Rebels assault Congolese garrison amid arms flow
Reports from Leopoldville say 4,000 rebels attacked a small garrison of 47 white officers and 200 Congolese troops at Paulis. Intelligence notes indicate heavy Soviet and Chinese weapon supplies and arms shipments via Juba, Aba, and Lake Tanganyika routes feeding rebel forces in Uele, Maniema, and Fizi regions.
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Paulis
Bunia
Kindu
Juba
Aba
Leopoldville
Congoy
Uele
Maniema
Stanleyville
France
Congo
Sudan
Republic of Tanzania
Congolese Army
Lake Tanganyika
Fizi
Hostage Rescue Cold War Issue
African diplomats call it a plot to re establish white rule as rebels hold hostages in the Thas across Africa. Western spokesmen call it a desperate last effort to rescue thousands of white and nonwhite captives amid a six capital, three continent clash. The drama unfolds through late November with cannibalism and torture recounted in a vast diplomatic puzzle.
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William L. Ryan
Black Africa
Sis
Africa
Ford challenges Halleck for House GOP leadership
Rep. Gerald R. Ford declares a new era in American politics and seeks to unseat House Republican Leader Charles A. Halleck. Ford argues the party must unite and field a dynamic, aggressive leadership to counter the Democrats and shape a constructive national program. Five progressive lawmakers support Ford at the announcement.
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Washington
Gerald R. Ford
Michigan
Toen
House
Charles A
Halleck
Indiana
Ford
House Republican Conference
Fee
Floride
GOP
Dean
America
Burch
George Romney
Romney
John Birch Society
Ord
Silvio 0. Conte
Massachusetts
William S. Brownfield
Robert P. Griffin
Donald Rumsfeld
Illinois
Charles Goodell
New York
Sea level canal seen as vital to U S military reach
Washington AP says the Atlantic to Pacific canal remains essential for national security and world commerce. Officials argue a sea level route would permit all naval craft, speed up transit, and reduce sabotage risk, citing Gatun Lake and past operations in WWII and Korea.
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Washington
Atlantic
Pacific
Johnson
Panama
Panama Canal
Navy
U. S
Gatun Lake
Johnson Declared In Good Health
President Johnson is reported in excellent health as he approaches inauguration. Mayo Clinic physician Dr. James W. Cain says there is no health reason he cannot endure four demanding years and notes no signs of the prior heart attack. The President, age 56, shows normal blood pressure tests and exercise tolerance.
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Washington
Johnson
James W. Cain
Associated Press
Cain
Mayo Clinic
Rochester
Minn
White House
George C. Barkley
J. Johnson
Lee Johnson
Darien Teens Restore Town Image With Barn Dance Fund Drive
In Darien Connecticut a 75 member teen group held a fund raising dance in a converted barn to back a youth recreation center. The event followed a summer drinking scandal and supported by the Darien Committee for a Youth Meeting Place with leases at 300 dollars a month.
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Darien
Pretty Susan Coyne
Fairfield County
New York
Robert Drew
Rufus Millett
Cochairman
Coyne
Army Holds Twenty Three Die Power In Viet Nam
In Saigon on Saturday night the Vietnamese army purged the high national council arresting seven of nine members. The cabinet remains in place while the military council acts as the main governing force. Mai Thoryen, Buddhist layman and vice president of the World Buddhist Association, was arrested as troops fortified military headquarters and police carried out arrests.
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Saigon
Viet Nam
High National Council
South Viet Nam
Mai Thoryen
World Buddhist Association
India
Military High Command
Children Victims In House Fires Across States
The Associated Press reports twenty three children died in house fires across five states last Saturday just before Christmas. Fires also killed three adults and damaged the Nieman Marcus de Le Sang store in Dallas. In Warren Michigan a two story home fire claimed six children of Elbert Turner Cox and left his wife Marie critically injured. A five room Kinston North Carolina blaze killed five children asleep with fourteen others. A nursing home fire in Fountain City Indiana killed twenty elderly residents. Fire origins cited include a faulty gas heater and a fireplace spreading fire through a utility room.
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Nieman-Marcus de le Sang
Dallas
Tex
Pease
Fountaintown
Ind
Elbert Turner Cox
Warren, Mich
Detroit
Kinston
N.C
Brenda
Senda Spencer
Charles
Erwin Ray
Arlene Gibbs
Dope Kingpin Jailed In U S
Two Cuban nationals described as kingpins in a large international narcotics ring were arrested on arrival at Miami International Airport. The arrests followed cooperation between Honduras and two international police agencies with federal narcotics agents. Honduras deported the Cubans as undesirable aliens and U S agents covertly accompanied them from Honduras to their stop in San Salvador to prevent escape.
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Miami
Fla
Honduras
U.S
San Salvador
American Plane Forced Down in Nile Delta
Egyptian MIG fighters forced down a Fairchild aircraft over the Nile delta near a village west of Alexandria after radio contact failed. Police say the plane owned by Esso Oil Co at Aden carried two incinerated corpses near the wreckage. The jet reportedly flew from the Gulf of Akaba and vanished amid salt marshes.
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Cairo
Nile Delta
Esso Oil Co
Aden
Fairchild
Gulf of Akaba
Alexandria
Cold Wave Followed By Snow Storm
The Associated Press reports relief from the cold spell gave way to a snow storm as wind driven snow sleet and freezing rain spread across the nation. Snow was falling in Iowa and southern Minnesota and was expected to advance into adjoining Midwest states. The pacific Northwest saw heavy weather with ice glaze and road closures in eastern Oregon. Portland area officials urged residents to stay home as snow extended from southwestern Texas to eastern Oklahoma and western Arkansas toward southern Minnesota. Snow was forecast from Nebraska and South Dakota through much of the Rockies warming toward the East Coast tail of the system.
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Associated Press
Iowa
Minnesota
Pacific Northwest
West Coast
Oregon
Portland
Ore
Texas
Oklahoma
Arkansas
Nebraska
South Dakota
Rockies
California
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Connecticut
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Dick Reynolds
Obituaries Society
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