Floods Threaten West as Floods Worsen in Far West
The Willamette River crest in Portland subsided after flooding. More than 14,000 people homeless, 40+ dead across five states. Rescue in Northern California hampered by rain and fog as 7,000+ remain displaced. Evacuations in Oregon and damaged highways, bridges, and the Scotia redwood mill losses cited.
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San Francisco
Oregon
Willamette
Portland
California
Mark Hatfield
Columbia River
Army
Weather Bureau
Boise
Idaho
Snake
Reno
Truckee
Vista
Bennington
Eureka
Calif
Eureska
Ferndale Fairgrounds
Civil Defense
U.S. 101
Willits
Crescent City
Western Pacific Railroad
Humboldt County
Charles Shaller
Pacific Lumber Co
Scotia
Night chase by teens nets FBI fugitive in Ohio
In Painesville Ohio a dozen teenage boys chased Alfred Oponowicz, an FBI 410 most wanted criminal, after spotting him atop a railroad overpass. The fugitive, shot the night before, was captured by a neighbor’s call to police and surrendered meekly. The youths said the dull night and TV boredom drove the dangerous game as a prank turned pursuit.
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Painesville, Ohio
Alfred Oponowicz
Arthur Bryant
John Peacock
Opanowicz
Peacock
Bryant
Oponowicz
James Bafford
Christmas Over LBJ Back At It
President Johnson resumes work on the federal budget in Texas after Christmas with family and friends. He aims to keep new spending under 100 billion dollars while deciding on programs in education and a war on poverty and whether to raise civil service and postal worker pay. The Johnsons attended church, enjoyed gifts, and shared holiday moments at the LBJ Ranch and Fredericksburg with daughter Lynda Bird and Luci Baines.
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Johnson City
Tex
Johnson
Kermit Goredon
LBJ
Johnsons
Fredericksburg
St. Barnabas Episcopal Church
Lynda Bird
Luci Baines
Lucie Alexander
Birge Alexander
Rebecca
Texas
Russians Seek UN Showdown Over Peacekeeping Assessments
At United Nations headquarters diplomats believe the Soviet Union aims to force a General Assembly clash over peacekeeping assessments. Russia argues Congo and Middle East costs are illegal and seeks immediate voting after fund approval, while the United States wants pledges before any vote. Since December 1 the assembly has operated under a no vote truce.
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United Nations, N.Y
U.N
S.c. Union
Beccome
United States
Congo
Middle East
U.S
USSR Tries Capitalism Expands to Industry and Mining
The government newspaper Izvestia said four enterprises in Lvov will begin capitalist style profit motive on January 1. One coal mine and plants for coal-loading machines television sets and textiles join earlier textile trials in Moscow and Gorky. The program has spread to about a third of light industry plants producing consumer goods.
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Moscow
Soviet Union
Izvestia
Lvov
Gorky
Christmas Joy Comes In Wide Variety Of Ways
A rabbi filled in as Reno police chief on Christmas to allow the regular chief to be with family. In Hartford volunteers took over tasks at hospitals. A Louisville couple celebrated 70 years of marriage while a Long Beach couple welcomed their first child, a girl named Christy Carole. Louis Armstrong’s wife in Tokyo kept up the Christmas tree tradition. Lithuanian exile Stefanija Rukas reunited with family after 23 years. Two Air Force colonels in Vietnam served for absent junior officers to mark the holiday.
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Associated Press
Louis
Satchmo) Armestrong
Tokeyo
Noel
South Viet Nam
Philip H. Weinberg
James W. Thompson
Dele
Louisville
Thompsons
Mrs. Thompson
Michael Noel
Long Beach
Calif
Christy Carole
Stefanija Rukas
New York
Siberian
Nicole
Officer Killed In Viet Nam Tired Of Shoveling Snow
Lt Col James R Hagen 43 gave up a successful Wisconsin dental practice for an Army career, widow recalls. He was among two killed Christmas Eve when a Saigon hotel bomb exploded, wounding 107. Hagen left Viet Nam two weeks before to learn of his death on his 42nd birthday. He had met his wife in Oklahoma during World War I era and married in 1944 after earning a Marquette University dental degree in 1950.
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Oklahoma City
James R. Hagen
Wisconsin
Hagen
Saigon
Joy
Viet Nam
Buddhists Renew Push to Oust Huong After Saigon Bombing
In Saigon the Buddhist hierarchy vows to resume protests against Premier Tran Van Huong after the Christmas Eve bombing of a U S hotel. martial law extended, paras deployed, and security tightened across 67 U S installations as U S and Vietnamese authorities blame Viet Cong activity and lax security.
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
High National Council
Tran van Huong
Thich Nhat Thien
Thien
Huong
David M. Agnew
Winter Park
Fla
U.S
Young Turks
United States
Air Force
Nguyen Cao Ky
Maxwell D. Taylor
Girl 10 Shoots Father in Mishap at Home
In Clinton Missouri a 10 year old girl, Bonnie Miller, was handling a .22 rifle when it fired through a wall and struck her father, Dale Miller, in the forehead. He was treated at the University of Kansas Medical Center where doctors removed the bullet from his brain and listed him in fair condition.
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Clinton, Mo
Bonnie Miller
Dale Miller
University of Kansas Medical Center
County Forecast Clears. Cold Tonight
Weather forecast for the county calls for clear skies and continued cold conditions tonight with lows of 10 to 15 degrees. Sunday will bring a return to the 30s for daytime temperatures.
Tidal Wave Kills 750 in Ceylon and Rameswaram
AP reports a cyclone and 15 foot tidal surge devastate Ceylon and Rameswaram. Thousands homeless, 750 confirmed dead, 250 in Ceylon, 500 in Rameswaram, with potential toll rising toward 2,000 per Colombo papers. Food drops aid isolated villages, $150 million in property damage. Rail victims feared drowned.
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New Delhi
India
Ceylon
Rameswaram
Colombo
Ceylon Air Force
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