Chaos In China Amid Power Struggle Report
AP dispatch from Hong Kong says travelers report chaos in Guangdong with soldiers guarding key transport terminals and bandits roaming. The Maoist Red Guards clash with conservatives led by Gen. Wang En-mao as a power struggle persists and students defy arms orders in northwest Lingiang province.
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Major storm center moves through Alberta and Mackenzie Valley
A powerful storm center forming in the Mackenzie Valley moves southward through Alberta as snow spreads from northeastern British Columbia to southern Alberta. Very mild air brings temperatures around 35 to 40 above in advance of the system across western and southern Alberta.
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Prairie Provinces Christmas deaths tally twenty one
Twenty-one people died across Alberta Saskatchewan and Manitoba during the Christmas weekend. Fires caused 12 fatalities with multiple victims including Ronald Nielsen and his five children in St Edouard Alberta and several residents in Manitoba and Saskatchewan. Traffic crashes in Calgary Redcliff Medicine Hat Swift Current Beaver Lake Regina and other communities produced additional deaths among elderly and young adults.
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Prince Alberta
Mary Metowchappo
Fishing Lake Indian Reserve
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George Peters
Helen
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George Angell
Denare Beach
Queen Anne-Marie’s condition brightens after danger to unborn
The personal physician to Greek Queen Anne-Marie expressed optimism about her condition after an earlier report that she faced a risk to her unborn child. In other news, Calgary CP rail shops lay off 800 staff for four days. Fallout from a Christmas Eve Chinese nuclear test reaches Japan and the Pacific. An oil stove blast near Caldwell Siding NB kills three children. The Palestine Liberation Organization begins talks with anti-Israel groups to unify activities in Israeli-occupied territory.
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Vatican may send mission to Hanoi to end Vietnam war
Vatican talks with President Johnson sparked speculation that a mission could travel to Hanoi to speak with Ho Chi Minh about ending the war. The visit would probe North Vietnam’s treatment of American POWs and seek a path to peace, with Johnson inviting a Vatican mission to South Vietnam to check on POWs there.
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Romney says military wins in Vietnam but political struggle persists
Governor George Romney declared United States and allies win militarily in South Vietnam while the Communists dominate the so called other war. He criticized U.S. efforts as too large and lacking political, economic, and social gains, and said his view is more rounded after a three day visit. He defended treatment by officials and reflected on Eisenhower’s view of his candidacy.
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Egypt studies plan to reopen Suez Canal under blockade
Cairo officials say 15 ships remain stranded in the southern Suez Canal and will not reopen to international shipping until Israel evacuates troops from the Sinai. Dr Mohamed Hassen el Zayyat announced a plan to remove a sunken vessel but kept the canal closed amid the conflict. Al Ahram cited Nasser government feasibility studies responding to requests from Poland, France, Britain, and India.
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Sinai Peninsula
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Bradley to fight extradition over Kennedy plot charges
Edgar Eugene Bradley, 49, of North Hollywood, says he will contest extradition to Louisiana to face conspiracy to kill President Kennedy charges. His Los Angeles attorney calls the case a procedural step while Louisiana officials push for court action.
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Possible danger in jars of baby food
Dr Barry Commoner warned at a AAAS meeting that a tenfold rise in inorganic nitrogen fertilizer since 1942 may contaminate infant diets with nitrate. He cited Missouri soil studies showing 0.8 percent nitrate nitrogen in some baby foods and warned of nitrate nitrite conversion in jars. He urged more research and cited potential health and environmental risks including water pollution.
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Barry Commoner
Washington University
St. Louis
Commoner
United States
Dr. Commoner
Missouri Agricultural Experiment Station
Missouri
J. R. Brown
G. E. Smith
American Association For the Advancement of Science
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