Mao Faces Dilemma Over Liu and Teng Exclusion
AP reports Mao Zedong at age 73 faces whether to persuade his former heirs Liu Shao-chi and Teng Hsiao-ping to reform or banish them from power after their self-criticism for alleged anti Mao sins. Red Guards in Peking branded Liu and Teng and questioned their sincerity.
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Tokyo
Mao Tse-tung
Mao
Liu Shao-chi
Communist Party
Teng Hsiao-ping
Liu
Teng
Peking
Khrushchev
China
Party Central
Chiang Kai-shek
U.S
George C. Marshall
Fifth Nuclear Test Blast By Red China
U S officials report China detonated its fifth atmospheric nuclear test at Lop Nor in Sinkiang on Dec 27 28 calendar dates. The yield ran to a few hundred kilotons and followed a Nov 29 assessment of possible new tests amid broad international protest of atmospheric testing.
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Washington
China
Sinkiang Province
U.S
United States
Chinese
Lop Nor Proving Ground
State Department
Robert J. McClosky
Lop Nor
McCloskey
Hiroshima
Japan
Eisenhower Returns to Gettysburg Farm After Gall Bladder Surgery
Former President Dwight D. Eisenhower returns to his snow covered Gettysburg farm after arriving from Walter Reed Army Hospital where his gall bladder was removed. A spokesman said everything is fine and he plans a trip next week to Palm Desert near Palm Springs, California.
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Gettysburg
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Palm Desert
Palm Springs
Calif
Walter Peed Army Hospital
Signs of Ease In Tight Money Around Corner
Washington reports tighter money easing rapidly with rising loan availability. Fed Board ends restrictive policy. mortgage rates still high but may peak soon. Connor foresees easier credit in 1967 and stronger home building after wartime lows. FNMA cuts short term notes rates for the second time this month.
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Washington
Federal Reserve Board
Federal Home Loan Bank Board
John T. Connor
Federal National Mortgage Association
Snow Slows Travel Across Northern Illinois
Wet heavy snow slows travel in northern Illinois with 7? inches in Freeport and drifts blocking some highways. Illinois 75 and 26 opened one way temporarily as projections show up to 4 inch accumulations. Chicago reports heaviest snowfall north side with buses behind schedule while trains run on time.
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Associated Press
Illinois
Freeport
Illinois 75
Illinois 26
Chicago
North Side
Weather Bureau
Morris council approves street renaming plan and sawmill lease
The Morris City Council met Tuesday night approving a street renumbering proposal affecting Wall Street Shabbona Street Fremont Avenue Union Street Hazel Court West Avenue Goold Park Drive Johnson Street and Chapin Street. The body also authorized a five year land lease to Pekin Hardwood Lumber Co for a five acre tract near the water tower to build a sawmill with monthly payments of 30 and a three year renewal option. The company expects rail shipping to dominate and an upcoming six week spring thaw will slow road traffic.
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Morris City Council
Donald Davidson
City of
Morris
Water and Sewer Committee
Don Caisley
Division of Highways
Goold Park
Wall St
Shabbona St
Fremont Ave
Union St
Hazel Court
West Ave
Goold Park Drive
Johnson St
Chapin St
Third Ave
Pekin Hardwood Lumber Co
Robert Adcock
World Weather Program Aims Two-Week Forecasts
U S weather chief Dr. Robert M White predicts two week ahead global forecasts within 10 to 15 years. He cites a World Weather Program with international cooperation and a push by the World Meteorological Organization toward advanced computers satellites and atmospheric probing. He says potential benefits could exceed 1 billion dollars annually and climate modification could bring vast future gains.
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Washington
United States
Robert M. White
Environmental Science Services Administration
Weather Bureau
White
Russia
Red China
World Meteoro
Logical Organization
The
United Nations
Twelve Die As Train Hit Fuel Truck In Everett
A Boston and Maine local train struck a stalled fuel oil truck with frozen brakes at Second Street crossing. Twelve killed, up to 35 aboard. firefighters freed victims amid flames. Hospitals reported nine to two dead and dozens injured. Driver Raymond Bouley of Billerica survived.
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Everett
Mass
Boston & Maine
Chelsea
Herbert Fothergill
Ralph DeVito
George Stewart
Massachusetts General Hospital
Boston
Whidden Hospital
Chelsea Naval Hospital
Chelsea Memorial Hospital
Raymond Bouley
Billerica
Second Street
Bouley
Whidden
North Station
Rockport
Stand Firm on N. Viet Bombing Policy Debate
U.S. top officials say no changes to bombing North Vietnam despite civilian casualties. Pentagon notes some civilians harmed while targeting military sites to pressure North Vietnam and protect American lives. Senator Fulbright plans hearings. Eisenhower defends unintentional civilian harm. Reporter Salisbury describes drone wreckage near Hanoi and recent Dec 14 raids affecting residential areas near rail yards.
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Washington
U.S
North Vietnam
Pentagon
South Vietnam
Harrison E. Salisbury
New York Times
Congress
J.W. Fulbright
D-Ark
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Fulbright
Robert S
Eisenhower
Salisbury
Times Today
Hanoi
Foreign Press Corps
Ryan
USS
Hoan Kiem
Gialem
Yenvien
Coal City Man Fined 150 and Receives 60 Day Sentence
James V. Chronister, 21, was found guilty on six charges in Associate Circuit Court. He faces $150 in fines and costs and a 60 day term at Vandalia for contributing to the sexual delinquency of a child, with sentencing consecutive to the fine period. If unable to pay, he will serve time in Grundy County jail at $5 per day. Judge Robert W. Malmquist presided and Robert Adcock represented Chronister.
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Illinois State Farm
Vandalia
James V. Chronister
Robert W. Malmquist
Chronister
Robert Adcock
Coal City
Grundy County
State Farm
California Birth Rate Drops to 25-Year Low in 1966
California's birth rate fell in 1966 to the lowest since 1941, marking the third consecutive year of decline, the State Health Department reported today.
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San Francisco
California
State Health Department
Terms of Four Aldermen Expire in Morris City
Four Morris aldermen see their terms expire April 30 1967. Walter Hundt 18 years in first ward George Franks 10 years second ward Donald Davidson 16 years third ward and David Sklut 8 years fourth ward. Filing period for candidates runs January 4 to January 14 1967 at the city clerk’s office. Petitions require at least 0.5 percent of voters from the candidate’s ward who voted in the previous election.
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Morris City
Walter Hundt
George Franks
Donald Davidson
Third Ward
David Sklut
Snow Covers Grundy County With Heavy Driving Warnings
Weather reports indicate 2 to 3 inches of snow in Grundy County with hazardous driving conditions. Snow is expected to diminish to flurries tonight as blowing snow lowers visibility and temperatures dip near 15. Thursday brings a cold, windy mix with more flurries and a high around 20. Friday looks sunny and cold with continued frigid conditions. The Collins Weather Station logged 2 inches on the ground this morning, with high of 27 and low of 23 recorded earlier. At 9 am downtown Morris stood at 32 and 11 am at 34.
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Grundy County
Collins
Morris
Mekong Delta battle yields 89 Viet Cong dead in two days
Viet Namese troops, including paratroopers, armored units and Popular Force forces, launched a large operation across canal-filled fields in Chuong Thien Province 126 miles west-southwest of Saigon. They reported 89 Viet Cong killed, two prisoners taken, and 48 weapons seized as American advisers and airlift teams supported the push.
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Saigon
South Vietnam
Mekong
Chuong Thien
Delta
U.S
Hue
Tuy Hoa
North Vietnam
Dien Bien Phu
Demilitarized Zone
North
U.S. Army
Hillam G. Moore Jr
Waco
Rex
William ¥. Momyer
87Th Air Force
Cuba Allows 2700 U.S. Citizens to Leave
Washington reports Cuba agreed to permit 2 700 American citizens to depart. The first departures could reach New Orleans today as negotiations continued through the Swiss Embassy in Havana. The State Department has not commented but has pressed for repatriation amid about 880 U.S. families in Cuba.
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Washington
Cuba
U.S
New Orleans
State Department
Havana
United States
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American Association For the Advancement of Science
Snow Flur
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Rotary Tours Herald
Morris Rotary Club
Daily Herald
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