100 Mile an Hour Winds Hit Boulder Colorado
Severe gale winds battered Boulder Colorado causing extensive damage and injuries. University of Colorado cyclotron building wall collapsed and power outages lasted hours. Denver also saw high winds though no damage reported. Snow and floods affected Wyoming Oregon California and Montana with evacuations and road closures.
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Mine Cave-In Leaves One Dead in Pa Suburb
Three of four miners survived a cave-in at a coal mine near Wilkes-Barre Pennsylvania with Lawrence Malachefski 37 buried under 60 to 70 tons of coal more than 300 feet underground. Rescue crews planned days more digging to reach the body as three others were rescued in fair to good condition.
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Wilkes-Barre Record
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Pope Paul VI calls for end to racism and poverty in Christmas message
In Vatican City Pope Paul VI delivers a Christmas address urging worldwide steps to end racism, nationalism, poverty and social inequality. He advocates universal democracy and disarmament while appealing to leaders to fund poverty relief and promote brotherhood among peoples. A separate Washington report notes a 45-year-old foreign aid employee Miss Jeanne E. Wright was found slain in her home near the Capitol, with a 16-year-old suspect in custody.
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Bronx River drowning claims child in Bronxville
Marel Kincaid, age 7, of Bronxville, New York, drowned Monday after falling through the ice on the Bronx River. Rescue efforts were unsuccessful as authorities investigated the incident.
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Xmas Puddings Only Yule Touch For 4 Americans in Chinese Jail
Four Americans in China will spend Christmas Day in prison with only a small Christmas pudding as a Yule reminder. Their families may send monthly packages via the Red Cross containing puddings, cigarettes, vitamins, and letters. Charged with espionage, three face poor chances of release, while Hugh F. Redmond Jr. serves a life term and marks his 14th Christmas behind bars.
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GOP Reapportionment Plans Detailed In New York Session
Republicans unveiled details of their reapportionment plan as a special session resumes in Albany. Plan C uses citizen population with 186 assembly seats and 165 votes. Plan D shifts votes to 150 with 127 full and 23 partial votes. Metropolitan New York City counties gain a large share under both plans.
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Uncommitted Group May Decide if Burch Keeps Chair
An unsettled National Committee faces a vote on Dean Burch's fate as Republican national chairman. Supporters say 15 to 30 members back him, with a possible 65 of 132 backing, while opponents push for his removal after the party's November defeat.
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Dumped rubble blocks City Hall in Buffalo protest
Buffalo police report William Giagnacova, 40, dumped about 1% tons of rubble onto the sidewalk in front of City Hall after a Monday night drive. He left the truck briefly for coffee, protests city action closing a dump to private haulers, and was charged under the state mental hygiene law. He was taken to Meyer Memorial Hospital for observation. City workers cleaned the debris and towed the truck.
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Mrs Lyndon B Johnson Observes 52nd Birthday
Mrs Lyndon B Johnson marks her 52nd birthday in Johnson City Texas today. A White House spokesman said she will spend most of the day wrapping Christmas presents and decorating the ranch home with no plans for a public celebration.
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Train Kills Teen at Grade Crossing in Olean
A Christmas tree shopping trip ended in tragedy when a Buffalo to Washington express train struck an auto at a grade crossing in Olean. Thomas Toth, 16, died at the scene. Randall Kehr, 18, was hospitalized in critical condition.
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Army Publishes Mission in Viet Nam Pamphlet
The Army distributes a 12 page publication to 970,000 soldiers stating the Viet Nam war is as critical as history. It notes 65 percent of 21,600 U S troops in South Viet Nam wear Army uniforms and Army casualties dominate with 171 of 237 combat deaths and over 1,270 of 1,400 plus wounded.
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Car Found Believed Used in N J Bank Truck Robbery
A stolen car that may have carried the bandits in a half million dollar bank truck robbery has been recovered near a church rectory in Paterson. Police say the vehicle was stolen over a month ago and matched a scant set of clothing clues left by the suspects. The daylight holdup at St Anthony's church followed by three masked men ended with $511000 in cash and $1700 in church funds taken from the panel truck during its morning route to Passaic County branch banks. The robbery, named the state’s largest, involved two bank messengers and four priests held at gunpoint as the trio fled before 9 a.m. Details describe the suspects as white and older than youths, wearing Halloween masks.
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N.J
Marinus Ritter
Ritter
New York City
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William Ludwig
New Jersey
National Bank of
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Mother of Three Killed When Car Goes Off Bridge
AKRON Ohio AP A mother of three was killed when her car plunged 40 feet off a downtown bridge into a construction site. The driver Garnet Okulovich 26 died after losing control on a curve and breaching the barrier. Passenger Martha Petty 23 was critically injured. The victim's husband had died in a traffic crash 15 months earlier. The family, led by Ray Gill 47, has endured four tragedies in 14 years including a daughter shot in Meadowbridge West Virginia and a son killed in Meadowbridge.
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Martha Petty
Ray Gill
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Tammy
Diane
Helen Waterhouse
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Khanh challenges US on Viet Nam purge power
In Saigon Lt Gen Nguyen Khanh backed the young generals who purged the High National Council and warned against foreign intervention. He pledged support for Chief of State Suu and Premier Huong but kept the right to change governments. American plans for expanded aid and action against Viet Cong were paused amid questions of a stable South Vietnamese regime. Secret talks continued as US officials fretted over military returns to politics.
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Washington
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Tran van Huong
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America
Virginia O’Hanlon Douglas Celebrates 75th Christmas
Virginia O’Hanlon Douglas, the girl behind the Santa Claus editorial tale, marks her 75th Christmas in North Chatham New York. Now a widow with seven grandchildren and three great grandchildren she moved from New York City in 1959 after 48 years teaching. She says she has received over 100 Christmas cards this year and hopes to thank everyone despite a reluctance to pose for pictures.
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Virginia O'Hanlon Douglas
New York Sun
Santa Claus
Virginia
Robert Temple
Albany
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