New York Smog Pressure Eases With Rain and Wind
Smog over the northeastern seaboard shows slight improvement as light rain and a weak wind shift help clear fine dust. Officials warn alerts remain and voluntary car use bans persist while health advisories urge indoors protection for those with heart disease and lung conditions.
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New York
Eastern
Seaboard
New York City
Massachusetts
Maryland
Connecticut
New Jersey
Nelson A. Rockefeller
Philadelphia
Norman Ingraham
New York Air Pollution Control Commission
Weather Bureau
Franklin M. Foote
Baltimore
Widow sues Birchers over will influence
Yolanda Lewis files in Superior Court alleging John Birch Society and Dan Smoot influenced the will of her husband Dallas Bedard Lewis who died at 62. The December will left $1 million each to the society and Smoot, another $1 million to Pepperdine College which declined the gift over a condition granting Smoot an honorary degree.
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Los Angeles
Hollywood
John Birch Society
Dan Smoot
Yolanda Lewis
Dallas Bedard Lewis
Doctor Ross Dog Food Co
Society
Smoot
Dallas
Pepperdine College of Los Angeles
Viet Cong Broadcast Calls for Christmas and New Year Truces
The BBC reported a Viet Cong radio broadcast from Radio Liberation in South Vietnam urging two truces. The Christmas truce would run from 7 a.m. Saigon time December 24 to 7 a.m. December 26, and the New Year truce from 7 a.m. December 31 to 7 a.m. January 2, during which no offensive actions would be taken. The broadcast claimed to speak for the National Liberation Front.
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London
Viet Nam
British Broadcasting Corp
Saigon
Viet Cong
BBC
Radio Liberation
South
National Liberation Front
Crisis in Jordan as West Bank unrest tests King Hussein
Beir ut reports rising crisis as demonstrations sweep the West Bank and Palestinians press to fortify frontier villages. PLO demands operate in Jordan while Hussein refuses, fearing separate authority. U.S. arms aid is sought amid renewed Israeli raids and regional tensions.
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Israel
Samua
United States
Syria
Cairo
Palestine Liberation Organization
PLO
Cret
Hussein
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West Bank
Palestine
27 Die In Saigon Air Transport Crash
A U S Air Force C47 transport crashed near Tan Son Nhut airport killing 27 aboard. The aircraft, en route to Pleiku, reportedly lost power after takeoff and plunged into a swampy area not far from the road. Authorities cautioned initial counts of Americans aboard could vary.
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Saigon
U.S
Tan Son Nhut
Pleiku
Nurses in Minneapolis issue one month notices in wage dispute
About one third of the 3,200 nurses at 21 Minneapolis-St Paul hospitals have given one month resignation notices as part of a strategy by the Minnesota Nurses Association to secure higher pay from the Twin City Hospital Association that represents the hospitals.
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Minneapolis, Minn
Minneapolis-St. Paul
Minnesota Nurses Association
Twin City Hospital Association
Senator urges tighter Viet Nam aid controls
Senator Milton R. Young of North Dakota calls for closer checks to stop further drainage of U.S. aid into the black market in Viet Nam after a briefing with AID officials led by Donald McDonald. He says there has been recent improvement in the diversion situation.
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
Milton R. Young
Young
Donald McDonald
LBJ plans $3 billion in federal program cuts
President Johnson and congressional leaders from both parties praised a plan to trim more than $3 billion from federal programs next year. Johnson met with Senate and House leaders at his ranch to discuss military, economic, and diplomatic issues including Viet Nam, with Budget Director Schultze to present further cut proposals. The leaders expressed optimism about the effort and its potential to help curb inflation.
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Austin
Tex
Johnson
Senate
House
Gerald R. Ford
Everett M. Dirksen
Ford
LBJ
Viet Nam
Charles L. Schultze
Overseas Christmas mail deadlines and guidance from post office
Overseas air mail packages mailed by December 10 will reach servicemen in Viet Nam before Christmas. Surface mail is slower with a minimum 40 day delivery. air mail and first class receive priority. Mailers are urged to use ZIP codes, sturdy boxes, and include recipient and contents slips.
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Viet Nam
West Coast
Saigon
San Francisco
Jack Riley
Lawrence Post
Quintuplets Born in Pittsburgh at Magee-Womens Hospital
Patti Aronson, 22, gave premature birth to five girls at Magee-Womens Hospital in a 10 minute span from 2:41 to 2:51 a.m. The quintuplets, weighing 1 pound 7 to 1 pound 12 ounces, are in guarded condition though responding well. Father Michael Aranson, a 22 year old Duquesne law student, and mother are both graduates of local institutions.
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Pittsburgh, Pa
Pittsburgh
Patti Aronson
Magee-Womens Hospital
Michael Aranson
The
Quints
Cold Front Brings Rain Then Freeze For Lawrence
The weather bureau predicts showers tonight as an Arctic air mass drops temperatures into the low 20s by Sunday night. Expect cloudy, mild conditions today before a cold spell, with a low in the middle 30s tonight and Sunday highs in the low 40s.
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Lawrence
Weather Bureau
Kansas
Weather Outlook Northeast Kansas With Showers Then Cold Snap
Cloudy and mild this afternoon with scattered showers this evening. Tonight turns colder with a low in the mid 30s and Sunday highs in the low 40s. A much colder Sunday follows a cool night.
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Kansas
High St
Gifts and Pledges Push KU Campaign Past Four Million
The Kansas University Council for Progress reports gifts and pledges totaling over 4.5 million dollars since the Sept. 19 launch by Chancellor W. Clarke Wescoe. New donations include 165,000 from a Kansas City alumnus couple and 100,000 from a New York foundation for capital improvements.
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Kansas University Council For Progress
W. Clarke Wescoe
Kenneth A. and
Helen F. Spencer
Kansas City
Kenneth Spencer
Strong Hall
Maurice Barker
KU Endowment Association
New York City
Opportunity Fund
Bank
Texas
Kansas
KU School of Medicine
School of Engineering and Architecture
Barker
Stanley Learned
Phillips Petroleum Company
Bartlesville
Okla
Odd Williams
Lawrence
Dolph C. Simons Jr
Journal- World
Douglas County
R. Charles Clevenger
First National Bank
Topeka
Walter Wulf
Monarch Cement Company
Humboldt
S. Dean Evans Sr
Evans Grain Company
Salina
Charles Slawson
Oil Properties and Investments
Wichita
J. Milton Sorem
Schrivner- Boogart
Concordia
Northwest Area
Homer Jennings
C. D. Jennings Grain Company
Hutchinson
Southwest Area
KU Council For Progress
University
Wescoe
Law School
Children’s Institute
Ku’s
Medical
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