Nixon Escorts Julie In Simple Ceremony
Julie Nixon daughter of the president elect and Dwight David Eisenhower II grandson of the former president wed in a simple church ceremony at Marble Collegiate Church. About 500 relatives attended as Rev. Dr. Norman Vincent Peale officiated while Eisenhower watched via closed circuit TV from Walter Reed Hospital.
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Julie Nixon
Dwight David Eisenhower II
Norman Vincent Peale
Marble Collegiate Church
Julie
David
Nixon
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Washington
Walter Reed Hospital
Eisenhower
John Eisenhower
Bob Hope Jokes On Engine Loss In Vietnam Tour
U S Air Force C130 carrying Bob Hope and 65 entertainers lost an engine near Cambodia but landed safely at a base 20 miles northeast of Saigon. Hope joked with General Abrams and entertained 30 000 troops in 100 degree heat during a 90 minute show.
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U.S. Air Force
Bob Hope
Cambodia
Creighton W. Abrams
U.S
Roosevelt Grier
Saigon
Ellsworth Bunker
Gen. Abrams
States
Paris
Ho Chi Minh Trail
US and North Vietnamese clash near truce talks site
U S and North Vietnamese troops fought six hours near Mole City, 44 miles northwest of Saigon, as a Christmas cease fire talks location approached. The 25th Infantry faced a heavy attack from Cambodian-border positions with 81 enemy dead confirmed. U S losses stood at 17 dead and 12 wounded.
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U.S
U.S. 25Th Infantry
Mole City
Cambodia
Viet Cong
National Liberation Front
Saboteurs Hit Bethlehem Ahead of Christmas Week
Amid Christmas preparations in Jerusalem and Bethlehem three grenades exploded near Jerusalem police HQ, causing two cars to burn but no casualties. Palestinian Fatah warned against tourists being endangered while Israeli troops prepared for security. Tourism ministers reported full hotels and 20,000 expected visitors with special pilgrim flights sold out.
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Haifa
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United States
Europe
Pueblo Crew Freed by North Korea After Apology
North Korea released 82 crew members of the USS Pueblo and Seaman Duane D. Hodges’ body after the United States signed a statement of guilt and apology. Maj. Gen. Gilbert H. Woodward signed the document at Panmunjom, a move US officials called a propaganda ploy. President Johnson welcomed the release as just and said Hodges’ death is deeply mourned while family reunions await in San Diego.
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North Korea
United States
Dean Rusk
U.S
Pueblo
Duane D. Hodges
Hodges
State Department
Panmunijom
Woodward
Panmunjom
Johnson
Fugitive Held After Kidnaping of Coed Barbara Mackle
Gary Steven Krist, pursued after abducting Barbara Mackle and burying her alive, was captured on Hog Island Florida. FBI recovered about $498,000 of the ransom, with $18,000 on Krist. Mackle survived the ordeal and Krist faced arraignment in a Fort Myers hospital. Ruth Lise Mann-Schier remained at large as a co defendant.
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Barbara Jane Mackle
Florida
Gary Steven Krist
Ruth Lisemann-Schier
Barbara
Atlanta
FBI
Hog Island
Krist
Lee Hospital
Fort Myers
U.S
George T. Swartz
Bond
Swartz
Apollo 8 Crew Faces Flu While Televised Space Flight
Apollo 8 astronauts broadcast a TV show from 120000 miles out as Borman recovers from illness and Lovell and Anders improve. The crew demonstrated zero gravity kitchen duties and shared light moments despite a 24 hour flu warning and a lens misfire hindering Earth view.
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Charles Berry
Sid Borman
Lovell
Anders
Berry
Apollo 8 gives earthlings first live view from space
Apollo 8 broadcasts from 140000 miles out showing earth as a blue clouded globe. Crew members Frank Borman James Lovell and William Anders describe the view while technical limits prevent a detailed shot. Lovell salutes his mother on her 73rd birthday in Edgewater Florida.
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Air Force
William A. Anders
Navy
James A. Lovell Jr
Lovell
Blanche Lovell
Anders
Earth
Borman
Edgewater
Fla
Ky May Seek Direct Talks With NLF For Peace
South Viet Nam Vice President Nguyen Cao Ky returned to Saigon and said he would push for direct talks with the National Liberation Front while not recognizing it as an entity. He favored initial U S and North Vietnamese talks on mutual withdrawal and urged moving quickly to substantive negotiations, criticizing Procedural hurdles blocking the peace parley.
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Paris
South Vietnam
Nguyen Cao Ky
National Liberation Front
Saigon
Viet Cong Front
United States
North Vietnam
CBS
Nguyen, van Thieu
Washington
Hanoi
NLF
Thurmond Marries Nancy Moore in Secret Ceremony
Sen. Strom Thurmond and 22-year-old Nancy Moore wed in a covert Aiken Presbyterian Church service attended by about 70 relatives. The couple departed for an undisclosed honeymoon as a public reception was planned later in Aiken. President Nixon was invited but could not attend due to his granddaughter's wedding.
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William Thurmond
Sen. Thurmond
Aiken
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Thurmond
Julie
David Eisenhower
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