Escalation In Viet Nam Top News Story Of Year
AP News features recount the 1965 top story as the Vietnam escalation with Johnson ordering bombings and troop increases. It tracks Pleiku attacks, B52 missions, and rising US casualties alongside domestic protests, riots in Los Angeles, and political responses.
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Viet Nam
Mary Campbell
Los Angeles
LBJ
Selma
Dominican Republic
Winston Churchill
Pope Paul VI
New York
India
U.S
Lyndon Johnson
U. S
Pleiku
Johnson
North Viet Nam
Strategic Air Command
South Viet Nam
University of Michigan
San Francisco
Watts
Congress
Appalachia
Department of Housing and Urban Development
Living in an Oxygen Tent Aboard Gemini and Spaceflight Risks
The article contrasts spaceflight life to an oxygen tent, detailing Gemini 7’s 14 day mission and astronauts Frank Borman and James Lovell. It explains cabin oxygen, pressure, and dangers of flame in an oxygen rich, near vacuum environment. It covers historical figures Churchill and Paul VI in brief context.
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New York
Niagara Falls
Federal Power Commission
Alexei Leonev
Edward White
Gordon Cooper
Charles Conrad
Frank Borman
James Lovell
Walter Schirra
Thomas Stafford
U.S
Europe
North America
Mariner 4
Mars
Selma
Ala
Montgomery
James Reed
Boston
Bath
Alabama National Guard
Viola Liuzzo
Detroit
Dominican Republic
Donald Reid Cabral
Associated Press
Gemini
Space
Earth
Frank Bor‘man
Army
James A. Lovell Jr
Navy
Christmas Observed in Bethlehem Amid Crowds and Ceremony
Bethlehem, Jordan, hosts a grand Christmas that blends ancient sacred sites with modern tourism. The Church of the Nativity remains the focal point as visitors swell the town, guards ensure order, and three faiths mark the occasion in sequence with midwinter ceremonies and midnight Mass.
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Bethlehem
Jordan
Jesus
Christ
Mary
Joseph
Holy Land
Joseph and
Jerusalem
Judean Hills
Manger Square
Lancers
Hussein I
Basilica of the Nativity
Shepherds Field
YMCA
Church of St. Catherine
Nativity Basilica
Paul VI
Japan to send volunteers to teach abroad as atonement
The Overseas Cooperation Volunteers will train 31 youths and deploy to Laos, Cambodia, the Philippines, and Malaysia with aims to aid crop growing, language skills, and Judo. Officials say the program will grow to about 500 by 1968, servicing nearly 30 nations. Volunteers will earn 150 dollars monthly plus 42 dollars readjustment allowance after two years.
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Tokyo
Japan
Laois
Cambodia
Philippines
Malaysia
U.S. Peace Corps
Kimio Shinoura
Southeast Asia
Relishes Cleveland Barons Rivalry Sparked by Litzenberger
Eddie Litzenberger, former Rochester American now with Victoria in the WHL, enjoys facing the Cleveland Barons. Last season he played 14 games against them with five goals and eight assists. In a fall interlocking game he added two goals and three assists as the Vancouver Maple Leafs defeated Cleveland 7 3.
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Cleveland
Ohio
Eddie Litzenberger
Rochester American
Victoria
B.C
Cleveland Barons
Last Ear
Americans
Litz
Barons
Litzenberger
Vancouver Maple Leafs
Volunteers Arrive as Host Nations Prepare Facilities
The initial batch of 31 volunteers includes 23 agricultural experts, five language instructors, and three instructors in judo and swimming. They will help build and operate medical facilities and other services, with host nations supplying the rest.
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Miss Rita Boyle Enlists in WACs at Fort McClellan
Miss Rita J. Boyle of Saco’s Sweetser Children’s Home has enlisted in the Women's Army Corps. A 1965 Thornton Academy graduate active in athletics and glee club, she attendedThomas College for one semester. She is at Fort McClellan, Alabama, for eight weeks of basic training before clerical and administrative training.
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Rita J. Boyle
Sweetser Children's Home
Saco
Women's Army Corp
J.C. William D. Wear
Miss Boyle
Thornton Academy
Glee Club
Thomas College
Waterville
Ft. McClellen
Ala
New England Vignettes Chronicle Odd Finds and Local Quests
A Boston AP dispatch surveys quirky New England tales. Yeskelevitch and two friends won a $1,205 split after finding cash in a shack, while ongoing disputes involve John Crossin heirs and Bristol Vermont officials over unrelated funds. Other notes cover cemetery grave markers unearthed in Worcester, a nontraditional Santa in Rutland, a bloodhound-using family in Deerfield, and high school student William Fuller recovering shopping carts and a box of hash in Worcester.
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Boston
New England
John H. Yeskelevitch
Haverhill
Mass
Yeskelevitch
Donald W. Gavin
Michael Connelly
John F. Crossin
Yeskelvitch
Air Force
Viet Nam
Atty
George Karelitz
Quinsigamond
Shrewsbury
William Fuller
Fuller
Sandoli’s
Filomena Lavanga
Worcester
Today In History Highlights Landmark Events On This Date
On December 23 1965 the Associated Press notes events from 1913 Federal Reserve Act to 1941 Wake Island surrender and joint FDR Churchill news conference. It cites 1945 atolls attack 1944 racing ban and a 1960s UN Palestine comment plus a sports remark on Bob Cousy and Bobby Hull comparing physiques.
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Associated Press
Woodrow Wilson
Joseph Smith
Wake Island
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Winston Churchill
Central Pacific
Mili
Kyajalein
U.N
Palestine
United Arab Republic
Gamal Abdel Nasser
Israel
Far West
Classified Columns Offer Bargain-Burst Reading Habit
Readers are urged to scan classified pages for bargains as experts note steady deals across ads. Local dealers and sellers highlight bargains on furniture, appliances, and services with frequent price drops and limited-time offers.
Atom Smasher Plant Still Under Study in 1968 Plans
AEC officials say talks with the Budget Bureau continue over funding to start the 380 million atom smasher construction. No delay to the 1968 start is expected pending congressional authorization as states compete for a site for the 200 billion electron volt accelerator.
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Washington
Sanford-Wells-Kennebunk
Maine
AEC
Congress
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Organization of American States
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Blaydon
Spanish Harlem
United Nations
St. Patrick's Cathedral
Holy Family Church
U Thant
Yankee Stadium
Pakistan
Kashmir
U.S.S.R
Maurice Parent
West Buxton
Marie-Noelle Ces
John L. Charest
L. R. Charest
Miss Ces
Gorham State College
University of New Hampshire
United State Merchant Marine Academy
Gulf Oil Corp
State House
Augusta
Maine Forest Service
Arborist Examing Board
Shell Chemical Company
Donald Reid
Shell Chemical Co
John Chadwick
Maine Forest Ser
Hugh Thompson
Kansas State University
Austin Wilkins
Porter
Damariscotta
Shell
Wacs
By Howard H. Mason
Bristol
Smith Horner
Poultney
Horner
Daniel A. Farber
Charles H. Bouley
Farber and Bouley
Jonas Rice
Virginia
Rutland
Mom
Vermont Employment Service
Robert Ferriter
South Deerfield
Ferriters
Ferriter
Husky Hull
Bob Cousy
Boston College
Bobby Hull
Chicago Black Hawks
National Hockey League
Hull
Cousy
Paul Hornung
Frank Gifford
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