Death Tension Mar Christmas Death Tension
The Associated Press reports war and tension mar the Christmas season. A Christmas truce began in Viet Nam with 30 hours for the U S side and 12 for the Communist side, but the 24 hours before remained bloody and officials expect renewed fighting after midnight Christmas. India and Pakistan stood poised amid ongoing hostilities.
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Associated Press
Viet Nam
United States
U.S
India
Pakistan
Johnsons Celebrate Christmas in Johnson City
President Johnson and family travel to his boyhood home in Johnson City for Christmas Eve carols with local church choirs. The town of 611 residents fills streets as prayers for peace rise amid a global holiday scene and a five day forecast calls for mild temperatures and scattered showers.
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Johnson City
Tex
Johnson
LBJ
First Christian
Methodist
Baptist
Johnsons
Mr. Taylor
Cleveland
Columbus
Cincinnati
Kiddies Outline Wants With Letters To Santa
A Athens report shows children mailed Dear Santa letters to a North Pole address. The letters reveal wishes from cowgirl outfits to dolls and toys, some asking for money for moms, with delivery hints like Alaska and ZIP 99701.
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Roger Bennett
Santa
North Pole
Art Cornwell
Athens
Suzie
Marcilyn
Mathew
Heather
Erica
Momma
Santa Claus
Alaska
Us.a
Rudolph
Samantha
Diane
President Johnson named Newsmaker of the Year
The Associated Press designates President Johnson as a top newsmaker of the year in a feature observed across The Messenger. Page references cite coverage and related profiles. The item situates Johnson within a broader AP awards context.
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BBC
Johnson
Associated Press
Athens
Peace Corps
Ohio University
Bob Hope Arrives In Saigon for Christmas Tour
Bob Hope and a 70 member troupe plus Les Brown's 15 musicians arrive in Saigon to entertain American troops in combat zones on their holiday visit. The 63 year old comic injured his left ankle in Thailand but says he is not scared and plans a televised show.
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
Bob Hope
Hope
Les Brown
Thailand
U. S
Imprisoned Yanks Face Dreary Christmas in China
Hong Kong reports include the Most Rev. James E. Walsh and four other Americans serving lengthy sentences in Chinese prisons amid espionage charges. Bishop Walsh, 74, is in Shanghai prison hospital for his third Christmas. others like Hugh Redmond Jr, John Downey, and Richard Fecteau face extended terms from prior trials.
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Hong Kong
China
James E. Walsh
Cumberland, Md
Shanghai
Hugh F. Redmond Jr
Yonkers
N. Y
John T. Downey
New Britain
Conn
Richard Fecteau
Lynn
Mass
Pope Paul VI urges world to seek peace and negotiations
In his Christmas message Pope Paul VI appeals for just and sincere negotiations to settle the Viet Nam conflict and urges the church to lead in peace efforts. He warns against renewed nationalist schemes and the arms race, calling for broad, global peace work.
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Kashmir
India
China
Santo Domingo
Dominican Republic
Africa
Britain
Rhodesia
Pope Paul VI
Viet Nam
Francis Cardinal Spellman
U.S. Army
South Viet Nam
U.S
Nguyen Cao Ky
New Zealand
Holy Land
Bethlehem
Christ
Berlin
West
Vatican City
Paul VI
Pope Paul
The Christmas Story From Luke Chapter Two
A depiction of the nativity from Luke two detailing Caesar’s tax decree, Joseph and Mary traveling to Bethlehem, the birth of Jesus in a manger, angelic announcements to shepherds, and the shepherds spreading the news about the Christ child.
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Caesar Augustus
Cyrenius
Syria
Joseph
Galilee
Nazareth
Judea
David
Bethlehem
Mary
Christ the Lord
Major I-77 projects in a $39.3 million Ohio road plan
The Ohio Highway Director announced six I-77 sections and other road work totaling 39.3 million dollars for southeastern Ohio in 1966. I-77 projects account for 24 million, with bid openings from January to June, including right of way and engineering costs.
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Columbus
P. F E. Masheter
Guernsey County
Meigs County
Ohio
Gallia County
Lawrence County
Athens County
U. S. 33
Hocking County
Logan
Ohio 180
Bus Crash on I 5 Kills Twelve in Medford Snowstorm
The nation sees rising holiday traffic deaths as icy highways cause a Greyhound bus crash north of Medford Oregon. Twelve people died and around thirty were injured when the bus veered off Interstate 5 into a ditch near a highway embankment during a heavy storm. The bus traveled from Spokane to San Francisco with a Portland stop noted.
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Associated Press
Medford
Ore
National Safety Council
Spokane
Wash
San Francisco
Portland
Christmas Eve Viet Nam commu nique notes military activity
A Viet Nam communique lists ground actions air strikes naval gunfire strategic bombing and claimed victories and losses. The section opens with a Christmas greeting from the US Military Assistance Command in Viet Nam.
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Viet Nam
Saigon
South
U.S. Military Assistance Command
Christmas ceasefire begins in Vietnam war zones
U S and allied forces halt new offensives for 30 hours as the Viet Cong pledge a 12 hour truce. Commands clarify rules of engagement, with self defense allowed and disengagement permitted as both sides monitor the pause in fighting across South and North Vietnam.
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
America
Viet Nam
North
7Th Fleet
South China Sea
Missing $56 000 federal reserve shipment reported
Eugene Pinson of the Cincinnati Division of the U S Post Office confirms a shipment of federal reserve bank money from Cincinnati, consigned to Adelphi Banking Co of Adelphia in Pickaway County, has gone missing from the mails. The report centers on a federal reserve bank shipment valued at $56 000.
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Logan
Ohio
Federal Reserve Bank
Eugene Pinson
Cincinnati
U.S. Post Office Department
Adelphi Banking Co
Adelphia
Pickaway County
Hocking County
Christmas Invasion Reaches Pentagon War Rooms
Christmas decor softens the mood at the Pentagon as a silver tree and festive signs brighten McNamara's office and the Joint Chiefs of Staff area. Santas and holly line doors while duty continues in the National Military Command Center and war rooms on Christmas Day.
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Washington
Pentagon
Secretary of Defense
Robert S. McNamara
Office
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Viet Nam
Defense Department
National Military Command Center
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