Nationwide Thanksgiving traffic toll hits 602 deaths
The Associated Press reports 602 people died on highways during the four day Thanksgiving weekend the highest toll in eight years. States with high counts include New York California Texas and Ohio with multiple fatal crashes across Norman Oklahoma Radcliff Kentucky Punta Gorda Florida and near Daytona Texas. Snow worsened driving conditions in parts of the nation.
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Associated Press
New York State
California
Texas
Ohio
Radcliff
Punta Gorda
Fla
Dayston
Tex
Firefighters Thank Unknown Donors After Evening Blaze
Fire inspector W N God enour notes he does not know who provided coffee and sandwiches to firefighters at yesterday evening’s fire but the crew expressed gratitude. Weather turned snowy with sun today and ground remains bare as noon temperature sits two degrees above freezing.
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W.N. Godenour
Gemini 7 Mission Faces Electrical Troubles
NASA said a power unit electrical issue found during Gemini 7 prep would not delay the Saturday launch. Astronauts Frank Borman and James A Lovell Jr. aim for a 14 day endurance flight while Gemini 6 rescue attempt follows with Walter M Schirra Jr. and Thomas P Stafford.
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Fila
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Space Agency
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Frank N
James A. Lovell Jr
Walter M. Schirra Jr
Thomas P. Stafford
Iy Waeee Ua
Titan 2
Moon Code Proposed to Keep Moon Free of Military Use
A citizens panel urged President Johnson to back an international moon code to prevent the moon from becoming a military base. The proposal ties to a UN supported framework for peaceful outer space use and calls for free scientific access and verification.
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Washington
Johnson
White House
United States
Earth
Soviet Union
Unity Ed. Nations Committee For
Outer Space
Three Klansmen go on trial in Alabama killings
Federal jurors begin trial of Collie Wilkins Jr Eugene Thomas and William Eaton on charges of conspiring to injure oppress threaten and intimidate U S citizens during the Selma to Montgomery march. State murder charges also face all three with next spring set for the remaining trials.
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Collie Leroy Wilkins Jr
Fairfield
Ala
Eugene Thomas
William Orville Eaton
Bessemer
U.S
Selma
Montgomery
Liuzzo
Cehildren
Anthony Liuzzo
Teamsters Union
Wilkins
Hayneville
McNamara Seeks All Needed Troops for Viet War
Secretary of Defense Robert S. McNamara vowed to deploy as many fighting men as necessary to wage the Viet War after a 14 day fact finding tour. He noted Hanoi aims to escalate and predicted increased South Vietnamese military strength as U S forces could rise to 300000 with intensified air strikes. He visited the Ia Drang battlefield and praised the 1st Cavalry Division while air and naval strikes continued across South Viet Nam.
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Robert S. McNamara
Viet Nam
United States
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Hanoi
U.S
Kent Johnson
Viet Namse
Washington
U.S. 1St Cavalry
Central Highlands
Ia Drang Valley
More Demonstrations Under Consideration
A leader of the Washington peace march says demonstrations alone do not convince anyone. Sanford Gottlieb of SANE notes more marches are being considered to publicize the antiwar view while urging letters, political support for peace, and clergy discussion. The event drew up to 50,000 despite transport issues and included diverse dissident groups.
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Washington
Sanford Gottlieb
National Committee For A Sane
SANE
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White House
U.S
Viet
Nam
New York
Baltimore
British Secretary In Moscow for Talks
British Foreign Secretary Michael Stewart arrived in Moscow for four days of talks with Soviet leaders on Viet Nam and nuclear nonproliferation. He would meet Foreign Minister Andrei Gromyko and was to discuss with Premier Kosygin and party secretary Brezhnev. The discussions aim to clarify a potential Soviet price for a treaty as Washington weighs a multilateral force proposal.
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Moscow
Michael Stewart
Viet Nam
Lord Chalefont
Britain
Johnson
United States
Stewart
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Soviet Union
West Germany
Runaway girl Mary Wilson found safe in Bangkok
An American mother and daughter are reunited in Bangkok after Mary Wilson left Encino California on November 19. Investigators found she had sought work in Bangkok and used her sister's birth certificate for travel. A cable from Tokyo said she would return and not to worry.
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Bangkok
Thailand
United States
Mary Wilson
Encino
I Calif
George Wilson
U.S
Shope
Wilson
Mary
Pier
Tasty
Pierra
Vejabuo
Dr. Pierra
Dr. Wilson
Encinco
Wisons
Ary
Wilsons
Cambodia
Tokyo
Wilson - Mary
Wilson Calls Emergency Meeting Over Zambia Air Raid Threat
Prime Minister Harold Wilson convened a cabinet emergency session in London after a midnight Rhodesia crisis meeting. Britain weighs sending a token RAF reconnaissance squadron to Zambia to patrol Kariba Dam and power lines amid reluctance to deploy ground forces.
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London
Harold Wilson
Britain
Royal Air Force
Zambia
Rhodesia
Wilson
Kariba
Fumes Threat After Fire Near Virginia Apple Storage
A two alarm blaze near the Virginia Apple Storage caused $50 000 damage and forced the evacuation of about a dozen nearby homes and several businesses. The Niagara Chemical Co division of FMC stored chemicals on the top floor, including toxic phosphate and hydrocarbons. One fireman was hospitalized, others treated, and investigators planned to inspect the ruins today. Traffic was diverted for over three hours along the Valley Pike.
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Winchester
Bernard Groves
Virginia
W.N. Godenour
Valley Pike
Virginia Apple Storage
Niagara Chemical Co
FMC
Appalachian Fruit Pac
Fred Straw
Chemical Co
Gee
New York
Virginia Weather Sees Cold Front From Northeast
A high pressure system forming in the northeastern United States pushed colder air into Virginia today, shaping the regional forecast and likely lowering temperatures across the state.
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Richmond
United States
Virginia
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