Mystery Bids Staged as Peace Drive Moves Abroad
President Johnson's effort to end Vietnam war continues with Ambassadors Harriman and Goldberg making surprise visits to Warsaw and the Vatican. Goldberg met Pope Paul VI outlining urgent US wish for peace while Harriman pressed talks with Warsaw officials and then headed to Belgrade. Ho Chi Minh denounced US war aims in a Hanoi reply, but diplomats say talks are not dead.
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Viet Cong strike near Saigon amid Vietnam War moratorium
Vietnamese Viet Cong attacked around Saigon near the Da Nang base and near the Cambodian frontier as the seventh day of the U S moratorium in the air war against the North continued. A U S military spokesman said three captured Marines and eight South Vietnamese soldiers were murdered after capture in Quang Ngai Province on December 16. Bodies found in shallow graves showed close range gunshot wounds. one victim was struck with a sharp instrument. In Saigon a pro American journalist was shot to death while returning home.
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Vietnam War Update From Saigon and Da Nang Skirmishes
Newsman Tu Chong of Chinh Luan is killed in Saigon as Viet Cong overrun Hill 60 near Da Nang. Five hundred VC drive a South Vietnamese militia from a government strongpoint near the Marine base. Heavy rains hinder air strikes while artillery pounds VC. In Chau Doc region VC assault outposts causing heavy casualties before retreating.
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Talks Continue Over Gunpowder Strike Threat to U S Ammunition
Negotiations between three unions and Olin Mathieson at the East Alton plant drag on with government pressure rising. The Army activates the Badger plant in Baraboo to restore powder production, but full output will take months. Officials warn of a potential ammo shortage for U S forces if settlement drags.
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Johnson Maintains Silence Amid Peace Efforts
President Johnson stays quiet as UN Ambassador Goldberg visits the Vatican and Ambassador Harriman travels to Warsaw. White House aide Laitin confirms no official visitors and notes a full day at the desk. Dr Barkley reports Johnson in normal health after a full exam.
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Astronauts Describe Adventure At Houston News Conference
Gemini 7 pilots Frank Borman and James Lovell join Gemini 6 crew Walter Schirra and Thomas Stafford at the Manned Spacecraft Center to recount the first space rendezvous and long spaceflight that demonstrated man can endure extended weightless missions as the United States moves toward the moon.
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Fragmented OCR Sports Index Item
An unreadable OCR fragment references sports and broadcasts with scattered numbers and letters. The text contains no clear event names, teams, dates, or outcomes to summarize into a coherent item.
U S Keeps Watch On North Viet Nam Air Reconnaissance
The United States conducts aerial reconnaissance over North Vietnam during a bombing pause. U S Air Force and Navy planes monitor progress on repairing bridges and highways, track vehicle traffic toward South Vietnam, and assess targets for potential resumption of bombing.
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Income tax withholding overhaul eyed by administration
Washington reports a proposed overhaul of the withholding system could move to three graduated rates, raise higher bracket deductions, and lower lower bracket relief. The change aims to align withholding with actual tax, potentially using it as an anti inflation tool.
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Los Angeles Siamese twin Lisa Mantonya dies
Li sa Marie Mantonya the younger of Siamese twins born Christmas Day in Los Angeles died this morning of peritonitis at Cedars of Lebanon Hospital. Lisa weighed 4 pounds 15 ounces and lacked a colon after separation from her twin Sheila. The twins had shown improvement until Wednesday afternoon. Their mother Robyn Mantonya, 20, remains at Holy Cross Hospital nearby San Fernando. The twins were separated in a three hour operation at Cedars of Lebanon in Hollywood.
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Fanfani Resignation Accepted as Crisis Looms in Rome
Prime Minister Aldo Moro accepted Amintore Fanfani's resignation after a dispute tied to Giorgio La Pira's peace feeler from Hanoi. Fanfani had planned to quit on January six, while supporters warned of a split within the Christian Democrats as tensions with Moro rise.
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Kiisley Seeks Unexpired Ohio State Auditor Term
Clarence H. Kiisley former Democratic state treasurer announces his bid for the unexpired term as state auditor ending January 9, 1967. Secretary of State Ted W. Brown rules ballots must show both short and full four year terms. Kiisley, from Bainbridge Ross County, came to Columbus in 1933 to lead the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio and is the first to announce since the late auditor Roger W. Tracy’s death. Roger Cloud, a Republican former Ohio House speaker, was appointed state auditor on September 20.
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Safety Director Urges Seat Belts for New Year Holiday
Ohio Highway Safety Director Warren C. Nelson renewed his plea for seat belt use to cut traffic deaths during the New Year period. The department predicts 27 fatalities on Ohio highways from 6 p.m. tonight through midnight Sunday.
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McIlwain Forms Southern Ohio Governor Committee
The Democratic State Rep. Harry H. McIlwain of Cincinnati advances his gubernatorial bid by organizing a Southern Ohio McIlwain for Governor Committee to support his campaign.
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Explosion damages Volkswagen bus injuring four in Sandusky County
A mysterious explosion at the front of a Volkswagen bus in Sandusky County on Wednesday injured four boys and demolished the vehicle, authorities said today.
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Arizona Floods Cause Over 7 Million in Damage
Arizona floods last week caused more than seven million dollars in damage with four million to public property. Governor Sam Goddard has asked President Johnson to declare parts of the state eligible for federal disaster funds.
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