Flu Epidemic Reaches a Week of 703 Deaths in US
The National Communicable Disease Center reports 703 pneumonia influenza deaths in the week ending December 14, across 122 cities. New York leads with 118, followed by Chicago 54 and Detroit 29. Public events cancel, schools close, and Julie Nixon Eisenhower’s wedding risks disruption as illness spreads. Notables including Mrs Eisenhower, President Johnson, and Barry Goldwater are among those ill.
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Associated Press
National
Communicable Disease Center
Atlanta
NCDC
New York
Chicago
Detroit
Boston
Los Angeles
Pittsburgh
Denver
Philadelphia
el Paso
Cleveland
Washington
Decatur
Julie Nixon
David Eisenhower
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Walter Reed Army Hospital
Eisenhower
Johnson
Hubert H. Humphrey
Barry Goldwater
Arizona
Walt W. Rostow
White House
Tom Johnson
Earle G. Wheeler
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Ten Young children hit by flu at Long Island home
Archie Young of Smithtown New York converts four rooms to infirmaries as ten children aged six months to thirteen years contract influenza. Mrs Young tends the family with vaporizers and games while the delivery man for the local drug store keeps making trips.
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Smithtown
N.Y
Archie Young
Mrs. Young
Scott pledges probe of expense padding in Illinois
Illinois attorney general elect William J. Scott vows a top priority to investigate alleged padding of expense accounts by state employees. He named J. Waldo Ackerman to lead inquiries into charges against officials and possible money recovery. The Better Government Association cited widespread padded expenses, notably at the Department of Financial Institutions, including round trip rail tickets billed to the state and home-town HQ designations.
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Chicago
William J. Scott
Illinois
Better Government Association
Illinois Department of Financial Institutions
Scott
J. Waldo Ackerman
Sangamon County
Ackerman
BGA
Lester R. Hart
IDFI
George Bliss
Hart
High strung killer kills four at welfare office in Carlinville
Sherman Kline, 38, a plumber and father of ten, opened fire at a Illinois welfare office after drawing two pistols. Four killed including his estranged wife and three welfare workers, four children wounded. He died by a self-inflicted gunshot after driving 50 miles. Local authorities said revenge and perceived threats against his family motivated the attack.
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Carlinville, Ill
Aip
Sherman Kline
Charles Bennett
St. Charles
Kline
Linda
Gene Kline
Gene
Mike
Judy
Diane
Vernon
Alvin Sawyer
Macoupin County
Lorraine
St. Louis
Tour Takes Gray to Japan on Water and Transport Study
Representative Kenneth J. Gray of Illinois is in Japan for a two week study tour focusing on high speed transportation and water pollution control. Sources say he has minimal contact with other lawmakers during the Far East trip which ends this weekend. Gray plans to return to his West Frankfort office before Christmas and resume duties in Washington.
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Kenneth J. Gray
Frankfort
Far East
House Public Works Committee
Associated Press
Washington, D. C
Gray
Japan
Ed Edmondson
D-Okla
South Vietnam
England
Public Works Committee
West Frankfort
Washington
Congress
Vietnamese War Near Saigon Braces for Winter Spring Campaign
U S intelligence says the Communist command launched the first phase of a winter spring campaign and is moving about 25 000 troops toward Saigon for an assault after New Year s. Viet Cong observed the eighth anniversary with grenade attacks killing seven civilians and wounding 11.
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Saigon
U.S
United States
Paris
Viet Cong
National Liberation Front
Two sought in coeds kidnapping case
FBI charges former convict Gary Krist and Ruth Eisemann Schier with kidnapping in the Decatur Georgia abduction of Barbara Mackle from Emory University. They are linked to the University of Miami Marine Science Institute. both remain at large with wanted notices.
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Washington
FBI
Barbara Jane Mackle Decil
Gary Steven Krist
Ruth Eisemann Schier
Marine Science Institute
University of Miami
Krist
Tracy
Calif
el Hatillo
Honduras
Miss Mackle
Coral Gables
Emory University
Atlanta
Decatur
Miami
Schier
J. Edgar Hoover
George D. Deacon
Stockton
Deuel Vocational Institution
George Deacon
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Florida
Allegations of Jury Tampering Refuted by Grand Jury
Jackson County grand jurors on October 10 declined indictments in an alleged bribery case. A 23 member panel met Thursday and issued a joint statement denying manipulation by State's Atty. Richard Richman. Judge Wright instructed secrecy and requested a new public record of the finding.
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Jackson County
C. E. Wright
St. Louis
Carbondale
David Keene
Atty
Richard Richman
Richman
Wright
Grand Jury
City Officials Decline Comment On Grand Jury Findings
Carbondale City Atty George Fleerlage said he was hardly in a position to dispute the grand jury. He cautioned about a possible whitewash by the state attorney’s office of the grand jury probe. Mayor David Keene also declined to comment on the grand jury statements.
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Carbondale City
George Fleerlage
Fleerlage
David Keene
Richman
St. Louis
Nixon names Charles Yost U N ambassador. Shriver to France
President elect Nixon picks career diplomat Charles W. Yost to head the United Nations. Sargent Shriver will remain ambassador to France, with Nixon citing bipartisanship and the need for a professional diplomat at the U N. Yost, 61, had retired in 1966. Shriver praised for effective work in Paris.
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New York
Nixon
Charles W. Yost
U.S
United Nations
Sargent Shriver
France
Yost
U.N
Shriver
Arthur J. Goldberg
Eugene J. McCarthy
Dminn
Hubert H. Humphrey
Freed Americans Arrive in Bangkok from Cambodian Captivity
Bangkok reports eleven American GIs reached the capital today after five months in Cambodian captivity. A twelfth U.S. serviceman was released but remained in Phnom Penh due to illness.
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Bangkok
Phnom Penh
Not so cold with increasing cloudiness forecast
The forecast says not so cold tonight with a low near 32 to 35 degrees and rain developing Saturday. Saturday will bring slightly warmer temperatures with a high around 50 degrees.
Apollo 8 mission go despite contaminated fuel and weather concerns
Cape Kennedy officials said Apollo 8 remains on track for a 7 51 a m Saturday lift off toward lunar orbit though fuel cells were contaminated by excess liquid nitrogen. A go/no go decision was set for about 3 p m with a six hour hold to address the issue.
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Cape Kennedy
Fla
Lunar Orbit
William C. Schneider
Schneider
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
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