Talks resume in Paris on Vietnam conference table dispute
US and North Vietnamese officials held a 3 pm meeting in Paris with Cyrus Vance and Ha Van Lau to present new procedural proposals. The aim is to resolve the deadlock over seating that would place the Viet Cong as a separate negotiating body, delaying expanded talks. Officials noted the session followed Christmas holidays and could lead to a unified allied position before contacting Hanoi for a bargain.
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Paris
Vance
Saigon
Pham Dang Lam
Hanoi
Freezing Weather Across 38 States Halts Parades and Flights
Bitter cold and rising winds hit the Eastern Seaboard and Great Lakes region. Snow totals reach up to 14 inches in Boonville and 40 inches in northern New York as schools cancel across northern Michigan. The Mummers Parade in Philadelphia is postponed, with 16,006 marchers rescheduled for Saturday. Arctic conditions close Erie Airport and affect travel along the lakes. In Indonesia, West Irian rebel leader Mandatian surrenders to Indonesian troops.
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Philadelphia
Lower Michigan
Pacific Coast
Rockies
Jakarta
Indonesia
West Irian
Lodewijck Mandatian
GOP Outspent Demos for Television Time
FCC report shows Republicans spent 5 million versus Democrats 3 million on TV for 1968 campaign. GOP financed about 4.2 million on TV and 1 million in primary contests while Democrats put 2.5 million into video during final campaigning and 516 thousand in primaries. Other groups totaled about 681 thousand.
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Washington
Federal Communications Commission
FCC
GOP
Alabama
George C. Wallace
Bombs Found in Ottawa Mailboxes
Three tire bombs were found in or near Ottawa mailboxes in the west end today. One was discovered in a mailbox. two more in snow beside parcel drops. The devices, in paper bags, were removed. none exploded. Police have no suspects but speculate radical separatists or labor militants may be involved.
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Ottawa
UPI
West End
Parliament
Quebec
Canada
Edgewater Inn Changes Hands Again
The Edgewater Inn ownership shifted once more as historical notes reveal the hotel stopped losing money but did not disclose profitability. Jim Stockman of Transwestern Hotels founded it, pursued a 1965 merger to cover debts, which was rejected, and in November 1966 President Eisenhower acquired the property for 3.1 million dollars.
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Edgewater
Jim Stockman
Transwestern Hotels
Stockman
Eisenhower
New Year Fires Claim Dozens Across North America
A series of New Year fires across North America left multiple dead and caused extensive damage. In Minot North Dakota a father saved one son but three daughters perished in an early morning blaze. In Montreal a three story tenement fire killed a mother, five of eight children, and a visiting niece, with several others escaping. In Wheeling West Virginia a mother and two children died in a Christmas tree fire. Webster Massachusetts suffered a $100 million New Year blaze destroying three factories leaving 1,200 workers unemployed. Overall 2,100 U.S. deaths and $22 billion in property losses were reported for 1968 by the NFPA.
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Sidney Whitebody
Minot
N.D
Montreal
Therese Beaudoin
Jacques
Gilles
Sylvie
Ginette
Renee
Sherbrooke
Here
Marcel
Jean-Claude
Wheeling
W. Va
Sarah McCruder
David
Patsy
Webster
Mass
Massachusetts
Worcester Paper Box Co
Bentley Shoe Co
B & W Shoe Corp
United States
National Fire Protection Association
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