B52s Strike North Vietnamese Strongholds in Zone C
U S B52 bombers hit Viet Cong bunkers in War Zone C northwest of Saigon and later targeted infiltrating North Vietnamese troops in the DMZ. Navy jets shot down two enemy planes over the Gulf of Tonkin, while Australia boosts Vietnam forces. Giap vows continued struggle as U S counts air sorties and plane losses.
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Robert Tuckman
Saigon
South Vietnam
Vietnam
Guam
War Zone C
Gulf of Tonkin
U.S
Washington
North Vietnam
Demilitarized Zone
Bus Tragedy in Windsor Kills Eight Children
A tractor trailer spilled tons of wet sand onto a Windsor area school bus carrying 30 students near Maidstone. Eight children died and 13 were injured as rescuers tore through wreckage for nearly two hours amid screams and chaos. The truck driver Marcel Le Francois was detained. driver James Levy survived and vowed not to drive again.
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Windsor
Ont
Detroit River
Detroit
Gerald Gemus
Oldcastle
Gemus
Frith School
Maidstone
Genius
James Levy
Levy
Marcel Lefrancois
Stoney
Ralph Bondy
McGregor
Bondy
Johnson defers on 1968 run as governors air policy strains
President Johnson hosted nine Democratic governors at the LBJ Ranch after a West Virginia caucus, with Iowa's Harold Hughes noting friction over Great Society programs. Governors expressed broad support for Johnson's aims, while Missouri's Warren Hearnes avoided pledges on a 1968 run. Attendees included K. Moore, McNair, Godwin, Smith, Connally, Hoff, and Rolvaag.
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Frank Cormier
Johnson City
Tex
Johnson
White Sulphur Springs
W.va
Lbj Ranch
Harold E. Hughes
Iowa
Hughes
West Virginia
United States
Warren E. Hearnes
Missouri
Omléss Johnson
Hearnes
Hughes and Hearnes
Dan K. Moore
North Carolina
Robert McNair
South Carolina
Mills E. Godwin Jr
Virginia
Hulett Smith
John Connally
Texas
Philip Hoff
Vermont
Karl Rolvaag
Minnesota
Pope Paul VI to urge peace talks in Vietnam on Christmas
Vatican sources say Pope Paul VI will again press for peace in Vietnam in his annual Christmas message broadcast worldwide. The Pontiff prepares for a Florence trip this weekend to attend Christmas Eve Mass and visit flood-stricken Renaissance center.
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Vatican City
Paul VI
Vietnam
Vatican
Florence
Pope Paul
Sheriff-elect Omodt names two veteran officers to posts
Sher iff-elect Donald J. Omodt of Hennepin County said he will appoint two veteran officers to key posts. Robert H. McLane 44 becomes undersheriff replacing Jack F. Whitney and Fred W. Wegeman Jr. 54 becomes chief deputy replacing Eugene C. Arnold who opposed him in the November election. McLane formerly led Willmar police and served as state jail consultant.
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Minneapolis
Donald J. Omodt
Hennepin County
Robert H. McLane
Jack F. Whitney
Fred W. Weegman Jr
Eugene C. Arnold
Arnold
Omodt
McLane
Willmar
Graham Delights Als With Old Story of Hunters Bear
Billy Graham spoke to 5 000 American servicemen in LONG BINH Vietnam sharing a bear hunting tale. He urged belief in Jesus Christ to bring peace amid war and cited a patient at a Saigon hospital who found peace after being shot. The audience included U S Air Force personnel and 56 Australian New Zealand troops.
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Graham
Als
Bear
Long Binh
South Vietnam
Billy Graham
Vietnam
Saigon
2Nd Field Force
U.S. Air Force
New Zealand
Jesus Christ
3Rd Field Hospital
Wortham Sentencing May Hurt U S Soviet Trade Hike
In Moscow a young American, Buel Ray Wortham, 25, was sentenced to three years in a Soviet labor camp for stealing an antique bear statue and exchanging about 75 for black market rubles. His codefendant Craddock Gilmour Jr. was fined 1111. The case impacts the East West trade bill, with Rep. Wilbur Mills and U S congressmen signaling a harsher verdict could hinder U S Soviet trade expansion. The American Embassy called the sentence harsh though it freed Gilmour on a lesser charge.
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Fred W. Coleman
Moscow
Buel Ray Wortham
North Little Rock
Ark
Leningrad
Wortham
Wilbur D. Mills
D-Ark
Mills
House
Craddock M. Gilmour Jr
Salt Lake City
Gilmour
U.S
United States
North Korea Sends Pilots to Aid Hanoi Training
Washington reports North Korea has sent a contingent of pilots to North Vietnam to tutor Hanoi flyers in aerial operations. Between 23 and 50 North Koreans arrived six to eight weeks ago and have flown from Hanoi bases. Officials caution against over interpreting the move amid the broader Vietnam air war.
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N. Korea
Washington
North Korea
North Vietnam
Hanoi
U.S
Pentagon
United States
World Briefs from Macao to London News
Macao's Portuguese governor agreed to curb Nationalist Chinese activities and sent two reps to Canton. An Egyptian admitted being a kidnapped German trained physicist and tried to board a Cairo flight via Tripoli but escaped at the airport. Frank Mitchell, the Mad Axman fugitive, sent another handwritten letter to British papers, claiming a reason to hope for burial relief.
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MACAO
Canton
Peking
Rome
Galal Shafy
Germany
Tripoli
Lebanon
Cairo
London
Times of London
Frank Mitchell
Axman
Birmingham
Mitchell
The
Times
Daily Mirror
Scotland Yard
Dartmoor
NSP Declares 0.38 Dividend on Common Stock
Northern States Power Co. declares a quarterly dividend of 38 cents a share on 16.2 million common shares. Dividends payable January 20 to holders of record December 30. Directors also declare regular quarterly dividends on all series of preferred stock.
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Minneapolis
Northern States Power Co
Company Board of Directors
Powell Shifts Tactics in Fight to Keep Seat
Rep. Adam Clayton Powell changes strategy after threats of seating challenges by colleagues. An associate says Powell will battle to the top and may seek to satisfy a $164000 libel judgment, while he faces contempt charges for unpaid debts and a House subcommittee investigates committee travel expenses.
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Washington
Adam Clayton Powell
New York Negro Democrat
Powell
Bahamas Island
House
Education and Labor Committee
Lionel van Deerlin
D-Calif
Congress
Harlem
Wayne L. Hays
Ohio
INCO VP Outlines Copper Nickel Mining Climate and Tax Ideas
INCO vice president Dean Ramstad told Duluth committee mining of copper and nickel in northern Minnesota needs a solid economic climate and should not bear unlimited taxation. He contrasted low grade ore with taconite and urged income tax treatment. proposals included 1% occupation and 1% royalty taxes with credits, plus possible production tax. Ely's Moe warned of district valuation impacts and possible annexation debates.
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Duluth, Minn
Minnesota
International Nickel Co
Dean Ramstad
INCO
Iron Ore Legislative Interim Commission
Ely
Philip Hanft
Duluth
Hanft
Fred Cina
Aurora Liberal
International Nickel
George A. Moe
Moe
Lake County
St. Louis County
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Pioneer
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Stensvad
Northwestern Bell
Aussin
Minn
Herald
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Austin Clinic
Ben Franklin
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