Christmas Weather Keeps Canadians Home Across Regions
Snow and rain storms across Eastern Canada and freezing Western temperatures kept people indoors during the holiday weekend. Subzero readings spread from Yukon to Northern Ontario while Ontario saw a white Christmas in places. A blizzard with freezing rain moved up the Atlantic coast threatening travel. flights out of Saint John and Sydney were cancelled.
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Holiday toll tops 60 deaths across Canada in Christmas period
At least 60 people died in Canada during the Christmas weekend ending midnight today. Traffic crashes caused 42 deaths, fires 15, with one drowning and two unclassified. Ontario saw house fires and highway deaths, while Québec and British Columbia led with 15 each and some provinces reported no fatalities. The survey excludes natural, industrial, and violent deaths.
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Police hunt two convicts in Melbourne killings
In Melbourne two escapees Ronald Ryan aged 41 and Peter Walker 24 are suspected of killing a prison chaplain and a guard since escaping nine days ago. Police fear further deaths as armed officers swarm the city and the fugitives are believed to be armed with multiple firearms.
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Oil rig collapses off Grimsby with 46 aboard
In the North Sea east of Grimsby an oil drilling rig weighing 5600 tons collapsed and sank. An armada of ships and helicopters rescued 17 men, reported three seriously injured, and recovered the body of a dead worker as only steel fragments remained above the waves.
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Vatican seeks New Year truce in Viet Nam peace push
Vatican diplomats report efforts to arrange a New Year ceasefire in Viet Nam as part of Pope Paul VI peace campaign. The pope views the Christmas truce as modest progress and continues secret contacts with all sides to push negotiations and a more effective holiday ceasefire.
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Cuban sailors granted asylum in Japan and headed to U S
The captain and three officers of the Cuban freighter Aracelio Iglesias were granted political asylum by the United States. They entered the U S consulate in Osaka, received visas, and were turned to Japanese police for exit once voluntary departure was confirmed. The ship's crew feared being ordered to carry weapons from Shanghai to North Vietnam.
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Planes grounded but blood flows in Viet jungles
U S Marines report heavy ground fighting around Da Nang as air operations pause. In two clashes near Quang Ha Nos 1 and 2 thirty to forty Viet Cong were killed, along with 41 bodies later counted. Other actions across the region left several dead and wounded.
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Rhodesia fears for future after independence move
Rhodesia faces an uncertain future as Christmas ends with 220,000 white residents tense about energy, prices, and possible gasoline rationing. Officials warn of living standards likely to fall, while the regime clamps down on information and imports to blunt sanctions. Premier Smith touts oil stocks and possible six year supply via external purchases.
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Soldiers Charged With Aiding Viet Cong In Prisoner Case
Two U.S. soldiers Sgt. George E. Smith and Specialist Claude McClure were charged on Okinawa with aiding the enemy by providing documents and writings to the Viet Cong while imprisoned for two years. Captured near Saigon in 1963, they were released last November at the Cambodian border and are awaiting final disposition of their cases.
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Three injured in Jenner two car crash improve in hospital
The condition of John Burnat 45 Terry Burnat 15 and Gerry Hara hus 19 all taken to Brooks hospital after a Thursday night two car collision in the Jenner district was described as improved by doctors today.
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