Chlorine Gas Forces Jacksonville Evacuations Christmas Eve
Chlorine gas released from damaged tanks during a chemical plant fire forced about 300 families in the Lackawanna area of Jacksonville to evacuate. Fire fighters used caustic soda and water to neutralize leaking cylinders as evening winds shifted, with two workers praised as heroes for handling the dangerous cylinders into improvised containment.
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U.S
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7 Month Old Boy Dies From Apple Piece Choking
In Wichita AP reports a 7 month old, Raymond D. Sissell, choked on a piece of apple on Christmas Eve. Police say the father, on 30 day medical leave from Boeing, left the child with his wife while he attended to tasks. The infant died on arrival at St. Francis Hospital.
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Eisenhowers Spend Quiet Christmas at Indian Wells
Former President Dwight D. Eisenhower and his wife are staying at their El Dorado Country Club home in Indian Wells California for Christmas. They did not expect or receive a visit from their son John and his family.
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Holiday Traffic Deaths Rush Toward Record Pace
The National Safety Council reports holiday traffic deaths near 1965 Christ mas levels with 486 fatalities counted so far, amid an expected total between 625 and 725. Comparisons with a recent nonholiday weekend show 484 deaths, while past records include 720 in 1965 and 748 for a four day Thanksgiving in 1966.
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DeSoto Couple Injured In K 10 Auto Accident
Kansas Highway Patrol reports a one car crash on K 10 at Sunflower Village west driveway injuring a DeSoto couple Donnie D. Lee 22 and JoAnn 23. They were taken to an Olathe hospital. their 2 year old daughter Lora L. Lee was also transported for examination as the sedan swerved and struck a culvert during a left turn.
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Ann-Margret Injured In Motorcycle Car Crash
Los Angeles AP reports actress Ann-Margret is nursing a lump bruise sprains and cuts after she was knocked unconscious in a collision between her motorcycle and a car in West Los Angeles. Her husband Roger Smith was riding ahead on another cycle.
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Hiroshima hospital reports 62 patient deaths tied to 1945 blast
The Hiroshima atom bomb hospital announced 62 patients died this year from after effects of the 1945 explosion. Among them 35 died of cancers including Jeukema and 27 from other diseases such as liver hardening.
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Hiroshima Atom Bomb
Brave three year old Carla Jean Chalk dies after Christmas cards
Carla Jean Chalk, a brave three year old from Winchendon, died after a year of leukemia and chest cancer. She had returned home from the Boston Floating Hospital for Children on Christmas Eve with her room filled by thousands of cards and gifts from well wishers who answered her plea for a doll. She leaves her parents Mr. and Mrs. Clifford B. Chalk, three brothers and a sister.
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Weekend thefts report multiple local burglaries
Police said several thefts occurred over the weekend. Jo Starkweather reported items stolen from her North Street home valued at 163.35. Smithy’s Tavern on Locust Street was entered with seven cases of beer missing and the place ransacked. Everett Godfrey saw two men kick in the Free man Liquor Store door on East 7th Street and flee in a station wagon.
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Kansan Lies 17 Hours In Ditch After Wreck
A 26 year old man injured in a collision that killed his companion spent 17 hours in a ditch before rescue. O Dell Brown of Coldwater was admitted in serious condition. Ralph Wayne Siler, 26, also of Coldwater, died when the car hit a concrete wall and overturned into two feet of water. Brown was found at 9 30 a.m. Sunday.
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Ho Chi Minh Declared Strong and Healthy by Hanoi Agency
Vietnam News Agency in Hanoi reported that President Ho Chi Minh, 77, appeared strong and healthy at a mass meeting in the past two weeks. The agency said the sight reassured people amid rumors of illness and marked North Viet Nam's first official comment.
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Earnings Tax Increase Is Best Way for K C To Get Money
Gov Warren E Hearnes backs raising Kansas City earnings tax by a half percent to raise about 10.5 million dollars. Joseph M Rowley told city officials and Missouri lawmakers the plan has a better chance in a special session than a 1 cent sales tax or higher real estate tax. Mayor Ilas W Davis warned of serious trouble by next May without state help as funds are barely covering costs.
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North Pole postmaster flooded with Santa letters
Seattle AP reports North Pole Alaska postmaster Don Miller received about 15 000 letters bearing North Pole Official Santa Claus Mail. Calls pour in from youngsters and adults who request Santa Claus at the North Pole as Miller jokes about needing rest after a busy holiday season.
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Paycheck First Thought As Car Drowns In River
Nicholas J. Bentley, 20, escaped a car that skidded on ice and plunged into the Arkansas River in Wichita. His first concern was saving his weekly paycheck as he swam 15 feet to shore after being unable to open the front door. He finally exited through the back door.
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Indira Gandhi Escapes Bomb Near Calcutta College
Indira Gandhi escaped injury when a crude bomb exploded about 50 yards away as she prepared to speak at a convocation in Santiniketan, 100 miles north of Calcutta. The incident occurred during a college event in which the prime minister was present amid tight security.
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Calcutta
Vagabond Cycle Club Santa Custody After Raid
Toronto AP report says police broke up the Vagabond Motor Cycle Club Christmas party and detained Santa Claus after a 20 minute brawl. Twenty seven people faced charges with Santa released on bail. Five officers and four Vagabonds were hospitalized after the raid.
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Eudora Residents Return for Christmas Holidays
Eudora third class pety and Mrs. Jon Spitzli Virginia Beach visit parents in Eudora while relatives from Oklahoma City and Kansas City spend Christmas at home. Oklahoma teacher David Spitzli teaches in Oklahoma City High School. Other area families visit Lawrence and Overbrook for Christmas programs and gatherings with St Pauls Women’s Fellowship and Ballard Center activities.
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Jean Ann Roche
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Allen Westerhouse
Kansas City
Dorothy Wotan
Charles Allen
Christmas grief grips Point Pleasant for bridge disaster victims
In Point Pleasant West Virginia and Kanauga Ohio residents mourn 18 missing and 33rd body recovered from the Dec 15 Ohio River bridge collapse. City schools honor three victims including football coach James White and teacher Denzil Taylor and his pregnant wife as recovery crews work through Christmas.
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Man Sought in Howell Death Near El Dorado Kansas
El Dorado Kansas AP Officers search for a man seen with 20 year old Vicki Lynn Howell before her body was found in a brush pile three miles northwest of El Dorado She was strangled and had no visible wounds Her shoes coat purse with 275 and her white car missing She drove from a restaurant where she worked as a waitress A man was with her in the car The body was found by hunters
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Cable Car Crash Fatalities Reach Two Victims
In San Francisco the December 3 Hyde and Bay street cable car crash has claimed a second victim. Three year old David Taylor of Pacifica died at Letterman General Hospital from burns after riding the car with his family. Earlier, adult Van Baalen who occupied a car in the crash died of burns.
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City Commission Postpones Meeting to Friday in Lawrence
City officials will not meet Tuesday as planned. The session is rescheduled for 2 p.m. Friday at City Hall while City Manager Ray Wells City Clerk Vera Mercer and City Attorney Milton Allen travel to New York City to finalize B. F. Goodrich Co revenue bonds totaling 3.7 million dollars.
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Weekend traffic wrecks cause minor damage in area
Police logged several ice related collisions over the weekend with no injuries. At 6:25 a.m. Sunday near 713 Schwarz Rd a car driven by Donald J. Martin slid on ice and hit a parked Harold Orel vehicle causing 850 dollars total damage. At 8:01 a.m. near 19th and Harper Sts a pickup driven by Jack L. Virtue collided with Everett L. Hamiltons car after Hamilton slid on ice totaling 383 dollars. At 4:47 p.m. Saturday near 1706 W 6th St a car driven by Phillip M. Merritt hit Celia C. Cragan with combined damage of 555 dollars.
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