Winter storm packs New York with heavy snow and cold
A coastal storm dumped up to 15 inches in parts of central and eastern New York as Arctic air moved in. Gusty winds up to 40 mph caused whiteout conditions and flight cancellations while Albany and Kennedy airports faced closures.
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Nixon Keeps Hoover and Helms in Top Federal Posts
President elect Nixon announced Hoover will remain FBI director and Helms will stay as CIA director. He spoke with Hoover and Helms in New York and said they agreed to stay indefinitely as Nixon met GOP congressional chiefs. He plans a reunion with Dwight D. Eisenhower before returning to New York.
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Flu Forces 3 More Schools To Close Early For Christmas
Hong Kong flu prompts three universities to begin Christmas holidays early and disrupts several others. George Washington University suspends classes. many hospitals restrict visiting. Officials warn of ongoing spread with 300 to 400 potential deaths and a two month duration.
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Lomenzo urges electoral college revisions to curb political maneuvering
New York Secretary of State John P. Lomenzo proposed changes to the electoral college to avoid House selection in close races. He favors limiting choices to the top two national leaders in states won by other candidates, preserving the current system except in minority scenarios.
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House
Dubcek Keeps Party Post as Reforms Pause Looms
Prague AP reports the Communist party retains Alexander Dubcek as chief and will pursue a limited, delayed economic reform program. Central committee endorses Dubcek and progressives, shelving major reform for about six months until mid 1969, amid protest plans by workers and students.
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U S Should Negotiate Viet Nam Ceasefire Says Clifford
Defense Secretary Clark Clifford urged an early ceasefire and troop withdrawals, arguing the political settlement should be handled by Saigon Hanoi and the Viet Cong. He warned against keeping 540,000 U.S. troops in South Vietnam while talks continue. He said military matters fall to the United States while politics belong to the Vietnamese sides. He noted possible winter offensives but said they would not derail Paris talks if bombing pauses hold. He stressed that infiltration across the DMZ remains the main U.S. concern.
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Apollo 8 crew complete final flight physical
Cape Kennedy Florida AP reports Apollo 8 astronauts passed the final major physical for the mission as countdown moves forward. They are set to launch at 7 51 a m EST Saturday for a Christmas Eve orbit around the moon.
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Wreckage of Air Force Plane Found Near El Yunque
The twin engine Air Force plane missing since Saturday was spotted today near El Yunque, 23 miles southeast of San Juan. Coast Guard reported no survivors among the eight aboard.
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Five Cuban Exiles Captured Off Cuba Coast
The government announced that five Cuban exiles captured after landing with arms on Cuba's north coast on December 2 are identified as Miami residents. Granma published the notice.
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Beatle Lawyer David Jacobs Found Hanged at Hove Mansion
Police report the Beatles and several stars lawyer David Jacobs was found hanged in the garage of his seafront mansion in Hove on Sunday. An inquest was ordered as a servant discovered the body. Friends say he had shown signs of strain in recent weeks.
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Supreme Court delays Northern Lines merger ruling
The Supreme Court postponed the Northern Lines Railroad merger after the Justice Department sought a stay claiming the consolidation would have a drastic anticompetitive impact and could irreparably harm the public interest. The delay stalls a major northern network unification.
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Buffalo mob leader among two plead not guilty in TV theft case
Russell A. Bufalino, 64, of Kingston Pennsylvania described by the FBI as a Cosa Nostra chief, and Salvatore Todaro, 46, of Buffalo pleaded innocent to federal indictments alleging they conspired to transport $25 000 worth of stolen television sets across state lines. The arraignment occurred before Judge John O Henderson in U S District Court.
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Pennsylvania
Russell A. Bufalino
Kingston
Cosa Nostra
Salvatore Todaro
John O. Henderson
U.S. District
Supreme Court agrees to hear Alabama voting rights case
The Supreme Court agreed to hear an Alabama election-law challenge alleging racial motivation aimed at blocking Black candidates from public office. The case centers on laws viewed as designed to suppress minority electoral success.
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Alabama
Oregon recount challenges slow Senate race finish
In Portland observers report over eight percent of ballots recounted in Oregon's U S Senate race have been challenged. The process may stretch past Christmas with no major change to the Morse Packwood result where Democrat Wayne Morse trailed by 3445 votes after 24 years in the Senate.
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Oregon
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Robert Packwood
Court Protects Exempted Young Men From Induction
The Supreme Court ruled 6 to 3 that draft boards may not strip divinity student exemptions using delinquency rules. Exempted men cannot be bumped to 1-A for unrelated conduct, the court held. Justice Douglas noted local boards cannot wield vindictive justice.
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U S Returns Seven Civilian Seamen To North Vietnam
Saigon AP report says the United States freed seven civilian seamen in a reciprocal move. Hanoi signaled Christmas pilot releases via Radio Moscow while U S Navy notes the men were rescued in 1967 after a naval incident in the Gulf of Tonkin. In South Vietnam B52s hit infiltration routes north of Saigon amid light ground fighting.
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Brazil tightens grip as hundreds held in crackdown
In Rio de Janeiro and across Brazil, censorship tightens as arrests mount with at least 200 people in custody including top journalists and opposition figures. Martial law suspends Congress and tanks appear around key cities as the regime faces alleged subversion from opponents.
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