Smog Persists Despite Light Rain and Shifting Winds
New York and the eastern seaboard still suffer heavy smog as overnight rain and a light wind shift fail to clear the air. Officials warn against outdoor exposure while authorities outline alert levels and voluntary bans on car use. Pollution indices fluctuate with weather as Connecticut Baltimore and New Jersey report high levels.
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New York
Eastern
Seaboard
New York City Department of Air Pollution
Weather Bureau
Massachusetts
Maryland
New York City
Connecticut
New Jersey
Nelson A. Rockefeller
Philadelphia
Norman Ingraham
New York Air Pollution Control Commission
Franklin M. Foote
Baltimore
End of Attleboro operation clashes with Viet Cong fire
U S troops end Operation Attleboro after 43 days in War Zone C near Saigon while Viet Cong shell the 2nd Brigade command post. Casualties reported light, five cargo barges damaged offshore as Operation Traffic Cop continues beyond borders.
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
U.S
Attleboro
North Viet Nam
North Vietnamese
Tay Ninh Province
101St
Tay Ninh
Cama
Attorney asks police to reopen Sheppard case in Bay Village
Attorney F. Lee Bailey urged Bay Village police to reopen the Marilyn Sheppard murder case, naming two suspects in a 15 page letter. Bay Village Chief Fred Crenkhan said he would consider the evidence but did not commit to reopening the investigation. He noted new evidence would be hard to uncover after 12 years.
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Cleveland
Ohio
F. Lee Bailey
Bay Village
Marilyn Sheppard
City Club
Bailey
United States
Samuel H. Sheppard
Fred Crenkhan
Drenkhan
Woman in Pittsburgh Delivers Quintuplets at Magee
Patti Aronson, 22, gave birth to five girls within ten minutes at Magee-Womens Hospital in Pittsburgh. The quintuplets weighed 1 pounds 7 to 1 pounds 12 ounces each and remain in guarded condition though the hospital reports they are responding to care. Father Michael Aranson, a 22 year old law student, said the couple were advised to expect a multiple birth. Both parents and the firstborn Quints’ mother attended Magee-Womens Hospital. The couple celebrate their second wedding anniversary next May.
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Pittsburgh, Pa
Pittsburgh
Patti Aronson
Magee-Womens Hospital
Aranson
Michael Aranson
Ther
Quints
Duquesne University
Magee Women's Hospital
Arson
University of Pittsburgh
Viet Cong Urges Holiday Truces Across Christmas and New Year
A BBC monitored Viet Cong broadcast from Radio Liberation in South Vietnam urged truces during Christmas and New Year. The Christmas truce would run 7 am Saigon time on Christmas Eve to 7 am Dec 26, and the New Year truce from 7 am Dec 31 to 7 am Jan 2, with no offensive action.
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London
Viet Nam
British Broadcasting Corp
Saigon
PSC
Radio Liberation
Viet Cong
South
National Liberation Front
U.S. reorganizes civil operations in Viet Nam
L. Wade Lathram, 50, from Dothan Alabama, named director of civil operations in Viet Nam by Ambassador Henry Cabot Lodge. Lodge also designates Deputy Ambassador William J. Porter as czar of all Americans in regions and provinces in a Nov. 23 reorganization. Lathram reports to Porter in his new post.
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U. S
Vietna Saigon
South Viet Nam
U.S. Agency For International Development
Viet Nam
L. Wade Lathram
Henry Cabot Lodge
Lodge
U.S
William J. Porter
Lathram
Dothan
Ala
Porter
Five men flee Cuba by boat halted by patrol boat
Five men attempting to flee Cuba in a motor boat seized from a naval base were fired on as a Cuban patrol boat stopped the craft. The Foreign Ministry said three were captured while two jumped overboard and are presumed drowned.
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Cuba
Havana
Foreign Ministry
Akron Man 112 Walks Mile On Birthday
Barthold Brier, aged 112, started his birthday with a dawn one mile walk at his Akron NY home and then enjoyed coffee and cake as friends planned visits. Mrs. William S. Fenton said the celebration fits his routine, with cake and coffee spaced through the day.
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Akron
N.Y
Barthold Brier
William S. Fenton
Brier
Ex Actress Toby Wing and Husband Sue for Auto Crash Damages
Former actress Toby Wing Merrill and her aviator husband Captain Henry Merrill filed a suit in Circuit Court seeking more than 5000 dollars in damages from Avis Rent-a-Car System Inc and its driver Robert Bruer after an automobile collision in Miami Florida.
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Toby Wing
Miami
Fla
Toby Wing Merrill
Capt
Henry
Dick) Merrill
Avis Rent-a-Car System, Inc
Robert Bruer
Snodgrass Receives $10 537 Back Pay After VA Error
Arandall J. Snodgrass a Charleston World War II veteran with a silver skull plate learned he should receive 10 537 40 in back payments after a Huntington VA official found his head wound had caused a larger bone loss than recorded. The disability pension now reflects the corrected skull size and back pay.
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Charleston
W.va
Arandall J. Snodgrass
Philippines
Veterans Administration
Huntington
Snodgrass
Jordan Faces Crisis as Border Tensions Rise
Beirut report notes King Hussein's Jordan amid protests by Palestinians on the west bank demanding fortified frontier villages and arms. The unrest follows Israel’s Nov. 13 attack on Samua. PLO pressure and Syrian propaganda add regional strain, with U.S. arms aid requested and Israel faulted by some officials for destabilizing the country.
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Beirut
Hussein
Jordan
Israel
West Bank
Jordan River
Palestine
Samua
United States
Syria
Cairo
Palestine Liberation Organization
PLO
Holyoake’s National Party Wins New Zealand Election
Prime Minister Keith Holyoake’s National Party returns to power in a vote that sees 44 of 80 seats won. Labor holds 35 seats while Social Credit gains a first parliamentary seat. Holyoake backs U.S. Vietnam policy amid a 150-man artillery battery stationed in Vietnam.
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Holyoake
New Zealand
Wellington
Keith J. Holyoake
Viet Nam
Labor Party
Social Credit Party
U.S
Explosive Blast Kills Three Girls at Havana School
An explosion at a coed military school in a Havana suburb killed three girl students and injured more than a dozen others. Authorities described the blast as a violent incident at the educational facility attracting rapid police and emergency response. The event marks a severe tragedy amid ongoing security concerns in the region.
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Havana
27 Die in Crash of AF Transport Near Saigon
A US Air Force C47 transport crashed near Tan Son Nhut airport outside Saigon killing 27 aboard. The twin engine aircraft reportedly lost power after takeoff while en route to Pleiku. cause and passenger identities were not immediately confirmed. Ground fire was not indicated. Rescue equipment would have to wait until daylight.
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Saigon
U.S
Tan Son Nhut
Pleiku
Air Force
US Air Force
Most Colorful Christmas Stamp Sparks Debate
The 5 color stamp reproducing Memling's Madonna and Child with Angels goes on sale November 1, drawing praise for art and protests over religious imagery. The issue centers on government endorsement of religion while the post office pursues higher sales as part of Christmas mail.
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Washington
Hans Memling
Mich
The
American Civil Liberties Union
Post Office
National Highway Death Toll Rises With Thanksgiving Weekend
The Associated Press reports 393 traffic deaths nationally since Friday 6 p.m. local time, including 79 under 18, about 50 more than last Thanksgiving. New York State toll nears 30 with 25 deaths and a fatal crash near Dryden.
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Associated Press
National Safety Council
Albany
N.Y
New York State
Dryden
Ithaca
Five Children Lost Parents in Tompkins County Crash
Five children in North Syracuse became orphans after a Thanksgiving weekend head on collision on Route 38 near Ithaca killed their parents and a man. The Higgins family from North Syracuse and the Doohan and Wright families died in the wreck. Details note rain slick roads and high speed. all five victims wore seat belts.
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Syracuse
N.Y
Ithaca
Thomas J. Higgins
Emily
North Syracuse
Higgins’ Counsin
John R. Doohan
Patricia
Tonawanda
Robert
Tompkins County
Doohans
Wright
Higgins
Gettysburg
Anne
John
Mary
William
Kathy
Dodge
Chrysler Corp
Chrysler
Binghamton
LeMoyne College
Roscrea
Ireland
Doohan
University of Montana
University of Buffalo
Amherst Central High School
Buffalo
Brockway Motor Co
Cortland
Boston Mother Earns Twin Gifts Heart Surgery Baby
Mary Pirozzi of Boston survived two prior heart operations and then gave birth to a healthy 6 pound 10 ounce son after an 80 minute open heart procedure at Massachusetts General Hospital. Both mother and infant were reported healthy and expected to go home next week.
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Boston
Mary Pirozzi
Christmas Seal twins highlight drive in Seattle area
King County Christmas Seal twins John and Robert Garrison of Renton age 84 were chosen to promote the message that health leads to a longer life. Ed O'Brien, seal drive chairman, said proceeds from Christmas Seals aid respiratory disease fight.
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Seattle
Wash
King County Christmas Seal Organization
John
Robert Garrison
Renton
Ed O'Brien
Seal Drive
President Johnson pledges over three billion in federal cutbacks
In Austin at the LBJ Ranch, President Johnson outlined plans to trim federal programs by more than 3 billion dollars next year. Senate GOP Leader Dirksen and House Leader Ford voiced support, saying reduced nonessential spending could ease inflation, while Johnson noted savings would come from reassigning or dropping programs as war needs and other demands shift. Johnson, recovering from recent throat surgery, conducted the brief news conference via helicopter-arranged access for reporters.
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Austin Tex
Rpublican
Johnson
Senate
House
Belican House
Gerald Ford
Senate Gop
Everett M. Dirksen
LBJ
Austin
No Hint on New Bonn Leader In Coalition Move
West Germany's Christian Democrats and Social Democrats form a new coalition but give no clue on the chancellor for Ludwig Erhard's replacement. Kiesinger and Brandt loom as candidates while approval from their parties in the Bundestag remains pending.
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Bonn
Germany
West Germany
Christian Democrats
Social Democrats
Ludwig Erhard
Willy Brandt
West Berlin
Kurt Georg Kiesinger
Kiesinger
Brandt
Bundestag
Nurses in Minneapolis to resign in mass wage move
About one third of the 3,216 nurses at 21 Minneapolis-St Paul hospitals give one month resignation notices amid a wage dispute. The Minnesota Nurses Association aims for higher pay, with voluntary care to continue after the resignations take effect.
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Minneapolis, Minn
Minneapolis-St. Paul
Minnesota Nurses Association
Twin City Hospital Association
MNA
Hospital Association
Grandmother's Nimble Fingers Knit Gifts
Mrs. Leonard W. Eaton of Los Angeles sent sweaters mittens caps and socks to the Chon Ae Orphanage in Seoul via the U S 8th Army Civil Affairs Section. Thirty Korean orphans aged 4 to 10 received the gifts just in time for Christmas. Eaton began knitting in 1952 and has continued for fourteen years to aid homeless children.
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Seoul
South Korea
Los Angeles
Calif
Leonard W. Eaton
Chon-Ae
U.S. 8Th Army Civil Affairs
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Sheppard
Bulletin
Lawrence F. O'Brien
O. Wright
GOP
Ford
Minneapolis
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