Christmas party brings gifts to 78 miners' families in Farmington
Santa and Mrs. Claus visited Farmington West Virginia to distribute five presents to 124 children left fatherless by Mountaineer No. 9 mine explosion on November 20. About 240 people attended at town hall as volunteers handed out food and clothing. a $75,000 Cleveland Plain Dealer gift was announced and $107,000 more is placed in a children education fund.
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Farmington
W. Va
Santa
Claus
Mountaineer No. 9
Mannington
Cleveland Plain Dealer
Ohio
No. 9
Doctor predicts sex of unborn child with 100 percent accuracy
A Chicago physician reports a method to predict an unborn child’s sex using fetal fluid samples. Cells with a sex chromatin mass indicate a female fetus, and the team achieved perfect predictions in 63 pregnancies including fraternal twins at the University of Chicago Medical School and Albany Medical College.
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Chicago
Anthony P. Amarose
Amarose
University of Chicago
Medical School
University’s Hospital
Albany Medical College
Albany
N.Y
Medals Awarded Posthumously to Carbondale Widow
Marine Captain James T. Riley, killed near Khe Sanh on Feb 22 during a rescue mission, received a Silver Star in July and Bronze Star and Air Medals earlier for helicopter squadron 463 service. His widow, now in Carbondale, is Zeigler Mayor Paul Gayer's daughter-in-law. Local police report six removed dealer license plates from Koenig Chevrolet, numbers 803G 803J 803K 803L 803N 803U.
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James T. Riley
Carbondale
Riley
Vietnam
Khe Sanh
John M. Gruner
Helicopter Squadron 463
Capt. Riley
Koenig Chevrolet
Weather map and lake levels show mixed conditions nationwide
Snow to the west and north Sunday from the Pacific Northwest to the Plains and western Great Lakes. Rain from the lower Lakes to western Gulf states. Colder in the Rockies and Plains, warmer in the eastern third. High Friday 41, low 29, overnight 26. 10 am Saturday 33. Precipitation 0.04 inch Fri 7 am today. Sunset 4:38, sunrise Sunday 7:19, sunset Sunday 4:39. Lake levels Crab Orchard 8 inches below spillway Little Grassy 3 inches below spillway Devil's Kitchen at spillway Lake of Egypt 11% inches below spillway.
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Pacific Northwest
Plains
Western Great Lakes
Er Lakes Region
Gulf States
Rockies
Crab Orchard Lake
Little Grassy Lake
Devil’s Kitchen Lake
Lake of Egypt
U.N. Achieves Gains Amid Czech Invasion Fallout
The United Nations General Assembly, closing its session, approved 98 agenda items and halted about a hundred resolutions despite the Soviet invasion of Czechoslovakia and the upcoming U.S. presidential transition. It created a 42 nation committee on ocean floor uses, planned a 1972 human environment conference, admitted Swaziland and Equatorial Guinea, and debated reports on chemical weapons and privacy from electronic surveillance.
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United Nations
N.Y
U.N. General Assembly
Czechoslovakia
Washington
United States
Richard M. Nixon
Johnson
Assembly
U.S
U.N
Swaziland
Equatorial Guinea
China
U Thant
U S Faces Delicate Brazil Dilemma Over Dictatorial Move
Washington confronts a touchy Latin American issue as Brazil's military-backed regime legalizes a power grab. U S funds totaling about 1.4 billion since 1961 may be affected, with officials weighing anti American reactions against rejecting a dictatorship. The Alliance for Progress charter stands as a benchmark in policy toward Brazil and Latin America.
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Washington
Arthur da Costa E Silva
United States
Brazil
U.S
Latin America
Alliance For Progress
Frankfort Man Suffers Burns in Bathroom Fire
West Frankfort resident Danny White about 25 suffered minor burns in a Thursday night blaze at his home 605 N Hugh es St. He used a solvent to clean a jacket in the bathroom and the solvent ignited from gas from a nearby hot water heater. About 200 dollars damage was reported to the room and the jacket was destroyed. White was treated at Union Hospital West Frankfort after the 6 20 p m incident. Lester King reported a garage door break in at 404 S Carbon St Marion Friday with 8 to 10 dollars in ones and 8 to 10 dollars in change missing from a money bank.
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West Frankfort
Danny White
N. Hughes St
White
Union Hospital
Lester King
S. Carbon St
Marion
President Johnson Watches Apollo 8 Launch from Bethesda
President Johnson, improving from flu, watched Apollo 8 liftoff in a Bethesda Naval Hospital chair and sent congratulations to the three astronauts. He warned them to be careful on the six day mission around the moon. George Christian reported Johnson had a fairly comfortable night after entering the hospital Wednesday with a fever. Detroit manager Mayo Smith was ejected from two AL games in 1968 following a 1967 season without an umpire’s thumb call.
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Johnson
Bethesda Naval Hospital
George Christian
Mayo Smith
Detroit Tigers
Nixon’s prepare for wedding at Marble Church
President elect Richard Nixon and family rehearsed for Julie Nixon’s wedding at Marble Collegiate Church. The ceremony plans, seating order, and attendants were reviewed, with maid of honor Tricia Nixon and expectations of family roles noted. The same issue reports a village board approving blueprints for a new fire house and truck storage.
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New York Times
New York
Richard M. Nixon
Marble Collegiate Church
Julie
Dwight David Eisenhower 2D
Eisenhower
Tricia Nixon
Tricia
Nixon
Crainville
W. E. Snyder Construction Co
Herrin
Lawrence Emery
Emery
Negotiating talks collapse shippers strike and break unity
The ILA and NYSA walkout resumes as PMTA blames the two groups for derailing local pact talks. ILA president Gleason accuses Boston and Philadelphia shippers of stalling a master contract covering North Atlantic ports over containerized cargo provisions and job security.
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New York
Maine
Texas
International
Philadelphia Maritime Trade Association
ILA
New York Shipping Association
NYSA
Boston
Philadelphia
PMTA
Union
Johnson
Thomas W. Gleason
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