Storm Hits Plains as Winter Storm Moves Eastward
A growing winter storm spread from the Rockies into the Great Plains bringing snow wind and rain with 2 to 3 inches expected in eight states from Wyoming and Nebraska to New Mexico and the Texas Panhandle. The Atlantic system lingered over the Northeast with sleet and heavy snow in parts.
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Americans pass 200000 wounded in Vietnam war
After eight years of combat the total U S wounded in Vietnam exceeds 200 000 with 1 103 wounded and 197 dead last week raising the overall combat fatalities to 31 759 and wounded to 200 792 The Viet Cong are believed to mass for an attack around Saigon focusing on Tay Ninh Long Binh Bien Hoa and Lai Khe with 65 000 enemy troops in the 3rd Corps Area and 5 000 allied infantry nearby.
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Hickel halts Gulf offshore oil and gas lease sale
Interior Secretary Walter J. Hickel postponed the sale of 27 Gulf coast offshore tracts to ensure regulations prevent pollution like the Santa Barbara spill. Bids already received will be returned unopened. past Gulf leases have netted nearly $200 million in bonuses.
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Nixon voids all LBJ civic service lists
Washington AP reports Postmaster General Blount announces that about 2,200 acting postmasters and 467 Johnson nominees not confirmed are out of their jobs as civil service lists are voided. New merit based procedures will fill posts, with regional directors mostly changed and most vacancies redefined.
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Chuckle Never Contradict Your Wife
A humorous proverb warns that one should not contradict a wife, noting the imbalance of a single word against thousands of hers. The quip frames marital disputes as a game where consensus matters more than a sole argument.
Violence on Berkeley Campus as Police Push Back Demonstrators
Helmeted police chased student militants across the University of California campus during a violent clash linked to a month-old strike. About 200 officers attempted to rescue a fallen dissident and arrested 25 protesters in Wednesday’s fighting.
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Pueblo crewmen describe quartermaster as tower of strength
In Pueblo a crewman testifies about imprisonment and praises Charles Law as a tower of strength. Law tells his own story today, with full details on page 3.
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Lebanon Denies Involvement In Zurich Airliner Raid
Lebanon rejects any role in the Zurich airliner attack that wounded six and killed a guerrilla. Israel and the United States urge international action to protect commercial aviation as Damascus and Amman are cited in conflicting claims.
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War Is Man's Inhumanity To Man Airman Colasuonno's Message
AP report from Wichita Kansas describes Air Force Maj Victor Colasuonno a Vietnam casualty who had taught kindness to his son and the fourth grade at Church of the Magdalen. His Christmas letter to students defines war as the cruelty of humans who fail to love and urges youths not to learn hatred from adults.
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Middletown Weather Forecast Sees Cool Nights and Warming Weekend
The Middletown area expects clear skies tonight with lows in the mid 20s. Friday brings fair seasonable temperatures with highs in the upper 30s to mid 40s. Saturday looks cloudy and warm. Yesterday's high reached 43 degrees and this morning's low was 22.
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