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Newspaper
Oswego Palladium Times
Location
Oswego, New York, United States of America
Date
Dec 14, 1968
Page
1
Sandy Gutierrez and Virginia Lee Runnion, both members of Santa's Belles, work in Los Angeles urging passersby to donate to the Volunteers of America Christmas fund.
Negro students at Cornell demand by Wednesday that President James Perkins accept their plan for an autonomous black college with a funded Afro American Institute. Perkins rejects separate college as illegal but agrees to a dining room, expanded Afro American studies, and a black institute head. Demonstrations occur across campus with tense clashes and library protests.
President Johnson's elder daughter Lynda Robb and her Marine major husband Charles joined Bangkok's social scene. About 200 guests attended as two rock combos played and champagne flowed. The couple danced a restrained foxtrot, briefly tried the shake, then returned to their chairs.
Osborne Ballard aged 35 of Buffalo died early today in a two car collision at a street intersection.
Saigon curfew extends from 7 p.m. to 6 a.m. as U S troops brace for possible enemy winter attacks. B52 raids intensify with 5,000 tons of bombs in three days. Navy reports increased river conflicts near Cambodia and a helicopter shot down near Saigon.
A brisk Midwest to East cold snap lowered readings from the Canadian border to the Southern plains with 10 to 15 below zero in the northern plains and upper Mississippi Valley while the Plains saw 50s and 60s earlier in the week. Winter warnings stretch from Pennsylvania to New York as a Pacific storm brings heavy rain and possible mountain snow from California to Washington.
LOURENCO MARQUES Mozambique AP A 32 year old African housewife who four years ago had quintuplets gave birth to quadruplets at Holy Soul hospital. The quads three boys and a girl weighed four pounds six ounces to four pounds each and were born about one month premature. They were placed in an incubator and the mother Mrs. Clara Felisberto Mutangua was in excellent condition.
Brazil's military government led by President Arthur da Costa e Silva enacts an emergency act nullifying parts of the constitution. The order suspends habeas corpus for crimes against national security and allows mass arrests, targeting opposition figures including former president Juscelino Kubitscheck and publisher Helio Fernandez. Armed forces move into media outlets as censors seize papers and arrests spread. General Siseno Sarmento is identified as the architect behind the crackdown.
The Hong Kong flu spreads across the United States with cases in 14 states and 122 cities. Officials warn the peak may arrive mid January as 700 deaths from pneumonia and flu last week exceed seasonal expectations. Notable figures including Tallulah Bankhead Chicago Mayor Richard Daley and Gov Claude Kirk Jr. are among those affected. Vice President-elect Spiro Agnew reports a touch of the illness during the Liberty Bowl trip.
The United Nations General Assembly rejected a move led by black African nations to suspend South Africa from the U.N. Conference on Trade and Development. Western powers opposed the action citing potential damage to the U.N. legal framework, while the Soviet bloc abstained after expressing reservations.
A Tokyo based Radio Hanoi Japanese broadcast said North Vietnam would release some captured American pilots during the Christmas holidays. Radio Press speculated the report might refer to allowing U S prisoners to receive Christmas parcels from families.
Israeli defense minister Gen Moshe Dayan met with president elect Nixon and said he would welcome stronger ties between the United States and Arab nations to offset Soviet influence.
A force of 75 law enforcement officers raided 32 locations early today and arrested 30 young people on narcotics charges. A search for 24 others continued.
Actress Tullulah Bankhead will be buried today in the cemetery of a small country church near Chestertown Maryland. A private service for relatives and close friends will be held at 3 p.m. at St. Pauls Episcopal church about six miles southwest of the eastern shore community across Chesapeake Bay from Baltimore.
Christmas vacations started a week early at San Francisco State College as students hailed a victory and vowed to resume efforts on January 6 after the holidays. In Hartford a convicted murderer attacked State Prison Warden Frederick Reincke and forced him and his wife to drive him to Hartford prompting a statewide manhunt for 33 year old David Mabery described as extremely dangerous.
Venezuelan navy and coast guard vessels resumed their hunt for the bodies of 21 people killed when a Pan American jet crashed into the Caribbean Sea off Caracas. Earlier searches recovered 30 bodies and the airline identified nine victims.
Doctors report Hong Kong flu has run its course in the colony after 32 deaths and at least 100 more linked to the illness. The A2 Hong Kong 68 strain struck about one in five residents in Hong Kong. In Tokyo, about 30 000 Okinawans gathered outside Kadena Air Base demanding removal of B52 bombers.
President Johnson and Mexico's Gustavo Diaz Ordaz detonated a dynamite charge on a bridge between nations to divert the Rio Grande and form a new southern border. Johnson said the peaceful settlement should show other nations that borders are not just lines to fight over.
Three Miner children awaiting grandparents at Watertown New York airport were mistakenly rerouted to Watertown South Dakota. Mohawk Airlines agent John Lennox intercepted the error and reunified the kids with family after an overnight stay before finally getting them on a flight to South Dakota.
About 20 Negro pupils at two high schools staged Friday walkouts to protest alleged teacher racism and demand more Negro history books. They met Mayor Joseph Elworthy and agreed to return to classes Monday.
The flu-like illness disrupts colleges and schools statewide with Albany State University reporting about 1800 cases. Buffalo State University sees around 150 daily cases, while Syracuse parochial and other campuses report rising absenteeism and closures. Kings Point canceling athletics through Jan. 5.
Princess Anne , 18, was measured in a London shop to determine her sweater size. An employee announced the princess is a size 14 medium with a 36 inch bust, as Christmas shoppers watched.
Cortland County highway official Charles E. Brackett 35 of Cortland was arrested on first degree robbery charges for allegedly robbing the First National Bank branch in McGraw. He appeared before a justice and was jailed pending grand jury action after authorities recovered most of the $8,665 taken. State Police said FBI and local police cooperated in the investigation.
Washington AP reports industry figures react to FCC cable rules and limited pay TV. Frederick W. Ford of NCTA accuses the agency of hindering CATV growth and ownership patterns while Douglas Talbott of Cox cites uncertainty. Rules curb network retransmission, limit ownership, require original programming, and cap pay TV stations per city with a two year live broadcast ban.
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