Johnson Seeks Quick End to War and Jobs Plan
President Johnson said the Vietnam conflict could be halted in days if Saigon gains NLF agreement to Geneva accords and next to curb domestic violence he would pressure businessmen to hire half a million unemployed or face government jobs. He discussed Saigon talks with the NLF during a pretaped broadcast en route to Australia. Thieu said he would talk to NLF defectors only if they return, while Bunker said there was no difference between South Vietnamese and U.S. positions on Thieu’s comments.
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Washington
Johnson
South Vietnam
Rites
Nguyen van Thieu
Melbourne
Harold Holt
Saigon
Theiu
NLF
Front
Thieu
U.S
Ellsworth Bunker
Hanoi
North Vietnam
National Liberation Front
Teens Threaten To Seize CTA Car In Chicago
CTA detective detains 15 teenagers after a group threatens to take over a train car at Fullerton station. Leader Jacques Panelle, 16, faces charges of battery riot mob action and disorderly conduct. Two 17-year-olds charged with criminal damage and disorderly conduct. The youths had just returned from a De Paul basketball game at Alumni Hall.
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Chicago
Chicago Transit Authority
William Grossman
CTA
Fullerton Avenue
Grossman
Jacques Panelle
Clark and Division
Panelle
Grossmen
South Side
de Paul University
Santa Claus telephones extend through Friday in Morris drive
Good Response Santa Claus has been busy during the Tele-a-Santa hour from 6 to 8 p.m. according to a Morris Jaycees spokesman sponsors. He will continue taking calls through Friday night at 942 0113. Calls have come from Wilmington Coal City and Morris.
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Santa Claus
Morris Jaycees
Santa
Wilmington
Coal City
Morris
South Wilmington Man Shot By Hitchhiker
A South Wilmington man said he was shot in the face by a hitchhiker around 1 to 2 a.m. on a county road near Gardner. The victim was treated for powder burns and neck injuries, and authorities suspect a blank cartridge weapon.
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South Wilmington
Grundy County
Alderson
W. F. Breisch
Mazon
Joliet
John E. G. Olson
Morris Federal Paper Board Co
Olson
Span Collapse Death Toll Rises at Point Pleasant Bridge
Small boats search the Ohio River downstream from the collapsed suspension bridge as divers free wrecked autos from 40 feet under water. They cut sunken girders with torches and lift debris with 100 ton derricks. Officials say clearance may take months.
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Point Pleasant
W.va
Ohio River
Weather outlook from Collins Station with showers likely
Showers are expected today as sunny skies give way to partly cloudy conditions. Highs near 50 today, in the upper 30s tonight, and Thursday mostly cloudy with probable showers and a 40s high. Collins Station records yesterday at 42 and overnight 31, with a 10 degree rise from 35 to 45 between 9 and 11 am. Friday remains cloudy and colder with possible snow flurries.
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Collins Weather Station
Flu Epidemic Strains U.S. Regions Amid Christmas Preparations
Across the region flu and influenza-like illnesses disrupt Christmas plans as outbreaks spread from the Midwest to the Mid-Atlantic. Michigan reports near epidemic activity in Detroit and southern areas, while Alabama and Tennessee report rising influenza and flu-like cases. Health officials warn the eastern United States faces a sustained winter wave.
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Oklahoma
Maryland
Midwest
Mid- South
mid-Atlantic
Atlanta
United States
Michigan
Detroit
Western Michigan University
Kalamazoo
Alabama
Ira L. Myers
R. H. Hutcheson
Tennessee
Nashville
Knoxville
Flu Outbreak Triggers Early Holidays Across States
Across the nation schools cut Christmas breaks as absenteeism spikes from flu and viral respiratory illness. Culpeper Virginia reports 11 percent teacher and 657 of 4000 student absences. Oklahoma City area cites large outbreak. Bergen County New Jersey reports a minor epidemic. State health officials monitor suspected cases in multiple cities and note high absentee rates in Maryland Allegany High School and others. Some colleges send students home early amid widespread respiratory infections.
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Demic
Culpeper County
R. S. Legarde
Oklahoma State Health Department
Bartlesville
LeRoy Carpenter
State Health Department
Bergen County
N.J
New Jersey
Arnold M. Reeve
Iowa State Health Department
Washington, D.C
Department of Agriculture
Maryland
Allegany County
Allegany High School
Hot Springs
Ark
McCook
Neb
Barnwell
Calhoun
Horry Counties
S.C
Madison County
Royston
Peru State College
Nebraska
Sullivan County Community College
Fallsburg
N.Y
Louisiana
Minnesota
New York Metropolitan Area
Atlanta
Georgia
Dade County
Fla
Joseph Bistowish
Nashville (Tenn
Health Department
Five Cars Hit By Vandals Tuesday Night
Morris city police received reports of five vandalized vehicles Tuesday night and today. Victims include Richard Dewey at 215 Pleasant St with a broken aerial, Ronald Gustin at 115 E Waverly St with a torn radio antenna, William Edwards at 120% W Main St with an aerial torn from his van, Mrs Higgins at 732 First Ave with a broken aerial, and Mrs Marcelle Sengewald at 109 W Jackson St reporting aerials broken on her car and a guest’s vehicle nearby.
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Morris City
Richard Dewey
Pleasant St
Ronald Gustin
E. Waverly St
Lohan
Gustin
William Edwards
Main St
Edwards
William Higgins
First Ave
Higgins
Marcelle Sengewald
W. Jackson
Veen Liberty
Wau
Inventor to File $100 Million Suit
New York inventor Robert L. Strickman says he will file a $100 million defamation suit against NBC defaming his cigarette filter. He expects Columbia University to join as a plaintiff. NBC News cited Huntley Brin kley on air doubting the filter's superiority.
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New York
Robert L. Strickman
National Broadcasting Co
Strickman
Columbia University
Columbia
NBC News
Heart transplant patient Washkansky deteriorates in Cape Town
Louis Washkansky 53, recipient of the world first human heart, shows further decline at Groote Schuur Hospital Cape Town. Breathing aided by ventilation, pulse and blood pressure hold, body shows signs of competing tissue against the donor heart with white cell transfusions considered.
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Cape Town
South Africa
Louis Washkansky
Groote Schuur Hospital
Radio
Christian N. Barnard
Washkansky
Barnard
M. C. Botha
New Storm Adds To Indian Perils
A new storm and high winds crippled the Navajo reservation with waist high snow and near a foot in places. Helicopters rushed food and medical supplies to isolated bands as 60,000 Navajoswere affected and 3 deaths were reported.
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Air Force
Arizona
New Mexico
Window Rock
Ariz
Navajo Reservation
United States
A.H. Wolf
Chinle
Holbrook
Flagstaff
California
Porterville
Tulare
Miami
Bluebird Mine
Phoenix
U.S. Weather Bureau
Nakai
Graham Holmes
Bureau of Indian Affairs
Navajo
Holmes
Bureau
New Mexico Welfare Department
Crown Point
Shiprock
N. M
Pacific Northwest
Rockies
Southwest
Montana
Dillon
Mont
Washington
Oregon Coast
Portland
News Department Relocates Within Herald Building
The Herald news department has moved to the building’s second floor with a transfer from the first floor completed Tuesday afternoon. Enter via the inside door near the front stairs. written stories should be left at the first floor business office and include the writer’s name and telephone number.
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the Herald
Herald
Fire destroys Clara's Tavern in Godley
Fire of undetermined origin destroyed Clara's Tavern in Godley on Tuesday afternoon. Four neighboring towns fought the blaze after it was discovered between 4 and 4:15 p.m. Two cases of whiskey were saved while all other contents burned. Owner Mrs John Buffo insured property and considered rebuilding.
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Clara
Godley
Wennerstrom
Mazon
Clara Shelley
John (Maude) Buffo
Buffo
Redeployment To Cut Drain Of Gold-Dollar
The Pentagon announced a phased withdrawal of up to 35 000 U S Army and Air Force troops from Germany to the United States beginning in April Plans announced May 2 aim to reduce the gold dollar drain from overseas spending The move lowers U S forces in Europe to 222 000 and keeps units ready for redeployment if needed Brigades and squadrons are reassigned to Ft Riley Ft Lewis Holloman Mountain Home with one brigade remaining in Germany on rotation
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Washington
Pentagon
Germany
United States
U.S
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Federal Republic of Germany
Defense Department
Europe
24Th Infantry Division
Ft. Riley
Kan
3Rd Armored Cavalry Regiment
Ft. Lewis
Wash
49Th Tactical Fighter Wing
Holloman Air Force Base
N. M
Mountain Home Air Force Base
Idaho
Armored Cavalry Regiment
West Germany
Iron Curtain
East Bloc
Berlin
Will Commit Woman in Death of 3
LaSalle County authorities moved to commit Mrs. Ethel Pine 33 in connection with the deaths of her husband Peter Pine 34 and son David 9 and daughter Virginia Ann 8. Coroner says deaths may be poisoning and not yet determined. State crime lab findings awaited as State's Attorney cites mental illness. Pine was an assistant personnel manager for a New Jersey firm near DePue.
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Peru
Ill
LaSalle County
Ethel Pine
Peoria State Hospital
Robert Richardson
James Thompson
State Crime Laboratory
Chicago
Thompson
Pine
Richardson
New Jersey
Zine Ceam
DePue
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Viet Cong
Australia
Raquel Welch
Bob Hope
da Nang
Hope
Ponsee Sts
Old Godley Bar
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