Deadly hotel blaze hints arson at 12 story Pioneer International
A Sunday fire roared through the upper half of the Pioneer International Hotel, trapping about 60 in their rooms and killing 28. A woman leapt from the seventh floor as others escaped via windows, with 13 Mexican nationals among the dead. Fire officials noted lack of interior enclosed stairs and sprinkler systems as factors. several injuries occurred as responders rescued occupants and battled the blaze.
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Pioneer International
Francis Kessler
Mexico
Sonora
Ignacio Soto
Francisco Luken
Jose Jesus Antillon
Hermosillo
Harold Steinfeld
Peggy
Lewis Beck
Rochester
N.Y
Casa Grande
Ariz
William Ford
Beck
POW group backs timetable swap for POW release
Leaders pushing to free American prisoners in North Vietnam favor offering a troop withdrawal timetable in exchange for release. The idea gains Senate interest and signals a shift from the National League of Families toward a possible bargaining approach, despite the administration opposing a fixed timetable. Charles Havens and others argue, if withdrawal is inevitable, leverage should be sought.
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Wastington
North Vietnam
Senate
Vietnam
Charles Havens
The
Pentagon
National League of Families of
Southeast Asia
League
Bobby G. Vinson
Executive Branch
U.S
Mansfield
Viet Cong Commander Reported Killed In Raid
A Viet Cong general, Gen Muoi Tri of the 5th Division, was reportedly killed in an allied bombing raid in eastern Cambodia. South Vietnamese Lt. Gen Do Cao Tri said the body had not been recovered. The report cites a captured Viet Cong source.
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Saigon
Cambodia
Muoi Tri
Vietnam
Non
Do Cao Tri
Associated Press
Dang van Phuoc
Kompong Cham
Highway 7
Phnom Penh
Mixed Rain and Snow Expected Tonight Weather Update
Forecast calls for light snow mixed with rain tonight with lows in the mid 30s. Rain and drizzle expected tomorrow with highs in the 40s. yesterday's high reached 38 and this morning's low was 31.
Supreme Court Allows 18-Year-Old National voters
The Supreme Court ruling splits 5 4 upholds 18 as eligible for national elections while barring changes to state and local voting ages. It also ends literacy tests nationwide and limits residence requirements for presidential ballots to 30 days. Justice Black aided the 18 year decision, with Harlan dissenting on residence rules.
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Supreme Court
Hugo L. Black
William C. Douglas
William J. Brennan Jr
Byron R. White
Thurgood Marshall
Congress
Christmas Hope For Deer-Chase Victim Karyn Prestwich
In Salt Lake City a 6 year old, Karyn Prestwich, slowly recovers from a deer hunting accident near North Fork Idaho. Doctors praise her fighting spirit as she anticipates a Christmas at home or in hospital with family. Donations exceed seven thousand dollars to her medical fund from Wells and many Idaho towns and strangers.
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Salt Lake City
Utah
Karyn Prestwich
Karyn
Donald Prestwich
North Fork
Idaho
Salmon
University of Utah Medical Center
Torrance
Calif
Wells
Twin Falls
Washington
Georgia
Viet Cong renews demand US troop withdrawal by 1971
Hong Kong dispatch reports Nguyen Huu Tho, VC political chief, urging the United States to pull all troops from Vietnam by June 30, 1971. The call contrasts with North Vietnam’s Paris talks offer for a cease fire with a fixed withdrawal date. Tho also repeated demands to replace President Thieu with a coalition government.
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Hong Kong
Viet Cong
United States
Vietnam
Nguyen Huu Tho
National Liberation Front
North Vietnam
Paris
Nguyen Thi Binh
Tho
NLF
Nguyen van Thieu
Poland's Gierek Leads After Gomulka Shakeup
Poland's new Communist leadership vows to revise the five year plan and keep close ties to Moscow while restoring order after last week's riots. Edward Gierek, 57, named first secretary, promises to consult workers and intelligentsia and ease living costs.
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Warsaw
Poland
Moscow
Edward Gierek
Radio Warsaw
Sunia Gomulka
Marian Spychalski
Jozef Cyrankiewicz
Spychalski
Gierek
Gdansk
Gdynia
Spot
Szczecin
Slupsk
Silesia
Gomulka
Radio
Mieczyslaw Moczar
Moczar
Partisans
Jan Kostrzewski
Communist Party
Boleslaw Jaszczuk
Ryszard Strzelecki
Council of State
Zenon Kliszko
Kliszko
Edward
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R. B. Slagel
Slagel
South Vietnam
Nixon
Mike Mansfield
Montana
Democrat
Ann Landers
Hebapenndie
Eeeweenere
Black
Warren E. Burger
John M. Harlan
Potter Stewart
Terry A. Blackmun
Harlan
Glos Pracy
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