Hong Kong Flu Causes Trouble For Doctors
Doctors at the National Communicable Disease Center say the Hong Kong flu varies by year and region, making this year’s vaccine an unknown quantity. They warn the Hong Kong flu could reach epidemic levels in the United States this winter as vaccine effectiveness runs around 60 to 70 percent.
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Hong Kong
Ease Center
United States
Bruce Dull
Ant
Walter R. Dowdle
Orange County
Calif
U.S. Penitentiary
Atlanta
Georgia
Reidsville
Dowdle
Dull
Nixon Won't Send Delegate To Paris Talk
President elect Richard Nixon reaffirms no observer will be sent to Paris for Vietnam peace talks before Jan 20. Harriman said an observer likely will be sent soon after the inauguration, while Ziegler and Vance suggested continuity with Nixon appointees. The plan includes Vance possibly staying briefly in Paris to ensure a smooth transition.
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Los Angeles
Richard M. Nixon
Paris
Vietnam
W. Averell Harriman
U.S
Harriman
Nixon
Cyrus R
Vance
Ronald L. Ziegler
Ziegler
Cyrus R. Vance
Johnson
Air Force One
King's Widow Recalls First Bus Boycott
Coretta King spoke to about 200 people in Montgomery on the 13th anniversary of the 1955 Montgomery bus boycott. She described the event as the beginning of nonviolent integration and recalled pain and pleasure in memories of the early civil rights movement. Rosa Parks joined on stage, noting the humiliation of standing when seats were available.
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Montgomery
Ala
Martin Luther King Jr
Coretta King
America
Rosa Parks
Mrs. King
Air hijackings shape bears on Cuba link in 1968 surge
A historical roundup notes 28 hijackings or attempts this year, mostly bound for Cuba, detailing hijackers diverse in age and motive from a former mental patient in Ohio to a Castro agent. No fatalities reported. costs defy precise calculation as airlines face landing fees and evacuation expenses.
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Miami
Fla
Florida
Sky Pirates
H. Jackson
Airlines
Republic of New Africa
Mario Velasquez - Fonseca
Northeast Orient Airlines
Chicago
Cuba
Rogelio Hernandez Leyva
National Airlines
Bill Wooten
Wooten
Airlift International
Photographer Talks Cong Out Of Hole In Dien Ban
In Operation Meade River near Dien Ban south of Da Nang Marines entered bunkers one by one. A 16 year old Viet Cong girl and two North Vietnamese men emerged lightly wounded, while a lieutenant said his unit was tired and he wished to stop fighting.
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Dien Ban
Vietnam
26Th Marines
da Nang
South Vietnam
Mayor Warns Against Terrorist Thugs in Jersey City
A Jersey City mayor pledges intolerance toward terrorist thugs after arrests of three Black Panthers linked to a sniper attack. The briefing also touches on a Princeton pamphlet mischaracterizing women, lines from Marlon Brando about being escorted off a plane, and Yippie leader Jerry Rubin's stance on a House subcommittee inquiry.
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Associated Press
Thomas J. Whelan
Jersey City
N.J
Ley College
Jerry Rubin
Washington
House
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