LBJ Resumes Budget Work After Christmas Pause
President Johnson returns to shaping the federal budget with decisions on education and a war on poverty. Budget goals target under 100 billion dollars while considering a pay raise for civil service and postal workers. The family spent Christmas in Texas with church services and gifts including a Lincoln quotation for Mrs Johnson.
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Max Conrad Boasts Plane Distance Mark
Max Conrad, 61, landed in St. Petersburg Florida claiming a new non stop light plane distance record after more than 56 hours aloft. He left Cape Town and landed at 8 49 am time zone EST, saying he surpassed his 1959 Casablanca to Los Angeles record of 7 668 miles. He called the feat lucky.
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South Africa
Casablanca
Morocco
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Western flood toll tops 40 as Willamette falls
Floods across five western states leave more than 40 dead and over 14,000 homeless. Willamette River crested at 29.8 feet near Portland then receded while rescue efforts continue with helicopters and relief camps in California and Oregon.
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Oregon
Willamette
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California
Pet
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Sierra
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Washington State
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Idaho
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Truckee
Vista
Bennington
Eureka
Calif
Ferndale Fairgrounds
Holiday Traffic Toll Reaches 290 in Weekend Deaths
The Associated Press reports the Christmas weekend toll climbed to 290 deaths as traffic hazards rose from rain fog and snow. The period began Thursday 6 p.m. local time and ends Sunday midnight. Many accidents involved families and multiple-vehicle crashes, signaling a record yearly total.
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Associated Press
Penny Rae Arrives as Christmas Baby
A Christmas baby named Penny Rae Strothman was born at 10:25 p.m. yesterday at St. Clare Hospital weighing seven pounds seven ounces. Parents Mr. and Mrs. Robert Strothman of Juda announce Penny as their third child. Penny has brother Wade Loren and sister Patty Kay, with grandparents, great grandparents, and the mother listed as Nancy Flesher before marriage.
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Juda
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Penny Rae
Penny
Wade Loren
Patty Kay
Arthur Flesher
Monroe
George Strothman
Brodhead
Andrew Legler
Charles Flesher
Albany
Nancy Flesher
Italy fails again in 17th presidential vote
Rome parliament faltered for the 17th time as lawmakers failed to elect a new president of Italy. The impasse keeps the veteran incumbent in office temporarily and prolongs the constitutional deadlock in Rome.
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Seven Die In Christmas Day Georgia Crash
A Rodgers and Brown family station wagon plunges from a guard rail into Lake Lanier near Cumming Georgia. John E Brown 24 and his wife 24 drown. Also killed are Amanda Lee 3 Billy Bradford 2 Thomas 6 Brenda Sue 4 Joyce Ann 1. Two children Carroll Christine Rodgers 3 months and Linda Brown 3 were hospitalized in serious condition.
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John E. Brown
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Buddhist Rulers To Begin Drive to Oust Van Huong
Lt. Col. James Hagen of Stanley Wisconsin a 43 year old dentist and Army dental corps officer was identified as the American killed in the Christmas Eve bombing of a seven story Saigon building. The attack injured 65 others and claimed the life of an American civilian as well. Hagen had helped set up the dental curriculum at the University of Saigon and with his wife worked at a Catholic orphanage. He was due to return home to Oklahoma City to join his wife Joy and had previously visited his Stanley parents in 1963 before departing for Saigon. He served in World War II and later attended the University of Chicago and Marquette University. His family includes his brother Dr. Thomas Hagen and sister Mrs. D L Lovold. He and his wife had lived in Fernandino Beach Florida.
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Oklahoma City
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Redwood Falls
Minn
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Willmar
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Brink Hotel
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Okla
David M. Ag
Young Turks
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Air Force
Nguyen Cao Ky
Maxwell D. Taylor
Applications Sought To Name Top Farmer At Recognition Night
Monroe Jaycees and Boyer's LP Gas sponsor the 14th annual Outstanding Young Farmer of Green County program. Eligible farmers ages 21 to 35 must submit nominations by Friday January 1, with blanks available at local banks and feed mills or by postcard to Donald Pfister, Monroe. The winner is to be announced January 28 at Turner Hall during the Farmers Recognition Night and may advance to the state OTF program in Greenfield on February 13. Tom Parrison of the FHA Madison will speak at the event.
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Monroe
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OTF
Greenfield
Tom Parrison
FHA
Madison
Nature Helps Santa With Yule Gift Twins
In El Cajon California a doctor told Mrs Richard Watson an 11th child would be her last Yet Nature provided twins a boy and a girl as the Watsons holiday gift and final addition to their family
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Calif
Richard Watson
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Secret Christmas Miracle Awakens Douglas Stewart
Beatrice Nebraska reports a 14 year old boy Douglas Stewart at Beatrice State Home regained speech after brain injury from a March tractor accident. Staff nurtured him daily and kept his progress secret until Christmas when his mother Mrs John Stewart heard him say Merry Christmas. The surge in progress followed patient care and gentle encouragement from nurses aides and doctors.
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Lynch
Neb
12 Boys Pursue FBI Wanted Man in Night Chase
In Paineville Ohio twelve youths aged 16 to 17 chased Alfred Oponowicz, an FBI Ten Most Wanted fugitive, after spotting him near a railroad overpass. Oponowicz, after a gun battle and hospital escape, was captured when a neighbor alerted police, with Bryant and others recalling the pursuit as a TV like patrol.
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Painesville
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Paineville
Arthur Bryant
John Peacock
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Peacock
Bryant
Arthur Dowdy
James Bafford
Buddhist Leaders Resume Push to Oust Huong Amid Saigon Tensions
In Saigon the Buddhist hierarchy vows to use every method to oust Premier Tran Van Huong as martial law extends and U S forces tighten security after the High National Council purge. Bomb threats, gymnastic measures, and funeral talk shadow a crisis with U S officials demanding civilian authority.
Cyclone Ravages South Asia Leaving Hundreds Dead
Reports from New Delhi indicate 150 people killed in India as thousands lose homes. Across Ceylon and the island of Rameswaram, at least 750 deaths are reported amid a 15 foot tidal wave and widespread devastation.
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India
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Rameswaram
Aliens Must Report Addresses in January
R A Klein of the Milwaukee office of the Immigration and Naturalization Service reminded that the address reporting period runs in January. All aliens in the United States, with few exceptions, must report their addresses to the Government during that period. Forms will be available at post offices and INS offices next month.
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