Flames Seen Six Miles Away As Yacht Fire Ravages Fort Lauderdale Marina
A wind whipped blaze at Broward Marina destroyed about a dozen yachts and damaged others, with flames seen six miles away. Police reported three burn injuries. 17 boats were heavily damaged or burned, and investigators sought the cause. Firefighters battled the three hour blaze amid gas tanker explosions.
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Fort Lauderdale
Fila
Heather IV
Jim Brown
Feather
Walter Grey
Ernest Burgemester
M. T. Whidby
Foul Weather Aids Reds Keeps Bombers Grounded
North Viet Nam exploits foul weather to hasten repairs on roads bridges and rail lines. U S air strikes fall to about 18 to 25 daily as reconnaissance is hindered by rain. North uses mobile bridge spans and hidden wooden sections to complicate bombing efforts. American pilots monitor repairs and strike as bridges railways or highways near readiness.
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
U.S
Toan Ti Maer Chead Cnet
North
Air Force
Navy
North Viet Nam
Washington
Navy shells Vietnamese supply craft in South Vietnam action
Navy destroyers John R. Craig and Hamner fired over 230 five inch shells at supply craft on shore and at sea. Reports say ground action was limited while Viet Cong operations spread across the country. An ammo dump near Saigon was sabotaged, causing a four hour fire. Premier Ky announced cabinet changes amid Vietnam war turmoil. Surveillance notes North Vietnam acknowledged losses.
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Navy
John R. Craig
Hamner
U.S
South Viet Nam
Saigon
Nguyen Cao Ky
Long Binh
Quan Doi Nhan Dan
North Viet Nam
Lunar Orbiter 2 to Snap High Resolution Moon Images
Lunar Orbiter 2 will shoot 16 frames of the Sea of Tranquility to pinpoint safe landing spots on the moon. Photos, showing details as small as three feet, will be processed in a tiny aboard darkroom and radioed to Madrid within hours, with further transmissions to Goldstone and release expected tonight.
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Pasadena
Calif
U.S
Madrid
Spain
US. Space Agency
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Goldstone
Weather forecast and temperature trends
A cloudy cold night with a low in the lower 30s followed by a partly sunny Saturday and a cold high in the middle 50s. Temperatures through next week average near normal with a late-week cold spell turning warm again. Yesterday’s high reached 67 and overnight low 58 with 10 am reading at 54.
Housing slump seen easing for 1967 says Federal official
John E. Horne, chairman of the Federal Home Loan Bank Board, predicted a pickup in home building in 1967 as the sector languished at its lowest level since World War II. He signaled possible changes to interest rate rules but did not specify how. He noted 848,000 housing starts for the year, down 20.7 percent from September’s 1.07 million, and regarded the downturn as a key soft spot in a generally solid economy.
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New York
SAP
Federal Home Loan Bank Board
John E. Horne
Federal
Easio Ns Wt
Horne
Savings
Millionaire Orkin Won't Go On Relief
Otto Orkin the pest control magnate will not need relief after all as trustees have set up limited credits for groceries and laundries. The Latvian immigrant whose fortune was tied in a trust faced welfare questions when his wife sought aid. court action left the couple with no income as trust funds could not be accessed by the guardian.
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Atlanta, Ga
Otto Orkin
Orkin
Allentown
Smyrna
Cobb County Welfare
Orkin Trust
Orkins
Koufax Planned Dodgers Retirement News Conference
Baseball writer Phil Collier reports from Los Angeles that Sandy Koufax will announce his retirement in a news conference today. The San Diego Union source notes Koufax, a star pitcher, is stepping away after a storied career with the Dodgers.
Hundreds Flee Po Delta Floods Across Rovigo Region
Officials urged hundreds of Scardovari and Bonelli villagers to evacuate as winds and Adriatic surge threaten the swamped Po River delta. About 300 Bonelli residents refused to move amid fears for levees and renewed floods after days of heavy rain and mountain snow.
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Rovigo
Italy
Scardovari
Bonelli
Venice
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