Second Big Storm Hits East With Snow and Sleet
The region endures a second winter storm delivering snow, sleet, and rain from New York to New England. Heavy snow piles up in central and northern New York with 16 inches in Lowville and 10 in Rome and nearby towns. roads face closures and flooding along the Taconic Parkway. coastal gale warnings from Block Island to Eastport.
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Lowville
Rome
Oneida
Boonville
Fulton
U.S. 20
Syracuse
Taconic Parkway
Westchester County
New York City
Atlantic
Block Island
R.I
Eastport
Maine
Rockaway Peninsula
Coney Island
Connecticut
Connecticut Turnpike
Fairfield
Connecticut 25
Newtown
New England
Concord
N.H
Burlington
Soldier fatally shot outside South Vietnam church in Buffalo
Private Raymond J. Metty, 22, of Buffalo, fatally shot Christmas Eve in front of a South Vietnam church. His wife Julie Metty and a Pentagon source confirm the death. the Defense Department cites non-hostile circumstances. Metty served nine months in Vietnam after enlisting in 1965.
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Buffalo
N. Y
Juliette Metty
Pentagon
Raymond J. Metty
U. S. Department of Defense
Metty
Lackawanna
Vietnam
Goodell
China Tests Mark Step Toward Hydrogen Bomb Says Experts
AP reports that Red China's fifth nuclear explosion, described as possibly the largest to date, signals a major advance toward a hydrogen device. Japanese experts question the yield but warn production of a hydrogen bomb may be imminent, with concerns over radioactive fallout and New Year weather.
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Tokyo
China
Japan
Sankei
Japanese Defense Agency
Kennedy Widow Letter to Khrushchev Reveals Allied Resolve
Mrs. John F. Kennedy wrote to Premier Khrushchev before leaving the White House that she and President Kennedy, though adversaries, would keep the world from being blown up. She trusted Johnson would continue a policy of control and restraint. The letter appears in Look magazine in William Manchester's The Death of a President serialization. The piece also notes Warren Commission views on Connally being struck by the same or separate bullets.
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New York
John F. Kennedy
Nikita Khrushchev
White House
Kennedy
Johnson
Look Magazine
William Manchester
Associated Press
Warren Commission
John Connally
Texas
Dallas
Connally
Charles Bartlett
Robert S. McNamara
Tremors Rock Chile as Tidal Wave Warning Rises
Northern Chile rattled by ongoing tremors after a major earthquake that hit across 1,000 miles of coast. An undersea volcano eruption 25 miles offshore sparked fires beneath the sea and threats of a tidal wave. In Taltal the quake killed at least three, with four thousand people left homeless across Antofagasta Atacama and Tarapaca regions.
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Santiago
Chile
Taltal
Antofagasta
Atacama
Tarpaca
Two Die In Early Morning Route 17 CrashEast Of Jamestown
Two men died in a crash on Route 17 near Jamestown. The driver Charles T. Ream 22 of Jamestown and Howard F. Coe 36 of Falconer were killed. The tractor-trailer truck driver Wendall Jackett 31 of Duke Center Pa survived.
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Kennedy
N. Y
Jamestown
Charles T. Ream
Howard F. Coe
Falconer
Wendall Jackett
Duke Center
Polish Dolls Found to Be Fire Hazard
New York City fire officials barred distribution of thousands of imported Polish dolls after inspecting A. D. Sutton Co. offices and warehouses. The celluloid like dolls reportedly ignite instantly when exposed to open flame, with Newark hospitals and stores already having some seized. The Fire Commissioner said retailers will be informed of the danger and deliveries may be halted pending further action.
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New York
Newark
N. J
New York City
Robert Lowery
A. D. Sutton Co
Lowery
Poland
England
New York Endures Snow Storm With Ice Rain And Flooding
New Yorkers faced a weekend of heavy snow up to 16 inches in places along with rain and sleet. Two deaths occurred on icy western highways as Upstate areas reported 1 to 6 plus inches, while Downstate battled flooding in Westchester and New York City lowlands. Strong winds disrupted power in Queens and closures appeared on several city streets. Road crews fought conditions as 20 or more cars stranded near Gore Mountain ski center and highway travel remained treacherous across the state.
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Albany
N.Y
New York
Westchester County
New York City
Queens
Lowville
Boonville
Fulton
Lake Ontario
Rome
Oneida
Bureau
Gore Mountain
Glens Falls
Child's long ordeal of pain ends in Jacksonville
Seven year old Randy Hurst died after 133 days of aut accident burns and multiple amputations following an August wreck that killed his father sister and two brothers. Nurses recalled his joy for Christmas as gifts arrived from readers of the Florida Times Union including television sets money and a cowboy suit he longed for.
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Jacksonville
Fla
Randy Hurst
Florida Times-Union
North Tonawanda picks Rumbold as mayor after Durkee
Paul Rumbold 34 is elected by the North Tonawanda Common Council to succeed the late Fred B. Durkee as mayor. He was chosen 4 to 3 in a Wednesday night vote and will serve the remainder of Durkee’s term ending December 1967. Durkee died December 20.
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North Tonawanda
Naval Task Force One joins Yankee Station off North Vietnam
The U S Navy said Task Force One with Enterprise Long Beach and Bainbridge arrived at Yankee Station in the Tonkin Gulf. Ground fighting slows as a 48 hour New Year truce nears while Viet Cong casualties rise and U S troop strength hits 376 000.
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South Vietnam
U.S. Navy
Gulf of Tonkin
North Vietnam
Bainbridge
Enterprise
Long Beach
Yankee Station
North Vietnamese
U.S. 6Th Fleet
Mediterranean
U.S
Mekong
U Posed
Nam Dinh
Haiphong
U.S. Command
Rivers urges flattening Hanoi if needed in war talk
Rep Rivers says the United States should flatten Hanoi if necessary using air power. He criticizes hesitation and civilian casualty claims while urging stronger action to force negotiation and defend U S air supremacy in the Vietnam war context.
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Rep. Rivers
U.S
Washington
L. Mendel Rivers
House Armed Services Committee
United States
Hanoi
Senate
Richard B. Russell
The
Armed Services Committee
Rivers
South Carolina
Charleston
S.C
North Vietnam
Government Will Take Bigger Bite From Paychecks
The federal government will raise Social Security taxes from 4.2 to 4.4 percent on January 1 to fund increased benefits, primarily medical care for the elderly. The rise adds about 1 billion to the trust funds in 1967, with a maximum individual tax of 290.40, of which 9.90 funds medical care.
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Washington
Johnson
Greyhound Bus Strike Averted
A threatened Greyhound strike in the eastern division was averted by a tentative labor pact. Some 5500 Amalgamated Transit Union members will vote by mail on the agreement, which follows a narrower rejection of a previous deal by one vote.
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Cleveland, Ohio
Greyhound Bus Lines
Amalgamated Transit Union
E. C. Nichols
Eastern Greyhound
Peking Orders Anti Soviet Drive Allegedly Aimed at Soviet Forces
Moscow cites Red Star report claiming Peking ordered an all out anti Soviet propaganda drive inside the Chinese army to foster hatred of the USSR among service members. The piece notes border tensions and China’s nuclear test timing raises Soviet concerns of a hostile near frontier. It also references massive troop concentration near the Yalu River and border defense measures.
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Peking
Defense Ministry
Red Star
China
Soviet Union
Red China
Chinese Communists Party
Mao Tse-tung
South Korea
Donghwa
Yalu River
North Korea
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