Refugees Sing Carols at Gym as Gas Crisis Eases
Four hundred refugees sheltered in a Robert E. Lee High School gym sang carols on Christmas Day while a central nativity tableau featured a mother and her two week old daughter. Police had evacuated 300 families after chlorine tank ruptures near Apperson Chemical Co. residents were urged to stay away due to fumes.
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Jacissonville
Fla
All-Clear
Robert E. Lee High School
Jacksonville
Charles King
Mr. King
Rosa Mae Porter
King
Apperson Chemical Co
Monarch Expected to Return to Throne in Greece
Close ally Haralambos Potamianos says King Constantine will likely return within days after fleeing to Rome following his coup attempt. Queen Frederika and negotiators cite progress as junta tensions persist and Christmas prisoner releases are narrowed to about 300.
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Athens
Constantine
Haralambos Potamianos
Frederika
Rome
Greece
Potamianos
George Papadopoulos
Junta
Papadop
Oulos
Andreas Papandreou
George Papandreou
Mikis Theodorakis
Zorba Hte
Averoff
Ministry of Public Order
John Ladas
Leros
Yioura
Explosions Kill and Injure in Moscow Apartment Blast
An apartment house explosion in Moscow killed nine to more than twenty people and injured several others as rescue teams searched through heavy snow. A separate car bombing damaged AP Moscow bureau chief Henry S. Bradsher’s vehicle with no injuries reported.
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Moscow
Stander
Henry S. Bradsher
Associated Press
Chuckle Patience Echoes Idle Motor Message
A corporate style quip notes patience as the ability to idle a motor when tempted to strip gears. The line carries a light tone, attributing the sentiment to a trademarked WRR Gen feature for internal capacity.
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WRR Gen
Fea, Corp
Peking Silent On Seventh Nuclear Test Report
The AP notes Peking again refused comment on the U S Atomic Energy Commission claim that China conducted its seventh nuclear test on Sunday. The silence contrasted with earlier boasts and street celebrations after prior blasts. Radio Peking offered no mention of the Lop Nor Christmas Eve test in its Monday broadcast.
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Tokyo
Peking
U.S. Atomic Energy Commission
China
Radio Peiny
Lop
Module Launch Slated for Unmanned Lunar Module
CAPE KENNEDY Fla AP The space agency officially set Jan 17 as the target date for its first unmanned Lunar Module mission atop a Saturn I rocket. The article notes earlier test blasts and references ongoing nuclear tests by China and Japan with various political timing theories around Mao Tse-tung and birthday anniversaries.
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Cape Kennedy, Fla
Space Agency
U.S
Moon
Asia
Mao Tse-tung
AEC
Hiroshima
Japan
Peking
Tadao Kusumi
Washington
Kusumi
Mao
China
Christmas Night Bombing Resumes in Vietnam War
U S air and naval forces resumed large scale strikes after the Christmas truce ended at 6 p m. B52 bombers and jets hit convoys south of Da Nang and Thanh Hoa while recon planes tracked losses. Reports said 118 shooting incidents occurred during the ceasefire and several boats, trucks, and a ferry were destroyed or damaged.
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Saigon
Vietnam
U.S
Navy
da Nang
Viet- Tonkin Gulf
Con Thien
South Viet
U.S. Head
Diers
South Koworth
U.s.rean
Thanh Hoa
Skyhawk
Vinh
South Vietnam
North
Riot Follows Christmas Dinner at Hamilton County Jail
About 100 police battled 47 inmates for three hours after a Christmas dinner riot at the Hamilton County jail in Cincinnati. Tear gas, shotguns, and canine units helped restore order as inmates damaged cells and furniture and a fire was started, with no injuries reported.
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Cincinnati, Ohio
Elijah Hilton
Hamilton County
Ohio State Penitentiary
Columbus
Cincinnati
Ohio State Troopers
Death Toll Rises in Maine Holiday Accidents
Eight people died in Maine and two elsewhere during the holiday period. Among Maine deaths were five traffic fatalities including a Portland two car crash on U S 1 at Cumberland and a Farmington pedestrian death on U S 2. Others involved carbon monoxide poisoning and burns. The tally, rising to 254 in Maine for the year, exceeds 1966 annual deaths by twenty.
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Florida
Red Cross
Associated Press
Maine
Carl C. Hennigar
Portland
Florence FE. Anderson
U.S. 1
Cumberland
Russell L. Linscott
Mary Cole
Brunswick
Diane
Richard
Susan
Randy
Paul
Pamela
Grace Goff
West New Portland
U.S. 2
Farmington
Carl
Harold Flewelling
Houston
Ada Ellen Ellis
Skowhegan
Joseph A. Thiberge
Brattleboro
Madison
Paul E. Bourassa
Sanford
Cecile Bourassa
Alfred
Bourassa
Christmas Peace, War and Prayer Across Borders 1967
As Christmas ends, American troops in Vietnam resume clashes with the Viet Cong while President Johnson and Pope Paul VI urge peace. In Bethlehem under Israeli control 9000 pilgrims mark Christmas amid patrols and a telecoms cut. Queen Elizabeth II calls for courage to meet devaluation, and Suez Canal crews share a festive Christmas afloat in a multinational holiday.
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Associated Press
Tony
Vietnam
U.S
North Vietnam
Middle East
South Korea
Pope Paul VI
Sistine Chapel
St. Peter's Basilica
Johnson
White House
Pope Paul
Patrick Lyndon Nugent
Holy Land
Bethlehem
Elias Bandak
Jerusalem
Church of the Nativity
Britain
Elizabeth II
Francis Chichester
Suez Canal
Turkey
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Paul Francoeur
Kennebunkport
M. W. Maguire
Randolph
Gene Milliken
Francoeur
Exilina Lamirande
St. Joseph's Church
Biddeford-Saco
Linscott
Maine Medical Center
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GOP
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