Fire Burns Tire Firm in Downtown. Fireman Hurt
A two alarm blaze Saturday evening damaged Polka Dot Tire Discount Store at 209 State St. Fireman James Sciborski, 37, was hospitalized after falling from a fire truck and being struck by a semi trailer at 5th and Cass. He suffered leg contusions and is under observation after the 7:45 p.m. alarm. damage estimates were not available.
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Polka-Dot Tire Discount Store, Inc
State St
James Sciborski
Travis St
5Th
Cass Streets
St. Francis Hospital
Sciborski
No. 3
Air Force officers back LeMay on FB111 bomber shortfall
Gen. Curtis LeMay criticized adapting the TFX into a bomber and said a true follow on bomber is needed. Many officers caution uniform constraints prevent open critique of McNamara’s plan, while acknowledging the TFX’s inadequacy for long range strikes. Page 2.
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Washington
Air Force
Curtis E. LeMay
Robert S. McNamara
LeMay
Associated Press
McNamara
Hanoi hard line on peace probes by US
North Vietnam published the text of Secretary of State Rusk’s message last May asking Hanoi to pause bombing and seek a peaceful gesture. Washington officials viewed the move as a sharp rejection and urged a new approach to Viet Nam peace efforts.
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Washington
Viet Nam
North Viet Nam
Dean Rusk
Hanoi
U.S
Department
Pham van Dong
United States
Robert J. McCloskey
State Department
Johnson
Austin
Tex
Aflcio
San Francisco
Hanoi-Haiphong
Rusk
Europe Hit By Floods and Blizzards
Gales and floods sweep across Europe for a third day with deaths and damage in six countries. Northern Italy endures heavy snow as three fishermen feared drowned. Britain sees Thames floods recede but Severn peaks bend Shrewsbury, and troops aid stranded workers during pre Christmas floods.
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Granville J. Watts
London
Europe
Italy
Britain
Thames
Shrewsbury
English Midlands
Fresh Marines Join Fight South Of Da Nang
Fresh Marines surge from helicopters into the Da Nang area joining several thousand allied forces to seal off a Viet Cong regiment. Reported Viet Cong casualties reach 42 with air support limited by weather. Further actions across the Mekong delta and Hue area produced 140 Viet Cong killed and 49 weapons seized.
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da Nang
Saigon
South Viet Nam
Mekong
U.S
Hue
Imperial
Vet Nam
North
Viet Nam
Kitty Hawk
State Senator Jess Miller Dies at 81 in Wisconsin
Richland Center Wisconsin AP Sen Jess Miller Republican long time Highways Committee chairman dies at 81 after illness. served in the State Senate since 1939 first elected 1938 and active in local GOP. funeral services pending at Pratt Funeral Home Richland Center.
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Jess Miller
Richland Center
Senate
Miller
Senate Highways Committee
Richland County
Eagle
Columbia
Crawford
Richland
Sauk
Gordon Roseleip
Darlington
Pratt Funeral Home
Marxist Leninist Unit Backs De Gaulle in France Vote
The Marxist Leninist Center of France urges voters to re elect President Charles de Gaulle as the only candidate opposed to American imperialism. De Gaulle faces Francois Mitterrand, supported mainly by Communists and Socialists, in the December 19 election.
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Paris
Marxist- Leninist Center
France
Charles de Gaulle
de Gaulle
Francois Mitterrand
Lovell Signals From Gemini 7 In Space Rendezvous
Gemini 7 pilots James A. Lovell Jr and Frank Borman progress toward a world endurance mark as Lovell uses a LASER light signal to Earth from Hawaii. Mission control reports no voice transmission yet while Gemini 6 is readied for a pursuit in a historic formation flight.
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Lovell
Earth
Mission Control
Borman
Hawaii
Navy
Cape Kennedy
Fla
Somerset Maugham In Coma In Nice Hospital
The 91 year old writer Somerset Maugham was in a coma in a Nice hospital with three doctors reporting a grave vascular neurological syndrome. Doctors warned death could come in two to three days as he receives care after a fall and prior illnesses. He lives near Nice in a villa, and his secretary Alan Searle noted ongoing poor health.
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Nice
France
W. Somerset Maugham
Marcel Guiran
Maugham
Mediterranean
Alan Searle
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By Fred S. Hoffman
5Th Avenue
Market Street
Common Council
Rigs
Carl W. Schubert and
By John M. Hightower
Khue Bac
Henry Cabot Lodge
South
China
Eastfoto
UPI
Marxist-Leninist
John Barbour
Chicago
Houston
Space
Elliot Lee
Arthur
Jay) Lovell
Chris Kraft
Space Flight Formation
Somerset Maugham
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