Joy and concern mark Christmas 1965 across world
Christmas brings family joy and hope while war and tension shadow the season. In Korea and Vietnam quiet moments contrast with combat and fear for loved ones. Bethlehem hosts pilgrims as Jerusalem and Berlin see hopeful openings amid Cold War divisions. East and West tensions frame a paradoxical holiday.
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U.S
India
Pakistan
China
Iran
Iraq
Holy Land
Berlin
Israel
Jordan
Jerusalem
Bethlehem
Jesus
Prince of
Peace
Bethlehem Christmas Eve Blessings Unfold With Pageantry
Bethlehem hosts Christmas Eve rites with hymns carols and military marches. Moslem call to prayer blends with church ceremony as Msgr Alberto Gori arrives to lead the procession to the Church of the Nativity amid bells staff salutes and holy water.
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Bethlehem
Jourdan
U.S
6Th Fleet
Manger Square
Christ
Judean
Msgr
Alberto Gori
Jeruslame
Benedictus
Snow and Rain Spread Over Wide Areas Christmas Eve
Two major storms spread snow and rain across the nation with heavy snow in the Northwest and northern Rockies. Snow warnings covered Idaho Montana Wisconsin Michigan expected. Alaska Yukon air brought subzero cold into the midlands as rain fell from Texas to Illinois and Phoenix saw runoff damage.
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Associated Press
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Rockies
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Plains
Texas
Illinois
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Oklahoma
Seaboard
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Yukon
Weather Bureau
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Cascade Mountains
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Canada
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Monoxide Fatal To Tennessean
RADFORD Virginia AP Kingsport Tennessee man Walter M. Newby 55 was found dead in his parked car from accidental carbon monoxide poisoning. He had been visiting relatives for the holidays and was awaiting a home with no one there when investigators suspect he left the engine running to heat the car.
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Kingsport
Tenn
Walter M. Newby
Forest Avenue
Newby
Channel improvement project approved for Paint Creek
U S Army Engineers approved an $81 200 project to clear brush along a three mile stretch of Paint Creek in Fayette County near Pax. Local participation is required for the work to proceed.
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Oak Hill
W. Va
Paint Creek
Fayette County
U.S. Army Engineers
Pax
Oregon Bus Crash Kills Twelve on I-5
A Greyhound bus carrying 38 passengers skidded on ice along Interstate 5 near Medford Oregon, overturning and killing 12 people. Nine died at the scene and three died in hospitals early Friday. 27 were injured with at least one in critical condition. The bus bound for San Francisco carried travelers heading to Christmas visits from Spokane and Washington points.
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Medford
Ore
Greyhound
Evelyn Douglas
Port- Sent
Interstate 5
Dickenson Man Dies In Road Crash Virginia Toll Reaches 1 034
Virginia road toll climbs to 1034 for the year with early Christmas weekend deaths. Dickenson County man Richard Wayne Breeding, 22, died when his car crashed at the Va 604 U S 58A intersection near St Paul. Other fatalities include two New York City residents in Prince George County and four Galax and Vernon Hill victims in separate crashes.
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Virginia
St. Paul
Richard Wayne Breeding
Carrie
Dickenson County
U. S. 58A
Russell County
Christmas Truce Brings Quiet Amid Viet Nam War
A fragile Christmas truce halted fighting at 6 p.m. Christmas Eve, with 30 hours of self defense only rules for American and Allied units. Civilians in Saigon celebrated, and U S military and Vatican observers noted easing tensions as Bob Hope performed for troops at Tan Son Nhut.
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South Viet Nam
Viet Nam
U.S. Military Assistance Command
U.S
South China Sea
Associated Press
Bob Poos
An‘ Khe
1St Cavalry
Francis Cardinal Spellman
New York
di An
Bob Hope
Tan Son Nhut
Hubert H. Humphrey
Paul VI
U.N
U Thant
U.S. Army
Vatican City
L’osservatore Romano
Five Die in West Virginia Highway Accidents During Christmas Period
Five out of state residents perished in three unrelated crashes on West Virginia roads Friday. Charles Parmelee and Barbara Parmelee of New York City died in a Weston pre-dawn crash. Ronald Richmond and his 2 year old daughter Lisa died in a three-car turnpike wreck near Beckley. James L. Augspurg of Illinois died in a U. S. 50 collision near Clarksburg. The Parmelees were identified as visiting actors. Richmond wife Gloria and son Ronald Dale survived in critical and satisfactory condition respectively.
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West Virginia
New York
Weston
Charles Parmelee
Barbara Parmelee
New York City
Ronald Richmond
Lisa
Richmond
Indianapolis
Ind
Summers County
Beckley
Illinois
Clarksburg
James L. Augspurg
Parmelees
W. Va. 4
Gloria
Ronald Dale
Bottlenecks Slow U S Efforts in Viet Nam Ports
AP reports U S supply lines to Viet Nam strained by clogged Saigon Qui Nhon Da Nang ports with 80 000 ships weekly awaiting unload. Military and civilian aid hampered, prices surge, railroads cut, roads ambushed. Cam Ranh Bay port under construction to relieve bottlenecks as LSTs redeploy.
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
U.S
Viet Nam
Qui Nhon
da Nang
United States
Cam Ranh Bay
Cuba Counts Wrecks as Tractor Losses
Havana reports 1964 traffic accidents caused damage valued as enough to buy 2 627 tractors with money left over. The government asserts the figure reflects total wreck costs across Cuba.
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Cuba
Havana
Woman Killed By Yule Present In Huntington
A Huntington woman, 32 year old Lorean Wilson, was accidentally shot dead Friday night when a .32 caliber revolver she had just given her husband as a Christmas gift was fired during a gun passing at a downtown Huntington gathering. Ronald Wilson described loading the weapon as family members crowded the car with an 11 year old daughter and brother in law present.
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Huntington (Ap
Huntington
Lorean Wilson
Ronald Wilson
Owl Wins Tussle Flies Off With Hat
Salt Ste Marie report says a truck driver Gordon Speller lost his hat after a brown and white owl swooped during a roadside check and flew away with the hat following a short tussle.
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Salt Ste. Marie
Gordon Speller
Three Die and Thirty Hurt in Jersey Hotel Fire
A four alarm blaze at the 12 story Military Park Hotel in Newark left three dead and about 30 injured. Around 80 guests were registered, with rescue ladders and a platform saving many from the upper floors of the 1921 brick building. Authorities note arson is considered, but the hotel fire appears unrelated to eight deaths in an adjoining apartment house blaze earlier Friday.
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Jersey Hotel
Newark
N.J
Military Park
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