Tornado Outbreak Hits South Brings Injuries and Damage
Severe weather lashes the Southern states with tornadoes injuring five and causing about 95 000 dollars in damage. Across the region storms, floods, and high winds also disrupt the Midwest and Southeast, while record warmth on Christmas day baffles New England and the northern plains report extreme cold snaps.
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Midwest
Portland
Seaboard
Niceville
Fla
Alabama
Georgia
Tennessee
Louisiana
Mississippi
Arkansas
Reds Extend Profit Motive In Trial Test
The Soviet government announced a trial extension of profit based management to heavy industry and mining starting Jan. 1 in Lvov. Plants include loading machines, a TV factory, a textile enterprise, and the Velkomostovskaya No. 9 coal mine. Economics Prof. Yevsey Libermann helped set up the plan.
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Reds
Moscow
Izvestia
Lvov
Zarya
Velkomostovskaya
Yevsey Libermann
Kharkov University
Libermann
Gorky
Four men charged in fatal Brooklyn boy stomp murder
In Brooklyn, Umberto Lopez 14 was killed after leaving a Christmas Eve party in Brownsville as four men were charged with homicide. The slaying occurred near a subway station following a demand to name the person who slashed a friend. Police sought another unidentified white male victim assaulted by three black youths in the same period.
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NEW York
Brooklyn
Umberto Lopez
Brownsville
Lopez
Jesus Batista
Richard Almodover
Felix Rodriguez
Francisco Rivera
Santa Gets Last Laugh In Theft
In Keokuk Iowa a Superior Court judge fined three youths for stealing a Santa figure from a yard display. Edward Ewers 18 John Korschen 17 both Keokuk and George Fecht 19 Carthage Illinois faced $50 fines plus costs for the Christmas display theft described as lacking Christmas spirit. The judge expressed sympathy for the parents and admonished the lack of better conduct.
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Keokuk
Iowa
UPI
Santa Claus
Superior Court
Ralph Smith
Smith
Edward Ewers
John Korschen
George Fecht
Carthage
Ill
Marine Killed After Climbing Pole at Madrid Embassy
A U.S. Marine, Ted Palmer, 21, of Rehoboth Beach Delaware, was electrocuted when he touched a high tension wire while climbing a telephone pole near the U.S. Embassy in Madrid after a Christmas Eve event. Palmer served as a Marine guard at the embassy and died at the scene.
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Madrid
Spain
UPI
U.S
Ted Palmer
Rehoboth Beach
Del
Palmer
Italy fails to elect president on Christmas ballot
In Rome a Christmas Day ballot in Parliament failed to elect a new president as 11th round produced 349 votes for Petro Nenni, 482 needed. Christian Democrats abstained. neo Fascists and monarchists jeered. Next ballot set for 11 a.m. Saturday with little progress.
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Rome
UPI
Petro Nenni
Giovanni Leone
Christian Democrats
Leone
Aldo Moro
Buffone
Augusto de Marsanich
Alcide Malagugini
Varnado Hall President Home for Holidays
Miss Mickey Varnado daughter of Mr and Mrs E M Varnado 2011 Beasley St is home from Northwestern State College for the holidays. A freshman she is president of her dormitory Varnado Hall.
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Mickey Varnado
E. M. Varnado
Beasley St
Northwestern State College
Varnado Hall
Freshmen Return for Holidays from Nev ille High
Freshmen Deas Parrish Milann Gannaway and Carol Culpepper visit the city renewing friendships with Nev ille High graduates home for the holidays.
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Centenary
Christmas Food Aid Reaches Kentucky Family in Need
In Whitesburg Kentucky volunteers deliver a Christmas surprise to a six child family lacking decorations and relying on surplus food. A 4 a.m. delivery includes a turkey ham and clothing while gifts from Bloomington Illinois and Asheboro North Carolina arrive to help.
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Whitesburg
Kentucky
Reuious Day
Bloomington
Day
Santa Claus
Letcher County
Asheboro
N.C
Carolina
Freddy Tucker
Bill Upehureh
Larry Wright
Infiltration Check Made In Viet Nam
Saigon security teams swept 67 U S installations after the Brink Hotel bombing. No bombs were found as investigators pursued possible Viet Cong infiltration and examined vehicle access while officials assessed casualties and the security crisis. Comedian Bob Hope spoke to American crews at Vinh Long.
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
U.S
Archie C. Kuntze
Sheboygan
Wis
Kuntze
Bob Hope
Vinh Long
Mekong River Delta
Brink Hotel bombing leaves 11 hospitalized in good condition
AP reports 11 of 65 Americans wounded remain in hospital after the Brink Hotel bombing, all in good condition. List of patients includes Lt. Cols Jean H. Dickson of Little Rock and John Fulmer of Carlisle, plus Maj. George M. Gallagher, Capts. Richard L. Sturdevant and others from various states.
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U.S
Saigon
South Viet Nam
Jean H. Dickson
Little Rock
Ark
John Fulmer
Carlisle
Paul R. Atherton
Falls Church
R. C Damm
Meyersdale
Richard A. Levy
San Diego
Calif
Milton F. Tarr
Cookstown
M.H
Ernest Malnassy
Alexandria
George M. Gallagher
Tucson
Ariz
Richard IL
East German Guards Grant Christmas Visits Across Berlin
East German border guards allowed at least 85,000 West Berliners to pass into the Communist sector for Christmas visits. Guards were unusually helpful at checkpoints, sometimes wishing merry Christmas. Visitors exchange three East marks for each West mark, boosting East shortages with gifts from West Berlin relatives. Some East Berliners seek brand-name cosmetics amid changing tastes linked to West Berlin media.
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Berlin
Redwall
West Berlin
East Berlin
East
Cooler In Area Forecast Today
Cooler temperatures are predicted for the Twin Cities today and tonight after spring like weather at Christmas. Partly cloudy skies prevail with little sunshine and no meaningful rainfall through Sunday. Winds northerly at eight to 18 mph and a high near 55 to 62 degrees.
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Twin Cities
U.S. Weather Bureau
Louisiana
Memphis
Selman Field
FAA
Holiday Deaths Rise Across Nation During Christmas Weekend
Traffic fatalities climbed to 206 by 6 p.m. Thursday as rain and slick roads produced multiple crashes. At least 31 people died in eight accidents including two Gainesville families in Georgia and several families across Illinois Arkansas Ohio and Tennessee.
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National Safety Council
Georgia
Illinois
Arkansas
Ohio
Tennessee
Cumming
Gainesville
Johnny E. Brown
Billy Rogers
Charles Heath
Danville
Ill
Eight Die in Christmas Day Crash Near Thibodaux Louisiana
Three killed and five injured in a head on collision three miles south of Thibodaux on Christmas Day. The fatalities bring Louisiana deaths since 6 p.m. Thursday to eight. Victims near Thibodaux were Mrs. Gilbert Hebert 40 Janice Hebert 19 and Mrs. Edgar Ledet 40 all residents of Thibodaux.
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Thibodaux
Louisiana
Gilbert Hebert
Janice Hebert
Edgar Ledet
First Flight for 90 Children on Eastern Air Lines Holiday Flight
Washington D C youngsters from welfare agencies rode a Constellation from Washington National to Dulles for a 30 minute first flight. Capt Buck Fisk, Co pilot Duane Gordon and flight engineer Elton Cleaver organized the event with FAA clearance and 20 Eastern employees volunteering.
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Washington
API
Eastern Air Lines
Eastern
New York- Washington
Washington National Airport
Dulles International Airport
Dulles
Federal Aviation Agency
Buck Fisk
FAA
Lincoln Memorial
Washington Monument
Capitol Hill
Duane Gordon
Elton Cleaver
Far West floods threaten Portland as ships aid homeless
Floods across Oregon California Washington Idaho and Nevada leave more than 40 dead and cause millions in damage. In Portland the Willamette crested near the seawall as helicopters and a U S Navy destroyer and Red Cross workers mobilized to aid 30 000 flood victims and 3 500 shelter refugees amid blocked Harbor Drive and rising waters.
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Far West
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California
Bennington
Eureka
Calif
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Navy
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Oregon
Deschutes River
Red Cross
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Nevada
Walton
Humboldt Bay
Humboldt
del Norte
Weather Bureau
Willamette
Harbor Drive
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Morrison Bridge
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James R. Hagen
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Holiday Young
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Marked Tree
William F. Carter
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