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Newspaper
The Times Herald Record
Location
Middletown, New York, United States of America
Date
Dec 26, 1968
Page
1
Late Wednesday rescuers failed again to refloat the tanker Mary A. Whalen stuck on a sandbar off Rockaway breakwater. Residents fear about 150000 gallons of oil could leak onto the beach as crews plan another recovery try today.
Cleveland sources say a federal grand jury investigates an alleged plot by five men to blow explosives in the U S Supreme Court courtroom to kill nine justices. The plan allegedly targeted in November but was postponed. Names withheld, FBI silent on confirmations.
Middletown reports year to date precipitation at 37.41 inches, surpassing last year’s 36.96 inches. High readings expected with continuing unsettled conditions.
Rescue crews toiled through knee-deep snow to recover 20 bodies from the Allegheny Airlines Corvair 580 crash near Bradford-McKean Airport. Twenty-seven passengers survived, with none in serious condition. The pilot remained trapped in wreckage as gifts lay scattered amid 10 degree cold. One survivor reportedly froze to death in his seat.
Israeli Premier Levi Eshkol vowed on Wednesday that Israel would not yield captured Arab land until a durable peace is secured. He said if it takes 20 years to achieve peace, Israel will endure and wait for 20 years.
Published every morning Monday through Saturday by Ottaway Newspapers Radio Inc. 40 Mulberry St Middletown NY 10940. Rates: single copy 10 cents, by carrier 60 cents a week, by mail in Orange Sullivan and Sussex Pike Counties one year. Second class postage paid at Middletown.
Across Vietnam, 134 incidents were logged during a 24 hour Christmas truce end period, leaving two U.S. servicemen and 33 Communist soldiers dead. A proposed prisoner exchange meeting near Saigon failed over protocol disputes, with potential future talks left open. The 72 hour NLF truce remained theoretically in effect into Friday. In Bethlehem, Christmas passed quietly with pilgrims amid winds and urban noise. In Prague, Smrkovsky is replaced as Parliamentary Chairman after Soviet criticism of reforms.
In Lansing police report FBI agents are inspecting Gov. George Romney amid his nomination as housing secretary. An agent told an officer they must file a report by Friday. In upstate New York officials cancel Christmas parking tickets and appoint Santa acting police chief for the season.
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