Pope Paul VI warns world on wrong path
Pope Paul VI used his Christmas address to urge world leaders to reverse a path toward war. He did not name nations yet cited Vietnam tensions and warned that nationalism and ideologies threaten peace. He called for dialogue, fairness, and negotiations to restore order and brotherhood among peoples.
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Pope Paul VI
Vatican City
UPI
Paul VI
United States
Viet Nam
Pope Paul
Paul
Racial clashes erupt in Natchez Mississippi area
In Natchez Mississippi highway patrol joined city police as a racial truce broke. A series of street clashes between Negroes whites and police drew patrols through downtown with reports of injuries though hospitals showed no admissions. NAACP leader Charles Evers blamed police actions and Ku Klux Klan intimidation for the surge while crowds were moved to a church to avoid further violence.
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Natchez
Mass
UPI
Mississippi River
J. T. Robinson
Charles Evers
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
NAACP
Evers
Mississippi
Ku Klux Klan
Hoff backs Vermont constitutional convention plan for April
Gov. Hoff says the Vermont Legislature should not oppose the April 1 convening and outlines major issues for the convention such as a four year governor term, an annual legislative session, and ending the 10 year time lock. Rep. Mallary criticizes the pace and groundwork for opening date.
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Richard Mallary
R Fairlee
Vermont
Hoff
Mallary
Mallory
Governor Names Four Key Bills for Special Session
Governor Philip H Hoff highlighted four legislative packages as priorities for the special session. He described the highway program with beautification and bonding, an educational program including the push for comprehensive school districts and an educational television network, approval of a constitutional convention, and the administration’s medium security prison legislation.
LBJ Ranch Decked for Christmas as Johnson Budgets Holiday
At the LBJ Ranch in Austin Texas President Johnson and family mark a festive pre Christmas scene while he handles next year’s federal spending plans. He discusses military budgets by phone with Defense Secretary McNamara and reviews health and education budget notes. Lyndon and Lady Bird Johnson plus daughters Lyndia Bird and Luci join in decorating and a birthday dinner for Mrs Johnson on her 53rd birthday.
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Austin, Tex
UPI
Lbj Ranch
Johnson
Lady Bird Johnson
Lyndia Bird
Luci
Defense
Robert S. McNamara
Elizabeth Carpenter
Power Plant Destroyed In North Viet Nam Raid
U S planes silenced their guns before a Christmas truce by destroying the Wong Bi power plant near Haiphong. Four crewmen aboard three planes died or were missing, six crewmen feared killed or captured. US Air Force and Navy raids hit Haiphong area, missile base northwest of Hanoi, and Ngai Lo airfield, with fires and rubble reported. A Special Forces platoon near the North Vietnamese border defeated a Viet Cong battalion in Quang Tri, killing about 25 and capturing equipment.
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U.S. Air Force
U.S. Navy
Haiphong
Hanoi
Ngai Lo
Quang Tri
Saigon
Family Once More Homeless After Pre Christmas Fire
GRAFTON New York The Chester Westcott family has lost their home for a second time in three years due to a pre Christmas fire. Neighbors and local relief groups mobilize to assist the displaced family in finding shelter and basic needs.
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Grafton
N.Y
Chester Westcott
Vermont Exposition Bid Seeks 400 000 for Montreal Pavilion
Governor Hoff says no bill will be sent to the legislature to fund Vermont’s Montreal Exposition exhibit. The measure calls for 400000 in state funds with 300000 sought from the legislature for a Vermont Pavilion and 100000 for a Montreal development office and promotional material. Sponsors are being lined up by Development Commissioner Elbert G. Moulton ahead of Christmas. Westcott family home fire in Johnsonville and Babcock Road destroys the house, with 14 children, four at home and 10 elsewhere, and a newborn daughter. Fire started in a bedroom. no insurance coverage reported.
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Vermont Development
Montreal
Johnsonville
Babcock Road
Westcotts
Westcott
Samaritan Hospital
Troy
Everett Wagar
Christmas 30 hour truce in Viet Nam announced
UPI reports U.S. and South Vietnamese leaders ordered a 30 hour cease fire from 6 p.m. December 24 to midnight December 25, with allied forces not firing except in self defense. Commanders Westmoreland and Vien authorized the plan, ignoring the Communist 12 hour proposal.
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Saigon
UPI
U.S
Military Assistance Command
Viet Nam
MACV
William C. Westmoreland
Cao van Vien
Westmoreland
Washington
North Viet Nam
Red China accuses USSR of sending damaged Hanoi weapons
Tokyo based dispatch says Red China charged that most Soviet military aid to North Vietnam is old or damaged stock. Beijing broadcasts claim Soviet equipment demanded payment in dollars while Hanoi reports a 1966 economic aid pact with Moscow amid Sino Soviet tensions.
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UPI
Soviet Union
Red China
Viet Nam
Peking
China
Hanoi
U.S
Peking Peoples Daily
Hanoi Radio Today
Moscow
New China News Agency
United
Hoff supporters frustrated by redistricting bill collapse
In Montpelier UPI reports Governor Philip H Hoff faces disappointment as he trims paragraphs from a mandatory school redistricting bill amid a Republican dominated legislature. Backers like Burlington Superintendent William Keough Jr. warn there is little more to bargain for to pass the measure. Harold Reynolds, who led Hoff’s 1965 floor fight, says the governor dropped the bill’s core point.
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Senate
Harold Raynolds
Hoff
Inside Editorial on Aiken Stance and Christmas Prayer
On the Inside comments on Senator Aiken's Viet Nam War position. Hazel Wills writes a Christmas prayer column. Bennington County residents show lower mobility than others in page 5.
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Sen. Aiken
Hazel Wills
Bennington County
Curfew Lifts for GI in Saigon on Christmas Day
The U S military Command says the dusk to dawn curfew for American soldiers in Saigon will be lifted on Christmas Day at 6 a.m. The 7 p.m. to 6 a.m. ban was imposed last Saturday during a rise in terrorist acts. Afterward servicemen fall under the standard city curfew of midnight to 4 a.m.
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Saigon
UPI
U.S
Cardinal Spellman Visits Vietnam for Christmas Peace
Saigon reports Cardinal Francis Spellman archbishop of New York arrived at Tan Son Nhut Airport after a two day flight from New York. He said he came to demonstrate loyalty to America's war effort and to show support for peace, declaring it is his country right or wrong.
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UPI
Francis Cardinal Spellman
New York
Viet Nam
U.s.-Viet Nam
America
Orong
Tan Son Nhut
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