Egyptian Fighters Down American Firm's Plane
Egyptian MIG fighters shot down a private American oil company plane near Alexandria after warnings to land. The twin engined Fairchild C82 crashed in the Nile delta salt marshes killing the American pilot Hoyt Williams and Scandinavian co-pilot Kesel Grup. Officials say the flight, from Amman to Benghazi, carried drilling detergent for Mecom Oil in Jordan and had been unauthorized to enter Egyptian airspace.
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Cairo
Alexandria
Nile Delta
U.S
John W. Mecom Oil Company
Houston
Tex
Mecom
Jordan
Hoyt Williams
Texas
Kesel Grup
Aden
John F. Kennedy Memorial
Amman
Benghazi
Libya
Sinai Desert
Aqaba
Lake Idku
David Fritzland
Esso Oil Company
United Arab Republic
Weather toll rises with snow and ice across regions
Weather across the Northeast and mid Atlantic caused more than 20 deaths, mostly in traffic accidents, as snow and ice stretched from Maine to California. Livestock rescue continued in Montana and North Dakota with Air Force cargo planes delivering hay to stricken rangeland.
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Middle Atlantic States
Great Plains
Washington
California
Gulf Coast
Midwest
Indiana
Montana
North Dakota
Air Force Reserve
Johnson
Air Force
Four Die as California Family Crashes Near Wheeling
A California family traveling to New York City for the holidays perished in a crash on U S 40 east of Wheeling West Virginia. Clair Grimes Iris Grimes and two children died. Four other children were injured two in critical condition. The truck driver Seldon Sams escaped injury.
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New England
Maine
New York City
Washington, D.C
Wheeling
W. Va
U. S. 40
California
Here
Ohio Valley General Hospital
Clair Grimes
Diamond Bar
Calif
Iris
Rickey
Christine
Richard Osburn
West Virginia
Pennsylvania
Seldon W. Sams
Cleveland
Ohio
Osburn
Sams
Oren B. Mullen
Edgewood
Weather outlook for Northwestern and Southwest Pennsylvania
Sunny spell in northwestern and southwestern Pennsylvania with little temperature change into Monday. Cloudy Monday night and a chance of snow in the north. Highs Monday range 28 to 34 degrees.
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Pennsylvania
Two Teens Injured In Route 601 Car Crash Near Somerset
A 14 year old Listie youth remains hospitalized in serious condition at Somerset Community Hospital after a one car crash at 1 45 pm Saturday on Route 601. David L. Larsen, 2, suffered a fractured jaw when the car skidded and struck a bank four miles north of Somerset. Barry Kimmel, 16, of Friendens, Md., sustained a possible head injury. Damage to the car was about 200 dollars.
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Listie
Somerset Community Hospital
David L. Larsen
Somerset
Barry Kimmel
Friedens, &.D. 2
Happy Christmas for Levittown's seven young orphans
Liz Schaefer and her mother care for six Schaefer children after the parents died in 1961. Eleanor 12 Linda 11 Barbara 10 Marie 8 Janice 7 Georgette 3 stays with relatives in Philadelphia. The children cherish a family film of their father and mother and look forward to Christmas clothes and toys.
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George Esper
Associated Press
Levitown
Liz Schaefer
Liz
Buff
Kate Schaefer
Eleanor Schaefer
Linda
Barbara
Marie
Janice
Pamela
Georgette
Philadelphia
Robert Smith
Childre
George Schaefer
Eleanor
Mrs. Schaefer
West Berliners Flock Through Wall for Christmas Visits
West Berliners cross the concrete barrier with satchels of luxuries on the second Advent Sunday as 75,000 used wall passes. About 18,000 had crossed within two hours after 7 a.m. and 6,500 cars entered East Berlin by late afternoon while East German guards barred canned goods medicines and color film slides.
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East Berlin
West Berlin
West
Fire kills mother and six children in Palmyra blaze
In Palmyra New York a mother Anna Breeden 26 and six children Marion 8 Dennis 6 Susan 5 Mitchell 4 Sharon 3 Samuel 2 died in a downtown fire. Paul Breeden the father arrived shortly after and searched for his family as flames consumed three homes. Fire officials called it a flash fire with cause undetermined.
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Palmyra
N.Y
New York
Chicago
Paul B. Breeden
Breeden
Breden
Anna
Marion
Dennis
Susan
Mitchell
Sharon
Samuel
Ames
O’brien
Eugene Randall
Train Crash Kills 41 in Tacotalpa Mexico
A speeding freight train smashed into a halted passenger train near Tacotalpa Tabasco killing 41 and injuring 75. U S tourists Nils Werner and Carl Benson hurt. engineer blamed for inattention and fog.
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Mexico
Villahermosa
Tacotalpa
Tabasco
Mopani Worms Grow Big as Christmas Delicacy
Bechuana land growers in the British protectorate work to meet Christmas demand for mopani worms. The three inch insects are a staple of Tswana diets and are fattest and most plentiful around the holiday. Large shipments go to South Africa where many Tswana labor in gold mines.
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Lobatsi
Bechuanaland
South Africa
Purge Crisis Deepens in Saigon as Huong Fights for Power
In Saigon the civilian government under Premier Tran Van Huong struggles to maintain authority after a weekend purge by Young Turk generals. About 30 politicians were arrested and 70 staff officers moved toward the mountains to remove Minh loyalists. The city appears normal, but the military coalition has sharply weakened Huong’s grip as Lt. Gen. Nguyen Khanh is watched closely. Saigon has undergone its sixth government change since November 1963.
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Saigon
Viet Nam
Tran van Huong
Huong
Duong Va Minh
Phan Khac Suu
Minh
United States
U.S
Nguyen Khanh
Khanh
Dalat
Chinese proceedures block New York surgeon visit to Peking
Tokyo AP reports Communist China refused to admit Dr Samuel Rosen of Katonah New York for a planned ear operation demonstration. The Chinese Medical Association urged cancellation citing U.S. policy toward China. Rosen, 67, a Mt Sinai ear surgeon, planned to travel with his wife through Paris Moscow to Peking to perform stapes operations. The State Department had granted visas for humanitarian purposes.
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Tokyo
China
New York
Peking
Samuel Rosen
Katonah
N.Y
The
Chinese Medical Association
U.S. State Department
Rosen
U.S
Peking Radio
State Department
Washington
Strate
Soviet Union
Paris
Moscow
Mt. Sinai Hospital
New York City
Columbia University Medical Center
United States
Blizzard Devastates Olson Herd In North Dakota Farm
Russel Olson, a Bowman area rancher, lost at least 160 cattle valued near $25,000 during last week's blizzard. He described the fine snow like sand, struggled to reach feed, and faced hundreds of miles of damaged fences and dead livestock before planning to rebuild the herd without aid.
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Bowman
N.D
Russel Olson
North Dakota
Great Plains
Scranton
Olson
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Benson
Werner
Bensons
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Chiapas
Tenosique
Coatzacoalcos
Veracruz
Miguel Sanchez Cruz
High National Council
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