Fog and smog halt East travel in heavy weather
Fog and polluted air shut airports and turnpikes from New Jersey to Maine with inland reach to Pittsburgh. Kennedy and LaGuardia grounded hundreds of flights while Jersey Turnpike sections closed and a ferry service paused. Snow and rain swept Detroit to Fort Wayne and the lower Great Lakes region amid gale warnings on the lakes and Pacific coast.
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Algerians Push for Viet Nam Peace Talks
Algeria’s foreign minister summoned the North Vietnamese ambassador after a rapid move by Algerian leaders to aid peace talks. U.S. official Harriman pressed Boumediene to use Algeria’s good offices, noting Algiers hosts Vietnamese missions. The exchange followed Harriman’s meetings with Algerian leaders.
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Bombs kill 16 U S Marines near Rockpile in Viet Nam
Two 250 pound bombs dropped by a U S Marine Corps plane exploded among a Marine company killing 16 Leathernecks and wounding 11 near the Rockpile ridge five miles south of the demilitarized zone. Malfunction or radar error suspected. Other bombs hit intended targets as Viet Cong attacked within 35 miles of Saigon.
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Negligence Hinted in Heraklion Ship Sinking
Survivors from the Heraklion testified from hospital beds that excessive speed and rush loading of vehicles contributed to the disaster. Greek authorities and allied naval forces continued the search as 60 bodies were recovered and 234 remain missing or dead. Parliament deputies demand a speedy determination of negligence.
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Heraklion
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Typaldos Brothers Line
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Merchant Marine Ministry
Crete
Emmanuel Vernikos
Earthquake Recorded Near Mexico by Georgetown Seismograph
Georgetown University seismograph at 8:12 a.m. recorded an earth shock about 1,600 miles southwest of Washington. Father Bernard McConnell of the Georgetown Observatory placed the epicenter in southern Mexico. The quake registered about 6.5 on the Richter scale and could have caused severe damage if near populated areas.
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Georgetown University
Bernard McConnell
Georgetown Observatory
Mexico
Schmidhauser Spent More Than Any Iowa Candidate in Race
Des Moines AP reports 1st District Democrat John Schmidhauser filed finances showing 13 904 40 spent the most by any Iowa candidate, yet he lost to Republican Fred Schwengel. Deadline for campaign reports passed Thursday with many filings incomplete. Schmidhauser listed 13 198 50 in contributions while Schwengel showed 3 550 in contributions and 3 678 14 in expenditures.
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John Schmidhauser
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Schmidhauser
Fred Schwengel
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Burglar Steals 50 Portable TVs From Gibbs Oil Office
SAUGUS Mass AP One individual won all prizes in Gibbs Oil Co contest. On return to work Friday morning an employee found 50 portable television sets missing valued at 10 000 dollars from the firm s office. A crowbar used in the theft was left as a consolation prize.
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Gibbs Oil Co
Chicago Postmaster Reads Santa Letters at Desk
Chicago postmaster Henry W. McGee holds letters addressed to Santa Claus. About 3,000 letters were on his desk when the photo was taken, showing the scale of holiday goodwill and official Santa mail processing.
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Henry W. McGee
Santa Claus
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Santa
Variable clouds and cold winds ease tonight
Weather brief notes variable cloudiness and cold tonight with wind diminishing to under 12 mph. Low around 5. Sunday will be generally fair and not as cold with highs in the 20s. Friday's high 41, overnight low 27, 11 am reading about 26.
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