Bombing Attacks Ramp Up in Saigon Conflict
In Saigon a bomb exploded behind a crowd of American servicemen, injuring twelve with two serious. The attack marks a new surge in Viet Cong terror timed near the National Liberation Front anniversary. Allied air and ground forces responded with raids and ambush firefights across Binh Duong Pleiku and surrounding areas, while MiG interceptions and leafleting efforts continued amid escalating North Vietnamese pressure.
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Thotewstace
National Liberation Front
Viet Cong
Eariier
Tan Son Nhut
Binh Duong
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Viet Nam
South Viet Nam
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U.S. Air Force
Dien Bien Phu
Fleis
U S Combat Toll Below Estimates
The United States reports lower combat deaths in Vietnam than early Pentagon estimates. Through the year, 1,496 Americans have died in action, with 1,241 this year, while Communist losses are estimated around 35,000. Casualties include 33,629 killed in Korea and 437 dead from noncombat causes in Vietnam.
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U.S
Pentagon
Viet Nam
United States
North Viet Nam
USB
Korea
Bomb Production In Vietnam Ramp Up Noted By U S
The Defense Department reports 750 pound bombs are being produced and used rapidly in Vietnam, with three new production sources added. The Pentagon says no shortages of ordnance exist as B52 bombers based on Guam carry about 30 of these bombs per mission.
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Washington
Defense Department
Viet Nam
Pentagon
Guam
Sawyer celebrates 47th birthday with golf balls
Gov. Grant Sawyer of Nevada marked his 47th birthday this week with a gift from his office staff a dozen golf balls. Three bear the image of his rival Gov. Paul Laxalt and an aide said the governor would concentrate more and swing harder when using them on the links.
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Nev
UPI
Grant Sawyer
Sawyer
Paul Laxalt
U S Open To All Bids NATO Told
Paris reports U S officials said Secretary of State Rusk asked NATO for any aid to Vietnam, from ambulances to troops. NATO reaction described as predictable and not enthusiastic. Defense chief McNamara warned China could reach Europe and U S with nuclear rockets within two years.
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NATO
Paris
UPI
United States
Viet Nam
Dean Rusk
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
NATO) Council
Russia
Moscow
Rusk
NATO Council
Europe
South Viet Nam
Soviet Union
Washington
Robert S. McNamara
China
Beards Banished for Holiday Homecoming at UC Berkeley
BERKELEY Calif AP The Flattop Barber Shop reports a small Christmas rush among bearded University of California students who must be clean shaven to go home for the holidays or to obtain seasonal work.
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University of California
Gemini 7 Gets Its OK For Full 14-Day Flight
Gemini 6 spacemen Walter Schirra Jr and Thomas Stafford leave the USS Wasp for Bermuda and Cape Kennedy for medical and debriefing. They will recover Gemini 6 and then prepare Gemini 7 splashdown near Bermuda, with NASA and White House updates.
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Walter M. Schirra Jr
Thomas P. Stafford
Bermuda
Cape Kennedy
Fla
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Stafford
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Air Force
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Sick Bay
Bill Carpentier
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
White House
Bill D. Moyers
Johnson
NASA
James E. Webb
Canadian cabinet members resign amid furniture credit probe
Secretary of State Maurice Lamontagne and Postmaster-general Rene Tremblay resigned from the Canadian Cabinet due to criticism of furniture purchases on credit from a Montreal firm later bankrupted. They denied irregularities and did no favors for the firm’s heads Adolph Sefkind and the late Max Sefkind. Prime Minister Lester B. Pearson faces a major cabinet shakeup after the November 8 elections with at least three posts to fill.
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Maurice Lamontagne
Rene Trem- Way
Montreal
Quebec
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Adolph Sefkind
Max Sefkind
Lester B. Pearson
Pearson
Rioting grips key sectors of Santo Domingo
Communist led mobs seized control of a 40 block downtown area in Santo Domingo, blocking streets with barricades of garbage cans and wrecked storefronts. U.S. paratroopers and Dominican police cordoned the area as violence spilled into the main Duarte bridge area with one Army truck burned. No casualties reported. Military police restricted entry to the center while troops maintained quarters nearby.
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Podgorny Gives Up Red Party Posts in Soviet Power Shift
President Nikolai Podgorny resigns from the Central Committee organization post to focus on the presidency, joining Brezhnev and Kosygin in a ruling triumvirate. He remains nominally a secretary while power consolidates. Alexander Shelepin takes over his Central Committee post, aided by Ivan Kapitonov under Brezhnev.
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UPI
Nikolai V. Podgorny
Communist Party
Central Committee
Anastas I. Mikoyan
Podgorny
First Party
Leonid I. Brezhnev
Alexei N. Kosygin
Brezhnev
Mikoyan
Kremlin
Alexander N. Shelepin
Shelepin
Ivan V. Kapitonov
Podgomy’s
Kapitonov
Bloc Urging China To Negotiate Viet Nam Conflict
Rep Clement J Zablocki said Eastern European communist nations fear Vietnam could spark World War III and are pressing Red China to join talks. He cited Polish officials saying they would use good offices to persuade Peking to meet with all Viet Nam involved nations. Zablocki, after a Poland trip, said Eastern Europe wants a negotiated peace and to convince China.
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UPI
Clement J. Zablocki
Europe
China
Zablocki
Viet Nam
Wisconsin Democrat
House Foreign Affairs Committee
Far East
Poland
Peking
LBJ Names Wilkins to Lead Community Relations Service
President Johnson selected 33 year old Roger W Wilkins to be director of the Community Relations Service a Commerce Department agency created to help cities enforce civil rights. Wilkins nephew of NAACP head Roy Wilkins has led a Cabinet level task force on federal program impact in ghettos. He succeeds Cal Vin Kytle who resigned. Johnson will appoint Brooks Hays as associate director of the same service.
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Johnson
Roger W. Wilkins
Community Relations Service
Commerce Department
Wilkins
Roy Wilkins
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
White House
Cal- Vin Kytle
Lan
Brooks Hays
Hays
Arkansas
Prisoner Outsmarts Warden Over Election Bet
Concord New Hampshire prisoner of the state prison answers warden during Gov. John W King tour. When asked about planning a gun for re election the inmate says he won money betting on King in the last election. The warden notes gambling rule but the prisoner insists it was not a gamble.
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N.H
UPS
John W. King
King
Parker Nanecock
Fuel Cells Hold Through Gemini 7 Mission Push
Space Center Houston reports Gemini 7 pilots Borman and Lovell proceeding toward a 14 day flight endurance target. Flight directors cleared the mission after confirming fuel cell power remains stable despite a warning light, with a landing planned in the Atlantic near Bermuda around 9:05 a.m. EST Saturday.
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Thomas Stafford
Wasp
Elliot Lee
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Bermuda
John D. Hodge
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Germini 6
Mission Control Center
Five Day Forecast Sees Seasonal Temps Near Normal
The five day outlook shows temperatures averaging around 25 with little daily variation. Light snow is possible Sunday and another disturbance midweek.
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