FCC Orders ABC ITT To Delay Proposed Merger
The Federal Communications Commission directed International Telephone and Telegraph Corp. and American Broadcasting Co. to delay their $2 billion merger. A 5 to 2 vote timed the postponement possibly to March 6 or later while the agency reviews its December 21 approval decision, at the DOJ request.
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Federal Commission
ABC, Itt
Washington
Federal Communications Commission
International Telephone & Telegraph Corp
American Broadcasting Co
New York
ABC
FCC
Nicholas Johnson
Justice Department
It&t
Commission
Robert
T. Bartley
James J. Wadsworth
Wadsworth
Bartley
T&t
Sadio
Telvision
Department
Reapportionment tools stir Maryland House delays
Debate over reapportionment in Maryland after last year's redrawing left many new faces in the 142 member House. Dudley struggled with switches as colleagues improvised seating shifts while ABC and ITT merger actions dominated FCC proceedings with deadlines and witness lists.
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Dudley
Maryland General Assembly
U.S. Supreme Court
House of Delegates
NASA weighs pure oxygen flights for Apollo era risks
NASA considered a no gas system using nitrogen and oxygen for Apollo and its aftermath, citing reliability of oxygen in Mercury and Gemini and the need to avoid complex plumbing. Opponents warned of fire hazards and long term oxygen effects, while tests suggested up to 30 days could be safe in pure oxygen.
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NASA
Earth
Soviet Union
Gas plant scare prompts partial evacuations
Workers reported smelling gas and several began fainting during morning at the factory. The company paused operations, urged safe air, and gas officials rechecked the site while power stayed on to keep exhaust fans running. Gas was not confirmed as the cause.
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Gas Company
Cuban refugee crisis rises as boats drift in Florida Straits
The US Coast Guard reports many empty boats adrift in the Florida Straits while refugees wait for arrivals. The Cuban Refugee Center logged 9,559 refugees in 1,030 boats since 1961, with many landing outside Florida or unregistered. An ongoing US funded airlift brings over 50,000 Cubans by plane to date.
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US Coast Guard
Florida Straits
Berlin Wall
Florida
U.S
Bombing and ground actions widen Vietnam conflict reports
U S air and sea raids pressed on in North Vietnam despite fog and weather delays. Enterprise aircraft carrier crews attacked Haiphong area targets while B52 raids hit Tray Ninh province and other sites as South Vietnamese forces fight Viet Cong near My Tho and Quang Tri. Ground clashes yielded casualties on both sides with 51 Viet Cong killed and 16 captured in a delta engagement, and U S Marines and Vietnamese troops reporting multiple skirmishes across忙 the country.
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U.S
North Vietnam
Air Force
Navy
Enterprise
Haiphong
Tray Nin
Long
Saigon
Cam
9Th Infantry Division
My Tho
Ho Chi Minh Trail
Khe Sanh
Panhandle
Chung Il Kwon
South Korea
South Vietnam
Seoul
Henry Hartzenbusch
North Asia
Associated Press
Chung
Ching
U.S. 7Th Fleet
Gulf of Tonkin
Kong Hoi
da Nang
Quang Ngai
la Vang
Quang Tri
Fires Claim One Cause Heavy Damage Across Virginia
A series of fires across Virginia on Wednesday caused heavy damage and left an elderly Richmond man dead in his two story East End home. O A Hegzamayer 90 found among charred remains after a coal stove blaze. Alexandria saw a pre dawn fire damaging an apartment complex under construction while a Pulaski plant fire started by a welder torch damaged the Electra Plastics Fabrics Co building. Freight damages were estimated at 40000 with one firefighter treated for smoke inhalation. The firm planned a spring move to a new building and production could resume once machines were relocated.
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Associated Press
Virginia
Richmond
East End
Church Hill
O.A. Hegzamayer
Alexandria
Frederick Spinks
Pulaski
Electra -Plastics Fabrics Co
Crash Kills Driver. Section 95 Closed Nine Hours
A collision of two trucks on Interstate 95 near Richmond and Ashland killed Kerry Elton Page, 42, of Hampton, owner of a Dixie Gas Co. truck. One truck swerved, struck the other, and propane spilled prompting a nine hour closure from Ashland to Atlee Road. The propane truck was righted and sprayed with Cherseal to avert explosion. A second tractor-trailer carried furniture. driver Ivan Williamson was hospitalized with unknown injuries. Other fatalities that day raised Virginia’s highway toll to 69 for the year. Additional local deaths included Lester Randol Jones, 38, of Snow Hill, struck near Providence Forge. Earl Alfonso Brown, 19, of Fort Belvoir, fatally injured near Fairfax. Frank A. Miller, 79, of Richmond, in Henrico crash. and Marsha Hagins, 6, of Portsmouth, struck in Portsmouth.
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Associated Press
Richmond
Ashland
Kerry Elton Page
Hampton
Dixie Gas Co
Newport News
Atlee Road
Hanover County
Glossea Motor Lines Inc
Lexington
N.C
Ivan Williamson
Greensboro
Williamson
Virginia
Jdate
Providence Forge
Ars Lester Randol Jones
Snow Hill
U.S. 60
New Kent County
FT. Belvoir
Earl Alfonso Brown
U.S. 1
Fairfax County
Frank A. Mitler
Darbytown Road
Henrico County
Portsmouth
Marsha Hagins
Mao supporters tighten grip amid Sinkiang clashes and claims
Reports describe Maoist posters denouncing anti-revolutionists and seizing control in Urümqi and Shihhotze as loyal troops clash with rival forces. Claims of 10,000 ex-soldier troops, village uprisings, and border tensions surface alongside calls to surrender all anti-Mao factions.
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Mao
Chou En- Tai
Soviet Union
Wang En-mao
Wang
Lop Nor
South Sinkiang
Sinkiang
Peking
Liu Shao Chi
Shibhotze
Fires at Cape Kennedy damage research chamber and rabbits
Officials reported two airmen assisting in a 60 day experiment on prolonged pure oxygen exposure. They were not volunteers but accepted hazardous duty pay and were required to work in the area. The incident occurred on the second day and technicians receive ongoing safety training.
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Cape Kennedy Ipla
TA. Glasgow
School of Aerospace Medicine
Air Force
Glasgow
Brooks
Bartley
Harmon
Lan Investigation Board
Komarek Trial Ties Travel Chief to Antistate Network
Kazan Komarek, a Cambridge Massachusetts travel agency president and naturalized US citizen, was found to have organized an antistate group for a foreign intelligence service from 1948 to 1950. The verdict cites smuggling people, clandestine radio transmitters, and arms into Czechoslovakia, with the group implicated in a 28-member network and a police killing. Komarek, captured by Germans in World War I, later emigrated to the United States in 1953 and became a citizen in 1990. State Department officials criticized Soviet involvement in the arrest and noted his attendance at a Soviet travel conference. The case underscores Cold War tensions and penalties up to 15 years.
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Peking
Mao
Chekiang
People’s Daily
Kweiyang
Kweichow Province
China
U.S
South China
Moscow
Kyodo
Peking J
Sinkiang
Urumchi
Shihhotze
Liu
Teng Usiao-ping
Nanshan
South Mountain
Loplor
Komarek
Donald Hunt
Kazan Komarek
Cambridge
Mass
Kazan-Komarek
West Germany
France
Czechoslovakia
CTK
United States
Germany
State Department
Robert J. McCloskey
Washington
Nuernberg
Soviet Union
Prague
Broscow
Paris
Axl
Chicago Braces For New Snow Storm Across Midwest
The Weather Bureau warns of a major storm spreading from the Rockies to the Great Lakes with snow accumulations 2 to 6 inches in many areas and winds up to 40 mph. Chicago faces heavy snow, drifting and slowed travel while officials urge street clearance for emergency services.
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Ohio Valley
Oklahoma
Texas
Arkansas
Chicago
Illinois
Indiana
Midwest
Rockies
Plains
Great Lakes
Gulf
Canada
Chicago Association of Commerce and Industry
Richard J. Daley
O'Hare International Airport
Bus and Truck Crash Shuts Route Near Erwin Tenn
Southbound wreck involving a bus from Asheville to Columbia and Charleston and a Bush Brothers Produce Co truck in Erwin Tennessee left several named passengers identified, with drivers Marvin Rhodes and Donald Goan uninjured. Goan helped after the collision, aiding a cold passenger before the bus struck the truck. Police listed passengers from Fredericksburg Ohio, Dallas North Carolina, and other towns as involved.
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Asheville
N.L
Columbia
Charleston
Bush Brothers Produce Co
Daneridge
Marvin Rhodes
Donald Goan
Morristown
Tenn
Goan
Rory Smith
Delaine Hawkins
Jennings Bruce Cooke
Hickory
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