Vermont Declares Disaster Area After 50-Inch Snowfall
Vermont is officially declared a disaster area as Gov. Deane Davis mobilizes the National Guard to rescue stranded motorists and families. East Wallingford reports 48 inches of snow, Waitesfield 44, Marshfield 39 with drifts up to 30 feet. widespread power losses and flooding affect New England after a fourth storm in two weeks.
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New England
Deane Davis
National Guard
The
Weather Bureau
East Wallingford
Waitesfield
Marshfield
McCullough
Pike
Massachusetts
New Hampshire
Maine
Kennebec
Augusta
Concord
Dean C. Davis
Viet Cong cease fire nears as clashes sweep Saigon area
As New Year cease fire nears, three clashes north and east of Saigon, an attack on a U S patrol boat, and the largest enemy shellings in 10 days are reported. Eight Americans, 11 South Vietnamese, and 49 enemy killed. A 72 hour cease fire by the enemy starts at 1 a.m. Tuesday, with a 24 hour U S South Vietnamese truce planned for New Year’s Eve. In the Mekong Delta, Viet Cong rocket grenades strike a U S Navy boat near the Cambodian border, killing one American and wounding eight.
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Saigon
U.S
Mekong Delta
Suoi Ca
Graham speaks at Miami Hollywood Rock Festival
Evangelist Billy Graham, incognito with fake moustache, addressed about 2,500 youths at the Miami Hollywood Rock Festival. He urged them to seek God while the crowd mixed responses ranged from jeers to attentive listening in a muddy field.
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Billy Graham
Hollywood
Fla
Newsmen
Miami-Hollywood
Graham
Jesus
Mystery gunboats slip toward Israel with Egyptian air cover
Five mystery gunboats built in Cherbourg Christmas day move through the eastern Mediterranean toward Haifa. Intercepted Israeli radio messages hint at unusual movements, while Western navies track the ships. Diplomats weigh potential impacts on French Arab relations and arms embargo violations.
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Associated Press
France
Mediterranean
Israel
Sicily
Cherbourg
Middletown Area Sees Cloudy Skies With Snow Chance
The forecast for Middletown and vicinity calls for cloudy weather with a chance of snow or light rain this evening and with Tuesday expected to be cloudy and cooler. Yesterday’s high reached 30 degrees and this morning’s low was 29.
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Middletown
Riots Meet Agnew Visit as U S Ambassador Flees Car
In Manila anti American demonstrators attacked a limousine carrying U S Ambassador Henry Byroade and wife but riot police kept them at bay as Vice President Spiro Agnew and his wife arrived at the U S Embassy. Police used tear gas while demonstrators handed out leaflets from the Free Philippine Youth Union and Bertrand Russell Peace Foundation.
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U.S
Henry Byroade
Spiro T. Agnew
Agnews
Secret Service
Byroade
Free Philippine Youth Union
Bertrand Russell Peace Foundation
Vietnam
Militants Seize East Harlem Church to Boycott Service
The Young Lords occupy First Spanish Methodist Church in East Harlem refusing to leave until their demands for a free breakfast program for 50 to 75 children are met. Parishioners walked out as the group nailed doors with railroad spikes while police stood by with no arrests.
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NEW York
East Harlem
First Spanish Methodist Church
Young Lords
Arthur Baller
Missing Seamen Hopes Dim As Still-Fresh Explosion Traced
Navy reports ongoing search for survivors from the Badger State explosion. Fourteen crew, including the skipper, were rescued by the Greek freighter Khian Star and were en route to Yokohama. Five bodies sighted. only one recovered due to 20-foot waves. Rescue planes from Midway Island scouted the 120 mile square area. The ship remained afloat with 459 feet, carrying bombs and rockets, about 2000 tons TNT, bound for Da Nang.
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Vietnam
Charles Wilson
Yoko
Hama
Japan
Khian Star
Flying Dragon
Air Force
Coast Guard
Midway Island
Badger State
da Nang
South Vietnam
Bangor
Seattle
Wash
Nixon Signals Shedding Tax Bill Before California Trip
President Nixon, back at the White House, indicates he will sign the tax reform bill before leaving for a two week winter vacation in California. The measure falls 2.5 billion short of the revenue he sought, prompting a spending trim push. Ehrlichman and Kissinger discussed financial and foreign policy with the President as he plans to submit the 1971 federal budget proposals in about a month.
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Washington
Nixon
White House
California
John D. Ehrlichman
Henry A. Kissinger
Congress
Disappointment in Finance Ads vs Loan Makers
A reflective note contrasts finance company ads with the reality of loan approvals, highlighting the gap between marketing promises and the actual lending process. The remark questions authenticity in financial advertising and its impact on borrowers.
Miners Strike To Push Federal Coal Health Bill
About 1200 coal miners at four Kanawha and Fayette County mines walked out to press President Nixon to sign the federal coal mine health and safety bill. The Black Lung Association called a nationwide strike, led by miners widows, warning thousands could lose compensation if the bill remains unsigned.
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Charleston
W. Va
Nixon
Carbon Fuel Co
Imperial Collieries
Kanawha County
Central Appalachian Coal Co
Semet Solvay
Fayette County
Black Lung Association
United Mine Workers Union
Sara Koznoski
Christmas travel toll far below NSC forecast
National Safety Council reports 581 traffic deaths during the four day holiday ending Sunday. Weather and poor traveling conditions likely kept many off the roads. Fatal crashes included a seven person head on near White River South Dakota, a four member Jackson Mississippi family in Walthall County, a Ripon Wisconsin mother and her three children in Diveron Illinois, and a Salt Lake City drag race fatality of Mrs. Sarah Ann 73.
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National Safety Council
Howard Pyle
White River
S. D
Jackson Miss
Walthall County
Miss
Ripon
Wis
Divernon
Ill
Salt Lake City
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