Longevity of U S Presidents Versus Running Mates and Candidates
A Metropolitan Life study analyzes how long presidents, vice presidents, and unsuccessful candidates lived after inauguration. It finds presidents overall aged about 68 to 70 years with significant shifts after 1860, especially for assassinated presidents and postbellum leaders.
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Metropolitan Life Insurance Company
Lincoln
Washingon
Buchanan
Burr
Breckinridge
Hamlinon
Pinckney
President Johnson Heads To Texas Ranch For Work Session
President Johnson rests after Christmas with the First Family at the White House. He plans a Texas ranch trip to work on Ruth Johnson's State of the Union and budget messages due soon as Congress reconvenes. The nation received a Christmas address urging peace amid war and hardship.
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Johnson
Yale
White House
Ruth
Congress
Texas
America
Vienam
Rome
United States
Prisoners Riot at Hamilton County Jail in Cincinnati
In Cincinnati 186 inmates rioted for three hours on Christmas night in the north cell block of Hamilton County jail. Police used tear gas as deputies restored order before midnight. Damage was about 5000 dollars. Firemen battled fires with hoses from ladders as 100 police and fire personnel responded.
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Cincinnati
UPI
Hamilton County
Dan Tehan
Shambl Es
Tehan
Woman Charged In Family Deaths in Georgia
In Cordele Georgia a 35 year old woman faces a hearing on charges she murdered one family member by lacing his coffee with arsenic. Authorities say her husband three sons and a grandson died over two years as a wider investigation unfolds. Lt James Perry expected she would be bound over to a grand jury.
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Cordele, Ga
UPI
Janie -Lou Gibbs
Othe Iswift
James Perry
Georgia Bureau of Investigation
Sometimes Christmas Just Gets to a Guy
Three 16 year old inmates of the Indiana Boys School fled a church escort on Christmas Eve. Relief supervisor Donald L. Springer noted that the boys often get homesick at Christmas and take unauthorized breaks around this time.
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Plainfield, Ind
UPI
Indiana Boys School
Donald L. Springer
Christmas Weekend Toll Hits 28 Dead in Indiana Traffic
A Christmas holiday traffic surge in Indiana left at least 28 dead and raised the 1967 highway toll to 1538. Safety experts warned of heavy travel ahead and several fatal crashes occurred in Southern Indiana. Notable incidents include a three car collision near Plainville that killed five and a Brownsburg driver colliding with Plainville vehicles. A one month old, Kelly Jo Perrine, died Sunday when a car hit a utility pole in Terre Haute.
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Indiana
Ion
Hoosier
Ind ‘Aha
Plainville
Daviess County
Billy ‘Joe Mason
Brownsburg
Palmer Cox
Ite
Wayne Bedford
Bedford
Anna
Ellen
Marty
Kelly Jo Perrine
Terre Haute
Gas Explosion In Moscow Kills Nine
A Christmas night gas explosion destroyed part of a six story apartment block in Moscow, killing nine people and injuring several. Police confirmed the toll, correcting earlier reports that ranged up to twenty.
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Moscow
UPI
Evening Moscow
Death Toll Rises on U.S. Highways During Christmas Holiday
United Press International reports 673 highway deaths by 9 a.m. EST over the Christmas period, with 800 total fatalities including fires planes and misc. crashes. Texas and California led regional counts, followed by Pennsylvania New York Illinois Indiana Missouri Ohio and Florida among the top states.
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National Safety Council
United Press International
Texas
California
Pennsylvania
New York
Illinois
Indiana
Missouri
Ohio
Florida
Wisconsin
Wintry Weather Grips Indiana States Overnight Low Near Zero
Winter weather draped Indiana with overnight temperatures near zero. Fort Wayne touched 6 above, Lafayette 8, South Bend 13, Indianapolis 13, Terre Haute and Evansville 14. Afternoon highs in the 20s with more flurries through Wednesday and little accumulation expected.
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Indiana
Fort Wayne
Lafayette
South Bend
Indianapolis
Terre Haute
Evansville
Cars Damaged In Collision in City
An afternoon crash at Ninth Street and A Street in Linton involved Norma N. Watson 37 driving a 1967 car and Wendell Robinson 19 in a 1964 vehicle. Watson sustained neck and back injuries but was released from Freeman Greene County Hospital. damages were $600 to Watson and $1,000 to Robinson. no tickets were issued.
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Ninth
Sts
Linton
Norma N. Watson
Wendell Robinson
Watson
Robinson
Freeman-Greene County Hospital
Ho Chi Minh Declares U S Losing War to North Vietnam
Ho Chi Minh in a public rally declares the United States is losing the war. Hanoi rejects Johnson peace efforts as a peace swindle. He notes Vietnam’s unity and heroism as bombed Hanoi marks the army’s anniversary.
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Tokyo
UPI
Ho Chi Minh
North Vietnam
Day
United States
Hanoi
Johnson
Driver Charged After Weekend Greene County Crashes
The Greene County Sheriff's department investigated two accidents over the weekend. Barry J. Bilskie's 1960 tractor was struck by Jerry R. Brown's 1962 auto on highway 67 near Beehunter as Brown passed a stopped vehicle. Brown faces charges for driving left of center and no operator's license.
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Greene County Sheriff's Department
Barry J. Bilskie
Emison
Highway 67
Beehunter
Jerry R. Brown
Lyons
Brown
M. A. Miser
DuBois
Donald R. Anderson
Hoosier Road
Leon Carpenter
Carpenter
Mao Tse-tung Birthday Quiet in Communist China
In Hong Kong, Mao Tse-tung turned 74 as Beijing gave no official remark on a Christmas Eve atom bomb test. Tokyo radio monitors reported record fallout levels, noting air samples collected at 30,000 feet.
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Hong Kong
UPI
Mao Tse-tung
China
Peking
Mao
Tokyo
End of Christmas Day Ceasefire Triggers North Vietnamese Attacks
U S forces resume bombing after a 24 hour ceasefire as Air Force Navy and Marine planes strike North Vietnam. 91 trucks destroyed and 41 damaged along routes toward the border. In South Vietnam 118 incidents produce 5 American deaths and 30 wounded, 33 Communist deaths, while Viet Cong pledge a new three day truce.
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Saigon
North Vietnam
U.S
South Vietnam
Hoosier Sailor Dies in Ship Fire
Air man Robert Yoder of Elkhart Indiana identified among three Navy men killed in a fire aboard the aircraft carrier Kearsarge near Sasebo Japan. The blaze struck an aviation equipment storeroom and crew quarters as the ship headed into port for Christmas leave. Leaking oxygen suspected as a cause.
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Sasebo
Japan
UPI
Robert Yoder
Elkhart
Ind
Kearsarge
Romney Talks With Thieu During Saigon Visit
Gov George Romney visited Saigon for 35 minutes with President Nguyen Van Thieu at Independence Palace and 45 minutes with Prime Minister Nguyen Van Loc to discuss policy. He toured northern provinces during a Christmas trip to U S troops and planned onward travel to the Mekong Delta.
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Saigon
Th’en
Indonesia
da Nang
U.S
Robert C. Cushman
Vietnam
Cushman
Demilitarized Zone
William C. Westmoreland
U. S
Vietam
Break In Reported At Local Western Auto Store
Western Auto on North Main Street was broken into overnight. Owner Robert Gillan found the property damaged this morning and items missing after intruders entered via the roof and back window and exited through a back door. Police continue investigations.
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Western Auto
North Main St
Robert Gillan
Eisenhower Urges Broad Overhaul of Federal Election Laws
Former President Dwight D. Eisenhower calls for sweeping changes in federal election law in an article for Read er's Digest. He urges full financial disclosure by candidates, stricter campaign rules, and conflicts of interest standards for Congress, while opposing public funding for campaigns.
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Washington
UPI
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Congress
Eisenhower
Senate Gop
Everett Dirksen
Search Continues At Bridge Site
Two more bodies recovered from the Ohio River at the Silver Bridge site raising the toll to 35 dead with 14 missing. Victims James O. Pullen and Frederick D. Miller identified. Miller was a passenger in Pullen’s auto.
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Point Pleasant
W.va
UPS
Ohio River
James O. Pullen
Middleport
Ohio
Frederick D. Miller
Gallipolis
Miller
Pullen
Bobby L. Head
Red Cross
Washington River Crests at Record High
The Snohomish River crested at an all time high as dike workers battled floods. Roads were submerged and nine families evacuated east of Everett. Sandbag trucks aided about 100 workers reinforcing a large dike to hold back floodwaters.
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Everett
Wash
UPI
Snohomish
Here
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