Bitter Cold To Ease Up
The High Point area will see easing cold and lighter winds today after a record setting chill. Temperatures may reach 34 degrees today and around 40 by Monday with a low near 15 to 20 tonight. Strong Canadian air earlier caused historic lows across the region including Mt. Mitchell and cities like Asheville and Wilmington.
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Jim Hawkins
High Point
Friendship
Guilford
Mt. Mitchell
Mississippi
Asheville
Charlotte
Raleigh
Durham
Wilmington
Surrender ends Boston Strangler escape in Lynn
Albert DeSalvo, who claimed the Boston Strangler label, surrendered meekly to two uniform store employees in West Lynn after a 37 hour manhunt. He entered the store with a request to use a phone and asked for coffee, telling Trelegan he was not carrying anything. He said he needed to call F Lee Bailey, his attorney, and officials rushed to arrange a meeting.
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Mass
Albert DeSalvo
Boston
West Lynn
United States
DeSalvo
Bridgewater State Hospital
James Trelegan
Bailey
Offi
Trelegan
Cambridge
Middlesex Superior Court
Bridgewater
Robert Clennan
Strangler Seeks Credibility After Escape Claim
F Lee Bailey said Albert DeSalvo left a bed side note claiming to escape Bridgewater State Hospital to force public officials to admit he is the Boston Strangler. Bailey reported DeSalvo flew from South Carolina to New York and intended to portray himself as willingly seeking help for his illness.
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New York
F. Lee Bailey
Albert DeSalvo
Bridgewater State Hospital
Boston
Air Force Academy resignations hit 27 in honor code probe
At the Air Force Academy 27 cadets have resigned amid an honor code inquiry into cheating. Most were second class juniors with 24 resignations reported earlier. four of the 27 were aware of cheating but did not report it. The probe focuses on passing information to aid roommates and friends, with no sign of organized wrongdoing or cash exchanged.
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AIR Force Academy
Colo
Cadet Honor Committee
30 Communists killed as Zone C drive advances in Vietnam
US infantry in Zone C reported 30 of 106 enemy killed Saturday as a sweeping operation continued near Saigon. Allies pounded a base camp with B52s while Marines fought scattered Viet Cong actions in the north and central highlands. A Catholic group protested what it called a false peace, and allied officials planned talks on a multinational foreign ministers conference.
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Junction City
U.S
Central Highlands
North Vietnam
Hanoi
Border Demilitarized Zone
Conant Sees Slow American High School Progress
American high schools show improvement but remain far from ideal says Dr. James B. Conant in The Comprehensive High School. He cites chaotic school financing and urges state responsibility with federal aid, noting modest gains in math science and languages and a reliance on student teacher ratios to gauge quality.
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Washington
James B. Conant
McGraw-Hill Book Co
Conant
Harvard University
West Germany
National Education Association
Fire Rages Through Pack Square Block in Asheville
A wind driven blaze in 4 degree weather raged Saturday night threatening an entire block on the north side of Pack Square Asheville. The fire started in the Pack Square Pharmacy building at the east end of a row of old structures housing various businesses. The site lies beside buildings recently demolished for redevelopment.
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Asheville
N. C
Pack Square
Garrison Rides the Tiger in Kennedy Inquiry
New Orleans district attorney Jim Garrison presses his probe into the Kennedy assassination, asserting a conspiracy and vowing to convict those involved. Arrests may take months, with Gov. Connally among skeptics who doubt new revelations will emerge.
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Big Jim Garrison
Kennedy
Garrison
John F. Kennedy
David W. Ferrie
Nicholas Chetta
Lee Harvey Oswald
Texas
John Connally
FBI
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