New Chinese Turmoil as Red Guards Face Opposition
Reports from inside China indicate fresh political turmoil as Red Guards clash with resisters in a sweeping purge. A train sabotage attempt on a youth train was thwarted by a young soldier who died a hero’s death, seen as a model for the army.
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Associated Press
Red China
Chinese Army
Pos
Red Guards
Mao Tse-tung
Peking Polithbure
People’s Liberation Army
Tsai Yung Hsiang
Tsai
Tsai Yung-hsiang
Red Guard
Smog Over New York Lingers As Health Warnings Issued
The New York metropolitan area remains shrouded in heavy smog with residents bearing warnings for heart and lung patients to stay indoors. Officials pressed for relief from a stagnating inversion while noting air pollution spiked to dangerous levels before easing.
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New York
New York Metropolitan Area
Middle Atlantic
Weather forecast brief cooler night and sunny Saturday
It will be clear and cooler tonight as showers end with a low in the lower 40s. Saturday will be mostly sunny with little temperature change. Yesterday’s high was 63 and overnight low 52. Middletown recorded .06 inch of rain before 8 a.m. Today’s 11 a.m. temperature was 59.
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Middletown
Viet Cong repelled in Tay Ninh war zone clash
In War Zone C near Tay Ninh City a U S Army company supported about 240 Vietnamese irregulars as allied forces repelled a Communist attack. Casualties not yet reported, but initial word said allied losses were light amid heavy artillery and air strikes.
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
U.S
Tay Ninh
Tay Ninh City
U.S. 1St Cavalry Division
Binh Dinh
U.S. Air Force
Navy
North
Viet Nam
U.S. Marine Corps
Viet Nams
Scranton drills for underground mine fire during Thanksgiving
In Scranton Pennsylvania workers drill holes through the ground to locate an underground mine fire. up to 120 holes may be sunk to vent and extinguish fumes. Evacuation covered about two dozen families as police and National Guard seal an eight block area. Health officials deem at least four houses unfit for habitation as authorities probe abandoned mines.
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Scranton
James J. Walsh
Walsh
National Guard
Pennsylvania
World religious and scientific leaders press Pope on birth control
An appeal signed by 85 readers including 21 Nobel laureates asks Pope Paul VI to soften Church anti birth control doctrine to prevent overpopulation. The letter cites rising population, scientific advances, and a new moral imperative for fertility regulation. It was delivered June 2 and acknowledged June 27 by Vatican officials.
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New York
Vatican
Msgr
Angelo Dell’ Acana
Driver Found After Car Plunges Into Pond Nighttime Crash
Middletown police recovered a submerged car after a 1:20 a.m. crash on Manchester Road. Drew Barnickle, 19, of Franklin, slept at home when found three and a half hours later. charged with careless driving and fleeing the scene. Witness Terry Jenkins, 17, saw the car enter the pond. the vehicle sank in 15 to 20 feet of water.
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Middletown
Donald van Arsdale
Ptl
Jerry Chapman
Nelson Pond
Manchester Road
Drew Barnickle
S. Dixie Highway
Franklin
Barnickle
Terry Jenkins
Jenkins
Fire Department
Box 21
Dayton
Trucker hero saves four as train derails after hit
Granville Ohio trucker James Martin aided four travelers from a wrecked car moments before a freight train struck it on U S 30 near Plymouth Indiana. He carried a passenger and another man to safety as 34 freight cars plus two engines derailed after the collision.
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George
James Martin
U.S. 30
Plymouth
Ind
Ohio
Ohio Trucking Association
Granville
Martin
Carlos Kitchen
Chicago
Mary Alice Evans
Williamson
W. Va
Pennsylvania Railroad
Fort Wayne
Weekend Road Toll Mounting Across Thanksgiving Weekend
The Associated Press tally shows Ohio's traffic deaths climbing to near 22 during the Thanksgiving weekend, with 47 victims under 18. Through midnight Sunday the period covered 192 hours, placing Ohio second to California in fatalities for the same interval.
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Associated Press
Ohio
Callifornia
Fragmented Witty Quote Snafu in Odd Publication
A garbled OCR line muddles a remark about knowing someone named Joe and a joke about buying wit with two pairs of pertains while damaging a coat.
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