Flooded West Faces Isolated Holidays Amid Relief Efforts
Thousands of flood victims endure a joyless New Year as isolation blocks celebrations. Alaska storms threaten with more rain and snow while helicopters deliver food and supplies to 300 to 500 trapped in Kla math National Forest. 60 rescued to Yreka as Red Cross aids in motels.
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Associated Press
Weather Bureau
Alaska
California
Klamath National Forest
Yreka
Red Cross
Jones
Santa Claus
Milt Mayer
Moving expenses casualty deductions starts Monday
A brief notice indicates that casualty deduction rules for moving expenses take effect starting Monday in The Ente.
Boy Sleeps After Leg Amputated in Hospital
Ronald Baker, 16, in Los Angeles underwent amputation of his left leg on New Year’s Eve at Orthopaedic Hospital after fearing cancer. The operation lasted under two hours. doctors cited good tolerance and his cheerful recovery as family kept vigil for his wake up.
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Los Angeles
Ronald Baker
Ronald
Rone
Neenee
Ieee
Orthopaedic Hospital
Lois Eisenbeiss
New Year Reflections Include Mercy Pardons And Local Tales
Gov. Terry Sanford marked the new year by pardoning Boyd Payton and commuting a 36 month term for former Tabor City Mayor Howard Harrelson. In Gaston County Harold Arrendale faced charges in a large theft case, while Avery’s mental patient case drew attention with details of stock and cash losses. Evangelist Billy Graham warned of rapid population growth in Champaign Illinois. Cherryville's New Year tradition saw residents salute with a murmur and a civic toast for health and longevity.
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Associated Press
Terry Sanford
Boyd Payton
Tabor City
Howard Harrelson
Payton
Gaston County
Harold Arrendale
Harold
Mountain County
Avery
Champaign
Ill
North Carolina
Billy Graham
Cherryville
Pardoned ex mill worker Payton in North Carolina
Gov. Terry Sanford pardoned Payton, a former textile worker involved in a 1960s dynamite conspiracy case at Harriet Henderson Cotton Mills. Payton, released on parole in 1961, expressed gratitude and said he aims to move on with his family. The pardon follows juror petitions but Sanford declined broader clemency.
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Raleigh
N.C
Denny Oach
Henderson
Terry Sanford
Payton
Charlotte
Sanford
Harriet-Henderson
Harriet- Henderson
Vance County
Ter Payton
Carolinas
Textile Workers Union of America
Justice
William H.) Bobbitt
Burlington Liars Club crowns world champion liar
The Burlington Liars Club named Philip Strandvold of Pilot Rock Oregon as the 1964 world champion liar. Strandvold quipped about a late-arriving lady at heaven’s gates while describing other tall tales by entrants including Guy R. Jewett of West Salem Wisconsin about a drought and dusty creek.
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Burlington, Wis
Burlington
Mop Up Begin as 37 Helicopters Cover Troop Move
Bristling with machine guns and rocket pods, 37 helicopters flew cover as two paratroop battalions entered Binh Gia village in a New Year operation to root out Viet Cong. An air search sought two Americans missing after a spotter plane disappeared near Da Nang. The U S embassy pressed for civilian government restoration while Vietnamese leaders met with civilian and military officials. The combat centered on the Roman Catholic refugee area with a Marine battalion recovering one body and crews hunting for three others.
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
Binh Gia
Viet Nam
da Nang
Armed Forces
Nguyen Khanh
U. S
Navy
Khanh
United States
Bus Crash Kills Two on Rainy Highway Near San Diego
A Greyhound bus with 33 passengers slid off a rain slick U.S. 101 embankment north of San Diego killing two and injuring several. The crash happened after the 1 30 a m departure from the San Diego terminal, with authorities naming one dead as a service member and another as a Japanese national. 18 ambulances Ferried victims to area hospitals as investigators probed the loss of control circumstances.
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San Diego
Calif
Greyhound
Los Angeles
U.S. 101
R. W. Ricker
Japan
World Welcomes New Year 1965 Celebrations Across Globe
The world welcomed 1965 with religious services, revelry and family reunions. In New York Times Square a huge crowd cheered at midnight as world leaders urged renewed efforts for peace. Police gave no estimate, but prior crowd sizes ranged 250000 to 300000.
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Associated Press
Spence
New York
Times Square
Atlanta Surgeon Reveals Mesh Skin Graft Method
Dr. J. C. Tanner Jr and Dr. Jacques Van deport announce a mesh skin graft technique that triples the usable area by stretching skin through a wringer like device. After experiments on animals, they applied it to a burn patient with 60 percent coverage, noting improved drainage and reduced fluid buildup compared with traditional sheet grafts.
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Atlanta
J. C. Tanner Jr
Tanner
Jan Associate
Jacques Van‘depot
College of
Times Tower Center Becomes Allied Chemical Ring
A nighttime view from the Astor Hotel marquee at Broadway and 44th Street shows the former Times Tower center remodeled into Allied Chemical Ring just after midnight. AP Wirephoto.
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Times
Center
Allied Chemical Ring
Astor Hotel
Broadway
44Th Street
Five Die In Light Plane Crash Near Pelham Tennessee
A light plane crash on Pull Tight Mountain near Pelham Tennessee killed five people. The aircraft departed Rome to Calvert City and went down at night in fog three miles north of here. Weather conditions were not confirmed as a factor.
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Pelham, Tenn
Rome
Calvert City
Here
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