Ice Storm Leaves Niagara County Hundreds Without Power
Massive weekend ice storm cuts power to as many as 30 000 Niagara County residents. Crews from Syracuse restore service after long 18 hour shifts. parts of Albion Hamlin and Lockport report outages and school fire halls aid evacuees.
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Niagara County
Niaxara- Mohawk Power Corp
Waertown
Massena
Middleport
Albion
Monroe County
Hamlin
Brockport
Riga
N. Y
Albany
Frrg
Lockport
Civil Defense
Syracuse
Hope Returns From His 18th Christmas Trip
Bob Hope, 65, returns from his 18th overseas Christmas tour with U S servicemen. He notes hope for peace talks and jokes about going to the moon. His 21 entertainer troupe visited Vietnam bases for 16 days, co sponsored by USO and the Defense Department. Gov Reagan awards him a Creative Citizen Award.
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Los Angeles
Bob Hope
U.S
Hope
Vietnam
Paris
San Francisco State
Hayakawa
Bob
S. I. Hayakawa
San Francisco State College
Ann-Margret
Japan
Korea
Okinawa
Thailand
USO
Theepartment of Defense
Dolores
Viet Cong Down 3 U.S. Helicopters Amid Cease-Fire Clash
Viet Cong shot down three American helicopters over the weekend raising losses to 968. The attacks occurred as thousands of U.S. and South Vietnamese troops pressed 60 offensive operations despite a Viet Cong 72 hour cease-fire warning. One crewman was killed and several others injured.
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Saigon
Nam
U.S
Tay Ninh
Quang Ngai
South Vietnam
United States
Pablo Casals Celebrates 92nd Birthday in Puerto Rico
Pablo Casals marked his 92nd birthday in San Juan with a special Mass and visits from friends. He began the day with a beach walk and piano practice, then played the cello as his wife Martita spoke of his happiness and good health.
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San Juan
P.R
Pablo Casals
Casals
Martita
Advisers urge mutual short-term wage, price sacrifices
Johnson officials pressed business and labor to accept voluntary wage and price restraints. The Cabinet Committee proposed raising the 3.2 percent guideline for wages to just under 5 percent in 1969 and keeping price hikes near 1968 levels. They urged business to absorb the first 1 percent in costs without raising consumer prices.
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Washington
Johnson
Cabinet Committee On
Kennedy
Nixon
United States
Council of Economic Advisers
Budget Bureau
Blood banks face severe shortages nationwide
The Associated Press reports critically low blood supplies across the United States during the holiday season. Officials urge postponing elective surgeries and increasing donations as respiratory illness and bad weather drive the shortage, with examples of cross-state blood transfers and a nationwide alert from Red Cross centers.
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Hong Kong
Greater New York
Philadelphia
Alabama
Aaron Josephson
Mid America Red Cross Blood Center
Red Cross Center
Josephson
Israel vows retaliation after Beirut airport raid
Israel denounces world condemnation and pledges further action after a Beirut airport assault attributed to Palestinian guerrillas. Premier Eshkol insists Israel will defend itself in response to Arab attacks and cites Beirut as base of the terrorist group.
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Beirut
Israel
Levi Eshkol
Eshkol
United Nations
Shabtai Rosenne
el al
Athens
Lebanon
Security Council
Jacob A. Malik
Council
United States
U.N
Edward Ghorra
Coun
Tel Aviv
Popular Front For the Liberation of Palestine
Sophia Loren Gives Birth to First Child in Geneva
Sophia Loren delivered her first child Sunday a 7 pound 11 ounce boy via Caesarean at Geneva State Hospital. The baby named Carlo s is healthy. Loren, 34, and Carlo Ponti, 55, celebrated after years of miscarriages with doctors success. Loren plans to resume acting in September in Giovanna with Marcello Mastroianni, filmed in the Soviet Union.
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Sophia Loren
Geneva
Carlo Ponti
Geneva State Hospital
Miss Loren
Hubert de Watteville
Oe Ponti
de Watteville
Giovanna
Marcello Mastroianni
Soviet Union
Nixon Plans Written Vietnam Policy Instructions After Inauguration
President elect Nixon will send written Vietnam policy guidance to Paris negotiators, Saigon embassy staff, and field commanders soon after January 20. Aide says the messages define aims and specify steps, prepared by Rogers, Laird, and Kissinger to review alternatives before the new administration sets policy.
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Fla
Nixon
Vietnam
U.S
Paris
Saigon
Variou
William P. Rogers
Secretary of Defense
Melvin R. Laird
Henry A. Kissinger
Death of UN's First Secretary General Lie Reported
A spokesman for U Thant says Trygve Lie died today in Norway at age 72. Lie was the first secretary-general of the United Nations and the news came from a Lie family member in New York.
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U Thant
Norway
Trygve Lie
United Nations
Lies
New York
Penn Central To Take Over New Haven Railroad
Penn Central Railway said it will assume control of the bankrupt New Haven Railroad Tuesday by order of the Interstate Commerce Commission. A spokesman noted plans to take over as of midnight tomorrow, completing the merger of the former New York Central and Pennsylvania Railroads.
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Clinton
Hamilton
Franklin
Tompkins
Cortland
New York
Niagara Falls
Lewiston
Barker
Penn Central Railroad
New Haven Railroad
Interstate Commerce Commission
Penn Central
New York Central
Pennsylvania
Fear 70 Die in Blast at Rio de Janeiro Quarry
In Rio de Janeiro a rock slide and dynamite blasts triggered by rain struck a quarry. Up to 70 people feared dead as a section of nearby shantytown collapsed. rescuers found one 3 year old survivor and eight bodies by Sunday night. Eyewitnesses and firemen gave different death estimates from the incident.
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Rio DE Janeiro
U S to Meet Viet Cong for POW Release
U S command will send five representatives on New Year’s Day for a second meeting with the Viet Cong to secure release of three American prisoners of war. A cease-fire will be observed around the meeting site 50 miles northwest of Saigon.
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Ters
U.S
U.S. 25Th Infantry Division
Saigon
U. S
Armed Forces Radio
Peace Talks Off Until New Year Deadlock in Paris
In Paris AP reports Hanoi and U S negotiators expect no fresh talks to break the peace conference deadlock before the new year. Ground rules for the parley remain disputed and it is unclear if the conference will open before President elect Nixon takes office January 20.
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Paris
Hanoi
Nixon
Battle near Attopeu Ends With Heavy Laotian Losses
A Pathet Lao and North Vietnamese assault on Attopeu in southern Laos near the Cambodian border failed after 25 hours. The Laotian Defense Ministry said 50 attackers and three government soldiers were killed, with 20 soldiers wounded.
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Vientiane, Laos
Pathet Lao
Laos
Laotian Defense Ministry
Attopeu
LIRR Debuts New Train With Morning Delays
Long Island Railroad’s first new high speed commuter train ran into Pennsylvania Station behind schedule on two morning runs. The first was five minutes late due to a Jamacia layover, and the second was six minutes late blamed on a slower moving train ahead.
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LIRR
NEW York
Long Island Railroad
Pennsylvania Station
Jamaica
Cunard Refuses Delivery of QE2 Over Engine Faults
The Cunard Line refused to accept the 65 000 ton QE2 until thermal expansion issues in the two turbine engines are fixed. The ship, steaming at 14 knots, faces at least three weeks of repairs and a delayed maiden transatlantic voyage. Sir Basil Smallpiece canceled a four day warmup cruise and the January 17 New York trip.
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Britannia
Cunard Line
Southampton
Sir Basil Smallpiece
Cunard
Queen
New York
Predict Holiday Toll 200-260 Deaths On New Year Highways
Chicago AP report cites National Safety Council prediction of 200 to 260 highway deaths during a 30 hour New Year period from 6 p.m. Tuesday to midnight Wednesday. John D. Lawlor warns excessive alcohol has fatal effects on driving.
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Chicago
National Safety Council
John D. Lawlor
Council
Beatings Revealed by Pueblo Crewmen in North Korea
Two USS Pueblo crewmen Charles Law and Lee Hayes will recount detailed beatings during 11 months in captivity. Cmdr. Lloyd Bucher described terror used by North Koreans to intimidate the crew as they return home.
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San Diego
Calif
Uss Pueblo
Lloyd Bucher
Charles B. Law, Jr
Port Townsend
Wash
Lee R. Hayes
Columbus
Ohio
Navy
Law
Hayes
Midway Island
Bucher
U.S. Naval Hospital
Horace Warden
Seoul
North Korea
Presi
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