Thanksgiving parades and services mark a national feast
Americans celebrate a long tradition with church services and family dinners. Major parades unfold in New York and Philadelphia while Hollywood hosts its Santa Claus Lane event. Charities in New York feed 5,000 needy people with Thanksgiving turkeys.
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Philadelphia
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Calif
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New York
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Heaviest Fighting Near Cambodian Border Sparks Heavy Losses
U S military spokesmen said 255 enemy soldiers were killed in five engagements along the Cambodian border during Thanksgiving. Two American helicopters were shot down in a landing zone as 15 Americans died and 19 wounded. U S casualties reached 21 killed and 37 wounded, with ten South Vietnamese dead and twenty wounded.
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Thanksgiving in Vietnam amid meals and combat actions
U S troops in Vietnam celebrated Thanksgiving with meals delivered by helicopter to 536 000 fighting troops including those in Duc Hoa near Saigon and along the Cambodian border. More than half a million pounds of turkey and trimmings were distributed as Gen. Abrams urged resolve and peace. Meanwhile clashes near Loc Ninh involved U S air cavalrymen and tanks with 58 enemy killed and five Americans killed, while DMZ area uncovered mortar caches.
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Saigon
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South Vietnam
Vietnam
Demilitarized Zone
Loc Ninh
da Nang
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Con Thien
Dong Ha
Eldridge Cleaver On The Run Brief Escape Sought
An on the run statement reported that Eldridge Cleaver hoped to surrender but left after about thirty minutes. A State Department of Corrections spokesman said an all points bulletin was issued for his arrest. Some speculate he fled the United States.
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San Francisco
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Four-way Vietnam talks to start week of December
Paris AP reports that four party Vietnam peace talks with a Saigon delegation will begin the week of December 8. U S diplomats expect opening sessions to stall over who speaks for whom as Thieu ends the boycott but rejects recognizing the Viet Cong as a separate negotiating entity. The NLF says it will attend as an equal party. The US seeks a minimal premeeting accord on time and place and will push procedural questions into the conference. Thieu warns talks do not guarantee peace and that fighting may continue during discussions.
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Vietnam
Saigon
U.S
Nguyen van Thieu
Republic of Vietnam
Hanoi
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National Liberation Front
NLF
South Vietnam
W. Averell Harriman
United States
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Rhodes unveils 1970s plan for education and highways
Gov. James A. Rhodes outlines Solutions for the Seventies a multi million dollar program to upgrade education highways housing and administration. The plan prioritizes education expands technical and higher education funding and creates eight district higher education regions with multi campus universities.
Fate Of 78 Miners Sealed By Explosions In West Virginia
In Mannington West Virginia a 2 28 am blast at Mountaineer Coal Co No 9 mine worsened the fate of 78 trapped miners. Flames and smoke poured from a mine entrance as air samples showed methane and carbon monoxide levels far above survivable limits. Officials feared more explosions and debated sealing the mine to extinguish the fire.
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W. Va
Wrack Mountaineer Coal Co
Mahan
Llewellyn
John Corcoran
Consolidation Coal Co
Mountaineer
Corcoran
Reorganization Plan Aims to Overhaul Ohio Education System
Gov. Rhodes unveiled a sweeping plan to restructure Ohio's education system as part of the Solutions for the Seventies. The proposal would create eight higher education districts with district trustees, merge the Regents with the Department of Education by 1980, and place top education policy under a single cabinet director.
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Ohio
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Middletown Weather Forecast Cloudy and Windy With Showers
The Middletown area is described for today as cloudy and windy with intermittent showers this evening. Tonight's low will be in the 30s. Friday brings mostly cloudy, windy and cooler conditions with showers ending in the evening.
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