De Gaulle to Announce Devaluation of the Franc
Paris sources report President Charles de Gaulle and his cabinet to unveil France’s 13th franc devaluation in 40 years. Officials consider a slight cut of around 7 to 10 percent to restore confidence while seeking a $2 billion loan from Bonn backed by Western nations.
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Paris
UPI
Charles de Gaulle
France
Bonn
de Gaulle
Maurice Couve de Murvile
Francis-Xavier Ortoli
Date set for Julie's marriage to David Eisenhower
Julie Nixon daughter of the president elect will marry David Eisenhower on December 22 at Marble Collegiate Church New York City. Dr Norman Vincent Peale will officiate the Protestant ceremony. Tricia Nixon will be maid of honor and Fred Grandy best man.
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New York
UPI
Julie Nixon
David Eisenhower
Marble Collegiate Church
New York City
Norman Vincent Peale
Gerry van der Heuvel
Richard M. Nixon
Julie
Tricia
Fred Grandy
Sioux City
Iowa
Harvard
David
Exeter
U.S. says Reds violated DMZ pact 210 times
UPI reports 210 violations of the DMZ pact by the North Vietnamese since bombing halt began. Of these, 139 occurred on the South Vietnam side near the Ben Hai River, 34 in the northern DMZ. US artillery fired 64 times into the DMZ since Nov. 1, while North Vietnamese rockets hit cities on eight occasions in unofficial counts. In Saigon a civil defense bomb exploded. Marines and South Vietnamese troops pressed an assault into the Dodge City area near Da Nang where 90 guerrillas reportedly died.
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Jack Walsh
Saigon
UPI
Vietnam
Demilitarized Zone
Dmz
North Vietnam
U.S
Ben Hai River
USS
Clark M. Clifford
Hanoi
Johnson
Paris
Ellsworth
Dodge City
da Nang
Ben Hai Rider
Water landing saves 107 on DC8 jetliner
A Japan Air Lines DC8 with 107 aboard ditched in San Francisco Bay near Coyote Point after a foggy instrument approach. Passengers, including six children, escaped using life jackets and five yellow rafts, with only minor injuries. Pilot Captain Koichei Asah called it a normal approach until the splash, praising the crew’s calm conduct as the craft settled in seven feet of water.
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San Francisco
UPI
Koichei Asah
Japan Air Lines
San Francisco Bay
Coyote Point Reef
Benjamin Groves
Newark
N.J
Dudley Schotten
Bronxville
N.Y
Asah
Yokohama
Bangkok
Thailand
Hashimoto
Deaths of Five Local Residents Lifted Saturday In Obituary List
Obituary notices report the deaths on Saturday November 23 1968 of Thomas P Pagley Sr 67 of 1002 Matilda Ave John P Lukas Jr 62 of 137 Lakewood Rd Victoria C Turkiewicz 73 of 14 W Terrace Ave Paul B Forsythe 79 of Ellwood City and Dean A Cornelius Jr 2 of Wampum.
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Thomas P. Pagley Sr
Matilda Ave
John P. Lukas Jr
Lakewood Rd
Victoria C. Turkiewicz
W. Terrace Ave
Paul B. Forsythe
Ellwood City
Dean A. Cornelius Jr
Wampum
Firemen pension changes extend to widows in service
Harrisburg signed legislation clarifies firemen third class cities like New Castle now grant pensions to widows of in service death. The act makes pension payments mandatory for widows and minor children and removes the life payment option unless remarriage is allowed. Contributions rise for members from 3 to 4 percent and city share from 1 to 3 percent, with a baseline minimum of 0.5 percent unchanged.
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Harrisburg
New Castle
Black Christ painting shocks Detroit church crowd
At St. Cecilia Church the fifth anniversary of JFK’s assassination drew 1500 worshippers including Mayor Cavanagh and Milton Henry. A 75 foot painting by Devon Cunningham shows a black Christ with diverse figures and the Kennedy brothers, MLK, Malcolm X, Gandhi, and Pope John XXIII among storm clouds. Father Ellis defends the work as a re discovery of Christ.
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Detroit
UPI
St. Cecilia
John F. Kennedy
Jerome P. Cavanagh
Milton Henry
St. Cecilia’s
Christ
Father Ellis
Martin Luther King
Malcolm X
Kennedy Brothers
Jesus
Tho threats US after Moscow trip over Paris talks
Hanoi’s top negotiator Le Duc Tho accused the United States of blocking expanded four way talks with North Vietnam and the Viet Cong. He warned Washington must join now or face defeat on the battlefield. He spoke at Le Bourget Airport after six days of meetings in Moscow.
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Paris
UPI
Hanoi
Moscow
United States
le Duc Tho
le Bourget
North Vietnam
Washington
Saigon
Viet Cong
National Liberation Front
NLF
Tho
Kremlin
Peking
Xuan Thuy
Nguyen Thi Binh
South Vietnam
U.S
le Friday
Nguyen Cao Ky
Rescue crews drill hole into coal mine
Rescue teams bored two three inch holes into the Mannington No 9 coal mine to probe air and send signaling to the 78 miners trapped since Wednesday by explosions and fire. By 10 a.m. one hole reached 400 feet with tubing in place and completion expected Sunday. Officials warned of slim chances of survivors as smoke continued from the shafts.
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Robert C. Welling
Mannington
W. Va
UPI
Mannington No. 9
WV Mine Disaster Deepens as 78 Trapped After Explosions
Families of 328 Consol coal workers listen as experts warn no rescue until 12 to 24 hours of inactivity due to gas and fire. 21 men had escaped. 78 remained trapped in Mannington No 9 mine seven miles of tunnels 700 feet underground. Official says smoke covers Atha and Mahan portals. Mahan portal eyed for future entry. Corcoran to meet families to discuss economic aid.
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Mannington No. 9
West Virginia
Corcoran
Colorado Faces Historic Flu Epidemic Warns Health Official
Colorado is amid one of the nation’s worst flu epidemics with officials estimating more than 100000 people could contract influenza, signaling a broad public health challenge across the state.
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Denver
UPI
Colorado
Weekend Front Promises Warmer Western Pennsylvania
The region will see mostly sunny and warmer weather with highs in the 50s. Increasing clouds may bring a shower late tonight with lows in the upper 30s to 40s. Sunday will be partly cloudy with showers ending and cooler conditions lingering.
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Pennsylvania
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