Epidemic in Yugoslavia Kills 190 as Winter Hits
Yugoslav authorities report a deadly flu epidemic in central Yugoslavia claiming 190 lives and hospitalizing 40,000 as the country endures its coldest winter in half a century. In Banja Luka area thousands live in makeshift quarters after October earthquake. In Travnik the death toll rises. Hanoi Radio airs alleged American prisoners singing Christmas carols at a detention camp with pilots’ messages to kin.
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Belgrade
Yugoslavia
Banja
Luka
Travnik
Saigon
Man Jumps To Death On Train At LSD Party
Richard Lee Beers 21 of Philadelphia and a 17 year old New York girl were reportedly under the influence of LSD aboard a 60 mph Penn Central train 114 miles north of Perryville Maryland when Beers leaped to his death Wednesday night. Police say the pair were traveling together. In Florida Billy Graham will address about 50 000 youths at the Miami Rock Festival this weekend after promoter Norman Johnson invited him to speak Sunday morning. Graham praised the generation as "really great" in a wire to Johnson.
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Elkton, Md
Richard Lee Beers
Philadelphia
Penn Central Railroad
Maryland
Beers
New York
Perryville
Graham
Hollywood
Fla
UPI
Billy Graham
Norman Johnson
Johnson
Wire
Fire Kills 12 Horses At Malone Fairgrounds
Twelve standardbred horses valued at 40 thousand dollars died in a fire at the Franklin County fair grounds in Malone New York. Four horses were saved as over 100 firefighters from six departments battled the blaze in 15 below zero cold. Bishop elect Iocovos Garmatis of Detroit was consecrated as titular bishop of Apameia at the Greek Orthodox Cathedral of the Holy Trinity in Detroit.
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Malone
N.Y
UPI
Franklin County Fair Grounds
St. Lawrence Valley
New York
Iocovos Garmatis
Detroit
Apameia
North and South America
Iakovos
War Hero Spurrier Freed On Christmas Clemency
Medal of Honor winner Junior James Spurrier walked from the West Virginia prison on Christmas Eve under a clemency order by Gov. Arch Moore. The 47 year old veteran plans a holiday visit with daughter Lila Ruth in Limestone Tennessee and to enter VA hospital for check up. He said he will quit drinking after a career marked by legal troubles and multiple paroles.
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Moundsville
W .Va
James Spurrier
Tennessee
Spurrier
State Penitentiary
Arch A. Moore
Joe
Limestone
Tenn
Junior
Lila Ruth
Veterans Administration
Johnson City
France
Achain
Baltimore
Holly Skodol and Noel Wilson to Wed in Pittsburgh
Holly Skodol 26 of Bethel Park and Noel Wilson 31, a native of England, will marry Saturday. They met two years ago at Buffalo State University where she taught psychiatric nursing and he studied English. After the wedding they will move to San Francisco for Wilson to teach in the English department.
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Pittsburgh
UPI
Holly Skodol
Noel Wilson
Holly
Noel
Miss Skodol
Bethel Park
Wilson
Buffalo State University
San Francisco State College
Study Dashes Arms Aid Theory in Postwar Test Case
A State Department study reviewed arms embargo efforts by the United States the Soviet Union France and others since World War II. It finds that in no case was arms aid cutpowerfully influential and in some cases the move backfired on the sender. Secretary Rogers cited the findings while discussing Latin American military governments. The report was described as not tied to any current policy decision.
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Washington
State Department
United States
Soviet Union
France
Nixon Administration
William P
Rogers
Latin America
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Dept
Broadway
Med
Soler
Men’s & Young Men’s
War Hero
Cruy Apartment Stores
Orion
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