman
New York City
Barbara Deming
Wellfleet
Mass
Diane Bevel
Chicago
Winter Freeze Closes Central Park Roads Amid Snow
A heavy snowfall led to road closures in Central Park to allow sledding and winter sports. Record cold followed with eight degrees below zero in Springfield Missouri four above in Tulsa Oklahoma and 16 above in Dallas Texas for December 24. Hard freeze warnings extended to southern Texas while cold wave alerts covered Louisiana and southern Mississippi as temperatures dropped into the teens across much of the south.
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Springfield
Tulsa
Oklo
Dallas
Tex
Texas
Louisiana
Mississippi
South
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Linden
N.J
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James del Mauro
Joyce
Thomas Gannon
Merrick
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Hot Springs
Alice Grimm
Omaha, Neb
Merry Christmas
Bendall’s Drug
Craghead Street
Auto Bearing & Parts Co
Terrie Christmas
North Main Street
Purcellville — Marien
Wilson Dillon
Rt. 2
Pet-Bro Incorporated General Insurance Agency
Joy T. Broome
Ruby
Fear Fitzgerald Apts
W. Main St
Red Capital
Danville Laundry
Martin
First Federal Savings & Loan Association
Main Street
RO Wyatt
John G. Eanes
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