Bombing Intensifies as U S Loses More Aircraft
Hanoi Haiphong raids expand with heavy U S bombardment. The U S reports losses of a B52, a fighter bomber and seven fliers, while Hanoi claims several enemy aircraft shot down. Polish sailors die in Haiphong harbor strike. Navy destroyer Goldsborough struck but continues operations. South Vietnamese forces claim multiple North Vietnamese casualties in Quang Tri Province.
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Saigon
United States
North Vietnam
U.S
Warsaw
Radio
Hanoi
Haiphong
Nixon
China
Goldsborough
Quang Tri Province
Demilitarized Zone
Quang Tri City
Maine Officials Propose Equal Funding Across School Districts
Maine education leaders outlined a plan to fund public schools as a single state district. The proposal shifts property tax reliance from 60 percent to about 40 percent, lowers local tax dependence, and provides a set per pupil subsidy with flexibility for extra local millage.
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Maine
Saco
Carroll MccGary
Asa Gordon
Educational and Cultural Services
State Treasury
State Department of Education
Gordon
Lawin Millett
Maine School Management Association
John Salisbury
Maine Municipal Association
Salisbury
State
Captured B52 Crewmen Reported After Hanoi Area Crash
Saigon reports three US B52 aircrew captured after a northwest Hanoi landing night. One dead, two captured and held at the Hanoi Hilton during Christmas. Hanoi claims five B52s shot down since resumed bombing on Monday night. Six fliers named in Hanoi news conference: Simpson, Barrows, Certain, Alexander, Wilson, Brown.
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U.S. Command
U.S
Goldsborough
Joseph Conrad
Haiphong
Warsaw
Poland
Ocean Lines
United States
Hanoi-Haiphong
Saigon
Hanoi
Vietnam
Hanoi Hilton
North
District K
Vinh Phu
Lam
Richard Thomas Simpson
South Dakota
Henry Charles Barrows
West Germany
Robert Glenn Certain
Georgia
Fernando Alexander
Texas
Hal K. Wilson
New York
Charles Arthur Brown
Illinois
Inside The Journal Cartoons Classifieds Crossword Puzzle
Classifieds and puzzles page tease indicates content areas including cartoons, the crossword, Dear Abby, and obituaries. The notice outlines sections and features across pages 15 to 17 and sports coverage on the theaters listings.
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Abby
Clam Flats Reopen Near Fletcher's Neck Maine
The Sea and Shore Fisheries Department reports clam flats between Scarborough and Fletcher's Neck reopened after a red tide closure from September. Western Maine flats from the neck to the New Hampshire line remain closed due to elevated toxicity. A spokesman offered no explanation for the regional difference. The clams market has recovered substantially since the red tide outbreak.
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Maine
Kennedy Airport X-ray sparks shooting spree and capture
At Kennedy Airport a man flagged by an X ray opened fire injuring a sky marshal and a customs officer after grabbing a gun. The assailant, identified as Robert J. Dobbelaer, was captured on the tarmac by Port Authority officers. The injured officials, Anthony Petrucci Jr. and Rald T. McCarthy, were listed in satisfactory condition. The attache case contained only a spiral notebook.
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New York
Sky
Kennedy Airport
Peninsula General Hospital
Queens
Anthony Petrucci Jr
Bloomfield
N.J
Asrald T. McCarthy
Commack
N.Y
Robert J. Dobbelaer
New York Port Authority
Musician Pollini Denounces Vietnam War Silent Protest
Maurizio Pollini attempted to read a political statement opposing American bombing in North Vietnam before a Milan concert. Audience of about 1,000 booed and left as organizers canceled the performance after the demand to read the statement.
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Milan
Maurizio Pollini
Italy
North Vietnam
Pollini
Bombing Chronology Shows Shifting North Vietnam Policy
The sequence of U S bombing above the 20th parallel traces eight years of on again off again policy from Aug 1964 raids after the Tonkin Gulf incident through repeated pauses for holidays and political shifts. It notes Johnsons 1965 halt and 1968 Paris talks, Nixon mining North Vietnam ports and later limits to the Panhandle and above the 20th parallel with ongoing air and naval strikes until a settlement is reached.
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Associated Press
U.S
North Vietnam
Gulf of Tonki
USS
Maddox
Turner Joy
South Vietnam
Lyndon B. Johnson
Washington
Johnson
Paris
Saigon
Nixon
Panhandle
Moneary
White House
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