29 Dec 1967
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Newspaper
Oswego Palladium Times
Location
Oswego, New York, United States of America
Date
Dec 29, 1967
Page
1
The U S Marine outpost at Con Thien in South Vietnam forms one of four critical points in a barrier system under construction below the demilitarized zone. Beyond bunkers lies no man’s land to be rigged with devices warning of enemy movement.
A major snowstorm blankets New York and adjacent states with up to a foot or more. Albany reports about a foot while Ellenville records 15 inches. roads are clogged though main routes open and buses largely run on schedule. City rain and frigid conditions follow as parts of New England face its extension.
Paul Whiteman known as the King of Jazz died at about 4:30 am in Doylestown Hospital after a heart attack. The famed bandleader, 76, helped fuse classical music with jazz and commissioned Gershwin to compose Rhapsody in Blue. His orchestra backed stars like Bing Crosby and the Dorsey brothers.
Rome AP report says Queen Anne Marie of Greece, 21, Danish born wife of King Constantine, miscarried Thursday night. She was rushed to Villa Claudia clinic near Rome in danger of losing the pregnancy due in June. The couple, with two other children Princess Alexia and Crown Prince Paul, had been at the Greek Embassy after fleeing Greece following the failed coup attempt.
Paradise will be cleared by Saturday as TVA moves out four families for a coal stockpile and the expansion of a nearby steam electric plant. Residents recount years of life in Paradise and the lingering sense the devil is behind the move as the town fades away.
U S Marines move through two coastal fortifications 20 miles south of Da Nang after a helicopter assault sparked a heavy clash with about 500 Communist troops. Field reports say enemy resistance was light, with 17 Marines and 37 enemy killed on Thursday.
U S Ambassador Ellsworth Bunker and President Nguyen Van Thieu held a high level urgent meeting at the 9th Infantry Division HQ near Saigon. Thieu described it as secret with no public details given.
Fire struck the two story home of Mr and Mrs Roland Girouard in Mont Laurier at 1230 AM. Nine children perished and the other nine escaped by leaping into a foot of snow. One child ran to a neighbor for help after leaping from a bedroom window.
In a hard snowstorm on York County roads, three women died in two separate crashes. Sara Margaret Brown, 52, of Stewartstown, and Sarah Doll of York were fatally injured in a two car collision near Shrewsbury. Gertrude Swanson of Sabinsville Tioga County died in a crash on Interstate 83 near the Glenn Rock interchange.
A state trooper assisting a car on the Thruway delivered Mrs Sue Ann Sidney's baby girl on the roadside. Trooper James Powers arrived as the driver Marsha Whitmarsh of Rochester rushed to Geneva General Hospital. Both mother and infant were reported in good condition at the hospital.
Governor Romney of Michigan arrived in Singapore from Jakarta and prepares for a Saturday meeting with Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew. He is expected to receive a briefing on Lee's week in Cambodia earlier this month.
Senator Henry M. Jackson of Washington charges that Charles de Gaulle handed material the United States deems secret to the Soviet Union. In a Mount Vernon speech to the Chamber of Commerce and afterward in Seattle he criticized the French leader and warned about Soviet access to classified material.
Three Ohio men died when their twin engine Piper Navajo crashed into a farm field near Port Penn outside Muncy, 20 miles south of Williamsport, during foggy conditions that prevented landing at Williamsport Airport.
President Johnson is expected to accept Sihanouk's indirect invitation for U S Cambodian talks on how to handle Vietnamese forces using Cambodia as a sanctuary. Sihanouk said he would welcome an envoy and cautioned he would strike back if Cambodian border areas are bombed or invaded. He indicated Cambodia could seek aid from Red China and the Soviet Union if attacked.
New York City reports a rise in deaths from flu and respiratory infections. Health official Dr. Vincent Guinee says 100 deaths last week exceeded the 88 predicted by five year averages, attributing the excess to Asian influenza and other respiratory viruses. The increase is noted as significant but not alarming.
Amid rising tension in Southeast Asia the Vietnam war fuels fear of major powers clashing in Laos and Cambodia. Washington seeks broader diplomatic help while Soviet and Chinese statement warnings of escalation raise prospects of a fresh international conference.
Four U S Navy deserters who left Japan during Vietnam protests arrived in Moscow and then sought asylum in Sweden. Officials say Sweden likely accept them but heave potential return to Moscow. police checked papers as the men, Richard Bailey John Barilla Craig Anderson and Michael Lindner, faced visa questions. They traveled from Yokusuka aboard a Scandinavian airliner and had been living in Moscow assisted by a Swedish antiwar group.
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