Record Cold Grips Large Parts of Nation
United Press International reports extreme cold blanketing much of the country. Subzero temperatures lingered from the Gulf Coast to the Midwest as many cities faced power and water shortages, outages, and several deaths. Frost warnings affected Florida crops and towns like Waterloo Iowa Chicago and Thibodaux Louisiana battled frozen conditions and water pressure issues. Emergency declarations emerged in Tennessee with widespread outages and fatalities linked to the cold.
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United Press International
Chicago
Gulf Coast States
Florida
Waterloo
Iowa
Lake Michigan
New York State
Thibodaux
Buster Stockton
Jamestown
Tenn
Bristol
Brentwood
Nashville
Labor official aids probe of Yablonski murders
Labor Department official assists state police and FBI in investigating the killings of United Mine Workers leader Joseph A. Yablonski his wife and daughter. The funeral drew thousands amid subfreezing weather as officials gave few details.
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Clarksville
UPI
Aus
Labor Department
United Mine Workers Union
Joseph A. Yablonski
Joseph C. Snyder
Daily News
Snyder
FBI
Haney Wells
Yablonski
UMW
Unemployment rate holds steady at 3.4 percent in December
The Labor Department reports the U.S. unemployment rate unchanged at 3.4 percent in December. Employment growth slowed late in 1969 while the year saw 2 million nonfarm payroll gains led by adult women and men, with teens contributing 340000. The data suggest cooling of the economy under anti inflation measures.
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Washington
UPI
Labor Department
Department
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Harold Goldstein
Goldstein
Peking Moscow clash over border talks as U S resumes talks
The report notes renewed U S Chinese talks in Warsaw while Peking and Moscow trade sharp accusations. Tass accuses China of military psychosis and aims to rally in war prep. Peking Radio rejects Moscow’s border stance and accuses Russia of not withdrawing forces.
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Hong Kong
UPI
China
United States
Warsaw
Peking
Moscow
Tass
Russia
Mao Tse-tung
Peking Radio
Alexei N. Kosygin
Chou En-lai
Tanker with jet fuel near sinking off California
A 676-foot tanker with 41 aboard fought 20-foot seas and 60 knot winds in the Pacific off Pt. Arguello. The SS Connecticut carrying 280000 gallons of JP fuel sent a distress radio and Coast Guard crews and merchant ships including Tsuneshima Maru moved to assist amid heavy seas and fuel danger. Ayres reported emergency but not immediate sinking.
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San Francisco
UPI
Pacific
Coast Guard
Connecticut
Pt. Arguello
Los Angeles
Yokohama
E.W. Ayres
Pasadena
Tex
Ayres
Oriental Pearl
Buckey Atlantic
Hawaii Builder
Cape Hedge
Morro Bay
Kennedy fate hangs on inquest closure in Chappaquiddick
In Edgartown Massachusetts the Mary Jo Kopechne death inquest wrapped after 27 witnesses and 750 pages of secret testimony. Judge James A. Boyle will file a report on possible criminal charges against Senator Edward M. Kennedy. The inquest sought to determine if Kennedy committed any crime, with the transcript impounded pending trial or decision. Kennedy, staying at Hyannis Port, released no official comment. Kopechne died July 18 when Kennedy's car plunged from a bridge on Chappaquiddick Island into a tidal pond.
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Edgartown
Mass
UPI
Mary Jo Kopechne
Kennedy
James A. Boyle
Boyle
Superior Court
Squaw Island
Hyannis Port
Joan
Washington
Robert F. Kennedy
Kopechne
Miss Kopechne
Chappaquiddick Island
Housing Authority seeks return of Armory land
Santa Barbara County Housing Authority directors voted to seek reacquisition of the West Ocean Avenue armory site from the federal government. The 2.5 acre tract is now leased to the Lompoc Valley Boys Club for a 900 member youth program. The move aims to restore the original parcel size and support nearby housing development and a new Central Office. Weather
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Santa Barbara County Housing
National Guard
West Ocean Avenue
U.S. Sixth Army
Lompoc Valley Boys Club
Housing Authority
Boys Club
Federal
General Services Administration
R Street
Sixth Army
Richard Mires
Federal Housing Authority
Bers Club
Armory Area
Base spokesman reviews action on cutbacks at Vandenberg
A Vandenberg Air Force Base spokesman said the 395th Strategic Missile Squadron was deactivated on December 31 and its personnel reassigned on base. He noted that 200 civilian employees will be off the rolls by March 31 and that some reductions may occur due to transfers attrition and other causes. No units are transferred and no major unit changes are expected.
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395Th Strategic Missile Squadron
Vandenberg Air Force Base
Vandenberg
Air Force
Melvin Laird
Nixon celebrates 67th birthday in Oval Office
President Nixon, in a light-hearted moment, marked his birthday in the Oval Office while aides presented a gag replica of a 1913 Washington Evening Star edition. He wore a dark suit and laughed with reporters as he held up the altered newspaper and quipped that the headlines haven’t changed much.
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Washington
UPI
Nixon
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Oval Office
Washington Evening Star
McClellan urges probe into F111 jet program
Senator John L. McClellan calls for new hearings this spring to probe defects in the F111 program after a December crash at Nellis Air Force Base. He warns that a wing failure could indicate a fault shared by all planes and urges potential cancellation of the program.
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Washington
UPI
John L. McClellan
D-Ark
McClellan
Senate Permanent Subcommittee On
Air Force
Navy
Nellis Air Force
Las Vegas
Nev
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Gresco Co
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G. A. Miller
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