Bombs Inch Toward Cambodia Viet Nam War Update
U S Navy jets hit a railroad bridge near Haiphong while Air Force planes pressed the air war near Cambodia. U S bombers dropped 174 tons as Viet Cong attacked Saigon neighborhoods and a Tan Thuan Dong hamlet chief was killed. One American plane was lost in 24 hours. casualties declined overall for the week.
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Cambodia
U.S
Viet Nam
Saigon
South Viet Nam
U. S
Haiphong
Air Force
Associated Press
Pher Richard Merron
New Life
Tan Thuan Dong
Tan Son Nhut
Viet Truce Acceptance Considered
Washington officials weigh privately whether to accept a Communist 12 hour Christmas Eve lull in Viet Nam fighting. Publicly no statement. a formal acceptance unlikely since the proposal came via radio. The idea follows past lulls including last Christmas Eve attacks and a five day lunar New Year break.
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Washington
Johnson
White House
Joe Laitin
South
Viet Nam
State Department
Dean Rusk
U.S
Saigon
Henry Cabot Lodge
William C. Westmoreland
United States
Brink
Rusk Fanfani Confer After Mansfield Vietnam Talk
Secretary of State Dean Rusk will luncheon with Italian Foreign Minister Amintore Fanfani, a mediator in Vietnam peace talks, after Senate leaders Mansfield and McNamara conferred. Mansfield reported little shift in Soviet or allied stance, and the group plans a formal Senate Foreign Relations Committee briefing. Fulbright’s tension with the White House is noted as a factor in Viet Nam policy discussion.
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Washington
Dean Rusk
Amintore Fanfani
Viet Nam
United States
Rusk
Senate
Mike Mansfield
D-Mont
Robert S. McNamara
Mansfield
Soviet Union
U. S
Fanfani
United Nations General Assembly
Johnson
State
Defense Department
Moscow
Warsaw
Bucharest
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Sen
J. W. Fulbright
Dark
Fulbright
White House
Arkansas
Dominican Republic
Dimbleby sinks into deep sleep as cancer returns
London broadcaster Richard Dimbleby, 52, famed for royal events and Churchill’s funeral coverage, has relapsed in his cancer battle and is sinking into a deep sleep, his son David reported. He has been hospitalized at St Thomas’s for over a month after a five year fight.
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London
Richard Dimbleby
David
Dimbleby
Sir Winston Churchill
St. Thomas’s Hospital
United Nations session ends after U S Soviet clash over Viet Nam
The UN General Assembly closed its 20th session amid a heated U S Soviet exchange over Viet Nam. Soviet Ambassador Fedorenko charged escalating war and toxic actions, while U S delegate Goldberg condemned the attack on decorum. Britain abstained on a resolution urging non intervention and a 1966 UN budget vote saw the Soviet Union abstain on several items. The disarmament debate was postponed to Geneva.
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United Nations
N. Y
UN General Assembly
Viet Nam
Nikolai T. Fedorenko
United States
U. S
Arthur J. Goldberg
Fedorenko
Sion
Britain
Soviet Union
Dominican Republic
Goldberg
Assembly
Amintore Fanfani
Italy
Southeast Asia
Viet Union
World Organization
Korea
Disarmament Committee
Geneva
Titan 3 Mission Flubs Final Maneuver
An Air Force probe seeks cause of Titan 3 upper stage failure to restart after six hours, spoiling the plan to place four military satellites in a 21,000 mile orbit. The setback may push the February launch date and affect the eight satellite deployment schedule.
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Cape Kennedy
Fila
Air Force
Titan 3
FAA approves airports at Logan and Pomeroy in Ohio plan
FAA recommends constructing new air ports at Logan and Pomeroy and improving Athens airport as part of a state wide plan. The 1966 approval signals readiness for funding after federal rules are met, with state aid of 100000 available to Logan and Pomeroy.
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Logan
Pomeroy
Federal
Aviition Agency
Athens
FAA
Ohio
Buckeye
Ned Cochran
Hocking County
Hocking
Webb Summit
Meigs County Improvement Corporation
Meigs County
Goeglin
Five Points
Ohio University
Martin L. Hecht
Chillicothe Engineering
Barrett, Cargo and Withers
Hecht
Letter to Santa from Memphis child requests a little brother
Memph is Tenn. Sheree Hoffman writes to Santa about a girl or boy desiring a little brother. The 8 year old has a 5 year old brother named Nathan. The writer suggests the child could have him.
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Memphis
Tenn
Sheree Hoffman
Santa
Tam
Nathan
Mrs. LBJ Celebrates 53rd Birthday at LBJ Ranch
President Johnson and family fly to Texas to celebrate Mrs. Johnson's 53rd birthday with a holiday mood at the LBJ Ranch sixty miles west of Austin. The First Lady hopes for a rest after weeks of hosting foreign dignitaries and finalizing the new budget.
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Austin
Texa
Johnson
Texas
Washington
Lbj Ranch
Here
Congress
Johnsons
Mohammed Ayub Khan
Pakistan
Harold Wilson
Great Britain
Ludwig Erhard
West Germany
Job Corps Gift Free Trip Home for Trainees
The Job Corps offers 17 500 trainees an all expense paid trip home for Christmas. About 14 000 accepted while 3 500 stayed behind. Dr. Lewis Eigen notes some stay home due to meager circumstances. Holiday programs planned at camps for stayers as others go home tonight.
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Washington —P
Job Corps
Lewis D. Eigen
Eigen
Congress
Johnson
Arkansas Assistant Named New Oklahoma Sooners Coach
Norman bulletin reports Arkansas assistant Jim Mackenzie was named Oklahoma Sooners head coach to revitalize the football program.
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Norman
Okla
Arkansas
Jim Mackenzie
Oklahoma
Sooners
Humphrey plans four nation Far East trip
Vice President Hubert H. Humphrey says Viet Nam will be a prime topic in talks with leaders in Japan South Korea the Philippines and Nationalist China. He will depart next week on a four nation Far Eastern trip at President Johnsons request. Mrs Humphrey will accompany him on the journey set for the Dec 30 inauguration. A tentative schedule has him leaving Minneapolis Monday aboard a presidential jet.
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Washington
Hubert H. Humphrey
Viet Nam
Japan
South Korea
Philippines
China
Johnson
Humphrey
Minneapolis
Waverly
Minn
White House
Bill D. Moyers
Hanoi
Peking
Moyers
Tokyo
Taipei
Seoul
Ferdinand Marcos
Classifieds and Comics in New Index Page
Readable fragments show classified notices and comic notes on page 19 with editorial and process sections. Sports and television listings appear around pages 18 and 16 with brief items and program notes.
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Csssces
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Tim
U. S. District Court
Cincinnati
Ireland
Stanley Sullivan
BBC
Manlius
N.Y
Syracuse
Houston
Fla
Frank Borman
James A. Lovell Jr
Houston, Tex
Bowling Green
Bowling Green State University
BGSA
Bryan
Fostoria
Fremont
Sandusky
Detroit
Mich
Lbj
Bulletin
Far East
HHH
Humphreys
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