Blizzard Sweeps Through New England to Carolinas
A winter blizzard lashed the Atlantic coast from the Carolinas to Maine, closing New York airports and Newark seaport, grounding flights, and forcing school closures and snow emergencies. Five inches already in NYC with up to 15 inches possible as the storm moved northeast from off the Carolina coast.
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Obesity Experts Describe Fat Americans At Seminar
Arlington report details how fat people face social scrutiny and fad dieting while Dr. Jean Mayer of Harvard links obesity to sedentary habits and an easy lifestyle. He cites 39 million obese Americans at risk of psychological harm and health dangers.
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Russell Charges lax security at U S airfields in Vietnam
Sen Richard Russell accused the Pentagon of great derelictions in security guarding U S airfields and ammunition dumps in Vietnam. He cited gaps at airfields and depots, noting 1 172 fixed wing planes and 255 helicopters lost, with 550 planes lost on airstrips outside Vietnam.
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Rioting Chinese mobs trap Soviet staff at Beijing embassy
Chinese mobs outside the Soviet Embassy in Beijing for the 12th day trapped staff inside while Polish and Czechoslovak diplomats aided by driving through gates. The Chinese foreign ministry warned the safety of Soviet citizens could not be guaranteed as rioting continued amid effigy hangings and protests.
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Tadashi Nogami
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Icy Roads Return To Tar Heel State
North Carolina faced freezing rain and snow with icy highways across mountains Piedmont and western Coastal Plain. Raleigh and Durham saw ice formation while Asheville reported snow brief and county schools closed or delayed. Roanoke and Bluefield piled up six inches as storm moved toward sea.
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Viet Cong Shells Four Airfields Ahead of Tet Truce
Viet Cong shelled four South Vietnamese airfields as U S and South Vietnamese forces report 143 Communist soldiers killed in ground fighting. U S air raids press before the Tet cease fire while weather limits strikes. A U S Air Force observation plane and a rescue helicopter are downed in North Vietnam with crews missing. The Tet truce begins at 7 am Wednesday and Allied forces begin defensive posturing for four days.
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Goldberg to visit Asia on fact finding trip
U S ambassador to the United Nations Arthur J. Goldberg announced a broad tour of Southeast Asia and beyond. He told reporters at the White House that the mission is a fact finding effort for President Johnson, not a peace mission, with Vietnam and the Philippines on the schedule and possible stops in Burma and Europe.
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Arthur J. Goldberg
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Freak Water Spout Strikes Cape Hatteras Light Station
The Diamond Shoals light station near Cape Hatteras was hit by a freak water spout with winds over 100 mph. No crew injuries. heavy damage to the station with all 20 lantern gallery panes blown out and the main light and radio beacon inoperative. The four-man crew activated a standby light and reported the sudden gusts and rapid subsidence. Commissioned November 7, the structure stands on four steel legs 156 feet below the sea and 120 feet above.
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