Truman Unconscious After Heart Instability
Former President Harry S. Truman, 88, lapsed into unconsciousness at Research Hospital Kansas City amid heart instability. A spokesman said his condition was possibly somewhat worse over the past 24 hours as he neared the 17th day of hospitalization. Dr. Wallace Graham emphasized rest over consciousness, and Mrs Truman visited briefly before leaving.
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Kansas City
Harry S. Truman
Truman
Wallace Graham
Boys' Ranch Hosts Yule Open House in Punkin Center
Christmas open house at the North Alabama Sheriff's Boys' Ranch celebrated movers-into new quarters. State National Bank donated a ping-pong table while the Sheriff's Posse gave sport coats and spending money to ranchers and supporters. Morgan County officials honored Jack Maddox with a lifetime Builders Club membership for aid in roads and construction.
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Linda Parham Punkin
North Alabama
Maddox
McBride
Commission
Ellen
Bobby Smith
Boys’ Ranch
North Alabama Sheriff’s Boys’ Ranch
Punkin Center
Alabama Sheriff's Posse
10th B-52 Downed By North Vietnam
American warplanes continued the heaviest air campaign over North Vietnam as the U S Command reported the loss of its ninth and tenth B 52 bombers. Between 12 and 14 fliers were missing with clashes centered on Hanoi Haiphong.
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Saigon
North Vietnam
U.S. Command
Hanoi
Haiphong
Washington resigns command and retires to Mount Vernon
In Today's daily date 1783 George Washington resigns as commander in chief of the American Army and retires to his Mount Vernon home in Virginia. Weather note and local ad lines follow including phone numbers and a Tennessee Valley tagline.
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George Washington
Mount Vernon
Virginia
Decatur Native Capt. Geloneck Reported POW in Vietnam
Air Force confirms Decatur born Capt. Terry Mercer Geloneck, 32, POW after his B52 was shot down over North Vietnam last week. A Detroit native, Geloneck is married to Jane Bass and is a Decatur High School graduate, with family in Decatur and a Detroit origin.
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Decatur
Air Force
Terry Mercer Geloneck
North Vietnam
Air Force Department
Washington
Geloneck
Detroit
W. C. Geloneck
Decatur High School
Enolam Blvd
Terry
Gelonecks
Wolverine
Terry Geloneck
Jane Bass
Rusty
North
Nixon Says Next Move On Vietnam Is Up To North Vietnam
The White House said the United States will continue heavy bombing of North Vietnam and that the next step to end the war is totally up to Hanoi. President Nixon remains at Key Biscayne for Christmas as press secretary Ziegler affirmed determination to press current policy until North Vietnam agrees to resume negotiations in goodwill.
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Bernard Gwertzman
New York Times
Washington
White House
United States
North Vietnam
Key Biscayne
Fla
Nixon
Ronald L. Ziegler
Ziegler
Australia
Pope Paul VI
Hanoi
Haiphong
Henry A. Kissinger
Morgan County weighs road sign rewards amid theft rise
Morgan County Commission discusses offering rewards to deter road sign theft after four districts lose 25 to 50 signs yearly. A recent fatal accident linked to a missing stop sign prompted the idea. Commissioners noted thefts threaten motorists and that barricades near repairs could cause injuries.
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Morgan County Commission
Dick Fleming
Fleming
E. V
White
Jack Maddox
County’commission
Equitable
South Vietnam backs Christmas cease fire amid timing doubt
AP dispatch notes a unilateral cease fire announcement by the South Vietnamese government for Christmas but omits exact timing. The report also covers a separate AP item on a 31-year-old man held for grand jury action in a case tied to a Vietnam connection heroin ring, a Chilean Andes crash recovery with 16 survivors, and the safe release of Amanda Bealey after a kidnapping and ransom.
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Saigon
Baltimore
United States
San Fernando
Chile
Andes
Hunter's Search Intensified for Four Missing Men
Morgan County Civil Defense Director Howard Proctor said the search for four Birmingham men missing since last Saturday after a duck hunting trip on the Tennessee River will be intensified Saturday. The operation will involve 15 rescue units from North Alabama, one from Giles County Tennessee, Civil Air Patrol, and National Guard helicopters with Salvation Army food, and local governments providing fuel and communications. The men are Charles Bradford 40, his son Allen 17, Robert DeLochi, and Jimmy Roddam 20, who left Decatur Boat Harbor. their cars were found at the harbor.
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Birmingham
Tennessee
Morgan County Civil Defense
Howard Proctor
North Alabama
Giles County
Tenn
Proctor
Civil Air Patrol
National Guard
Salvation Army
Limestone
Morgan County
Charles Bradford
Allen
Robert DeLochi
Jimmy Roddam
Decatur Boat Harbor
Large North Alabama rescue operation directed by Flint squad
Charles Knowlton, president of the Flint Rescue Squad, will oversee a major search involving many volunteer units from across the state. A 200 man operation will use a National Guard tent and slow river traffic to protect dragging work. A second thermos bottle was found by the searchers.
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Charles Knowlton
Flint Rescue Squad
Proctor
National Guard
North
Alabama
Great Buy Starts the New Year in Daily Auctions
It is fun to start the new year with a great buy found in the daily auctions section of the want ads.
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Orlando
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Magnavox
Robinson Furniture
Second Avenue
Hartselle
Smith
LYNNC
Newland
U.S
Saale
Region of
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Athens
Tennessee Valley
Vietnam
Warsaw
Poland
Reds
State Department
Department
Haiphong Harbor
Dallas
Tex
Amanda Bealey
Hunter
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