Attack Ends as Viet Cong Truce Fizzles in Vietnam
Civil and military actions resume after a Christmas 24 hour cease-fire. Allied commands report 111 Viet Cong and North Vietnamese attacks with 100 enemy killed and 11 captured. allied casualties include 32 South Vietnamese dead and 28 wounded, plus two missing government soldiers. B52s and fighters bombed the Ho Chi Minh Trail amid the cease-fire. In Moscow, dissidents fear a crackdown after arrests tied to a civil rights initiative and Solzhenitsyn. Pope Paul VI calls for extended truces as Christmas remarks reach troops. Terence Cardinal Cooke and Bob Hope appear with soldiers at Long Binh.
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Saigon
Vietnam
U.S
South Vietnam
Mekong Delta
Ho Chi Minh Trail
Laos
U.S. Command
Bob Hope
Terence Cardinal Cooke
New York
Long Binh
Paul VI
St. Peter's Basilica
Nigeria
Middle East
AIC Launches Guard Training Program For Prison Reform
Springfield report on a joint program by American International College and the Federal Bureau of Prisons introducing a guard training institute. The goal is to build human relations between guards and inmates, reducing recidivism by treating staff and inmates as partners in rehabilitation. The pilot involves 25 first line supervisors from federal, state, and local prisons, with Danbury as a model site.
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AIC
Springfield
Mass
Federal Bureau of Prisons
U.S. Justice Department
American Interational College
Bureau
Herbert R. Darkhuff
Prison Bureau
Reis H. Hall
Hall
Darkhuff
Federal Correctional Institution
Danbury
Conn
University of Georgia
Atlanta
Atlanta Federal Penitentiary
Darkhoff
Out of Prison Now Bank Robber Willie Sutton Affirms
Willie Sutton, the 68 year old bank robber and escape artist, says crime does not pay and he wants to aid youth away from crime. He was released from Attica State Prison after a pre holiday review and plans to travel and speak to groups. Sutton received $169.37 for prison work and commissary deductions.
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Willie Sutton
New York
Wilie
Sutton
New York Daily News
Attica State Prison
Department of Corrections
Katherine Buses
Pressure suit saves woman from internal bleeding at Stanford
A test pilot pressure suit halted internal hemorrhaging in Mary Phillips, 25, after a minor operation. Doctors had given 46 pints of whole blood and 64 units of plasma with five weeks of unsuccessful procedures. The suit, supplied by NASA Ames and modified for hospital use, stopped bleeding after 10 hours and helped her recover, with normal coagulation returning.
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Stanford
Calif
Mary Phillips
Stanford University Hospital
Sunnyvale
Nome
Robert Mason
W. James Gardner
Cleveland Clinic
Ohio
Stamford
Phillips
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Ralph Pelligra
Ames Center
Medical Services
Chairman Mao Turns 76 Amid unclear official celebrations
AP reports Mao Zedong turned 76 with no sign of state observances. In Hong Kong sailors heard an underground radio, The Voice of Saving the Country, claim Chiang Ching was shot in Peking during ongoing power clashes. The broadcast said Mao ordered curfews after fighting among army units backing Chiang Ching.
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Tokyo
Red Chinas Communist Party
Mao Jse-tung
Hong Kong
Hong Kong-Shanghai
China
Shantung Province
Mao
Chiang Ching
Peking
New China News Agency
Radio Peking
Peking People's Daily
Ja- Kyodo
Hong
Kong
Lin Pian
Lin Piao
Admiral McCain predicts February Vietcong offensive
Admiral John S. McCain Jr. says the North Vietnamese are preparing for an offensive in February in South Vietnam but expresses confidence they will not cause real damage. He notes logistic buildups and force movements as indicators and aims to sway American public opinion.
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Honolulu
John
McCain Jr
U.S. Pacific
South Vietnam
McCain
Hawaii
Koreans reject North hijack talks on passengers return
South Korea rejected North Korea s proposal for a meeting of non political groups from both sides to discuss returning the 48 passengers and four crewmen from the hijacked South Korean airliner. Seoul said no complex negotiation is needed and that return details could be conveyed via official channels.
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Seoul
South Korea
Shin ‘Bungshik
Panmunjom
Joint Military Armistice Commission
North Korea
Union Backs Farnam Curb On Car Rates
The Massachusetts State Labor Council AFL CIO applauds Insurance Commissioner Farnum for suspending proposed optional auto insurance rate hikes averaging 26 percent. If approved, rates could have risen up to 40 percent. a hearing on merits was set for 30 days.
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Boston
Massachusetts State Labor Council
Afl-Cio
C. Eugene Farnum
James P. Loughlin
Massachusetts
Farnum
Farnam
Insurance
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United Nations
Alexander Solzhenitzsyn
Soviet Writers’ Union
Berkshire County Savings Bank
da Nang
Associated Press
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THE
Singer Company
Allendale Shopping Center
Stora Negrest
Alan Chambers
NASA
Amep Research Center
Mountain View
Dick OG Ry
Plendule Shopping Center
Ays
Marvin
William Henry
Union
R.A. Burnside
New England
Insurance Rating Board
FBI
Sau
Francis W. Sargent
Sargent
WHDH
Massachusetts House
Ailo Insurance
Southwick Lightweight
Southwick
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Williamstown
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