Central Greece Braces After Devastating Quakes
A sequence of earthquakes in central Greece near Kardhitsa killed at least one person and left more than 50 injured while rendering hundreds homeless. The government declared a state of emergency and dispatched army rescue teams as tens of thousands faced freezing conditions and shelters in schools and churches.
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Greece
Athens
Kardhitsa
Fourna
Alestia
Krenti
Michael Galinos
Athens Seismological Institute
Trikkala
Larissa
Magnisia
Ethiotis
Boy Dies After Tractor Drops Through Church Wall
Cicero New York AP reports 12 year old James Elderbroom was killed when he climbed onto a tractor his father was using to clear snow at Sacred Heart Church on Route 11. The tractor rolled, smashed pews, and crashed through a wall. no worshippers were inside. James is survived by Mr. and Mrs. Francis Elderbroom of Mud Mill Road.
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N.Y
Sacred Heart Church
Route 11
Here
James F. Elderbroom
James
Francis Elderbroom
Mud Mill Road
James A. Pike
San Francisco
Hudson Hotel
England
Pike
California
New York
Bishop Pike
Cambridge University
Moon photos withheld spark world reaction
President Johnson pledged aid to India with three million tons of wheat and sorghum planned over three months after a drought sparked unrest. The move follows a report by Agriculture official Clarence Eskildsen and a forthcoming mission led by Walter Farr Jr. Indira Gandhi may visit the US in March to discuss aid and mutual actions. Meanwhile Luna 9 photos reached newspapers worldwide, leaving Soviet readers starved for official images as the USSR delayed public release and the mission continued its lunar research. Sir Bernard Lovell of Jodrell Bank hailed the signals as sensational and questioned why the pictures were not published by Soviet authorities.
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Washington
Johnson
India
America
Clarence Eskildsen
Agriculture Department
Orville L. Freeman
Walter Farr Jr
South Asia
Middle East
Agency For International Development
Indira Gandhi
Gandhi
United States
Moscow
Soviet Union
Moon
Earth
Soviet Academy of Sciences
Academy
Red Star
Jodrell Bank
Bernard Lovell
Flowers Drift in Tokyo Harbor After 133 Die in Crash
Flowers bob in icy Tokyo harbor as a Japan Airlines Boeing 727 plunges during final approach. 133 aboard, 126 passengers and 7 crew. Rescue efforts continue with many bodies missing. Pilot Masaki Takeshi Hashi, 39, had clearance to land. Continued on Page Six.
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Tokyo
All-Nippon — Airways
Hokkaido
Japan
Air France
Orly Field
Paris
Haneda International Airport
Masaki Takahashi
Man and Daughter Die After Marooned Car Tragedy
In Warsaw New York a Pennsylvania man Paul Meserole 45 and his daughter Dawn 19 died of carbon monoxide poisoning after being marooned in a snowbound car near Gainesville on Route 19. Meserole's wife Barbara 41 was rescued after hearing screams.
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N.Y
Pennsylvania
Wyoming County
G. Stanley Baker
Paul Meserole
Duke Center
Dawn
Baker
Gainesville
Meserole
Barbara
Yale Editor Beats Female Rival at Jacks
In New Haven Yale Daily News editor John Rothchild defeated Harvard Crimson editor Linda McVeigh in a game of jacks. He admitted the loss to the broader issue of gender in the newsroom while McVeigh hailed her own performance and editorial effort.
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Yale
New Haven
Rothchild
Miss McVeigh
The
Crimson
Jacks
John
Williams mum on Senate candidacy plans
Washington AP says G Mennen Williams, former Michigan governor and assistant secretary of state for African affairs, is silent on a possible Senate run. He notes respect for Senator McNamara and may wait for his decision. Detroit Mayor Cavanagh weighs a bid. filing for the Aug primary is June 14.
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Michigan
U.S. Senate
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John F. Kennedy
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McNamara
Detroit
Jerome P. Cavanagh
George Romney
Cavanagh
Johnson Heads to Hawaii for Viet Nam Talks
President Johnson flies from Andrews AFB to Honolulu for three days of talks with South Viet Nam leaders Nguyen Cao Ky and Nguyen Van Thieu, plus U S officials, to review military campaigns and expand civilian aid in health education and farming.
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Johnson
Hawaii
South Viet Nam
Andrews Air Force Base
Maryland
Honolulu
Viet Nam
Robert S. McNamara
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Nguyen Cao Ky
Nguyen van Thieu
U.S
Henry Cabot Lodge
William C. Westmoreland
Allied Drive Seeks to Trap Four or Five Cong Regiments
Allied forces push to enclose four or five Viet Cong and North Vietnamese regiments in central coastal South Viet Nam as the 1st Cavalry Airmobile Division commits a second brigade and Marines move south on the northern flank. Bong Son area actions, Masher lineage, and four-day talks with Thieu and Ky frame a potential major engagement.
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
U. S. 1St Cavalry
U.S
Air Cavalry
U.S. Army
Johnson
Hawaii
William C. Westmoreland
Viet Nam
Camp Smith
Pacific
Nguyen van Thieu
Nguyen Cao Ky
Hawaii Talks to Stress Social, Economic Side of Viet Effort
In Honolulu, President Johnson aims to project a country-building focus in South Viet Nam, stressing social and economic aspects over military shifts. The trip follows Senate scrutiny of Viet Nam policy, with aides signaling no drastic course changes.
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Washington
Johnson
U.S
Asia
Honolulu
South Viet Nam
Saigon
Senate
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Dean Rusk
David F. Bell
Maxwell D. Taylor
North Viet Nam
Hanoi
William C. Westmoreland
Viet Nam
7Th Fleet
South China Sea
Remarkable 101 Year Old Recovers After Major Surgery
Michelangelo Finazzo aged 101 underwent two hours of major surgery at Interborough Hospital Brooklyn to repair a stomach rupture pressing on his heart and lungs. Doctors marvel at his rapid recovery and expect discharge soon. He walked the hospital halls five days post op and plans to return home.
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New York
Michelangelo Finazzo
Finazzo
Brooklyn
Salvatore Finazzo
Victor Martino
Martino
Interborough Hospital
Belgium government offers resignation amid doctors strike
In Brussels King Baudouin weighed accepting the resignation of Premier Pierre Harmel's government after it announced it could not resolve the dispute between doctors and the state health insurance system, amid a threatened nationwide doctors strike.
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Brussels
Belgium
Baudouin
Pierre Harmel
Arctic Cold Numbs Deep South with Tampa Record
A surge of arctic cold gripped the Deep South with freezing temps and record lows. Tampa hit 27 degrees, a February record, while Clewiston saw heavy frost and other states logged below zero, snow, and widespread cold across the region.
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Associated Press
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Tampa
Fla
Clewiston
Florida
Keys
South Florida
Ohio Valley
Greensburg
Ind
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