New York Tie-Up Bases Today U S Paratroopers Invade Mekong Delta
U S paratroopers of the 173rd Airborne Brigade crossed into the Mekong Delta with artillery air strikes and tanks in a New Year invasion. They clashed with Viet Cong who withdrew toward the Plain of Reeds as government forces pressed three coastal operations.
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
Mekong Delta
Red Sanctuary
173Rd Airborne Brigade
Plain of Reeds
U.S
173Rd Brigade
Bao Trai
National Liberation Front
Mekong
Binh Duong
Tuy Hoa
Phu Yen
Quang Ngai City
Quang Ngi
Quang Ngai
da Nang
Dhe
A.S
Ex Morris Girl Among Three Killed in Country Crash
Margaret Mary Haughtigan 18 once of Morris died in a head on collision on Illinois 23 near Grand Ridge along with Marilyn Beamel 18. Ray Dodge 18 of Manville also died at the scene. Leo Mattes 20 Ottawa survived with injuries. Funeral plans set in Streator and Manville.
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Margaret Mary Haughtigan
Joseph Haughtigan
Streator
Morris
Ilinois
Grand Ridge
Miss Haughtigan
Solon
Marilyn Beamel
Immaculate Conception Church
St. Mary’s
Ray Dodge
Manville
Leo Mattes
Ottawa
Ryburn Memorial Hospital
Mattes
Illinois
Dodge
Margie Haughtigan
Morris Hospital
Haughtigan
Joliet Youth Faces Check Charge Here
Ernest Potts a 19 year old Joliet man appeared before Magistrate Chester P Winsor on a deceptive practices charge stemming from a 25 dollar check cashed December 20 at the Piggly Wiggly store. Potts received a continuance to Saturday and was credited for three days jail time after costs and fines.
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Ernest Potts
Joliet
Grundy County
Will County
Chester P. Winsor
George Hendrickson
Robert Coleman
Potts
Duane LeClair
U.S. Army
Woman Treated After Mishap
Mrs. Lyle H. Monson 46 of 540 Johnson Ave was treated overnight at Morris Hospital for injuries after a two car collision on Division St near George St. Vernon C. Vaughn 54 of 319 E Wauponsee St caused the crash while turning left into Elmer's Standard Service Station. Monson suffered an ankle injury. both cars sustained extensive front end damage and could not be driven.
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Lyle H
Eloise) Monson
Johnson Ave
Morris Hospital
Division St
George St
Vernon C. Vaughn
E. Wauponsee St
Elmer’s
Standard Service
Warming Trend Foretells Mild Holiday Weekend Weather
The forecast through Wednesday calls for fair and mild conditions with no precipitation. Weekend highs reached 46 Saturday and 47 Sunday, with a 22 degree low Sunday night, and 25 at 9 a.m. today. Weather records show December precipitation at 3.40 inches, a 59 degree high on the 31st, and a 10 degree low on the 28th.
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Collins
Charge Youth In Assault At Mazon Dance
A 17 year old Carbon Hill youth, John Thomas Alberico, was jailed on aggravated battery and aggravated assault charges after a Saturday night incident at a Mazon teenage dance. He posted bonds totaling 4000 and faces an appearance before Associate Circuit Judge Robert Malmquist.
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Carbon Hill
John Thomas Alberico
Grundy County
Mazon
Robert Malmquist
W. R. Greiner
Alberico
Greiner
Morris Hospital
Francis Arnold
Arnold
Robert Coleman
George Hendrickson
Chester P. Winsor
Richard Wilder
New Year Holiday Traffic Toll Tops 500
The Associated Press reports a record New Year holiday traffic toll with 544 deaths over the three-day observance, likely to rise as late figures come in. The count exceeds last year’s 474 and trails the all-time 720 holiday peak during Christmas.
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Associated Press
International Rice Conference Planned in Lake Charles
An international conference on rice will be held in Lake Charles Louisiana in July with representatives from six nations. The event is organized under the American delegation to the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations and the U S Departments of State and Agriculture.
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Lake Charles
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Departments of State and Agriculture
Peace talks face Hanoi rejection in Hanoi broadcasts
North Vietnam branded U S peace moves as trickery and said Washington must halt all acts of war and accept four conditions before any talks. Despite Hanoi's stance, U S envoys Harriman and Williams pushed diplomacy while a bombing moratorium continued into day 11. Ho Chi Minh reiterated refusal of U S terms. China denounced the American missions in People's Daily.
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Washington
Johnson
Hanoi
Communist Party
Nhan Dan
U.S
United States
W. ‘Averell Harriman
Pakistan
Mohammed Ayub Khan
G. Mennen Williams
North Viet Nam
Ho Chi Minh
Asahi Shimbun
Havana
Continents
Viet Nam
Peking
People's Daily
Reprisal hinted over Bethlehem steel price hike
Administration sources suggest federal purchases of Bethlehem structural steel shapes could be cut if Bethlehem refuses to withdraw its $5 per ton price increase. President Johnson condemns the move as unwarranted and inflationary, while Bethlehem defends it as tied to product improvements. Gardner Ackley and the Cabinet call for restraint amid profits rising sharply.
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Washington
Bethlehem Steel Corp
Bethlehem
Presient Johnson
Edmund F. Martin
Congress
Gardner Ackley
Johnson
Council of Economic Advisers
Drivers Told To Stay Home During Strike
New York faces a two day transit strike with traffic choked Manhattan. Mayor Lindsay appealed to commuters not to drive in, while court action pursued against strike leader Michael J. Quill. Emergency measures, extra buses, and school closures were enacted as traffic eased later in the day.
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New York
Manhattan
John V. Lindsay
Lindsay
Henry A. Barnes
Barnes
Michael J. Quill
Transport Workers Union
Aflcio
Apnear Fr State Supreme Court
Subway
Amalgamated Transit Union
Afl-Cio
Transit Authority
Joseph O’grady
Quill
Theodore W. Kheel
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Viel Long
Times Square
Mazon Dance
North Viet
Stratton Park
Hierald
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