Blizzard Sweeps From South To New England With Heavy Snow
A severe blizzard spread from the cotton belt to New England with two feet of snow and winds to fifty mph. Record cold stretched from the Midwest to Dixie, dipping temperatures below freezing in Alabama and South Carolina. A rain storm from San Francisco moved east and turned to snow in the Sierras and Cascades. The U.S. Weather Bureau in Baltimore shut down until noon and then declared the storm a blizzard.
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New England
Midwest
Dixie
Florida
Zerm
Alabama
South Carolina
San Francisco
Calif
Sierras
Cascades
U.S
Baltimore
China calls Castro liar over rice sugar pact breach
Beijing branded Fidel Castro a liar after his claim that China violated a rice for sugar pact. Castro charged China with breaking a long-term deal as a cold wave crippled several states with record lows and heavy snow.
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Tokyo
China
Fidel Castro
Peking
New China News Agency
Castro
Cuba
Viet Cong wipe out militia and relief units in Da Nang area
Viet Cong forces destroyed a government militia unit and a relief force 55 miles south of Da Nang. US Special Forces suffered heavy casualties. missing Americans presumed dead. In Bon Song area, 1st Cavalry clashed with North Vietnamese regulars as B52s bombed positions, with estimates of enemy dead ranging up to 475. US captured 77 Viet Cong.
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
U.S
da Nang
Tra Bong
U.S 1St Cavalry
Bon Song
Guam
U.S. 1St Infantry Division
1St Cavalry
Ia Drang Valley
Britain tightens Rhodesia export ban under sanctions drive
London said export licenses to Rhodesia are now limited to essential humanitarian goods or joint Rhodesia Zambia ventures as Britain escalates to topple Ian Smith's regime. The move follows prior import bans and aims to deter creditors, with fears of swift constitutional return and debt implications if Smith falls.
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London
UPI
Britain
Rhodesia
Ian Smith
Board of Trade
Zambia
Harold Wilson
Smith
Salisbury
Pedestrian Killed by Car West of Billings
A pedestrian walking on Interstate 90 seven miles west of Billings was struck from behind and killed Sunday night. The driver, John L. Croh of Laurel, lost control after the impact, crashed through a fence, and remained in a field with minor injuries. The victim’s identity could not be determined due to body mutilation. The death brings the annual state road toll to 17, up from 13 a year earlier.
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Billings
John L. Croh
Laurel
Croh
Hurricane Destroys Homes as 110 mph Storm Hits American Samoa
Hurricanes with winds over 110 mph swept American Samoa and nearby islands wounding few but causing widespread damage. Governor H Rex Lee reported many native homes destroyed while newer housing remained standing. Power outages, flooded runway, and uprooted trees halted transport and communications as crops suffered heavy damage.
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Honolulu
American Samoa
H. Rex Lee
Samoa
Pago Pago
Lee
Federal Aviation Agency
FAA
South Pacific
Viet Cong turn down chance to return home at Ben Hai
At the Ben Hai crossing near the Viet Nam divide 24 young men faced a general and could choose to stay in free South Viet Nam. One group talked with villagers. 21 stepped back across the bridge to North Viet Nam as they discarded their South Vietnamese clothing and belongings into the river.
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Ben Hai Bridge
Viet Nam
North
South
South Viet Nam
Ben Hai River
North Viet Nam
Luong
Ben Hai
Nguyen Chanh Thi
1St Vietnamese Army Corps
Red
Idle Congress faces pressure for Viet Nam policy debate
Congress stalls amid a Senate filibuster on the union shop with no clear schedule for major bills. Senators Morse and Laird call for full debate on Johnson's Viet Nam policy as Mansfield presses the Taft Hartley repeal while hearings on military spending continue. A separate note covers South Vietnamese repatriation of 24 POW youths and border tensions near the Ben Hai River.
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Washington
Senate
Wayne Morse
D-Ore
Melvin R. Laird
Rwis
Johnson
Morse
Viet Nam
House
Mike Mansfield
D-Mont
Mansfield
Senate Armed Services Committee
Robert S. McNamara
House Appropriation Defense Subcommittee
Ways and Means Committee
Secretary of the Treasury
Henry H. Fower
Muddy trench life saving haven for Yank platoon
In South Viet Nam near AN THI, U S Army 1st Cavalry troopers attacked a Communist redoubt built in sand. A medic, Thomas L. Cole of Richmond Virginia, tended wounded under heavy fire as mud, rain, and shelling turned the trench into a moving casualty station.
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AN Thi
South Viet Nam
Wo Man’s Land
1St Cavalry
Thomas L. Cole
Richmond, Va
Cole
Iwo Jima
7Th Regiment
Logger killed southwest of Ennis
Larry Brown 29 of West Yellowstone died in a Madison River logging accident 45 miles southwest of Ennis. He was struck by a falling tree while felling near his partner. the other worker was unidentified. Brown died instantly. no further details available.
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Ennis
Larry Brown
West Yellowstone
Madison River
Brown
Madison County Sheriff's Office
Virginia City
Fied
Melrose seeks federal grant for sewer project
Residents of Melrose 35 miles south of Butte circulate petitions to form a special improvement district to obtain a federal grant for a sewer and water system. A Friday night meeting arranged by the Community Action Agency discussed funding options with Frank Gorsh and Vern Griffith outlining steps for an advanced planning grant at no cost unless the project proceeds.
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Melrose
Butte
Community Action Agency
Frank Gorsh
Gorsh
Vern Griffith
LU. S. Dept. of Commerce, Economic Development Administration
W. D. McLean
W. D. McLean, County Health Sanitarian
Griffith
McLean
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