Christmas Gift of Life Ends in Indiana Tragedy
Barbara Staten, a 9 year old burn survivor from Indianapolis, endured 47 days in hospital after the Halloween Coliseum explosion that killed her mother, father, grandmother, and brother. Her brother John remains alive. Barbara faces a future without her family.
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Southern States Endure Heaviest Snowfall of Century
A fast moving early winter storm dumped the heaviest snow of the century across the South and into the East. Up to 16 inches fell in western Virginia and 8 inches around New York City as the system disrupted travel and caused at least 15 deaths from ice and exposure.
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Navy Man Is 1st Holiday Traffic Fatality In State
A Winnebago County man returning home for Christmas became Wisconsin’s first holiday fatality of the period. John Mateyka 21 Oshkosh died early today after a scooter on I 94 nine miles west of Racine was struck. The driver fled. Milwaukee police later arrested a 21 year old Stevens Point man. Mateyka was in the U S Navy. A 7 year old Cadott boy Randy Geisler died Monday after a car struck him and another boy along Highway 29 eleven miles east of Chippewa Falls.
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Memphis Sets Coldest Spot Record in U S This Century
Memphis recorded the nation’s coldest reading excluding Alaska at -13 F at 3 26 a m breaking its prior low of -11 F from Feb 2 1951 and beating the century snowfall record of 14 inches on Sunday.
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Wisconsin Sees Mild Christmas Warmth End to Subzero Spell
Wisconsin residents enjoyed relief from two weeks of brutal cold as of December 25. No readings at or below zero were logged at official stations for the first time since December 11, with statewide lows ranging from 1 above in Beloit Rockford to 20 in Racine.
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Greek Premier Resigns After Refusing Communist Support
Greek Premier George Papandreou submitted his resignation to King Paul after his minority government survived a confidence vote only with pro Communist backing. He urged dissolution of Parliament and new elections, though the king had not yet decided on acceptance.
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Survivors Fault Lakonia Crew as Argentine Rescue Praised
Survivors arriving in Funchal charged Greek Line crew with panic and disorganization during the Lakonia disaster as 475 survivors reached port aboard the Salta. In all, 24 dead among about 1,036 aboard. 135 listed missing. Crews and ships—Salta, Exporter, Barakat—counted survivors as search continued near Madeira.
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Lifeboat Fails After Liner Salta Disaster
Survivors recount five hours of chaos at sea as lifeboats proved unusable. Arthur George of Norwich criticizes lack of lifeboat drill and non functioning flares aboard the liner Salta. Argentine crew aided in rescuing passengers while a rescue ship Stratheden later retrieved the injured and one body.
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No La Crosse Tribune Editions on Christmas Day
The La Crosse Tribune will not publish any editions on Christmas Day, and readers are advised of the holiday schedule.
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Bethlehem Jammed as Pilgrims Flock to Nativity Celebrations
Thousands of pilgrims gathered at the Christ birth grotto in Bethlehem for Christmas observances including midnight services. Pope Paul VI urged peace and unity as global tensions flare from Viet Nam to Berlin and Cyprus.
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Congress Approves Johnson Wheat Credit Authority
The House approves a foreign aid bill granting President Johnson power to guarantee private wheat sales to China and Soviet bloc nations. The 189 to 158 vote lines up 187 Democrats and 2 Republicans in support, with 25 Democrats and 133 Republicans opposed. The measure totals $3 billion and now heads to the Senate for passage ahead of January adjournment.
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Death of A. C. Tabbert, longtime North Western Rail agent
Arthur C. Tabbert 71, retired North Western Railroad agent, was found dead at his Iron River area home on Dec 24. A La Crosse civic leader and former Chamber of Commerce president, he began as a section crew timekeeper in 1908 and retired in 1957 before moving to Bayfield County. He was brother to Edward Tabbert, La Crosse County Traffic Police chief.
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Johnson Flies to Philadelphia to Honor Rep Green
President Johnson landed in Philadelphia to pay final respects to the late Rep. William J. Green after a Washington to Philadelphia flight. He planned to travel to Texas for Christmas after services, then route to Austin near LBJ Ranch. Green, 53, led Philadelphia’s Democratic organization and shaped national politics.
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Escaped inmate returns to jail after visiting Santa
Wallace Drake thirty five of Mosinee walked away from Marathon County Jail three days earlier and hitchhiked to his former wife and four children to check on Santa. He climbed onto the jail roof and dropped into a courtyard but was seized by officers on arrival.
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