Truman’s Condition Serious After Hospital Admission
Former President Harry S. Truman, age 88, is described as seriously ill with pulmonary congestion at Research Medical Center. Hospital officials said his condition was not stable and recovery uncertain with vital signs variable, while Mrs. Truman spent part of the night at his side and daughter in New York was notified.
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Kansas City
Wallace Graham
Harry S. Truman
Serious Research Medical Center
Truman
John Dreeves
Graham
Independence
Trumans
Clifton Daniel
New York
Apollo 17 lifts off for final lunar voyage from Cape Kennedy
Cape Kennedy, Fla AP Apollo 17, the last of Americas moon missions, launches at 9 53 p m aboard a towering Saturn five. Astronauts Cernan Evans and Schmitt prepare for a 13 day flight to explore Taurus Littrow with a 23 mile rover drive and 75 hours on the moon.
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Cape Kennedy
Fla
America
Eugene A. Cernan
Ronald E. Evans
Harrison H. Schmitt
Walter Kapryan
Earth
Moon
Cernan
Evans
Goodby
Schmitt
Cape
Neil A. Armstrong
Edwin E. Aldrin
Adm
Alan Shepard
Astronaut Office
Taurus Mountains
Littrow Crater
Lunar
Challenger
Pacific
Children Die In Home Fire Near Washington Court House
In Washington Court House Ohio three young children perished as a fire engulfed their two story frame home. George Baker and his three year old son George Edward Jr. slept downstairs as the living room center and gas space heater burned. Sandra Diane six and Roni Lynn one died inside. Mrs Baker and Loretta Grace eight survived and were hospitalized with burns and smoke inhalation. A neighbor's call alerted fire crews after the family awoke screams.
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Washington Court House
Ohio
George Baker
George Edward Jr
Baker
Sandra Diane
Roni Lynn
Jets collide killing 13 in South Carolina training crash
A jet fighter and a military transport collided during night interception training near Conway South Carolina. The Air Force reported no survivors among 13 aboard the two planes. Witnesses described fiery wreckage as fragments flew through the air while ground crews searched the crash sites.
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Conway, S.C
Air Force
Kissinger and Tho Hold Third Paris Peace Talks at Neuilly
Henry Kissinger met Le Duc Tho and Xuan Thuy for a third time this week at a Neuilly house chosen as the meeting site for cease-fire talks. No progress or timing was announced as White House and North Vietnamese officials exchanged cables and fresh instructions.
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Paris
Henry A. Kissinger
Vietnam
Nixon
Neuilly
Kissinger
le Duc Tho
Hanoi
Xuan
Thuy
Tho
White House
Ron Zeigler
Pham Dang Lam
Winter cold wave grips area with chilly snow chance
Cloudy skies and much lower temperatures move in tonight with a chance of snow. Lows fall to 10 to 15 as the cold spell lingers through the weekend with highs in the 20s and mid teens at night. Yesterday in Middletown the high reached 60 and the low 32 with 0.42 inch of rain.
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Middletown
Blizzard Engulfs West and Central U.S. in Severe Storms
A powerful blizzard lashed the Sierra Nevada and northern California Oregon and Washington with gale winds heavy snow and subzero temperatures. Warnings spread along the west coast and across the plains with ice rain and thunderstorms from Oklahoma to Michigan while the southeast saw showers and warm Florida with highs in the 70s.
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Associated Press
Sierra Nevada Mountains
California
Oregon
Point Reyes
Calif
Portland
Ore
Washington
Great Lakes
Plains
Wisconsin
Upper Michigan
Saigon Rockets Hit Tan Son Nhut and City Areas
Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces launched more than 50 rockets into Tan Son Nhut Air Base and nearby zones in Saigon, the heaviest strike since Tet. The attack preceded ground fighting near the city, with 9 killed and 54 wounded including an American.
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Saigon
Tan Son Nhut
Tam Binh
U.S
Recycling Center Trials New Paper Recycling Plan
Middletown residents are urged to bring newspapers to the MARC center at 310 N Main St for recycling. Collections occur Tuesdays and Thursdays 2 to 6 and Saturdays 8 to 2, with the MARC building opening last month after planning. Big M Trucking, the new contractor, has no bins on sideloaders, delaying newspaper separation. Diamond International Corp handles recycling back into paperboard. City Manager Dale Helsel praises Big M as 99 percent effective amid 25 complaints, far below daily stops totals.
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Diamond International Corp
Big M Trucking Co
Middletown Area Recycling Center
MARC
N. Main St
Recycling Collection
Bordens Inc
Big M
Diamond
Dave Lamphier
Dale Helsel
Hessel
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Sion
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Oklahoma
Michigan
Texas
Panhandles
Denver
Macon
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