U S Warplanes Hit Communist Truck Convoys After Truce
U S forces blasted North Vietnamese and Viet Cong truck convoys as the cease-fire ended. Air, naval and Marine jets reported destroying or damaging about 100 trucks and noting more than 300 observed targets along the coast and inland routes. Casualties included two Americans killed and 24 wounded, along with several South Vietnamese soldiers and civilians.
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Saigon
North Vietnam
U. S
Air Force
Navy
Marine
Tonkin Gulf
Thanh Hoa
Vinh
South Vietnam
da Nang
Road Massacre Climbs To 665
Fatalities reached 665 in a three day Christmas travel count from Friday 6 p.m. to Monday midnight. The peak for three days was 720 in 1965, with 584 last year and the all time high 784 during a four day Thanksgiving in 1966. Ohio deaths were below forecast as treacherous weather challenged homeward drivers Monday night. Twenty seven deaths were reported versus 34 expected. A National Safety Council spokesman lamented that the public’s traffic safety fervor had faded since last year when Congress debated the issue.
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Associated Press
Ohio
State Highway Safety Department
National Safety Council
Congress
Silver Bridge Disaster Toll Grows With 35 Dead
Three more bodies were recovered from the Ohio River raising the total dead to 35 from the Silver Bridge collapse of December 15. Fifteen remain listed as missing as search continues amid freezing temperatures. Paul Scott, James Pullen, and Frederick Miller identified among recovered. more vehicles and victims likely still on river bottom.
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Point Pleasant
Ohio River
Silver Bridge
Robert Head
Head
Apple Grove Goodyear
New York Central Railroad
James 0. Pullen
Middleport
Frederick D. Miller
Gallipolis
Paul Scott
Pleasant Valley Hospital
Moscow Apartment Blast Kills Over 20 in Christmas Week
Two explosions struck a six story Moscow apartment building injuring none reported. Officials withheld casualty counts while bystanders estimated 10 to 20 deaths. A separate blast damaged Associated Press chief Henry Bradsher's car. authorities cited a faulty gas main for the apartment explosion and kept details from the public. Bradsher and his family were home from a Christmas dinner when the car bombing occurred.
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Moscow
Henry
Bradsher
Associated Press
Monica
Keith
Neal
Fire claims Florida mother and three children in Ohio blaze
A Florida mother Norma Gaul 26 and her children Favis 5 Mark 3 and James 10 months died of asphyxia in a two story frame house in Youngstown. Two Howley children Loretta 21 and Timothy 14 escaped as Timothy jumped from a window and Loretta got down the stairs. James Gaul 29 husband and the Howleys were downstairs. Gaul, awakened by screams, was forced back by smoke while he saw a glow near the living room Christmas tree.
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Youngstown
Ohio
Florida
Norma Gaul
Favis
Mark
James
Edward Howley
Howley
Loretta
Timothy
Gaul
Monarch Expected to Return to Greece Within Days
A close friend of King Constantine says the 27 year old king is “100 percent certain” to return to his throne perhaps in the next few days after fleeing to Rome following his failed December 15 coup. Queen Frederika in Rome urged a return, as negotiators press to restore Athens rule amid renewed prisoner releases and continued junta leadership.
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Athens
Constantine
Haralambos Potamianos
Mark
Frederika
Rome
Greece
Potamianos
Savings of Millions Seen in Probe of Contractor Misuse of Equipment
Senate House Economic Committee and GAO investigations into contractor use of government equipment promise multi million dollar savings. Sen William Proxmire says a list will name defense contractors who used govt property mainly for private gain. Pentagon actions aim to curb misuse and enforce Truth in Negotiations Act and improve accuracy of the Defense Department's $37 billion inventory.
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Senate House Economic Committee
General Accounting Office
William Proxmire
Wisconsin Democrat
Joint Congressional Committee
Pentagon
GAO
Proxmire
Defense Department
1968 House Control Forecast by Nonpartisan Group
The National Committee for an Effective Congress predicts Republican control of the House and GOP gains in the Senate with a very close presidential race anticipated in 1968. The group cites opposition to Johnson's Vietnam policy and calls Vietnam the central issue shaping America's role at home and abroad. It backs seven Democrats and three Republicans who oppose or doubt Johnson's Vietnam policy, including Fulbright, Clark, Church, McGovern, Gruening, Morse, Monroney, Aiken, Kuchel, and Morton.
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House
Senate
National Committee For
Congress
Committee
America
United States
Johnson
Vietnam
J. William Fulbright
Arkansas
Joseph
Clark
Pennsylvania
Frank Church
Idaho
George McGovern
South Dakota
Ernest Gruening
Alaska
Wayne Morse
Oregon
Mike Monroney
Oklahoma
George D. Aiken
Vermont
Thomas H. Kuchel
California
Thruston B. Morton
Kentucky
Romney Tours Vietnam Presents Charity to Montagnards
Governor Romney on a World trip in Dalat Vietnam presented 35000 dollars raised by Michigan schoolchildren to Project Concern for Montagnards and Vietnamese. He toured camps from Saigon to Da Nang and spoke with Montagnards at a ceremony and later held private talks with civilians. He urged prayers and stressed a Mormon religious message to U.S. servicemen.
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Dalat
Vietnam
George Romney
Michigan
U.S
Saigon
da Nang
Project Concern
Romney
Michigan Junior Chamber of Commerce
Eisenhower calls for annual financial disclosures for officials
Former President Eisenhower urges all elected officials, especially Congress members, to publicly disclose income and holdings annually. In the January Reader's Digest he argues disclosures should be prerequisite for holding public office, stating those with nothing to hide should welcome oversight.
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New York
Eisenhower
Congress
Reader’s Digest
Vietnamese minister says pursuit into Cambodia possible
Paris broadcast: South Vietnamese Foreign Minister Tran Van Do said that if necessary for self defense South Vietnam would pursue Communist forces into Cambodia. He spoke after arriving from Saigon and was asked if the right of pursuit would be exercised. He replied if it is necessary, yes.
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Paris
Tran van Do
South Vietnam
Cambodia
Saigon
Fire on Norwegian Freighter Kills Three Crew
In New York a blaze aboard the Norwegian freighter Dianet killed three crewmen and injured eighteen. Firemen described the fire as seen through portholes up to the superstructure and burning glow like embers. Fire officials said the alarm may have sounded up to thirty minutes after the blaze began near the Hudson River anchorage off 87th street.
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New York
Hudson River
87Th Street
Wayside Inn burned amid Sun Gay rooming fr8
The clipping reports a destructive fire at the Wayside Inn in Buchtel and mentions related page references. Associated Press material on Vietnam War protest and early approval by Rep. Ken Hechler for a Point Pleasant recreation project is noted, with art model plans for Cleveland Browns discussed on later pages.
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Buchtel
Associated Press
Ken Hechler
Point Pleasant Recreation
Blanton Collier
Cleveland Browns
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