Truman dies at 88 after long illness
Former President Harry S Truman died at 8:50 a.m. EST at Research Hospital in Kansas City after a coma and lung fluid. He was 88, served as 33rd president, authorized the atomic bomb, and faced postwar turmoil and Cold War challenges. He leaves wife Bess and daughter Margaret Truman Daniel.
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Nicaragua leader urges food for Managua survivors
Somoza says quake survivors in Managua need food rather than medicine or blood plasma. He directs foreigners to stop sending medical supplies, claiming existing stocks are enough. The Saturday quake destroyed about 75 percent of Managua, a city of 300 000.
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Nicaragua Quake Triggers Massive International Relief Effort
The AMA reports Medicine Hat area roads in good winter condition at 8 a.m. while 5,000 to 10,000 dead and 20,000 injured are feared from the Managua quake. Somoza warns of drought unemployment and evacuation of Managua as relief supplies are cut to refusers. Canada pledges funds and shelters, with CARE, Red Cross, and Oxfam mobilizing fast. President Nixon orders full aid. 700 tons of food ready in New York.
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Search North Pacific for Korean seamen
JUNEAU Alaska AP The search continues for 30 Korean seamen missing since Sunday when their freighter carrying Canadian coal apparently broke up in heavy North Pacific seas about 1100 miles off the Oregon coast Wreckage believed to be part of the Pacrover with four overturned lifeboats a large oil slick and debris was spotted but Coast Guard said no sign of life Seaman Don Mills said the Liberian registered ship carried only four lifeboats Ships and planes had crisscrossed the area west of the Columbia River mouth and a C130 stayed aloft overnight Seas near the search area Monday night were about 12 feet with 25 knot winds Sunday saw 50 foot seas and 62 mile per hour winds
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U S Ends Yule Bombing Halt Over North Vietnam
U S B 52 bombers and fighter aircraft resumed attacks on Hanoi Haiphong after a 36 hour Christmas pause. South Vietnam operations restarted at dusk after a 24 hour ceasefire. No official comment on Laos. Tass reports Kosygin urged ceasefire, but observers see it as a political signal. Radio Hanoi claims raids hit Thai Nguyen Ha Bac Lang Son and a hospital north of Hanoi. Civilians and Catholic celebrants affected.
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Uruguayans surviving Andes crash fly home despite fear
Thirteen Uruguayans who survived 70 days after the Oct plane crash in the Andes will fly home, after relatives and doctors urged the move. Earlier 3 survivors already left. The group endured harsh cold, hunger, and isolation, with some reports alleging cannibalism, which Chilean police cited to Reuters as rumor from doctors and rescuers.
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Berlin Wall Christmas reunions draw tens of thousands
Tens of thousands of West Berliners moved through checkpoints Monday for the first Christmas reunions with relatives in East Germany since 1965. Police noted no peak yet, but expected hundreds of thousands during the holidays as regular visits, allowed since last June, ease the rush. since June 6.5 million Western visits have occurred into the East.
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Christmas ceasefires mark tense holiday weekend worldwide
Ceasefires in Vietnam and Northern Ireland framed a Christmas weekend marked by violence and loss. U S bombing in Vietnam resumed after a 36 hour halt. 58 Viet Cong attacks during truces left 105 dead. Northern Ireland experienced few incidents as Pope Paul and Archbishop Ramsey urged reconciliation for peace. Bethlehem welcomed 15000 pilgrims at midnight services near the nativity.
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