Radar Guided Bombing Pins Down Hanoi Area Targets
US warplanes penetrated monsoon clouds to bomb North Vietnamese targets near Hanoi and Haiphong using radar guidance. Kep MIG base 38 miles northeast of Hanoi and Yen Bai storage area 64 miles northwest were struck, plus a railroad siding. Paratroopers of the Screaming Eagles clashed with guerrillas nearby, killing 14. No American casualties reported.
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Saigon
API
Hanoi
Haiphong
U.S
Kep Mig
Yen Bai
Vianci
Screaming Eagle
Vietnam
U.S. 1St Infantry Division
Estmoreland
Fist
William €. Westmoreland
Oid
Youth gang members hold key jobs in U S poverty project
Five youths facing trial on rape and murder charges are employed as leaders and instructors in a federally funded antipoverty program run by the Woodlawn group on Chicago's South Side. They teach literacy and arithmetic to 16 to 24 year olds, earning up to 5 420 a year, while more than 20 students attend.
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U.S. Project
Chicago
UPI
Arthur M. Brazier
Woodlawn Organization
Brazier
Lee Jackson
William Troop
Charles EB. Hey
Police seek two hit-and-run cars in Anderson
Anderson City Police probe two hit-and-run incidents. A 12 year old girl suffered minor injuries after a southbound car struck her on Meridian Street and sped away. A second crash involved a different auto nearVic and Meridian, with a follow-on chase and a parked-car collision.
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Anderson City
Cheryl Palmer
St. St
St. John's Hospital
Palmer
Meridian St
Allie
Vic and
Meridian Sts
Anderson
Fletcher Sts
Pope Paul VI calls for bombing halt in Vietnam war
Pope Paul VI urged the United States to suspend bombing in North Vietnam in a Christmas plea for peace. He offered to mediate again and lamented mediation efforts had failed while Hanoi and the Viet Cong rejected peace overtures. A Vatican spokesman hinted Johnson may visit Rome amid protests by Italy's Communist Party.
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Vatican City
Paul VI
United States
North Vietnam
Johnson
Vatican
Wen
Vietnam
Hanoi
U.S
Rome
Washington
Johnson Wents
Italy
Communist Party
College of Cardinals
Ike
Pontiff
Pope Paul VI
Apostolic Palace
Blind Noblesville Girl Receives Cards and Offers of New Eyes
Linda Thurman a 16 year old from Noblesville is blind and paralyzed by encephalitis. Cards pour in from across the country and even Canada while two offers of new eyes surface. Physicians say her eyes are fine but brain injury causes cortical blindness, hoping brain repair may restore sight.
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Noblesville
Noblesville, Ind
Linda Thurman
Linda
Air Force
Cam Ram Bay
Vietnam
Willian Thurman
Canada
California
Florida
New England
Danny BR. Lang
Dothan
Ala
Wells Defies Ruling On Indiana Vocational Education
Indiana Governor Branigin clash with State Superintendent Richard Wells escalates as Dillon's ruling places vocational rehabilitation under a state board. Wells vows to ignore the decision and keep running the 111-employe division, while the General Education Commission seizes policy.
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Wells
Dillon
Indianapolis
TUPI
Indiana
John J. Dillon
Richard B. Wells
State Board of Vocational and Technical Education
Indiana General Education Commission
Branigin
Department of Public Instruction
Gwen Matthewman Wins International Wool Stitching Championship
In Featherstone England Mrs Gwen Matthewman was named champion after stitching at a rate of 68 stitches per minute, working on 2,885 ounces of wool and creating 107 sweaters 12 dresses 18 ladies’ blouses 31 hats 27 jumpers shirt 1 child’s coat 9 mittens 1 child’s coat fit 12 matinee coats and a teddy bear.
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Featherstone
England
UPL
Gwen Matthewman
Matthewman
17 Men Free After 19 Hours in Tehachapi Tunnel Cave-In
In Gorman California 17 men and one state inspector were rescued after 19 hours trapped in a mountain tunnel of the State Water Project Tehachapi range. A massive rescue operation freed workers as tons of earth and twisted steel collapsed into the tunnel after 3 am Thursday.
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Cte Funderburk
Tehachavi Mountains
Holiday Travel Surge Strains U S Transport and Hotels
The Associated Press reports a record Christmas travel rush with millions flying, rail, and driving home for the holidays. United Air Lines notes an unprecedented backlog as families head home for Christmas. Service members on leave swell the migration from Vietnam and Europe, while resort areas in Florida Hawaii Mexico and the Caribbean fill up with travelers. Miami Beach hotels report solid bookings far ahead of the season.
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Associated Press
United Air Lines
Sacramento
Calif
Vietnam
Europe
Florida
Hawaii
Mexico
Caribbean
Miami Beach
ABC
Local 663 Workers Ratify New Contract
UAW-CIO Local 663 members ratified a new General Motors UAW contract with 85 percent in favor. Hodson reported the vote included 2,211 graduates and skilled trades workers, ending at 5 pm with 8 percent opposed. Separate note mentions Miami Beach air traffic and Pan American routes to Puerto Rico, Bermuda, Jamaica and the Virgin Islands.
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Uawcio
General Motors
United Auto Workers
John Modson
Uamw-Cio
Hodson
Miami Beach
Pan American Airways
Detroit
Puerto Rico
Bermuda
Jamaica
Virgin Islands
An Airlines
San Francisco
Hillenbrand To Head Ohio Port Committee
Indiana governor Branigin named Hillenbrand II chair of a yet to be formed Ohio River Port committee to advise on Ohio, Kentucky, and Indiana port plans following a tri state meeting in Cincinnati. The report notes weather and travel items from current and upcoming holiday periods.
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Indianapolis
UPI
John 8. Hillenbrand II
Indiana Department of Natural Resources Commission
Branigin
Ohio River
Anthncy
James A. Rhodes
Ohio
Louis Nunn
Kentucky
Cincinnati
Air Crash Kills 3 After Takeoff in Starke County
In Knox Indiana three men died when a single engine plane crashed shortly after leaving Starke County Airport. Victims were William Skinner 45 Plymouth Arrowhead Engineering president Norman McGregor 48 Pontiac plant manager and pilot Dan Featherstone 47 Detroit friend of McGregor. The crash occurred after the plane cleared the runway with no fire, bodies trapped in wreckage.
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Knox, Ind
UPI
Starke County
William Skinner
Plymouth
Arrowhead Engineering Co
Norman McGiregor
Pontiac
Mich
Arrowhead
Dan Featherstong
Detroit
McGregor
Knox
Ktox Flying Service
White Christmas Likely for Northern Indiana Residents
Northern Indiana residents face a strong chance of snow with 2 to 4 inches expected along Lake Michigan shores by Saturday morning. Temperatures will remain cold with teens at night and upper 20s to 30s by Sunday. Rivers rise modestly with no evacuations expected, but some bottom lands may flood and cornfields could be inundated.
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Associated Press
Indiana
Weather Bureau
Fort Wayne North Side Suspended by IHSAA
The Indiana High School Athletic Association Board suspended Fort Wayne North Side High School from membership indefinitely after the Indiana Supreme Court issued a writ of mandamus. The board said reinstatement is possible once the school complies with all rules and regulations.
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Indianapolis
UPS
Indiana High School Athletic Association Board of Control
Fort Wayne North Side High School
Indiana Supreme Court
Allen
Dale Myers
THSAA
HSAA
Trat
Fort Wayne North Side
Indians High School Athletic Association
Tie School
Board of Control
New Arrivals Born at St Johns Nospit
Mr and Mrs Terry Beots Pendleton welcome a girl. Mr and Mrs Morris 92 Sheridan St announce a baby. Mr and Mrs Lloyd Ford 190 N Madison Ave reveal a boy. Mr and Mrs John W Ward 1 report a girl. Mr and Mrs Donald Shalea Muncie welcome a boy. Mr and Mrs Lawrence ath Hl 6 announce a girl. Mrs Odell Chamberlain 2857 Walton St report a girl.
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St. John's Nospit’s
Terry Beots
Pendleton
Morris
Sheridan St
al Adie Hania
Lloyd Ford
N. Madison Aye
John W. Ward
Donald Shalea
Muncie
Lawrence Ath
Odell Chamberlain
Walton St
Two Local Fires Reported Friday in Anderson
Anderson city firemen made two minor fires within the city Friday with no major property damage. At 12:07 p.m. firefighters checked an overheated furnace at 632 Federal Dr. owner Al Levender. 15 minutes at the scene. At 5:00 p.m. a chimney flue fire at 1020 W. 16th St. caused 30 minutes of extinguishing with only minor damage to the building.
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Anderson City
Unit 2
Att Ocfe
Federal Dr
al Levender
John Johnson
16Th St
Ute
Mate Wcillan
Johnson visits Korat air base as peace goal cited
President Johnson addressed about 2 000 U S Air Force personnel at Korat Thailand before dawn and boarded a secretive flight plan. He later presented Distinguished Flying Crosses to six pilots for combat actions over North Vietnam. Mechanics worked on aircraft as the President spoke, with several possible stops in Vietnam to visit troops as part of a Christmas time gesture toward peace.
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Korat
Thailand
UPI
Johnson
U.S. Air Force
Vietnam
Tog
U.S
Bangkok
Pam
IGON
UPS
Ranh Bay
Johnsin
Australia
North Vietnam
James R. Bassett
Thaca
N.Y
Winford Bazzel
Ft. Walton Beach
Fla
Wiliam Grieger
Goldsboro
N.C
Myron L. Savage
St. Genevieve
Lloyd W. Boothby
Washington, D.C
George H. Kinney, Jr
Bessemer
Ala
Coluna
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Louis Washkansky
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Christian N. Bernard
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Jeffey Fart
Ater
Brazie
Bill Schumaker
Supreme Court
Park Wayne
Pope Paul
Gorman
Hillenbrand
Ohio Port Committee
RiNaami
IHSAA
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