Thanksgiving in Saigon Hospital Amid Transfer to U S Facility
Draftee Lee recalls a patrol encounter with about 16 North Vietnamese Army fighters as 12 Americans moved quickly to evacuate the wounded. Thanksgiving dinner trays surround wounded servicemen, with 160 plus soldiers sharing the meal while awaiting transport. Lt Henry Bell, Curtis Foret, and others describe injuries and late year hopes of returning home by next Thanksgiving.
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NVA
Lee
Curtis Foret
Raceland
Foret
Henry Bell
Philadelphia
Bell
Saigon rejects peace at any price in expanded talks
South Vietnam insists on a durable, internationally guaranteed peace and says it will not accept peace at any price. North Vietnam warns that collapse of expanded Paris talks could have unforeseen consequences as Saigon prepares to join the sessions with the Viet Cong.
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Tran Chanh Thanh
Saigon
South Vietnam
U. S
Paris
North Vietnam
Nguyen van Thieu
UPI
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Hanoi
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van An
South Vietna
Mese
National Liberation Front
Daniel Southerland
Richard M. Nixon
Johnson
Nixon
Mr. Nixon
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Thieu
Nguyen Cao Ky
United States
U.S
Demilitarized Zone
Whistler Inn Rediscovers Free Calls via Whistled Tones
Joe Engressia a 19 year old blind student at South Florida University says he can whistle dial tones to place long distance calls for free. He collected about 35 hours of calls totaling 25 dollars while operators and General Telephone Company officials remain skeptical of his method. He claims to dial by whistling area codes then having the operator connect the number but Montreal intercepts led to suspicion. Engressia was suspended from the university after the incident and the company plans no prosecution, though tolls will not be waived.
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Tampa
Fla
UPI
Joe Engressia
Whistler
General Telephone Company
Engressia
South Florida University
Telphone
Long Island
Montreal
Indio Mayor De-Quacks Quarrel Over Dolly the Duck
Indio California residents faced a quacking nuisance from Dolly the neighbor's pet duck. Mayor Tom Overhulse, a veterinarian by trade, conducted a six inch windpipe incision to silence Dolly. The procedure followed university guidance and reduced quacks to whispers. Dolly, renamed Dolly Dumb Dumb, now munches lettuce and tomatoes rather than becoming Thanksgiving dinner.
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Indio
Calif
UPI
Dolly the Duck
Dolly
City Hall
Donald Slocum
Slocum
Thanksgiving turkey theft leads to $20 reward in Nampa
The brief notes Thomas Farr posted a $20 reward for information on a home burglary that resulted in the theft of a Thanksgiving turkey. In Lovell Wyoming, airport lights gained improvised covers from 18-ounce peanut butter jars contributed by nationwide donors. Fung So, a 37 year Civil Aviation Department foreman in Hong Kong, says he has never flown and fears flying despite years around airplanes.
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Nampa
Idaho
UPI
Thomas Farr
Lovell
Wyo
Cal Taggart
New York
Illinois
Connecticut
Oklahoma
Utah
Taggart
Hong Kong
Fung So
Civil Aviation Department
Holiday traffic fatalities projected for Thanksgiving weekend
United Press International reports that about 680 people may die on U.S. highways through Sunday night during the Thanksgiving holiday period. The National Safety Council offers no official forecast, but 651 fatalities occurred last year and 748 in the 1966 Thanksgiving span from 6 p.m. Wednesday to midnight Sunday.
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United States
National Safety Council
Intercepted Memo Dolly Dum-Dum India Calif
A brief intercepted memo references Dolly Dum-Dum in India and California. The message hints at possible deception or misdirection. It notes that the recipient might have been targeted for a trick or disguise. The tone is cryptic and terse.
Weather Update for Iowa Winds Through Night
Partly cloudy west and clearing east with snow ending tonight across the state. It turns a bit colder with lows in the upper teens to mid 20s. Friday brings partial cloudiness and warmer temperatures, with highs in the 30s east to lower 40s in the west.
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United Press International
Iowa
Ohio schools closed as levy defeat hits Youngstown
In Youngstown Ohio more than 28000 public school students began a 35 day vacation after voters rejected a November 5 operating levy. The district faces repeated defeats and broader state concerns as other Ohio schools face money woes ahead of December elections.
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Youngstown
Ohio
UPI
Perry
Lake County
Woodrow Zinser
Zinser
Otsego
Wood County
Marietta City
State Department of Education
C.R. Coblentz
De Gaulle backs austerity plan to save the franc in France
Paris the National Assembly approved President Charles de Gaulle s belt tightening program by 391 to 91 with 5 abstentions. The plan cuts the budget by about 1.07 billion dollars and raises taxes on manufactured goods to curb inflation. Labor unions fear higher unemployment and rising prices loom on autos clothing and luxury goods.
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Paris
UPI
National Assembly
Charles de Gaulle
de Gaulle
le Figaro
National Price Council
Maurice Couve de Murville
Socialist Democratic Confederation of French Workers
CFDT
Communist General Confederation of Workers
CGT
France
Village blackouts blamed on horse itching its back
Foulridge Lancashire residents endured repeated power outages as a horse named Bob, aged 28, pulled a cart and scratched his itchy back against a power pole. The friction caused a transformer to blow, plunging the village and surrounding farms into darkness for miles.
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Foulridge
England
UPI
Lancashire
Bob
Thanksgiving memory of Gordon Gillesby kidney transplant
The Gillesby family recalls a special Thanksgiving in 1968 as Gordon recovers well from a Denver kidney transplant. Bob and Joy express gratitude for the community support seen during the year long crisis and note a positive checkup on November 6 as a sign of progress.
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Robert Gillesby
Gillesbys
Gordon
Bob
Joy
Denver
Colo.Gordon
Gillesby
Washington
Probate of wills and executors named in two estates
Public notice lists the estates of Ida E Fuhr and Joseph Donald Rabenold. It covers probate of wills, appointment of executors, and related court actions as required by law.
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Ida E. Fuhr
Joseph Donald Rabenold
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