Thanksgiving Day Feasts Reach Wide Across Nation
Americans extend help to the needy with turkey gifts in Muskogee and food drives in Chicago and Glendale. Indiana University students visit nursing homes while pilots and prisoners face wartime contrasts. Gov Maddox grants early release to 553 inmates as 360,000 U S servicemen dine in South Vietnam. Pilgrim pageantry marks Plymouth 350th anniversary amid Native protests. Travel dangers rise with 670 to 770 expected traffic deaths. record carnage was 764 in 1968.
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Cutting the Turkey Lesson Sparks First-Grade Fun
Amos Walker, a first grader at Oneida School, learns by slicing a turkey with his classmates. The brief kitchen activity underscores hands on learning and student participation in a traditional holiday preparation.
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Veterans Dine With President at White House Thanksgiving
President Nixon and Mrs. Nixon hosted 100 hospitalized servicemen from Army Navy and Air Force at a White House Thanksgiving meal. Guests included Vietnam veterans as chefs prepared six large turkeys and pumpkin pies. The event featured the Spurrlow touring group and a South Lawn illumination ceremony funded by inaugural event profits.
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Pope Paul VI Begins Asia Pacific Tour Amid Criticism
Pope Paul VI departed Rome for a 10 day tour of Asia and the Pacific amid criticism from many Roman Catholics and concern over his health. He rejected claims of ill health and said the journey is a missionary duty. Controversy swirled around a planned Hong Kong stop and the trip’s funding.
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Weather outlook stays warm with possible showers
The forecast calls for cloudy but warm weather through tomorrow with a chance of showers. Lows tonight in the 40s and a high tomorrow in the lower 60s. yesterday's high was 38 and the morning low 37.
Russians Helpfully Sharpen Our Sense of Lead or Lag
A wry remark notes that Russians inadvertently aid perception of progress. The speaker jests that without their input, one might struggle to tell whether we are ahead or behind. The line blends humor with geopolitical context.
Death Toll In Vietnam Highest In 22 Months
SAIGON AP report: 65 Americans killed in Indochina last week, the highest weekly U S casualty toll in 242 months, with 32 previously. A Da Nang helicopter crash killed 15 Marines and more than a dozen booby trap deaths were included. Total U S casualties reach 44,056 killed in action in Vietnam.
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Hickel Fired Over Mutual Confidence Clash
Washington AP notes conservationists and lawmakers were shocked as President Nixon ousted Walter J. Hickel from the Interior Department amid claims of a lack of mutual confidence. Morton, a Maryland Republican, to replace him, while acting secretary Fred J. Russell will run the department in the interim.
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AEC Chief Killed In Plane Crash
Atomic Energy Commissioner Theos Thompson, America’s top figure in nuclear weapons development, died when a National Park Service plane plunged into Lake Mead near Boulder City Nevada. Two other passengers also perished. the pilot survived as witnesses described a sudden dive amid 60 mph winds and a downdraft.
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