Southland Snow Closes Roads and Drenches Southland
A Southern California storm dumped heavy rain and up to three feet of snow in mountain areas causing traffic blockages on Foothill Boulevard and school closures in San Bernardino mountains. Los Angeles tallied 1.38 to 4.22 inch rainfall totals in several towns with Big Bear receiving over two feet of snow and Mt. Baldy and Wrightwood reporting snowy conditions.
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Hostage Rescue Ends Oklahoma City Flight Chase
Convicted killer Howard Otis Lowery, 25, who seized six hostages during a chase through central Oklahoma, was captured by highway patrolman Trooper John Eddler near Watonga. All hostages were released unharmed after a 10 mile per hour chase and robberies, including a taxi and a store heist. Lowery had escaped from University Hospital and previously from El Reno penitentiary.
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Kennedy seeks halt in shooting along Indonesian Malaysia frontier
Diplomatic sources say a halt to fighting near North Borneo could be announced within 43 hours. Robert F Kennedy has been pressing Indonesian President Sukarno Malaysia's Prime Minister Tunku Rahman and Philippine President Diosdado Macapagal to forge a diplomatic settlement.
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Plane forced landing near Saigon after engine failure
Secretary Richard A. Butler and 16 Americans aboard a Foreign Air Force C47 transport were forced to land four miles northwest of Tan Son Nhut Airbase, Saigon, due to a copper engine failure. No details of injuries were released.
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States
Expanding Soviet Fishing Fleet Roils Oceans Report Warns
A Senate Commerce Committee briefing notes rapid Soviet fleet growth threatening traditional fishing grounds. The 50 page study by Leon M. Herman cites 750 modern trawlers by 1965 and factory ships built abroad, predicting the USSR may surpass Japan as top fishing nation by 1985. It cites aggressive tactics, collisions, crowding of foreign fishermen, and a proposed Cuban port financed by a Soviet loan as further sources of tension.
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Kodiak Island
Nobody's Desperate in Snowbound Town
In Midas Nevada heavy snow trapped residents with over two feet fallen since Monday. Alvin Burkett delivered food to his wife and most of their children after being away at a mine 39 miles away. Local families include the Joneses and Meyers with a two-room school serving the town.
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Ute
Alvin Burkett
Burketts
Burkett
Andy Jones
James Meyers
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