Eight dead as Ohio River bridge collapse tops rescue search
Point Pleasant West Virginia and Kanauga Ohio recount a catastrophic bridge failure on Friday evening. Rescue workers from both states chase unaccounted for passengers amid a swift river and freezing water. Volumes of divers search for submerged vehicles as a temporary morgue takes shape and officials plan river water level adjustments.
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Point Pleasant
W.va
Ohio River
West Virginia
Ohio
Kanauga
W. Va
Hulett C. Smith
Road Commission
States
U S Moves To End Gold Buying Rush
The United States, backed by six European nations in the London gold pool, moved to halt a surge in speculative gold buying. The goal is to defend the dollar by keeping the price at 35 dollars an ounce and to keep the London market operating unchanged.
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U.S
Washington
United States
Europe
The
London Gold
Secretary of the Treasury
Henry H. Fowler
William McChesney Martin Jr
Johnson Signs Pay Boost and Mail Rate Hike Measures
President Johnson signed a broad package raising pay for military and civilian employees by 2.7 billion dollars over three years with retroactive Oct. 1 back pay. The package includes a mail-rate increase for the Post Office Department and bans hiring relatives in the executive, legislative, and judicial branches. It also reassures gold policy after the pound devaluation, with central banks pledging to defend the $35 per ounce price.
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Johnson
White House
Post Office Department
Weather note hints at mild Christmas week forecast
The article notes a sunny day with highs in the 40s and a slight warming trend ahead. It adds a chance of rain tonight and tomorrow but no snow is forecast, keeping Christmas expectations modest.
Britain weighs heart transplant power and ethics
British doctors and clergy fear the Washkansky heart transplant raises God like control over life and death. Letters to the London Times question timing of organ removal and the risk of donor abuse while stressing doctors must treat all patients to save lives.
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London
Louis Washkansky
South Africa
London Times
Birmingham
Pneumonia Update for Louis Washkansky
Cape Town AP reports heart transplant patient Louis Washkansky is suffering a mild pneumonia in one lung. A hospital spokesman said the condition is satisfactory under the circumstances and may not affect the transplant. He rested after a busy Friday with media interviews, visits, and checkups.
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Capetown
South Africa
Louis Washkansky
Cape Town
A Glance Inside How Old Is Santa
In Middletown first graders view Santa Claus as real though they differ on age and duties between Christmases. The piece notes varying beliefs about his age and activities.
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Santa Claus
Middletown
Greek Envoys Invite Constantine to Return as Figurehead
Greek envoys met King Constantine in Rome to offer him the throne with the regime as a condition the king must resign the military junta. The king's response remained unrevealed, with officials noting the decision depended on the government. Constantine remained in Rome as Athens and supporters weighed the implications.
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Athens
Greece
Constantine
Rome
Ieronymos
Stylianos Patakos
Patakos
Archebishop Keronymos
Keronymos
Panagiotis Pipinelis
Brussels
Air Force Rushing Aid To Snow Stranded Navajo
Grants New Mexico area and Navajo Nation face a brutal winter storm with 30 inches of snow. A tanker with 5,000 gallons of helicopter fuel was to reach Window Rock and enable airlift of food blankets and medical supplies. Four people died in a separate Fort Bliss bus crash near Salt Flat, Texas, as 100 buses carried soldiers home for Christmas leave. Rescue teams operate through heavy snow while weather delays airlifts and threaten further storms on I-40 and U S 65.
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N.M
Air Force
Kirtland Air Force Base
Albuquerque
Window Rock
Ali
New Mexico
Southwest
Ft. Bliss
el Paso
Tex
U.S. 62-180
Salt Flat
van Horn
Pecos
Carls
Tsosie
Teecenospos
Crippled Boy
Arizona
Companions Saved After Plane Crash Clings to Life
Five men, nearly frozen, were carried by ambulances from a snowy crash site in the Gallinas Mountains west of Corona New Mexico after a single engine plane went down. Maj J E Stout walked four hours to a ranch with a broken ankle and hand cuts then guided rescue teams. Helicopters and tracked snow vehicles aided the evacuation to Alamogordo and Holloman base hospitals.
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N.M
New Mexico
Gallinas Mountains
U.S. 54
Maj
J. E. Stout
Holloman Air Force Base
Holloman Base
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