Battle Over Kennedy Book Publication Continues
Attorneys pressed for a compromise eight days before a court hearing to block publication of The Death of a President. Mrs Kennedy objects to personal passages while Harper & Row defends historical truth. Among disputed excerpts are Dramatized scenes of the assassination and details of the president's funeral shared with Kennedy children.
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Hal Cooper
NEW York
John F. Kennedy
Harper & Row
Cass Canfield
Kennedy
Canfield
William Manchester
Look Magazine
Caroline
John F. Jr
New York Times
New York Post
Nashville
Two Vehicle Crash In Somerset Borough Injures Passenger
Somerset Borough Police report a two vehicle crash at 2:30 pm on Main Street and Kimberly. Drivers Charles Whitacre 56 Springs and Lena Shifflett 30 R D 3 Somerset involved. damages estimated at 500 dollars. Passenger Mabel Irene Whitacre admitted to Somerset Community Hospital.
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Somerset Borough
Charles Whitacre
Springs
Lena P. Shifflett
Somerset
Whitacre
Main Street
Shifflett
Kimberly
Mabel Irene Whitacre
Somerset Community Hospital
U Thant Asked To Arrange Vietnam War Peace Talks
The United States urged U Thant to arrange talks toward a cease fire in Vietnam and pledged full cooperation. Ambassador Goldberg delivered the request in a 20 minute meeting. Thant said he was studying the proposal. The move follows Pope Paul VI’s appeal for a broader peace effort and a planned 96 hour truce.
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U Thant
United Nations, N. Y
United States
U.N
Vietnam
U.S
Arthur J. Goldberg
Thant
Goldberg
Johnson
White House
Paul VII
General Assembly
Security Council
Council
North Vietnam
Two Americans Plead Guilty In Leningrad Case
Two former Army lieutenants Craddock M. Gilmour Jr. and Buel Ray Wortham pleaded guilty in a Leningrad city court to currency violations. They face three to eight years. Wortham also faced charges over an antique bear statue theft at a hotel as part of the incident.
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Henry S. Bradsher
Leningrad
U.S.S.R
Craddock M
Gilmour, Jr
Salt Lake City
Buel Ray Wortham
North Little Rock
Ark
Finland
Gilmour
Wortham
Worth
Alexander Borodanov
LBJ weighs budget and India aid as advisers meet at ranch
President Johnson met with top advisers to discuss the 1967 budget and the economic situation while expressing humanitarian concern for India’s food needs. A Taft Hartley injunction option was opened as a three member board evaluates a Kokomo strike settlement.
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Karl R. Bauman
Austin
Tex
Johnson
India
Orville L. Freeman
LBJ
United States
Australia
Canada
Freeman
Soviet Union
Charles L. Schultz
Gardner Ackley
Ackley
NASA
Webb
Afl-Cio
United Steelworkers
Union Carbide Corp
Kokomo
Ind
Christian
Justice Department
Union Carbide
No Conspiracy In Oswald Death Jack Ruby Says
Jack Ruby appeals to the world to believe he acted alone in Oswald's killing. He is in serious condition with widespread cancer at Parkland Hospital as doctors offer no prognosis. Ruby's supporters stress there was no conspiracy and he had no knowledge of Oswald’s movements.
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Oswald
Jack Ruby
Bernard Gavner
Dallas
Tex
Lee Harvey Oswald
Ruby
John F. Kennedy
Earl
Detroit
Jack
Parkland Hospital
Elmer Gertz
Chicago
Gertz
Western Union
Weather Alert for Western Pennsylvania Snowfall Forecast
Hazardous driving warnings issued for Western Pennsylvania as a storm brings cloudy and cold conditions. Snow is expected Tuesday with accumulations of one to four inches and highs in the low 30s. Snow continues Tuesday night into Wednesday with continued cold, cloudy skies.
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Pennsylvania
U.S. Jets Hit Fuel Depot Near Hanoi
Seven waves of U S jets pounded a fuel storage depot 140 miles north of Hanoi. Communists flew MIGs but did not engage. U S B 52s attacked staging areas south of the DMZ while Marines and South Vietnamese repelled a North Vietnamese assault in Quang Tri. The Maddox destroyed several Communist junks off the coast and a 4 000 man U S 9th Division brigade arrived in South Vietnam. The U N seek cease fire talks with U Thant and Goldberg coordinating.
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Bob Gassaway
Saigon
South Vietnam
U.S
Hanoi
United States
Quang Tri Province
Maddox
Mekong River
U.S. Navy
Jones Named Commerce Secretary
Clif ford L. Jones of Shar on was named secretary of commerce in Governor-Elect Shafer s administration. The 38 year old ex executive director of the Pennsylvania Industrial Development Authority previously helped phase out Olmstead AFB and close U S Steel operations. Jones is married with three children and is the 10th Shafer cabinet nominee.
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Harrisburg
Clifford L. Jones
Sharon
Commerce
Raymond P. Shafer
Jones
Gov. Scranton
Shafer
John K. Tabor
Tabor
Pennsylvania Industrial Development Authority
Scranton
Olmstead Air Force Base
Middletown
U. S. Steel
Donora
Pennsylvania Junior Chamber of Commerce
Westminster College
Army
Korea
Lawrence County Council
New Castle
Dover, Ohio
Charity Ball for Somerset Hospital Charity Ball
The Somerset Community Hospital Junior Auxiliary sponsors its Annual Christmas Charity Ball at the Somerset Country Club on Monday December 26 from 10 p.m. to 2 a.m. Funds go to the Children’s Ward and hospital facilities. Johnny Roberts Orchestra provides music. Committee heads include Mrs. Alice Gurzenda and Caroline Rice. Auxiliary members number 60 and note prior drives raised substantial gifts to the hospital.
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Grace Schoffstale
Vonnie Eisler
Diane Ryan
Alice Gurzenda
James Mayer
Garnet Glenn
Somerset Community Hospital
Somerset Country Club
Johnny Roberts
Caroline Rice
Mary Bowlin
Jean Carr
Charlote Phillipps
Grace Shoffstall
Shirley Scherdinger
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Cremona
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France
W. Averell Harriman
Europe
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