Ice storm leaves central North Carolina in blackout
Central North Carolina suffered widespread outages as two inches of ice toppled trees and power lines. Duke Power reported the hardest hit area around Reidsville with about half the homes dark, while Greensboro Winston-Salem and airport lines were affected. Crews from neighboring states worked through the night to restore service.
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Reidsville
N.C
North Carolina
Greensboro
Duke Power Co
Donald Derrick
Charlotte
Power Company
Derrick
Winston-Salem
Greensboro - High Point
Greensboro Police Department
Greensboro Coli
Powell's Companion Targeted in Powell Disciplinary Action
A House select committee weighing discipline for Adam Clayton Powell is likely to also penalize his secretary traveling companion Corinne A. Huff. Recommendations may include contempt for not obeying a subpoena or removal from the congressional payroll. A clear majority favors seating Powell but censuring him and fining or withholding pay, with some members debating removal.
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Washington
House
Adam Clayton Powell
Corinne A. Huff
Miss Huff
Powell
Claude D. Pepper
D-Fla
Congress
One Dead Ten Missing After Chemical Plant Blast
Sandy Kanter pleaded don't leave me as debris trapped her while explosions tore through the International Latex Corp plant in Hawthorne New Jersey. Firefighters worked through the night to reach 10 missing workers amid ruptured buildings and a looming blast risk. Eight to eighteen injured, with at least one dead and damages estimated in the millions.
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Hawthorne
N. J
Sandy Kanter
George Decker
Miss Kanter
Black Square
Orningstar Paisley
International Latex Corp
Decker
Kosygin Seeks Arms Race Pause In Kremlin Meeting
In Moscow Kosygin met U S envoy Thompson for over two hours to discuss President Johnson's appeal for limiting the arms race. Vietnam likely discussed as well as broader disarmament hopes. Moscow signals ABM moratorium not favored unless part of a wider deal.
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Kosygin
Moscow
Alexei N. Kosygin
Kremlin
U.S
Llewellyn E. Thompson
Johnson
Vietnam
Soviet Union
Tax Proposal In Trouble As Committees Question Johnson Plan
Washington AP reports the Joint Economic Committee forecasts likely rejection of Johnsons 6 percent income tax surcharge starting July 1. While committee members weigh the President’s economic plan, several lawmakers question the measure and remain undecided.
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Washington
Johnson
First Congressional Committee
Senate
House Economic Committee
House
Ways and Means Committee
Senate Finance Committee
Joint Economic Committee
Anti Maoists seize Inner Mongolia in Maoist purge report
Radio Moscow reports say anti-Maoists have nearly seized Inner Mongolia as three PLA divisions move to support Maoist rebels. Maoist Red Guards fail in Shantung and Szechwan, with peasant support growing in Liaotung Peninsula areas. Tibet and Fukien oppose the cultural revolution amid food shortages and epidemics.
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Tokyo
Radio
Moscow
Mao Tse-tung
Inner Mongolia
Mao
People’s Liberation Army
Peking
Red Guards
Shantung
Szechwan
Dairen-Port Arthur
Liaotung
Tibet
Fukien Province
Formosa
Hong Kong
Canton
Australians Bypass Ambush Kill 70 Viet Cong
Australian forces engaged in a six hour battle near Saigon killing 70 Viet Cong from the D445 Mobile Battalion. The action followed a week of heavy clashes across the Mekong Delta to Quang Ngai with allied deaths mounting beyond 1,000 as South Vietnamese Koreans Americans and Australians pressed operations.
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Saigon
South Vietnam
Mekong Delta
Quang Ngai Province
Student Leaders Say CIA Trapped NSA in Espionage Drama
NSA leaders recount a CIA financed covert link exposing a 15 year secret partnership with the nation’s largest student group. They claim funds of 1 to 2 million dollars via 21 foundations and individuals supported their operations and moral strain.
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Washington
Central Intelligence Agency
National Student Association
CIA
NSA
Ramparts Magazine
Samuel Brown
Brown
Foundation For Youth and Student Affairs
Catherwood Foundation
San Jacinto Fund
Independence Foundation
Sidney and Esther Rabb Foundation
Indi
R.A. Smith
Philip Sherburne
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