Hope Ends Road to Vietnam Tour With No Peace Party
Bob Hope wrapped up his Vietnam visit at Tan Son Nhut after a farewell show for 6,000 troops. He lamented the failed cease-fire talks while delivering rapid-fire quips to GIs and visiting officials, including Ambassador Ellsworth Bunker and Gen. Weyand, noting morale among troops remains high as the finish line nears.
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Saigon
Bob Hope
Vietnam
Hope
Tan Son Nhut
Ellsworth Bunker
Frederick C. Weyand
Olin Corp Donates Land To Saltville Va
Olin Corp announces it will donate about 3500 acres of land and the remains of its old plant plus money to dismantle the facility to Saltville. The plant has been idle since 1971 after pollution rulings. Mayor Sanders calls it an economic boon and a public meeting is set for Tuesday night.
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Saltville, Va
Virginia
Frank B. Sanders
Sanders
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State Pollution Control Board
North Fork Holston River
Managua rocked by deadly quakes and mass evacuation
Managua endured two major earthquakes and scores of tremors causing a citywide evacuation. Officials fear 5 000 to 10 000 dead as rescuers search rubble across 36 blocks of the central business district. Thousands flee, supplies arrive by air, and temporary hospitals cro ss the highways.
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Nicaragua
Howard Hughes
U.S
Intercontinental
Jose Antonio Martinez
U S Bombers Continue To Bombard Cong Supply Lines
U S war planes raided Communist supply routes in Laos amid a sudden incident pause in Vietnam strikes. Officials cited a short Christmas respite for crews while noting ongoing losses of planes and several airmen missing after crashes near Haiphong and Laos.
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Cong
Saigon
Laos
North
South Vietnam
Key Biscayne
Fla
Nixon
Gerald L. Warren
Warren
Vietnam
Hanoi
Haiphong
North Vietnam
Emotions Are Hanoi Target Emotions Are Hanoi Target
Hanoi uses emotional broadcasts to shape public opinion during Christmas as Vietnam portrays itself as suffering yet forgiving toward captured American pilots. U S officials maintain the bombs hit only military targets and withhold substantive details.
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Hanoi
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North Vietnam
U.S
Hanoi criticizes Nixon bombing policy intensifies protest
Hanoi denounces President Nixon and Defense Department spokesman Jerry W. Friedheim as it plans to appeal to world opinion and the American public. Critics accuse Nixon of sacrificing POWs while a 44-member interfaith group condemns the bombing. Nationwide protests are urged for inauguration day in 1969.
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Jerry W. Friedheim
U.S. Defense Department
Haiphong
United States
National Peace Action Coalition
Washington
Hanoi Envoy Rules Out Talks During Bombings
Xuan Thuy Hanoi’s chief negotiator says no further negotiations while the U S bombing campaign in North Vietnam above the 20th parallel continues. He cites willingness to sign the October draft if Nixon halts bombings and resumes talks only on that basis.
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Xuan Thuy
Hanoi
Paris
United States
North Vietnam
le Duc Tho
Henry A. Kissinger
Nixon
Washington
Haiphong
Saigon
Thuy
Truman's Heart Condition Worsens Slightly
Kansas City AP report says former President Truman's heart beat and blood pressure grew more irregular while in a coma. Doctors noted more frequent abnormal rhythms and weaker blood pressure but lungs less congested as his condition remained critical.
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Kansas City
Harry S. Truman
Research Hospital and Medical Center
Truman
Wallace Graham
Bess
John Drewes
Mysterious Signal 17 Alerts Across Two Virginias On Christmas Eve
Police from Virginia and West Virginia responded to a series of Signal 17 alerts as darkness fell on Christmas Eve. Officers converged from multiple agencies to locate a suspicious man described with a long white beard near the state line, using coordinated radio messages and standard codes before confirming the incident at around 11:45 p.m. The alarms, light show, and rapid reactions culminated in a cautious traffic stop at the dividing line with officers facing east and west.
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Virginias
National Weather Service
West Virginia
South
Charleston
Princeton
Signal 17
West Virginia State Police
Virginia State Police
Co. “D
Beckley
Sheriffs
Tazewell
Mercer
Bluefield
Virginia
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