Young Vietnamese Generals Purge Shocks Saigon government
The U S relieved by weekend purge as seven generals led a bloodless move dissolving the High National Council and arresting most of its members along with 20 other politicians. Premier Huong and Chief of State Suu remained nominal heads as the junta vowed unity and anti Communist resolve.
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
Young Turks
High National Council
U.S
Tran van Huong
Phan Khac Suu
Nguyen Cao Ky
le Nguyen Khang
Nguyen van Thieu
4Th Corps
Ben
Ander Guard
Duong van Minh
Nguyen Khanh
Infant Killed in Ohio Holiday Travel Crash
A two car crash near Louisville Kentucky killed 14 month old Rickey Wherry and injured his parents Navy Lt Robert J. Wherry and Mrs. Wherry. Two other children sustained minor injuries. The family, stationed at Pensacola Florida, was en route for holidays.
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Louisville
Here
Rickey Wherry
Navy
Robert J. Wherry
Wherry
Pensacola
Fla
First Day of Winter Brings Warm Start and Snow Forecast
Temperatures were warm tonight signaling the first day of winter with a drop expected tomorrow under partly cloudy skies. Forecasters mention a possible white Christmas as cold air moves in.
Winter Storms Slam Northwest and Northeast Across Nation
The nation endures a coast to coast cold wave with fresh snow and plummeting temperatures. Dozens of deaths are attributed to storms as cattle perish in Montana and North Dakota mobilizes Civil Defense and National Guard.
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Middle States
Montana
North Dakota
William Guy
Civil Defense, National Guard
Highway Department
Fires Claim Dozens as Cold Weather Bites Nation
The Associated Press reports at least 66 deaths from fires nationwide over three days as freezing temperatures strain furnaces. Victims include many children. incidents span New York’s Palmyra nursing, Ohio Tiffin home, and Indiana Fountaintown shelters with multiple fatalities.
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Associated Press
Upstate New York
Fountaintown
Ind
Todays Chuckle Belief in love tied to a large stone
A humorous remark suggests some girls think the only foundation for true love is wealth or a large stone. The joke highlights superficial standards and contrasts with deeper affection.
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Foundation For
Explorer 26 satellite boosts study of space radiation
The Explorer 26 satellite launched from Cape Kennedy aboard a Delta rocket aims to map high energy radiation in the Van Allen belt and assess risks to future manned and unmanned space missions. Tracking shows all booster stages fired, placing the 101 pound windmill shaped craft on a looping path about 15,800 miles from Earth before returning, completing a full circuit every seven hours.
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Cape Kennedy
Fla
Delta
Flight Control Center
Robert Gray
Earth
Explorer
U. S
Pacific Ocean
van Allen
Teorize
Thetmosphere
Outer Space
Santa Claus Work Has Heartaches and Joys in a Store
A Baltimore AP report sketches Santa's costly costume, the pressure of the role, and a two hour downtown appearance. Children crowd the throne as an anxious Santa handles requests from Randy, Sherrie, Peter, and a lone boy James asking for a coat and a balloon.
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Santa Claus
Baltimore
James
Santa
Gas Station Attendant Slain in Springdale Holdup
Police say 22 year old Dennis T Madden an overnight attendant at a Shell station on Kemper Road near the Tri County Shopping Center was shot four times and died in the street after an apparent attempt to flee a gunman during a holdup in suburban Cincinnati Ohio.
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Cincinnati, Ohio
Springdale
Dennis T. Madden
Shell Oil Co
Egypt Says U S Plane Shot Down After Ignored Landing Orders
An American pilot Hoyt Williams and a Scandinavian co pilot Kesel Grup were killed when a Fairchild C82 owned by John W Mecom Oil Co. was shot down near the Mediterranean coast after Egyptian fighters intercepted it south of Aqaba and ordered a landing. The Egypt said the plane ignored repeated orders to land despite filing a flight plan an hour before takeoff.
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Cairo
US. Oil Company
Alexandria
Hoyt Williams
Texas
Kesel Grup
John W. Mecom Oil Co
Houston
Tex
Sinai Desert
Aqaba
Jordan
Lake Idriu
Mediterranean
Amman
Train Accident Kills 41 in Mexican Fog
A speeding freight train rammed a halted passenger train in dense fog near Tacotalpa Tabasco killing 41 and injuring 75. American tourists Nils Werner and Carl Benson were among the injured with Werner critically hurt and amputations reported. The engineer fled the scene.
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Villahermosa
Mexico
Here
Miguel Sanchez Cruz
Tenosique
Tabasco
Coatzacoalcos
Veracruz
State liquor staff get 10 percent across the board raise
Columbus report states Ohio Liquor Director Don D. Cook announced a 10 percent pay increase for all state liquor store employees. The measure aims to boost wages across the department.
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Columbus, Ohio
Don D. Cook
Bank truck heist and church theft shake Paterson
Six men abducted three priests and two truck guards at St Anthony's rectory in Paterson New Jersey. They forced a priest to open the church safe and looted the First National Bank of Passive County truck and church funds, escaping by car with about a half million dollars.
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Paterson
First National Bank of Passive Cou
Life Term Prison Fugitive Escapes Ohio Facility
Arthur Benner Jr., 38, a life term inmate, fled London Correctional Institution in Madison County after stealing a guard’s car during a supervised exercise break. A tower guard saw the car but misidentified it as a fellow guard’s vehicle, prompting a statewide search.
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Columbus
Ohio
London Correctional Institution
Madison County
Arthur Benner Jr
Fremont
Benner
Rescue of Santa Claus From Store Lockup in Pomeroy
George Sayre of New Haven West Virginia dressed as Santa Claus was trapped inside a Pomeroy department store after hours. Passersby heard tapping on a front window and alerted police who summoned a store official with a key to release him.
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Pomeroy, Ohio
Pomeroy
George Sayre
New Haven
Wva
Sayre
Robbers Gag Elderly Woman Steal Coin Collection
Three men forced entry into the Cleveland home of 85 year old Rose Hedgedus, handcuffed and gagged her, and stole coins valued at 1 943 dollars from a collection owned by her son. Police found the woman two hours later with wrists bound behind her and a towel and pillowcase tied over her face.
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Cleveland (Ap
Cole
Rose Hegedus
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