Congressional leaders hail 30 hour Viet Nam cease fire
Vice President Humphrey and Senate and House leaders praised the 30 hour Christmas cease fire in Viet Nam announced by Gen Westmoreland. Mansfield urged extending the offer toward Tet while Ford and Saltonstall called it a test of goodwill and a potential step to negotiations.
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Hubert H. Humphrey
Viet Nam
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Montana
U. S
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Saigon
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Humphrey
Waverly
Minn
Hanoi
Paul VI
House
John W. McCormack
D-Mass
Dorchester
Mass
McCormick
Gerald R. Ford
Michigan
Ford
Sen
Leverett Saltonstall
Massachusetts
Dover
Saltonstall
Armed Services Committee
Spellman visits Saigon for 15th Christmas with troops
Francis Cardinal Spellman arrived in Saigon to spend Christmas with American soldiers overseas and defend the U S role as fighting for peace in Viet Nam. He told reporters that every American soldier knows he is fighting for peace and that the effort supports the cause. In Fayette Miss merchants report gains from white buying offsetting a Negro boycott aimed at backing civil rights concessions. An AP survey notes the Black Christmas campaign and a white-backed drive keeping business steady, while Negro leaders plan a 2000-strong march Friday.
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South Viet Nam
Francis Cardinal Spellman
New York
United States
Viet Nam
U.S
Fayette, Miss
Fayette
Associated Press
Johnson silent on Viet Nam Christmas truce
President Johnson remained silent on the Saigon announced 30 hour Christmas truce in Viet Nam. White House aide Joseph Laitin declined comment while noting the decision would be handled in Saigon and noting Johnson has avoided public involvement.
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Johnson
Saigon
Viet Nam
Joseph Laitin
White House
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Christmas Truce Looms as U S and S Viet uniforms Pause
U S and South Vietnamese troops anticipate a 30 hour Christmas cease fire starting 6 p.m. Friday and ending midnight Christmas night amid heavy fighting. U S Navy planes attack the Uong Bi power plant near Haiphong while ground clashes kill Viet Cong near Route 9 and in the Mekong Delta.
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Viet Nam
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Yong Bi
Hanoi
Manpower-Short U S Weighs Drafting 1-Y Recruits
Washington expects a possible re examination and induction of about 2.1 million men previously rejected as 1-Y for only emergency service as the Vietnam war drives a manpower push. Officials say a change in standards could let some barely fit or underweight individuals requalify.
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Defense Department
Selective Service System
Selective Service
Viet Nam
Pentagon
Defense
Boggs Asks Jury Decide His Penalty
Ex convict Donald Boggs changed his plea to guilty on two counts of murder and asked a jury decide whether his sentence should be death or life imprisonment. The unusual request followed prior pleas of innocent.
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Halvor Johnson
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J. Thomas Brooks
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Wren
Dixie Lee Radcliff
Amesville
Congress Focus on Tightening Existing Programs
Vice President Hubert H. Humphrey signals Congress will push to tighten current programs next year with major attention to reforming the foreign aid program. Recipients may need to show willingness to self-help projects to bolster sagging economies as Johnson targets aid at about 3.5 billion dollars. Humphrey plans talks with Johnson after a Far East trip touching Japan, the Philippines, Nationalist China, and South Korea on Vietnam policy.
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Hubert H. Humphrey
Congress
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Humphrey
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Philippines
China
South Korea
U.S
Viet Nam
US May Operate POW Camps If Viet Nam War Widen
The Pentagon weighs creating its own prisoner of war camps in Vietnam as the conflict grows. US captures are small relative to South Vietnamese losses, with about 19 000 POWs reported since 1962. Saigon faces complaints of mistreatment and invites Red Cross scrutiny.
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Viet Nam
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Saigon
South
Nguyen Cao Ky
Red Cross
Bob Hope Performs With Torn Ankle Ligaments In Bangkok
In Bangkok Bob Hope, age 63, sustained torn ligaments in his left ankle after being shoved off stage at Korat air base. He finished the royal palace show with taped ankle and planned another performance in Bangkok before heading to Saigon. Doctors later said the injuries were limited to the two torn ligaments.
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Thailand
Bob Hope
Bhumibol Adulyadej
Sirikit
Royal Palace
South
Viet Nam
Hope
Saigon
Korat Air Base
Thai Air Force
Obituaries and sports boxing through the index pages
A fragmented newspaper index shows sections for Obituaries Sports Television and other listings with partial entries and garbled OCR text. The readable parts reference obituaries and sports items amid mixed formatting and misread headings.
Sudden Death Of Al Ritz Splits Team
New Orleans report states Al Ritz died of a heart attack on Wednesday. The Ritz brothers, a three man slapstick act, had been together 37 years and performed across film television stage and clubs. Al was the elder and center position in the trio.
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New Orleans
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Jimmy
Close Shave Comes Free With Haircut
A Bedford Virginia hair salon was crushed when a 55 000 pound earth mover plowed into the front of the shop. The operator Jack Jones of Bedford said a car pulled in front of him and he lost control when his engine quit. Postmaster Coleman Musgrove sat in the chair nearest the door and was startled by the crash.
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Coleman Musgrove
Jack Jones
1966 Payroll Tax Boost Includes Medicare Funding
Washington reports a $5.1 billion payroll tax increase on January 1 to finance Medicare and higher Social Security benefits. Officials say the move dampens inflation, though excise tax cuts offset some impact. Net public payments rise $3.4 billion annually, with rising deficits and Viet Nam military costs limiting anti inflation effects.
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Administration
Viet Nam
Social Security
Medicare
Dimbleby Dies BBC Anchor Remembered for Royal Pageantry
Richard Dimbleby, 52, veteran BBC commentator, died Wednesday of cancer in London. A BBC pioneer since 1936, he became famed for narrating royal weddings coronations and state funerals across radio and television.
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Richard Dimbleby
British Broadcasting Corp
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