Bombers Intensify North Vietnam Raid Campaign
U S planes hammered the DMZ and Ha Noi area as B52s and Thunderchiefs conducted multiple raids amid ongoing ground fighting. The Maddox attacked Viet Cong supply craft near the DMZ while Hope and Graham prepared Christmas outreach tours for U S troops in the region.
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South Vietnam
Saigon
National Liberation Front
U.S
Maddox
Demilitarized Zone
7Th Fleet
North Vietnam
Ha Gia
Hanoi
Nuclear Blast Rocks Nevada near Las Vegas underground test
An underground nuclear detonation northwest of Las Vegas produced a strong blast felt from the Mint Hotel area. The AEC estimates yield between 200,000 and 1 million tons of TNT with a possible thermonuclear device, details undisclosed.
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Las Vegas
Nev
United States
Here
Mint Hotel
Nevada
Atomic Energy Commission
Hiroshima
AEC
Cloudy Skies Forecast With Cool Temperatures In Morris Area
The Weatherman predicts cloudy skies tonight with a low around 30. Wednesday offers more clouds and a chance of snow with a high in the low 30s. Thursday remains cloudy with little temperature change. At Collins Weather Station the high reached 40 and the night low was 32. At 9 am Morris read 32 degrees and at 10 30 am downtown it was 35.
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Collins
Morris
Brick Mason Saves Life in Fiery Wreck
In Indianapolis a brick mason Roy G. Burris pulled teacher Sharon Roach from a spreading inferno after an 8,100 gallon gasoline tanker jackknifed and overturned in a major collision. Driver Orval Hulle y died from burns and four of the victims perished at the scene.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Roy G. Burris
Sharon Roach
Miss Roach
Orval Hulley
38Th Street
Wallace Scheffee
Elizabeth Ann
Wendy
Dennis H. Carter
GM recalls Pontiac models under new traffic safety law
Pontiac Division of General Motors issued a public recall affecting 16 245 Tempest Le Mans and GTO models built before October 18 The company warned defective steering shafts could misalign and develop abnormal stress potentially causing shaft failure over time.
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Pontiac
Santa Claus as a Christmas gift figure studied by UW sociologist
University of Wisconsin sociologist Warren Hagstrom argues Santa Claus differs from St. Nicholas and competes with the Three Wise Men. He questions why parents give gifts in Santa’s name, noting gifts via Santa may be morally purer than direct parental bribes and calls for study of Santa's role in child behavior and gift giving.
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Madison, Wis
Warren 0. Hagstrom
University of Wisconsin
Hagstrom
Santa Claus
Santa
American Sociologist
American Sociological Association
Space Treaty Approved by U N General Assembly
The United Nations General Assembly backed a treaty outlawing war in outer space in a unanimous vote. The pact will become law after ratification by five governments including the United States, the Soviet Union and Britain.
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Tom Hoge
United Nations
N.Y
U.N. General Assembly
United States
Soviet Union
Johnson
U Thant
Assembly
Britain
Thant
U.S
Goldberg
Vietnam
Pekin Man Dies After Bridge Collision
John E. Kerrigan aged 63 died in Pekin Memorial Hospital from injuries suffered Monday night when struck by a car at the east end of the Pekin Bridge on Illinois 9. He died today as a result of the crash.
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Pekin, Ill
John E. Kerrigan
Pekin Memorial Hospital
Pekin Bridge
Illinois 9
Illinois must provide 6800 acres for Wes ton atom smasher site
Illinois officials informed Governor Kerner that 6,800 acres of land are needed for a nuclear accelerator at Weston. The AEC announced Weston as the site for a 735 million atom smasher and seeks rapid progress ahead of upcoming congressional authorization hearings.
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Springfield
Ill
Atomic Energy Commission
Otto Kerner
Illinois
Weston
Commission
Kerner
AEC
Washington, D. C
Glenn T. Seaborg
Washington
Gene Graves
Illinois Business and Economic Development Department
William Cole
Roger Nathan
Illinois Human Relations Commission
Seaborg
Santa calls from curious kids tie up Kansas City office
In Kansas City a finance company president received 75 to 100 calls from children asking for Santa Claus. Jim McDonald said they paused business to fulfill the "business of Santa Claus." He could not explain the mixup that routed the calls in the first place.
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Kansas City, Mo
Santa Claus
Jim McDonald
McDonald
Five-Year Term Requested in Russian Currency Case
In Leningrad a Soviet prosecutor urged a five-year labor camp sentence for Wortham Jr after guilty pleas to theft and currency violations. Gilmour Jr faces a $1,111 fine and possible release. defense seeks three months. Trial included testimony that Wortham sold a 18-inch statue valued at about 300 rubles.
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Leningrad
U.S.S.R
Buel Ray Wortham Jr
Craddock M. Gilmour Jr
Salt Lake City
Wortham
North Little Rock
Ark
Fyodr Rozhdestvesnky
Gilmour
Alexander Borodankov
Soviet Union
Siberia
Borodankov
United States
Optical illusion blamed for New York area plane crash
The Civil Aeronautics Board blamed an optical illusion from cloud tops for the December midair collision north of New York City that killed four. A Trans World Airlines jet and an Eastern Air Lines shuttle were at 11 000 and 10 000 feet respectively. evasive actions led to the fatal impact.
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Washington
Civil Aeronautics Board
New York City
San Francisco
John F. Kennedy International Airport
Boston-Newark
N.J
New York-Connecticut
Eastern Air Lines Shuttle
Trans World Airlines
Eastern Air Lines Constellation
Mrs Powell Skips Hearing On Powell Staff Salaries
Mrs Powell wife of Rep Adam Clayton Powell Jr failed to appear at a congressional hearing into Powell travel and payroll expenses. Chairman Wayne L Hays said the U S marshal's office will locate her as 17 Powell aides were subpoenaed. Powell did not attend the closed door session and may face contempt. She claimed she would not testify in public from Puerto Rico where she has lived since their seven year marriage.
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Washington
Adam Clayton Powell Jr
Wayne L. Hays
Ohio
House Administration
Powell
U.S
New York Democrat
Congress
Hays
Puerto Rico
Yvette Marjorie Flores
Verona Woman Seriously Injured In Illinois 47 Crash
Mrs. Pearl Sjostrom of Verona in serious condition at St. Joseph Hospital Joliet after a 12 40 p m collision at Illinois 47 and DuPont Road. Her 1965 Ford Mustang was struck by Glenn Reeves driving west on DuPont Road causing the car to skid 180 feet and strike a tree. Davis Ambulance transported her to the hospital. Wreckers Hansen and Olson removed both vehicles.
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Verona
St. Joseph Hospital
Joliet
Illinois 47
DuPont
Richard
Pearl) Sjostrom
Glenn E. Reeves
DuPont Road
Sjostrom
Davis Ambulance
Hansen and Olson
Indiana Car Truck Crash Kills Soldier
A fatal two vehicle crash on U S 20 near Portage Indiana killed a U S Army soldier on leave, Raymond Ostrowski, 21, of Gary. A Coca Cola semi driven by Donald R McCarter 36 of Route 3 was injured and taken to Porter Memorial Hospital. The truck was damaged and overhanging the viaduct after the collision. Leonard Rochnowski 31 of Chicago was uninjured. The accident closed westbound lanes for hours while crews cleared spills of syrup gasoline and diesel fuel. Patrolman Ed Lloyd investigated.
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Morris Area
U. S. 20
Portage
Ind
Hurt
Donald R. McCarter
Rte. 3
McCarter
Porter Memorial Hospital
Valparaiso
Raymond J. Ostrowski
Gary
Leonard E. Rochnowski
Chicago
Ed Lloyd
Portage Ind. Police Department
NIU Student Dies in Crash South of Morris
Joseph T. Janke 22 of Chicago died at 2 55 p m when his small foreign car was broadside by a northeast bound semi truck at the US 66 Illinois 47 junction south of Morris. Gary D. Kennell 18 of Roanoke was the truck driver. The car traveled about 344 feet before stopping on the median. Trooper Richard Harder investigated. No other injuries reported.
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Northern Illinois
U Y
U. S. 66
Illinois 47
Morris
Joseph T. Janke
Chicago
Illinois
Janice
Gary D. Kennell
Roanoke
Ill
Richard Harder
Pontiac State Police
Reward posted for killer in Shelbyville girl slayings
Gov. Frank G. Clement announced a five thousand dollar state reward for information leading to the conviction of the killer or killers in the bludgeoning deaths of two girls who were searching for castaway dolls at a city dump. Local merchants began a fund for the families as Sheriff B. H. Sanders said an arrest was hoped tonight.
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Shelbyville
B. H. Sanders
Rate Competition May Lower Auto Insurance Rates
Massachusetts registrar Richard F. McLaughlin says allowing insurers to set rates through competition rather than state controls would lead to lower auto insurance rates.
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Boston
Massachusetts Registrar of Motor Vehicles
Richard FE. McLaughlin
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Brick Mason
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