Truman in coma as heart failure worsens at hospital
Former President Harry S Truman slipped into a coma at Research Hospital with extremely critical condition. Doctors reported low blood pressure, shallow breathing, and heart irregularities as his kidney function declined. Bess Truman, 87, remained at his bedside while daughter Margaret was notified.
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UPI
Harry S Truman
Truman
Research Hospital
John Dreves
Dreves
Bess
Wallace H. Graham
Wilson Miller
Margaret Truman Daniel
New York
B52s Face Heavy Resistance In North Vietnam
UPI reports relentless American bombardment into a seventh straight day around the clock. U.S. planes met intense antiaircraft fire as two B52s were claimed shot down over North Vietnam, raising the week’s losses to ten. Hanoi radio also claims seventeen B52s down since the resumed bombing last Monday night.
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UPI
North Vietnam
U.S
White House
Radio Hanoi
Hanoi
Haiphong
U.S. Command
Air Force
Navy
Marine
Nixon
Reds deny Giap death report in Haiphong raid
Saigon and Paris sources disputed a North Vietnamese claim that Gen Vo Nguyen Giap was killed in Haiphong while inspecting an arms depot. Paris and Hanoi spokesmen called the reports CIA fabrication. Other items note a Norwegian airliner crash near Oslo, ongoing bombing, and heavy fighting around Kontum and the Central Coast.
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UPI
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Vo Nguyen Giap
Haiphong
Paris
Giap
North Vietnam
Tran Hung Dao
Dien Bien Phu
Central Intelligence Agency
CIA
VNA
U.S
Florida White House
Key Biscayne
Moscow
Tass
East Germany
Quang Tri Province
Kontum City
Central Intelligence
Communists Walk Out Of Technical Session In Paris
North Vietnamese peace delegation stormed out of a technical level meeting with U S diplomats in Gif sur Yvette protesting renewed U S air war. They denounced attacks on villages hospitals and cities and called for serious negotiations while postponing the next meeting.
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UPS
Vietnam
U.S
North Vietnam
Hanoi
Washington
Gif-sur Yvette
Saigon
United States
Ham radio operators link Managua after quake disaster
Miami and Latin American hams relayed desperate Managua reports after the earthquake. Enrique, broadcasting from a mobile unit, described death, destruction, and urgent needs for blood plasma and medical supplies as cities across the region notified governments and citizens.
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Miami
Fla
Managua
Nicaragua
Chicago
Venezuela
Enrique
Andy Clark
Jose Diaz
U.S. State Department
Washington
Clark
Red Cross
Larry Hull
World Church Service
Hams
Panama
Costa Rica
Managua Earthquake Destroys City Killing Thousands
A powerful quake devastated Managua with 18 000 dead and 40 000 injured, leaving 200 000 homeless. As much as 70 percent of the city in ruins, fires raged, water and electricity cut off, hospitals destroyed, and relief flights organized by U S authorities.
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Mexico City
UPI
Managua
Costa Rica
Health Ministry
Rose Marie Worlich
Philadelphia
State Department
Washington
Howard Hughes
Nicaraguan National Guard
Honduran Ministry of Defense
National Guard
US. Southern Command
Panama Canal Zone
U.S Readiness Command
Tampa
Florida
Holiday traffic toll rises on busy travel weekend
United Press International tallies 196 deaths on highways by 10 p.m. EST as Americans hurry to holiday destinations. The tally reflects fatalities across the nation during the ongoing travel period.
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United Press International
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