Rail Crash Triggers Mass Evacuation In North Carolina Town
In Chadbourn North Carolina about 1500 residents fled after 12 boxcars derailed one mile north of town. Some cars carried high explosives including 750 pound bombs. Army demolition experts set a 4000 foot safety zone as 2 cranes prepared to right the cars. No injuries reported and cause under investigation.
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Rocky Mount
J. R. Hunt
N.C
Dining Out at Nellis Honors Air Force Heroes
At Nellis Air Force Base a Dining-Out ceremony honored airmen with postings of colors toasts to the President and dead, and live hero decorations. Maj. Robert Sennett read citations as Capt. Charles A. Horner and Capt. Harold V. Stoll received Silver Stars for gallantry in Yen Bai on July 19, 1967 aboard an F105F Thunderchief.
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Yen Bai
North Vietnam
Marines hit by ambush kill 15 in Vietnam
North Vietnamese troops ambushed a U S Marine convoy south of the DMZ killing 15 Leathernecks and wounding 49. An early battlefield sweep found 19 enemy dead and captured weapons as Marines and artillery responded. Further south, U S forces began a drive to clear Saigon area with air and ground actions under Operation Akron V.
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CofC To Hear Expert Talk On New Planes
Alvin S. White a noted supersonic aviation figure will speak at the Greater Las Vegas Chamber of Commerce installation dinner. White, former supersonic test pilot and manager of flight research for Trans World Airlines, will discuss jumbo and supersonic transport jets. The event is Jan. 24 at the Frontier Hotel with expected full attendance.
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al” White
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White House Lifts Freeze On Southern Nevada Project
Senator Alan Bible announced after talks with Budget Bureau and Interior officials that $3 million in frozen funds will be released to start construction of the Southern Nevada Water Project. The pipeline will deliver 133000 acre feet of Lake Mead water to Las Vegas North Las Vegas Nellis Air Force Base Henderson Boulder City and the Eldorado Valley site.
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Floyd Deminy
Washington, D.C
SUN Advertising for Tunneling and Pumps Bid Call
Advertising for construction bids begins Monday for a 4.3 mile tunnel of 10 foot diameter from Saddle Island pumping plant on Lake Mead through the River mountains. Eleven pumps will support the first pumping plant with bids opened in six weeks to supply water to four cities.
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Transplant patient Kasperak in semi coma after heart operation
Mike Kasperak 54, America’s first adult heart transplant recipient, remains in critical semi conscious condition a week after surgery at Palo Alto Stanford Hospital. Doctors report his new heart in excellent condition but liver function setbacks persist. A 10 a.m. bulletin is expected.
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Calif
UPI
Mike Kasperak
Palo Alto-Stanford Hospital
America
Kasperak
Stanford University Medical Bulletin
Lucky License winners count profits in Las Vegas Sun promotion
A Las Vegas Sun promotion names Lucky License with 43 players to date and authorizes prizes. Subscriber Menza Thompson doubled winnings to 68 dollars after his car plate appeared in the Sun. The Sun warns carriers to avoid vandalism and explains how to obtain and display a sticker and claim prizes by noon the day after a number publishes.
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Maryland Park Way
SUN
Thompson
The
SUN Circulation Department
Weather Summary for Today
Variable high cloudiness with gentle winds. Today's high 55 and low 28. Yesterday's high 53 and low 27. Noon humidity 21 percent. Sunrise at 6 51 and sunset at 4 49.
Las Vegas Woman Dies in One-Room Fire
An elderly Las Vegas woman identified as Katherine Gillman, 63, died in a blaze at Park Arms Apartments on E Sahara Ave. Firefighters confined the fire to the Gillman living room. the body was found on a blazing sofa. An autopsy is scheduled and the cause of death and fire are under investigation.
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Park Arms
Sahara Ave
Katherine Gillman
Clark County
Gillman
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