Cuba imposes gas rationing and drafts women for service
Cuba's government begins gas rationing amid hard currency shortages and forces women into military service in new programs proclaimed by Premier Fidel Castro. Castro cited dependence on Soviet fuel as a problem during his ninth year in power and marked the austerity in Revolution Square.
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Havana
UPI
Cuba
Fidel Castro
Castro
Soviet Union
Revolutionary Square
United States
Vigil urged to curb highway deaths this New Year
The National Safety Council praised the low holiday toll but urged year round 24 hour driver vigilance. A final UPI count tallied 372 traffic fatalities from 6 pm Friday to midnight Monday, marking a rough New Year’s period after a seemingly safe three day holiday since 1962.
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United Press International Tire National Safety Council
United Press International
Asian flu outbreaks spread across 12 states l News
Health officials warn that returning students may drive Asian flu outbreaks. The NCDC lists 12 states with confirmed outbreaks, 3 with probable, and 12 more as possible while noting mild overall intensity. Absentee data is incomplete after Christmas holidays. Congress Taft opts for re election in Ohio's first district, boosting Lausche's outlook for the Senate seat.
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Atlanta
UPS
National Communicable Disease Center
NCDC
Washington
UPI
U.S
Frank J. Lausche
Ohio
Robert Taft Jr
Taft
Lausche
United States
German Coal Dump Threat Warned By Union Leader
United Mine Workers Union president W A Boyle warned in a journal report that West German miners plan large shipments of surplus coal to the United States at about six dollars a ton below production cost. He urged U S government action to curb what he called a flagrant Antidumping Act violation.
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Washington
North Vietnam
United States
Johnson
Nguyen Duy Trinh
Trinh
North
United Mine Workers Union
Jon
Germany
U.S
W.A. Boyle
United Mine Workers Journal
Boyle
Negro comedian slams Chicago convention choice as insult
Gregory Negro comedian Dick Gregory spoke with newsmen after a meeting with mayor Daley's representative in City Hall. He told Erwin France that a revolution is underway and Negro citizens need local government representatives they can talk to. He called Chicago's 1968 Democratic National Convention site an insult to deprived children across races.
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Dick Gregory
Richard Daley
Chicago
Gregory
Erwin France
Disaster Strikes Dunreith Town After Train Collision
Two freight trains collided near Dunreith Indiana causing a fiery wreck that released ammonia chlorine and cyanide fumes. Homes businesses and the Butterfield Canning Co. were damaged forcing evacuations and prompting chemical neutralization plans as cattle died from poisoned water. Railroad losses reached about 500000 with total town damage undetermined.
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Dunreith
Ind
UPI
Indiana
Dunreth
Butterfield Canning Co
Chronicle Telegram Page Three Summary
The page presents brief items from January 3, 1968, including local notices, sports scores, and community updates, reflecting the era’s regional events and announcements in a compact newspaper card format.
Drug addicts riot at center leaves one dead in Norco
About 250 narcotics addicts rioted at a state rehabilitation center in Norco California. They burned buildings and pelted guards, as officers moved in to restore order. Six officers were injured and five rioters were wounded. one inmate died. Property damage was about $250,000.
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Norco
Cali
California
Los Angeles
Roland W. Wood
Chino
Leroy M. White
Okun named LBJ econ adviser and council head
President Johnson appoints Arthur M. Okun to replace Gardner Ackley as chairman of the Council of Economic Advisers. Ackley will become US ambassador to Italy. Okun vows no policy changes, including tax plans, as Congress weighs the proposed 10 percent income tax surcharge.
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Washington
UPI
Johnson
Arthur M. Okun
Okun
Council of Economic Advisers
Texas
Gardner Ackley
Ackley
Italy
Congress
Lorain County Daily Adopts New Sunday-Free Policy
A Lorain County printing company announces a weekly edition schedule with no Sundays. The Elyria Ohio publication lists pricing at 10 cents per copy and 2150 per year for Lorain and adjoining counties.
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Lorain
Australian quints born early may void Lloyds policy
In Brisbane, Australia, the father of the first Australian quintuplets insured for a multiple birth, but faces potential denial if the birth occurred more than six weeks before the due date. The quints, now four days old, are healthy and may leave hospital soon.
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Brisbane
Australia
Lloyds of London
Roger Braham
Patricia Mary
Braham
Tenterfield
New South Wales
James Hipp
Mt. Prospect
Chicago
John
Joseph
Sugar cane cutters clash over pay in Florida raid
Eighty Jamaican sugar cane workers were flown home and 52 were jailed after a pay dispute at a Florida Everglades plantation. Riot squads moved in as workers demanded higher wages and criticized deductions, with many threatening to strike and leave camps.
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Pahokee
Fla
Jamaica
Florida Everglades
Palm Beach
William Heidtman
Dan Bradley
Migrant Legal Services Program Inc
British West Indies
South Florida
Glades
Bradley
Six months after riots Detroit and Newark still face mass arrests
Six months after the summer rioting in Newark and Detroit, hundreds of arrests remain on the dockets. In Detroit 1,200 felony cases await trials next spring while 4,200 detainees were jailed and 1,000 pleaded guilty to lesser offenses. In Newark 320 cases remain, with grand juries indicting 808 of 1,300 arrested for looting and related crimes.
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Detroit
Jay Nolan
Wayne County
Andrew Zazzali Jr
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