Weather on Rampage as Cold Front Grips Regions
Arctic air and strong northerly winds sweep the northern Rockies with heavy fog blanketing the middle Atlantic states. The Weather Bureau warns of cold waves with subzero temps possible in northern Montana by Sunday. dense fog disrupts air travel and risky driving, shutting major airports including National Airport and Philadelphia International.
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Rockies
Middle Atlantic States
Dakotas
Minnesota
Weather Bureau
Montana
Weather prospects and flood impacts across regions
The Miami Valley sees little weather change with a 35 degree low and 50 high forecast for tomorrow. Widespread cloudiness and a chance of light rain are noted. Floods and ice jams persist in the Midwest and South, with Baraboo Wisconsin’s Circus World Museum facing rising waters as 19th century wagons are moved to higher ground near the Baraboo River. Washington Dulles Airport remains open but inoperable amid the disruption.
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Miami Valley
Washington
Baltimore
Dulles
Midwest
Pennsylvania
Circus World Museum
Baraboo
Wis
Ringling Bros. Circus
Ohio Klan plots surface in White House plan case
A congressional panel will reconvene to question Eloise Witte the Grand Empress of Ohio's Ku Klux Klan unit over alleged plots to blow up the White House and assassinate Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. at Antioch College. Youthful ex klansman Daniel Wagner testified about the scheme and the campaign to harm Mrs Witte's husband.
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Washington
Ohio
Eloise Witte
Cincinnati
White House
Martin Luther King
Antioch College
Yellow Springs
Daniel N. Wagner
Columbus
King
Johnson
Hubert H. Humphrey
Witte
Eral Klan
Jim Harris
Robert Annabelle
Parma Heights
Parkie Scott
Oregonia
Flynn Harvey
Harris
Scott
Harvey
Annabelle
Robert M. Shelton
Apollo Launch Rescheduled to Feb 23 at Cape Kennedy
NASA moved the Saturn 1B Apollo launch to February 23 at Cape Kennedy. The delay extends the countdown after a one day postponement to prepare the Saturn 1B rocket and Apollo spacecraft.
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Apollo
Cape Kennedy
Fla
Space Agency
9 Decorated For Gallantry
In Vietnam the U S 1st Cavalry killed 46 Viet Cong and captured eight as they overran a base camp in the An Lao Valley near Saigon. Nine Silver Star awards were given in Bien Hoa to army men, with Lt. David L Snadely and others praised for gallantry.
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
An Lao
U.S. 1St Cavalry
U.S
Johnson
Humphrey
1St Infantry Division
Army
Ground drops out from under homes in Los Angeles hills
In Pacific Palisades and Bel-Air hillsides, rain softened soil caused new earthslides destroying three homes and threatening others. A Bel-Air mansion valued at 250000 dollars was undermined, utilities failed, and streets were buried as residents face tougher building rules amid ongoing fear of slides.
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Los Angeles
Pacific Palicotes
Bel-Air
Southern California
Pacific Palisades
Philip A. Stein
California
Portuguese Bend
Johnson reshuffles White House and Budget Bureau posts
President Johnson announces a White House staff sweep naming Lee C. White as chair of the Federal Power Commission and Elmer B. Staats as comptroller general. Harry C. McPherson becomes special counsel, with Robert H. Fleming set as deputy press secretary and Dixon Donnelley as assistant secretary of state for public affairs. Clifford L. Alexander Jr. named deputy special counsel. Fleming to handle briefings. Moyers remains in a policy role.
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Washington
Johnson
White House
Budget Bureau
Lee C. White
Federal Power Commission
Elmer B. Staats
Dixon Donnelley
Secretary of the Treasury
Clifford L. Alexander Jr
Succed McPherson
Fleming
Bill D. Moyers
Moyers Ers
Moyers
Bob Fleming
Meningitis Fights Reach Army and Air Force Trainees
At Lackland Air Force Base and three other Army bases a combat meningitis outbreak has caused two deaths among recruits and 28 known infections. New recruits may be sent to Amarillo to limit spread as cases appear at Lackland Ft Gordon Ft Polk and Ft Knox with recoveries at Ft Lewis and a total of 58 cases this year in the 124000 basic trainees.
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San Antonio
Tex
Lackland Air Force Base
Lackland
Air Force
Amarillo Air Force Base
Jerry L. Slagle
Akron
Ohio
Lackland Hospital
Robert W. Givin
Ft. Gordon
Ft. Polk
Ft. Knox
Ft. Lewis
Wash
Washington
Camden Man Wins Ohio Young Farmer Of The Year
Leonard Vonderhaar of Camden wins Ohio Young Farmer of the Year and Shirley Ann Shadle of near Wauseon is named Young Farmer's Wife of the Year at the Ohio Young Farmer's Association convention. Vonderhaar runs a 640 acre grain farm with his wife Rita and three children. Shadle assists her husband Richard as chief bookkeeper and holds multiple Farm Bureau and church roles. The top awards honor nearly 3,000 young members aged 16 to 35 across the state.
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Columbus, Ohio
Ohio Young Farmer's Association
Preble County
Fulton County
Leonard Vonderhaar
Rt. 2
Camden
Shirley Ann Shadle
Near Wauseon
Vonderhaar
Association
Rita
Trying to Speak Up In A Noisy Room
An observer notes how getting a word in is nearly impossible when some people talk over others and dominate conversation. The comparison likens the scene to threading a sewing machine with the motor running.
British Rail Strike Threat Ends
London AP reports the nationwide rail strike was averted after Prime Minister Harold Wilson won union acceptance of the government compromise. The 23 member executive council of the National Union of Railwaymen voted 13 to 10 to cancel the walkout, with the union agreeing to start the 34 percent pay raise on September 1 instead of October 1 and to a 40 hour work week starting February 28 along with pension talks.
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London
Harold Wilson
Wilson
The
National Union of
Editorial labels Honolulu talks a prelude to bigger U.S. venture
The Peking People's Daily states in an editorial that President Johnson and South Vietnamese leaders met in Honolulu last week and calls the conference a prelude to a new and larger American military venture.
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Peking People's Daily
Johnson
Honolulu
U.S
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Colorado Springs
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Oak Lawn
Ill
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Seaside
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St. Paul
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Westbrook
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