Charges Two Arab Nations Subsidize Jordan Protests
Prime Minister Wasfi Tell alleged that violent antigovernment demonstrations in Jordan were subsidized with money from two hostile Arab nations. He did not name them but cited UAR and Syria as anti monarchist backers. The unrest in West Jordan eased as curfews lifted and Jordanian forces contained new demonstrations along the border.
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Amman
Jordan
Wasfi Tell
Tell
United Arab Republic
Syria
Hussein
Arab Legion
West Jordan
Israel
Nablus
Palestine
Jerusalem
Hebron
Eleven Escape Fire In Thomaston Apartments
Eleven people were evacuated safely from a six story building at 4 Spruce Street in Thomaston during a renovation fire. Firefighters declared the blaze under control by 8 am and ordered units to pull back amid fears of collapse. Nearby residents in the adjacent 50 unit building were also evacuated due to flying embers.
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Great Neck
N.Y
Thomaston
Spruce St
Russell Mallgrew
Manhasset-Lakeville
Four Buildings Damaged In Hudson Fire
Firemen sought the cause after a Sunday morning blaze damaged four buildings on Warren Street in downtown Hudson. The fire started on the third floor of 436 Warren Street, affecting two apartments and a business office. Smoke and water damage extended to adjoining buildings housing residents and businesses, displacing six apartment occupants during Thanksgiving weekend.
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Hudson, N.Y
Hudson
Warren St
Fourth Pittsburgh Quint Dies Still One Twin Survives
AP report from Pittsburgh details the death of Marci Jill Aronson, one of five premature quintuplets born to Mrs. Patti Aronson on October 19. The remaining infant, Roni Sue, is in good condition though faces the risk of hyaline membrane disease. Doctors note lung complications and possible brain injury for Marci Jill, with autopsy pending confirmation.
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Pittsburgh
Aronson
Marci Jill
Michael Aronson
Roni Sue
Susan
Amy Beth
Kimberly Ann
Lee Bass
Tr'agee Women's Hospi
Tal
Bass
Patti
Wilfred J. Finegold
D.W. Lawson
Auckland
New Zealand
Boggs Sees Johnson Seeking Tax Boost of 10 to 15 Billion
House majority figure Hale Boggs forecast in a CBS interview that President Johnson will ask Congress for a 10 to 15 billion dollar income tax increase. He cited projected deficits from 125 billion in spending versus 115 to 118 billion in revenue and urged fiscal responsibility to avoid a large deficit. He tempers the forecast with Johnson having not confirmed the plan.
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Washington
Hale Boggs
House
Johnson
Congress
Boggs
Texas
CBS Radiotelevision
Walter W. Heller
President
NBC
Meet the Press
Heller
University of Minnesota
Santa Claus held for illegal parachuting
Santa Claus and his helper, both in red suits, were arrested after parachuting into the Thruway Plaza shopping center in Cheektowaga. Clair L. Weimer of Cheektowaga and Robert J. McDonnell of Buffalo were released on $25 bail each pending arraignment on the general business law violation.
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Buffalo
N.Y
Santa Claus
Thruway Plaza
Cheektowaga
Clair L. Weimer
Robert J. McDonnell
Romney Tops GOP Field in 1968 Presidential Poll
A Gallup survey taken after the November elections shows Michigan Governor George Romney as the leading Republican for the 1968 presidential race. Romney is favored by 39 percent of Republicans and 34 percent of independents, surpassing Richard Nixon who drops to 31 percent of Republicans and 22 percent of independents.
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Princeton
N.J
Michigan
George Romney
Richard M. Nixon
Romney
Nixon
Noted Doctors to Help Launch New Albany Heart Institute
Dr. Paul Dudley White and Dr. Michael E. DeBakey join nine renowned physicians on an advisory council for New York's projected Institute for Heart Research. The $5 million center in Buffalo will operate with Roswell Park Memorial Institute, with first council meeting on December 2.
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Albany
N.Y
Paul Dudley White
Eisenhower
Michael E. DeBakey
White
DeBakey
Rockefeller
Buffalo
Roswell Park Memorial Institute
Roswell Park Institute
Boston
Harvard Medical School
Baylor University
School of Medicine
Houston
Texas
Children Rule TV At Monaco Palace
Prince Rainier said the royal children select the best programs for the palace television room in Monaco during the European premiere of The Professionals. He noted five channels and the children influence viewing, with a fondness for American action films and Italian Westerns. the children are Caroline 9 Alberti 8 and Stephanie 21 months.
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Monte Carlo
Monaco
Prince Rainier
Claudia Cardinale
Viet Cong defector LT COL Le Xuan Chuyen presents in Saigon
In Saigon the Vietnamese military identified Lt. Col. Le Xuan Chuyen alias Thanh Son as the highest ranking Viet Cong defector. Chuyen, 37, said he joined in 1945 and rose to command roles before surrendering on August 2, citing dissatisfaction with communist rule and a desire for freedom.
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
le Xuan Chuyen
Thanh Son
Chuyen
Communist Party
Indochinese Workers Party
Snow and ice storm lashes Midwest with cold surge
Rain changes to snow across the midsection as gusty winds and 12 foot Lake Michigan waves lash Michigan and surrounding states. Four inches of snowfall accumulate in Marquette as cold air pushes south, bringing unseasonably mild conditions to the East and springlike warmth inland.
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Associated Press
Upper Great Lakes
Wisconsin
Upper Michigan
Illinois
Indiana
Lower Michigan
Houghton Lake
Michigan
Lake Michigan
Grand Traverse Bay
Marquette
Mich
Great Plains
Mississippi Valley
Gulf of Mexico
Rockies
Mississippi River
Teacher Strike Ends in Youngstown After Election Agreement
Students return as Youngstown Federation of Teachers ends strike after agreeing to a 1968 collective bargaining election to be overseen by the American Arbitration Association. The pact excludes administrative staff from voting while teachers vote locally and administrators vote separately.
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Youngstown
Youngstown Education Association
Federation
Record Holiday Traffic Death Toll Soars to 728
A four day Thanksgiving holiday period set a record with 728 highway deaths, the highest for a holiday since records began, as 125 victims were under 18. The toll surpassed 1965 and 1966 benchmarks, with 102 hours of travel ending midnight Sunday.
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Albany
N.Y
New York State
Ithaca
Dryden
National Safety Council
The
Safety Council
Sub-zero Weather Grips Italy as Floods Ease in Florence
Temperatures fell below freezing across Italy with little rain. Florence begins reopening amid flood devastation as high schools return today and elementary schools set to reopen on December 5. The Florence Stock Exchange also resumes operations for the first time since the floods.
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Rome
Italy
Florence
Florence Stock Exchange
Fries is Named New York State Junior Miss
Mary Kay Fries, 17 from Dansville, will represent New York State in the national Junior Miss pageant in Mobile Alabama next March. She won the state title Saturday night from 23 contestants, receiving the crown from 196? winner Joan McMonagle. Fries is the daughter of Mr and Mrs Cletus Fries and is a Georgetown University freshman.
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Rochester
N.Y
Mary Kay Fries
Dansville
New York State
Mobile
Ala
Miss Fries
Cletus Fries
New York
Bus overturn in Alabama injures eighteen
Selma Alabama AP seven teen persons were in Selma hospitals and another in a Montgomery hospital after a Greyhound bus overturned Sunday about 22 miles south of Selma. The bus bound from Birmingham to Mobile carried 26 passengers and the driver. Investigating officers quoted the driver saying he lost control on a rainslick spot on the highway. The bus rolled over once and righted itself on the wrong side of the highway.
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Selma, Ala
Selma
Montgomery
Greyhound
Here
Birmingham
Mobile
Phoebe Snow Ends Its Long Express Era
The Phoebe Snow passenger train ends service after 60 years with final eastbound trip in Chicago and westbound run to Hoboken New Jersey. Officials cite rising costs and fewer riders as highway and air travel grow. Passenger Bernice Yacka of Bound Brook NJ rode the nostalgia journey in white, echoing the train’s namesake.
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Associated Press
Phoebe Snow
Chicago
Hoboken
N.J
Erie-Lackawanna
Hoboken Yard
New Jersey
Pennsylvania
New York State
Bernice Yacka
Bound Brook
Smog Lifts in New York as Snow Flakes Return
The Weather Bureau says smog is no longer a problem in New York City though snow is forecast. The air pollution index stood at 7.7 at 8 a.m., below the year’s average, with a 24 hour average of 9.9 after the smog alert was lifted. Refuse piled up as city incinerators shut down, with 1,450 workers clearing about 1,800 tons. Snow showers were possible Tuesday. Health officials warn it’s too soon to judge hospital respiratory impacts.
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New York
New York City
Weather Bureau
Air Pollution Control Commission
Seaboard
Brandt Supports Kiesinger in Grand Coalition Bid
West Berlin Mayor Willy Brandt says foreign criticism of Kurt Georg Kiesinger is overblown as Social Democrats back a grand coalition. Bonn analysts foresee cabinet appointments after Christian Democrats vote, with Brandt likely to become vice chancellor and perhaps foreign minister in a Kiesinger government.
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Bonn
Germany
Willy Brandt
West Berlin
Kurt Georg Kiesinger
Christian Democratic
Kiesinger
Brandt
Social Democratic Party
Bundestag
Christian Democrats
Munich
Schleswig Holstein
Free Democrats
Social Democrats
Ludwig Erhardt
Nazi Party
Erhard
Socialist Party
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John Sherman Cooper
R-Ky
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Richard B. Russell
D-Ga
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Rmass
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Utah
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Bob Gassaway
1St Corps
25Th
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