McCormack Easy Victor In House Confrontation
A last minute Republican contest arose when Sen Robert P Griffin challenged Sen Gordon Allott for chairmanship of the GOP Policy Committee. Senate leaders plan to delay open debate on rules and await Nixon's budget program after Johnson delivers final messages. The Senate also considers the nuclear nonproliferation treaty with Johnson favoring action and Nixon advising delay.
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Fornia
Robert P. Griffin
Michigan
Gordon Allott
Colorado
GOP
Sen
Paurke B. Hickenlooper
Iowa
Poe
Johnson
Congress
Nixon
Senate
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Griffin
John J. Williams
R-Del
George Romney
Abe Fortas
House
War Deaths Rise Sharply in Vietnam in 1968
The article notes a year of high combat losses, with U.S. and South Vietnamese casualties and enemy strength estimates. It details air and ground operations near Saigon and the Mekong Delta, weapon caches seized, and statistics on killed wounded and missing. It also covers Senate and House politics including pay raises and leadership discussions.
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Johnson
Congress
House
Senate
Binh Duong
Tay Ninh
Saigon
Mekong
U.S
Kone Ee
House Democrats
John R. Rarick
D-La
George Wallace
van Co Dong
U.S. Navy
Latin On Signs Hunters Decline
A Texas hill country ranch posted signs warning hunters with odd Latin inscriptions and unclear phrases. The landowner’s warnings deterred some visitors while plant names like Rubus sarmentum appear in the text.
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Austin
UPI
Nixon Health Checkup Highlights Private Care Balance
President elect Richard Nixon received a full medical exam in Long Beach with Dr. Lungren noting no significant changes since 1967. Nixon stressed the need for private medical efforts alongside possible federal health reforms and said he would use the White House pool for exercise.
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Nixon
Lungren
Any Beach
White House
University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine
Washington
Long Beach
Recipients Ineligible Antipoverty Gypsters Uncovered
In Detroit a sponsor concentrates efforts on school dropouts as critics expose recipients deemed ineligible. The report highlights targeted anti poverty programs and concerns over alignment with goals.
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Detroit
Flu Epidemic Seen Near Peak in Lubbock Area
Local health officials report a surge of influenza with many workers absent and pediatric clinics noting increased respiratory illness. Dr. Cowgill estimates about 30,000 cases in Lubbock, based on a 1 to 100 ratio to reported cases, while public health tests consider Hong Kong variety unlikely.
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Hong Kong
State Department of Public Health
LeCroy
Ray
Lillie M. Hopke
Parkway Drive
Iit
David Cowgill
Lubbock City-County
Lubbock
Methodist Hospital
Plainview
San Antonio
University of Florida
Prison escapees abduct sheriff hostages flee in car
Four inmates used a toy gun to abduct Hinds County Sheriff and two staff, commandeered the sheriff's car, then released the hostages unharmed at Hazlehurst about 7:30 p.m. FBI pursued the car as the escapees fled south. Names of the four prisoners were released as Bankston, Price, Murphy, and Brooks.
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Jackson, Miss
Hinds County
Sheriff's Office
Hazlehurst
Here
FBI
Fred Thomas
John Mowdy
James Hartzog
Thomas
Hartzog
Moody
Kenneth Albert Bankston
Crystal Springs
Willie Price
James Ralph Murphy
Jerry Brooks
Bankston
Delaware River Port Authority High Speed Rail Opens
The 14.5 mile line from Lindenwold to Camden opens Saturday as partial operation of the $82 million rail link to Philadelphia. Full service to Lindenwold to Philadelphia via the Benjamin Franklin Bridge will follow February 1 with an expected 50,000 fares daily at full operation.
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Camden
N. J
Delaware River Port Authority
Lindenwold
Philadelphia
Benjamin Franklin Bridge
Quinaults Soggy Record Tumbles
Quinault Washington AP notes an extreme weather record with 175.48 inches of rain in 1968. The article mentions Port Authority plans for a high speed line from Lindenwold to Camden and Philadelphia, including trains every 12 minutes in January and new 75 air conditioned cars from Budd Co.
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P Buthority
Port Authority
Quinault, Wash
jBudd Co
United
Lindenwald
Philadel
U.5
Forest Service
Quinault
Ted Transport
New Jersey
Row Lines, Inc
Blaiberg’s Health Improves As Memory Shortens
The article notes Blaiberg reports better health after a heart attack 13 years ago and mentions a trust fund set up for Dorothy and Muriel Haupt, widows of Clive Haupt. It references Haupt’s brain hemorrhage death, a Cape Town New Year festival, and a colored community ceremony.
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Blaiberg
Dorothy
Muriel Haupt
Clive Haupt
Haupt
Dorothy Haupt
Cape Town
Philip Blaiberg
Eileen
South Africa Africa
Bilal
Cable
French Seek Buyers For Historic Properties Near Paris
The Property Office spokesman said there has been little interest in Rochefort Prison and the houses used by American generals outside Paris. The government also tries to sell the Ville St. Pierre estate outside Paris where General Eisenhower resided in 1950 and 1951, valued at about $200,000.
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Maginot
Property Office
Rochefort
Paris
Ville St. Pierre
Gen
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Coed Marina Habe Found Dead After Date
Marina Habe daughter of Hans Habe and Eloise Hardt was found dead in a hill ravine near her home. Deputies call the case murder and suspect kidnapping after she returned home early Monday from a date with John Hornburg 22. Her mother heard noises and saw a man by the car before a black sedan drove away. Marina was on Christmas vacation from the University of Hawaii.
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Hans Habe
Zurich
Switzerland
Eloise Hardt
Mulholland Drive
Marina
John Hornburg
University of Hawaii
Habe
City planners approve zoning text changes and plat actions
The commission unanimously approved a zoning ordinance text change to include definitions for plumbing and HVAC businesses and to specify ornamental equipment sales and services. Plats approved or reapproved included several additions in Garland, Greenbrier, Berean Baptist, Yellow House Industrial Park and Pat Mor additions with a notice on 40th Street.
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Maeker
Prim
Garland
4Th Street
Avenue Q
Greenbrier
50Th Street
Utica Avenue
Slide Road
Berean Baptist
61St
62Nd Streets
Geneva Avenue
Yellow House
Pat Mor
Frankford Avenue
41St Street
40Th Street
Our Lynn Merrie
Die Maeker
Clement
R. D. Whipple
Aoe Nolan Bennick
Tom R. K
Mra Johnson
Otharborough
John A
Howard Roberts
Caraway
Barrett
C-4
Charles R. Shugart
Shugart
Brownfield Road
A. J
M-1
Commission
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Board of Education
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