Massive New York Snowstorm Buries Counties Under Deep Drifts
Oswego reports 102 inches on the ground and Syracuse streets buried under 10 to 15 feet drifts. Emergency declared in Onondaga County, Albany promises aid, and New York City plows join efforts to clear roads. Industrial shutdown, school and store closures, milk and bread shortages.
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New York
Syracuse
N.Y
New York State
Oswego
Lake Ontario
Weather Bureau
Onondaga
John Murray
Albany
State Senate
Mohawk Airlines
Nadia Kyryczenko
Shiela Mason
Rome
Utica
Madison
Cortland
Pompey and
Manlius
Snowstorm grips midwest to Atlantic coast with heavy totals
A weekend blizzard left about 30 inches of snow in places, stranding hundreds of vehicles and more than 250 people in Bergen near Batavia. In Albany the Senate pledged aid to hard hit communities as deep snow trapped workers in Syracuse. Army helicopters delivered supplies in Virginia while air travel declined in St. Louis and Illinois cities. The Weather Bureau warned the system would spread across the Appalachians, piling more snow on already burdened regions.
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Bergen
Batavia
Albany
N.Y
State Senate
Syracuse
Mohawk Airlines
Ohio
Indiana
Pennsylvania
West Virginia
Maryland
Virginia
Shenandoah Valley
Ft. Belvoir
Loudoun County
Ulper- Sons
St. Louis
Almbert-St. Louis
Memphis
Tenn
Little Rock
Ark
Mississippi River
Belleville
Ilinois
Weather Bureau
Appalachians
Middle
North Atlantic
Bus crossings and farm labor buses in Florida fields
Reports describe rickety farm labor buses transporting workers to Winter vegetable fields around Lake Okeechobee. Campbell notes buses have governors, with the wrecked bus set to 47 mph last week. Sheriff deputy says no skid marks were found. Past fatal incidents near Lake Okeechobee and Fort Pierce are recalled.
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Campbell
Jack Flood
South Floria
Lake Okeechobee
Fort Pierce
Pahokeé
Storms ease. county official drowns amid ice breaking
Henry George, Lancaster County Board of Supervisors chair, drowned breaking ice in a cattle trough. A new winter storm brings widespread rain and driving hazards across the state while highway crews and contractors clear primary routes. Snow and freezing weather persist in western areas, with fatalities from exposure and several homes lost to snow blockages.
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Lancaster County Board of Supervisors
Highway Department
Shenandoah Valley
Ft. Belvoir
Loudoun County
Ins
Rockingham County
Associated Press
North Carolina
Middle Atlantic
USS. Weather Bureau
Kentucky
Tennessee
Virginia
Tar Heel
Asheville
William Trivette
Harmony
Trivette
Ashe County
Kraft Cheese Co
Winston-Salem
Virginia Highway Department
State Highway Commission
W. Willard Wirtz
Florida
Robert W. Rutledge
Florida Citrus Mutual
Georgia
Arkansas
Mississippi
Alabama
Double Eagle and Masher clash in Vietnam drive described
U S Marines landed below Quang Ngai report limited contact with enemy as operation Double Eagle nets 23 Viet Cong killed and 57 suspects captured. South Viet Nam 9th Division says 78 Viet Cong killed in a west Saigon drive. Air strikes on Ben Thuy target port facilities near Vinh. Casualties described as light to moderate with limited American losses. Red China condemns visits by U S servicemen to Hong Kong.
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U.S
Quang Ngai
Saigon
South Viet Nam
Ben Thuy
South China Sea
Hanoi
Vinh
Air Force
Navy
Radio
Bong Son
Red China
Hong Kong
Radio Peking
Man Tze-tung
Britain
Leftist protests surge after Calcutta speech
India eaters claim one meal suffices for white collar workers but ignores daily needs of two ditch diggers. Namboodripad urged continued attacks on the government policy in Calcutta, turning his words into a rallying call for leftist students in Kerala already rioting.
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Namboodripad
Calcutta
Kerala
Circus Rocket Car Accident Traps Performer in Cannon
In a circus stunt a rocket car ran off track and landed in empty seats. Five days later a Zacchini troupe performer became trapped inside a cannon for nine minutes due to a faulty mechanism. In 1956 Clyde Beatty was clawed by a wild animal during a show.
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Clyde Beatty
Virginia governor presses sales tax and college plan
Governor Godwin outlined a 2 percent state sales tax with a 1 percent local option, aiming to fund a state community college system and road projects through a separate automotive tax. He defended adjustments to a Clinch Valley college amendment and said he would introduce further legislation. Virginia House Education Committee praised tuition grants but rejected a repeal bill, keeping the program amid desegregation pressures. a study of urban school construction and driver training expansion were approved, while a Hagen bill on bus driver ages was killed.
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Mason College
Northern Virginia
Clinch Valley
University of Virginia
Tidewater
Del
Sam Pope
Godwin
del. Orby Cantrell
Wise
Clinch Vailey
Pope
French Slaughter
Culpeper
del. Garnett Moore
Pulaski
Richmond
Harrison
House
Virginia
Prince Edward County
Prince Edward
John William Hagen
Roanoke
Hagen
Dels
Sam E., Pope
Southampton
W. A. Pennington
Buckingham
Harold H. Dervishian
W. Ray Smith
Petersburg
Senate
State Board of Education
Aid and debate over Vietnam aid package and five year term
Senate leaders and Foreign Relations members discussed a large aid package for Vietnam and other regions. Dirksen questioned long commitments while Gore Aiken split on tying military and economic aid. Mansfield supported both measures, Morse opposed, and Rourke Tlickenlooper remained noncommittal. Fiscal 1967 military aid stood at 917 million, excluding about 600 million for Vietnam wrapped into the defense budget.
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Everett M. Dirksen
Ilinois
Viet Nam
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Albert Gore
D-Tenn
George D. Aiken
R-Vt
Senate
Mansfield
Montana
Rourke
Tlickenlooper
Iowa
Foreign Relations Committee
Congress
Wayne Morse
D-Ore
Johnson
U.S
Ship from Vancouver Heads to Japan with Iron Ore
The vessel sailing under B&O flag bound for Japan carried iron ore from Vancouver. It is unclear if hull cracks were caused by weather or shifting cargo. Coast Guard reports winds 20 to 30 mph and seas up to 15 feet.
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Vancouver
B&o
Japan
Coast Guard
Southland braces for another cold front after warm rain
The South faced a new cold snap sweeping from Texas to Virginia after a relieving warm rain. Subfreezing temps reached Florida, with Arkansas snow and Kentucky sleet marking record chills. Eight states reported at least 82 deaths. Virginia evacuated pregnant women and dropped food to isolated farms as crews fought ice.
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Associated Press
South
Florida Peninsula
Texas
Arkansas
Virginia
Kentucky
Tennessee
Buster Keaton and Hedda Hopper in Hollywood Tales
Obituary style notes recount Buster Keaton rising from a circus family to star in silent films like Sherlock Holmes Jr Go West and The Camera Man and descend with the talkies. Hedda Hopper, noted Hollywood columnist, dies of double pneumonia with heart complications. tributes from John Wayne and Bob Hope highlight her colorful influence and public rivalries.
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Kan
Buster
Bulging
Fatty Arbuckle
Arbuckle
Keaton
Laurel and Hardy
MGM
Red Skelton
Natalie Talmadge
Joseph
Robert
Mae Scribbins
Hollywood
Hedda Hopper
Paul Drake
Miss Hopper
John Wayne
Bob Hope
Elda Furry
Hallidaysburg
Hedda
de Wolfe Hopper
New York
Hopper
San Fernando Valley
Mae West
Hal Wallis
Troy Donahue
Louella Parsons
O.K
Gossin
Louella
Council stalled as Viet Nam issue tests Geneva claims
In Hanoi the North Vietnamese government rejects any council resolutions as void and says only the 1954 Geneva Conference provides a framework. Fedorenko and Mali Nigeria oppose airing the Viet Nam question, while Britain backs the US. Goldberg introduces a proposal to convene talks on peace in Viet Nam and Southeast Asia as bombing is suspended to test willingness for a conference.
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Hanoi
Council
Fedorenko
Viet Nam
Roger Seydoux
China
North Viet Nam
South Viet Nam
U.N
Lord Caradon
United States
Mali
Nigeria
Enlarged Council
U.S
Goldberg
Southeast Asia
Washington
Security Council
National Liberation Front
Viet Cong
United Nations
Nanoi
Ho Chi Minh
Base invasion by squatters described at Greenville Air Force Base
Civil rights demonstrators and 150 air police moved onto Greenville Air Force Base in a tense clash. Guards kept order as children cried and workers were escorted out, while organizers tied the action to the Mississippi Freedom Democratic party and Delta Ministry. The base remains under caretaker control after a 1964 shutdown.
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Gen. Puryear
Poor People’s Conference
Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party
Delta Ministrry
National Council of Churches
Greenville Air Force Base
The
Air Force
Greenville
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