Army Charges Two GIs With Aiding the Enemy
Sgt George E Smith of Chester West Virginia and Spec 4 Claude McClure of Chattanooga Tennessee have been charged by the U S Army with aiding the enemy during two years of Viet Cong imprisonment They were released last month and will remain on Okinawa as cases are reviewed for possible court martial The men were captured in November 1963 at Hiep Hoa camp northeast of Saigon and later flown to Bangkok and Okinawa
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CBS
Murray Fromson
NBC
Jack Perkins
Illinois Feels Edge Of Cold Front In North Illinois
Illinois experiences a cold front with temperatures ranging from the low teens in the northwest to the low 40s near Cairo. Weather is clearing in the north but cloudy in the south as the state recovers from a weekend storm that caused widespread power outages and flooding.
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Houck
Marines Kill Reds On Ground In Viet Nam Skirmishes
U S Marines report killing 63 Viet Cong in ground actions near Da Nang and two hamlets Quang Ha No 1 and No 2 during a short Christmas truce. Marines say 41 enemy were killed in a later engagement, with additional Viet Cong losses elsewhere. Air strikes limited to suspected concentrations.
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Tokyo
Oldest Jewish Sicilian court record dated 1020 found in Syracuse
University of Chicago scholar Norman Golb reveals a 1020 A.D. parchment leaf showing a Jewish court in Syracuse settling a dispute over silver ingots. The Genizah document, once illegible, was deciphered with ultraviolet photography and suggests a Jewish community thrived under Arab rule before the Norman conquest.
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Norman Golf
University of Chicago Department of Oriental Languages and Civilizations
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Island
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Bodleian Library
Oxford
North Africa
Palermo
Golb
Fire kills mother and four children near Uniontown
A young mother and her four children died in an early morning house fire that swept their four room home two miles east of Uniontown, Pennsylvania.
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Southern Illinois forecast shows gradual warming midweek
Colder conditions give way to a warming trend from Tuesday through Saturday with normal highs in the mid 30s to upper 40s and lows in the upper teens to near 30. A chance of snow exists Wednesday and again toward the weekend.
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Illinois
Four Cuban officers seek asylum after alleging arms shipment to Viet Nam
Four Cuban officers from the 7,900 ton freighter Aracelio Iglesias walked ashore in Osaka and were granted U S political asylum. They claimed Cuban ships were ordered to carry military equipment to North Viet Nam and opposed the policy. Cuban officials denied cargoes for Viet Nam and said ships visit North Vietnamese ports only for general merchandise. The men were handed to Japanese police and flown to Tokyo then to the United States. The freighter had been in drydock since October after a collision off Panama.
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Cuba
Polce
United States
Panama
Power Failure Hits Buenos Aires City and Suburbs
A major blackout cut electricity to Buenos Aires and surrounding towns including La Plata at 3:30 p.m. affecting over eight million people. Trapped subway passengers were guided to safety as officials blamed a single generator breakdown at the power company.
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United States
la Plata
Buenos Aires Power Company
Record Christmas highway toll hits new nation high
The Associated Press reports 707 deaths on a 78 hour Christmas travel period as 80 million vehicles filled roads. Ohio and Louisiana logged record weekend tolls, weather hampered travel with ice and snow, and multiple fatal crashes occurred across Oregon Oklahoma Minnesota Kansas Illinois and Illinois cities. Deaths exceeded 1964 and recent nonholiday weekends.
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National Safety Council
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Louisiana
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Profile Of A Respectable Man Alcoholism
A Southern Illinois feature traces how alcoholism begins with a respectable father, illustrating the cross section of affected people beyond Skid Row. Experts explain progressive tolerance loss, social and cultural factors, and the need for treatment, noting early signs and the difficulty of stopping. This is the first in a series.
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Jackson
State Department of Mental Health
Kenneth Lawler
State Division of Alcoholics
Anna State Hospital
Illinois
Charles Snyder
Southern Illinois University
Snyder
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