Floods Hit Northern California and Oregon Provinces
Floods sweep across Northern California and Oregon with at least eight deaths and more than 6,000 people forced from homes. Sutter County orders potential evacuation of 11,000 residents of Yuba City if the Feather River hits 77 feet, with forecasts of up to 79 feet.
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Sutter County Board of Supervisors
Feather River
Marysville
Blue Canyon
Placer County
Richard Tarble
Edmund G. Brown
Eel River
Mark Hatfield
Brown
Hatfield
National Guards
Humboldt County
Coast Guard
Cock Robin Island
Humboldt Bay
Robert H. Allan
Crest Heights
Phil Seilheimer
Reno
Sierras
Boise
Nev
Renocity Engineer’s
Calif City Shaken by Strong 5.7 Temblor Across State
A 5.7 magnitude earthquake rocked Southern California from Los Angeles to the Mexican border, rattling San Diego and nearby cities with no reported deaths or injuries but extensive property damage. Fire alarms, broken windows, and shifting buildings were noted in San Diego and National City, while Palm Springs pools showed waves. California’s Caltech measured the quake near Baja California, with broader warnings of potential flood danger from ongoing storms across the West.
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San Diego
Calif
Los Angeles
California
Mike Fitzgerald
Fitzgerald
California Institute of Technology
Pasadena
Alaska
San Francisco
Charles Richter
Caltech
Baja California
Mexico
Scripps Hospital
National City
de Davey
el Centro
Palm Springs
Three Cubans Charged With U N Shelling
Three Cubans linked to an anti-Castro group were charged after a Dec. 11 bazooka shot at the United Nations Building. They claimed they missed the 38 story tower to avoid harm and to generate headlines about Ernesto Guevara. Arrests followed in Queens as police traced a deactivated bazooka bought for 350 dollars from a Manhattan war surplus store.
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United Nations
East River
Ernesto Guevara
U.N. General Assembly
Guevara
Fidel Castro
Queens
U.N. Secretariat
Manhattan
Stanley Ross
el Tiempo
Ross
U.N
Anti American Drive Mulled By South Vietnamese Generals
South Vietnam's Lt Gen Nguyen Khanh and other military leaders reportedly discussed a go it alone strategy in the anti Communist fight. They urged reduced American aid and hinted at mobilizing Buddhist support against US influence while blaming Ambassador Taylor for pressuring the civilian council. The U S warned that continued aid depends on a government free of improper military interference.
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
UPI
Nguyen Khanh
U.S
Maxwell D. Taylor
High Council
Khanh
Taylor
Council
Washington
Rusk Urges South Vietnam Unity for War Effort
Secretary of State Dean Rusk urged South Vietnamese leaders to set aside personal rivalries and unite to fight the Communists, signaling U.S. backing for Gen. Maxwell D. Taylor and the Saigon government while insisting Washington will not pull out. He stressed unity as essential to defeating the Viet Cong and noted no fixed model for a unified Saigon administration.
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UPI
Dean Rusk
South Viet Nam
Rusk
United States
Southiet Nam
U.S
Saigon
Maxwell D. Taylor
Nguyen Khanh
Taylor
Johnson
State Department
Air Force Gets Biggest Slice of Budget News
Washington reports McNamara announced Gen. John P. McConnell will become Air Force chief of staff on Feb. 1 as Gen. LeMay retires. The C5A giant cargo plane to carry 600 men or 250 tons aims for 6,000 mile nonstop range with subsonic speed around 550 mph, costing about 1 billion for six squadrons.
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Washington
Air Force
President Johnson
Texas
Robert S. McNamara
John P. McConnell
Curtis E. LeMay
McConnell
McNamara
Johnson
Johnson City
Tex
Army
Pope Pontiff Fears Campaign To Aid World Poor
The Pontiff warns of a global campaign to assist the world’s poor amid concerns over a severe influenza season this winter. Church leaders advocate coordinated relief efforts and international aid to mitigate widespread illness and hardship.
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Odessa
Pilotless Navy plane crashes near Debary home
A pilotless Navy plane exploded in a residential Debary area injuring no others, demolishing a home and damaging several structures. Two men were reported killed, one in a parachute jump and the other after parachuting into a tree. The craft, likely from Sanford Naval Air Station, created a deep crater. Senator Everett Dirksen was briefly in town but away from the crash site.
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Debary
Fla
Sanford Naval Air Station
Sen
Everett Dirksen
Bill
Christmas For The Jacksons After All
Clarence Jackson his pregnant wife and nine children faced eviction before an anonymous donor paid four months rent and the landlord forgave $75 due. The Salvation Army arranged shelter food and gifts and the family planned to return furniture from a Cuban refugee center.
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UPI
Clarence Jackson
Jacksons
Riverfront
Salvation Army Women’s Lodge
Jackson
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