Threatener Of LBJ Faces Sanity Tests
Robert Beaty Fennell 29 formerly of Sioux City Iowa is charged by the Secret Service with threatening to kill President Johnson awaiting psychiatric tests after a Berkeley arrest. He previously spent four months in a Cherokee Iowa mental hospital and was jailed in San Francisco.
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Russell McLarry
Kennedy
Dallas
Retiring GE Chief Outlines Vision for a New Era
Ralph J. Cordiner 68 resigns as GE board chairman stating his main task was conveying a new business era to GE’s 300000 employees. He likens leadership to Billy Graham and will retire to Tampa Fla, turning away other board offers amid doubts about the indispensable man concept. A Christmas party for 150 Air National Guard families is planned at Clinton County Air Force Base Nose Dot 5 with Santa arriving by KC 9 Stratotanker at 2:30 PM.
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Ralph J. Cordiner
General Electric Co
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Billy Graham
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Fla
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Dot
Air National Guard
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Frigid Ohio and Midwest Endure Deep Cold Wave
Cold air grips the eastern two thirds of the nation with subzero readings in Ohio. A large arctic high pressure system moves from North Dakota to control Ohio weather for 24 to 36 hours. Several states report record lows while parts of the South and Plains experience wintry precipitation and dangerous driving conditions.
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JFK Mourning Period Ending with Christmas Lights
National mourning for President Kennedy ends at sundown Sunday transitioning to Christmas celebration. A candlelit vigil will illuminate the Lincoln Memorial after a tomb service at Arlington as President Johnson marks the end of the 30 day period. The White House will unveil Christmas decor and a national tree lighting near the Oval Office area. Johnson plans to depart for the Texas ranch Sunday night after attending Mrs. Johnsons birthday party.
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Ohio Fuel Gas Output Sets All Time Record
Ohio Fuel Gas Co. delivered more natural gas to its customers in a 24 hour period ending Friday morning than ever before. An average zero degree temperature kept demand high with over half of used gas drawn from underground storage reservoirs across the state.
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Columbus, Ohio
Ohio Fuel Gas Co
Portsmouth Hosts Russian Guests Despite Cold Weather
In Portsmouth Ohio the Pozdneev family from Moscow tours the area as four Russian visitors stay with the McKenzies for Christmas. The visit includes shopping and local sightseeing with church plans and gifts exchanged, as police monitor quietly.
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Ohio
Victor Pozdneev
Ohio River
James C. McKenzie
GOP Blocks Passage Of Foreign Aid Bill
Cowan Pump may resume first of week as ice bursted pipeline sections from Lake Cowan to Burtonville reservoir are replaced. A new booster pump will be installed and officials expect a two week water supply with fire wells providing half the daily consumption.
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Burtonville Reservoir
Clinton County Water Co
Elizabeth Taylor and Eddie Fisher divorce delayed by pay dispute
Elizabeth Taylor says her divorce from Eddie Fisher is stalled by a wage dispute over profits from Cleopatra. Taylor notes marriage delays into January 1964 as talks with Fisher, tied to half of Cleopatra profits, continue amid a reported $2 to $6 million gross. Burton remains alongside Taylor at Gringo Gulch.
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Mexico
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Eddie Fisher
Richard
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Gringo Gulch
New York
Miss Taylor
Group backs Cabot Lodge for 1964 nomination
A Massachusetts group plans to form a national committee to draft Henry Cabot Lodge for the Republican presidential nomination in 1964. Lodge, then ambassador to South Vietnam, was Kennedy’s appointee and a former senator. An AP poll shows him favored by about two thirds of responding Republicans. Charles K. Lindsay dies at 82 in Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio, after teaching Benny as a boy.
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Massachusetts
Henry Cabot Lodge
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South Viet Nam
Kennedy
U. S
Associated Press
Republican State Committee
Akron, Ohio
Charles K. Lindsay
Jack Benny
Cuyahoga Falls
Longest U S inmate Richard Honeck walks free at 84
SAN FRANCISCO AP Richard Honeck 84 left Illinois prisons after 64 years behind bars the longest sentence for a living inmate. He toured San Francisco with his niece Clara Orth and joined a flurry of press events as he adjusted to life outside prison walls and the prospect of a Christmas with family.
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Richard Honeck
Illinois
Honeck
United States
Associated Press
Clara Orth
San Leandro
Calif
Menard Penitentiary
Chester
Ill
Mississippi River
Richard
St. Louis
Ross Randolph
Illinois Parole and Pardon Board
Ohio Cities Awarded Urban Renewal Funds
Spring field receives 107 155 to plan the North Hill No 2 urban renewal project and Chillicothe gets 44 093 to prepare a community renewal program under Urban Renewal Administration funding.
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Washington
Springfield
Chillicothe
Ohio
Urban Renewal Administration
North Hill
Red Border Guards Show Yale Spirit
In Berlin AP reports border guards easing rules as West Berliners rush to reunite with relatives. Guards at Oberbaum Bridge briefly raised barriers early enabling about 50 visitors to cross before sunrise.
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Yale
Berlin Wall
Blind Man Explains Attempted Bank Robbery To Judge
Walter Raleigh Sain II a 42 year old blind man and his pregnant wife Lewanda 19 attempted to rob a downtown bank. He said they were desperate but the FBI contradicted his account noting the note and alarm. The couple later admitted the plan was a hoax.
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Detroit
Walter Raleigh Sain II
Lewanda
Sain
Aid To the Blind Association
Detroit Bank and Trust Co
Sam
FBI
Compromise Sent Back To Conferees
The House blocked passage of a $3 billion foreign aid bill in a dawn session. Republicans sent the compromise back to conference to reattach the Senate rejected amendment barring private financing of USS grain sales to the Soviet bloc. Both chambers adjourned as aides hustle to resume talks before year end.
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Congress
House
Senate House Committee
Senate
Johnson
Otto E. Passman
Dla
John O. Pastore
D-R.i
Passman
Kennedy
Lucius D. Clay
Weather Report for Central Ohio Forecast
Central Ohio mostly fair and very cold tonight and Sunday. Low tonight 5 to 10 below zero, high Sunday around 17. Northwest wind at 1 p m, barometer 28 inches.
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