Murky river halts search for 17 Coast Guardsmen
The Mississippi River thwarted rescue efforts after the White Alder collided with the Helena, sinking in 90 feet of water with 17 crewmen missing. Two divers reached the wreck as swift current and oil slicks prevented progress. three guardsmen survived by clinging to a river buoy.
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U.S. Coast Guard
Coast Guard
Donald Davison
Coast
Dearie
Point Spencer
Skier Disappearance On Mt Marcy Prompts Search
Upstate New York search teams comb Mt Marcy for two skiers listed as missing since Sunday morning. Stephen Claudice, 21, and Richard Stept, 23, of Penn State Outing Club signed in at the ranger station at the mountain base at 10 30 a m and planned to reach the summit before skiing down. Officials say they failed to return before nightfall.
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Lake Placid
UPS
New York State
Mt. Marcy
Stephen Claudice
Richard Stept
Pennsylvania State University
Weather Trends Near Northeast and Gulf Coast
Continued cold weather is expected in the Northeast while a slight warming trend will be noted from the Gulf coast. Northward into the upper Lakes area. Middletown rainfall to date 35.28 inches, last year 37.29 inches. Middletown High Low.
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Gulf Coast
Upper Lakes Area
Middletown
Merald LECSORX Chronicle Ad 1968 Orange County
The fragment lists dates and publication details for the Merald LECSORX edition of She Times Merald LECSORX, a 1968 issue from Orange County Publications Division. It notes a Tuesday December 10 date, price information, and mail rates for Orange Sullivan Sussex Pike Counties with a 37,228 figure from November 1967.
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Orange County Publications Division
of Fenspewere Radio, Inc
Mulberry St
Middletown
Orange
Sullivan
Sussex
Pike Counties
Agnew Advocates Reform of Federal Antipoverty Programs
Vice President elect Spiro Agnew urges reform of federal antipoverty programs. He says encourage participation by the poor where they can contribute, but not confuse symptoms with professional wisdom. He criticizes treating the poor as both patient and doctor, warning of delays and boondoggling. Full story Page 6.
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New Orleans
Spiro Agnew
Paris Crackdown Targets Plastic Bombers After Weekend Attacks
Paris police launch a massive crackdown following weekend bombings at banks and a bar cafe on the Champs Elysee. A 21-year-old student woman injured in the bank blasts remained under questioning, found with a dynamite fragment and a list of banks.
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Paris
UPI
Champs Elysee
Renault Automobile Company
Galamison to serve 10 days in jail in school boycott
The Appellate Division in Brooklyn ruled that Rev. Milton A. Galamison, vice president of New York City's Board of Education, violated education law by inducing a 1965 school boycott on February 16 and 17. The court rejected his claims of lack of jurisdiction and constitutional free speech rights. Meanwhile, the Soviet Embassy said Russian scientists are racing to create a man made heart, but face material challenges after two years of work.
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New York
Milton A. Galamison
Board of Education
Appellate Divison
Brooklyn
Galamison
Charles E. Ramsgate
Washington
UPI
U.S
Valery Shumakov
Institute of Clinical and Experimental Surgery
Moscow
Caldera to be proclaimed president after close Venezuelan vote
Rafael Caldera, Christian Democrat leader, will be proclaimed president elect in a noon ceremony. He won Dec. 1 with 1,082,941 votes, 29.08 percent, narrowly beating Gonzalo Barrios of Democratic Action and ending the party’s 10-year hold on power. Caldera will swear in as Venezuela’s second Christian Democrat president in March, following Chilean President Eduardo Frei.
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Caracas
UPI
Rafael Caldera
Caldera
Gonzalo Barrios
Democratic Action Party
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