Lovington Parade Tragedy Shoots Down 7YearOld Boy
A 7 year old boy Tom Frank Hamilton died after being struck by the rear wheel of a fire truck in Lovington during the Christmas parade. Fire Chief Rusty Woodward indicated the truck carrying Santa slowed to about three mph. He noted crowd shoving may have caused the fatal accident.
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Lovington
Tom Frank Hamilton
Kenneth Hamilton
Rusty Woodward
Woodward
Santa Claus
Santa
Johnson reviews Laos supply lines clash in Vietnam policy push
President Johnson and top advisers cite accumulating evidence of North Vietnamese to South Vietnamese supply flow via Laos. He orders Ambassador Taylor to consult with Saigon on measures to improve the situation while reaffirming U.S. aid to South Vietnam. Taylor and officials weigh air strikes on Laos or North Vietnam bases and await possible policy decisions.
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Johnson
Taylor
Laos
Washington
Viet Nam
White House
Maxwell D. Taylor
U.S
North
Reedy
Saigon
Jomunt Chiefs of Staff
Dean Rusk
Robert S. McNamara
Record 554 Traffic Deaths Over Thanksgiving Weekend
Chicago report shows 554 traffic deaths during the extended Thanksgiving holiday, a new high for the 102 hour period. The previous peak was 543, set last year, with an average of 130 deaths per day this year versus 126 daily in the first nine months of 1964.
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Chicago
Associated Press
Seven Children Die in Baltimore Fire and Suspected Arson
In East Baltimore seven siblings died when a blaze destroyed their home. Kenneth A. Smith, 38, the children's father, was arrested about five hours later on arson charges after police found a gasoline can and a frightened 15 year old survivor said he was pushed back into the burning house. Mrs Smith and four children survived. The dead were Janet one Gary two Kevon four Annette six Timothy seven Darlene eight and Vivian thirteen. A neighbor said a man stood in front of the house watching as glass broke and the children screamed.
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Smith
Marian
Vivian
Zond 2 Mars probe shows power shortfall in flight
Moscow reports Zond 2 is functioning about 50 percent of expected power. The Soviet probe launched Monday trails Mariner 4 toward Mars as authorities note possible inability to relay Mars data if problems persist.
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Moscow
Mars
Tass
Venus
Earth
U.S
Mariner 4
First Witnesses Called in WSMR Theft Trial
Two MARS officials testified as the trial of three men accused of conspiring to steal MARS property from White Sands Missile Range began in Albuquerque. Jurors were selected. defendants include Raymond C. Rogers and George D. Carlson II. Lipscomb and Belk described MARS applications and transfer procedures.
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WSMR
Albuquerque
Army
MARS
White Sands Missile Range
Mead Arbogast
Ft. Huachuca
Ariz
Raymond C. Rogers
Las Cruces
George D. Carlson II
Manhattan
Calif
Rogers
Carlson
Arbogast
White Sands
Edward Lipscomb
Washington
Rogers and
Roland Belk
Fourth Army Mars
LBJ Denies Hoover Quit Rumor as Newsweek Report Stand
White House press secretary George E. Reedy said President Johnson never heard of a plan to replace FBI Director J Edgar Hoover. Reedy rejected Newsweek's claim that Johnson aimed to replace Hoover and stated the president had not considered such an idea. Newsweek defended its reporting.
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Washington
White House
George E. Reedy
Johnson
FBI
J Edgar Hoover
Reedy
Newsweek
Hoover
Osborn Elliott
J. Edgar Hoover
Hunting Birds From Train Gets Quick Action
James Liston, Lee County conservation officer, acted after a report of pheasant hunting from a railroad train near Amboy. The train stopped at Rock Falls where two dressed pheasants, a partly dressed bird, and a loaded shotgun were found in the caboose. Conductor Robert M. Watson of Oswego, aged 39, was charged with hunting without a license shooting from a train and having a loaded assembled uncased shotgun.
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DIXON
Tll
API
James Liston
Lee County Conservation Officer
Amboy
Nimrod
Liston
Burlington Lines
Rock Falls
Robert M. Watson
Oswego
160 More Congo Hostages Rescued
In Congo near Stanleyville rebels held most of the city as White mercenaries freed 155 to 160 hostages in a cotton region 260 miles north of Stanleyville. The fourth American missionary William McChesney, 28, was reported slain. Mary Baker, a fifth U.S. missionary, remained in rebel territory.
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Leopoldville, the Congo
Stanleyville
William McChesney
Phoenix
Ariz
World Wide Evangelical Crusade
Wambda
U.S
Bopepe
Mary Baker
Richmond
Bala Cynwyd
Bambili
Dingila
Buta
Bunia
Paulis
Brussels
Medicare talks behind closed doors in Miami Beach
An American Medical Association committee meets to decide four compromise Medicare resolutions. Secretary of Labor Wirtz reopens talks to narrow a dispute between three shop unions and the railroad industry, pegged under ten cents an hour in a proposed three year contract.
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Miami Beach, Fla
American Medical Association
Washington
W. Willard Wirtz
Cambodia Reportedly Backs Reds
The South Vietnamese Defense Ministry said Cambodian troops and gun boats aided Viet Cong guerrillas in two border attacks near Chau Doc Province. A patrol within 100 yards of the border was struck by guerrillas aided by about 100 Cambodian soldiers, with mortar fire killing three and wounding one before Vietnamese reinforcements arrived.
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
South Vietnamese Defense Ministry
Chau Doc
Jail House Lawyer Disrupts Court Proceedings in District Court
District Judge George L. Reese halted the session as George A. Reeves and Bobby Buchanan sought to use self styled counsel. Reeves, convicted of burglary, challenged disqualification while Buchanan pressed for dismissal and pleaded not guilty. Trial date set for January 13.
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George A. Reeves
George L. Reese
Reeves
Reese
Jail House
Bobby Buchanan
Buchanan
United Nations Reaches Formula to Avert U S Soviet Clash
The United Nations says an agreement was reached to handle peace keeping assessments with non controversial business at the General Assembly’s opening, including election of a new president and admission of three new members. Thant dined with Stevenson Fedorenko Caradon and Seydoux as talks continued on voting rights suspensions.
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William N. Oatis
United Nations, N.Y
United Nations
General Assembly
U.N
U Thant
Thant
World Organization
U.S
Adlai E. Stevenson
Nikolai T. Fedorenko
Lord Caradon
Roger Seydoux
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