Udall Declares Bid Against House Speaker McCormack
Rep Morris Udall of Arizona announces his candidacy to oppose Speaker John McCormack in the race for the House leadership. Udall frames a first round challenge to prompt a broader entry and potential runoff, amid party divisions and holiday-era absences.
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Udall
House
Washington
John W. McCormack
Morris K. Udall
D-Ariz
McCormack
the Interior
Stewart L. Udall
Congress
Arab attack on El Al jet kills passenger near Athens
In Athens two Arab terrorists attacked a New York bound El Al Boeing 707 with grenades and machine gun fire. One of 43 passengers was killed, several injured, and two attackers were captured. The Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine claimed responsibility.
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Athens
Palestine Liberation Organization
Beirut
Lebanon
Israel
el al
Tel Aviv
Rome
Algiers
Popular Front For the Liberation of Palestine
Mahmoud Mohammed Issa
Maher Hussein Yamani
Issa
Leon Shirdan
New York
Buenos Aires
Argentina
Paris
Liberation Group
Editors Pick Top News Moments Of The Era
A retrospective list highlights events from Apolo 8’s moon orbit to Robert Kennedy and Martin Luther King Jr. assassinations. It notes the USS Pueblo crew release, LBJ’s decision not to seek re election, Cold War crises in Czechoslovakia, Vietnam peace talks, major heart transplants and rising urban unrest with Black militancy on page eight.
Frozen Body Of Abducted Girl Found
Pamela Powers a 10 year old abducted in Des Moines Christmas week was found dead in a culvert near I 80 east of Des Moines. Police say Anthony Williams 24 an escapee charged with child stealing led investigators to the body. An open murder charge awaits arraignment with the death of the girl confirmed.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Pamela Powers
Anthony Frther Williams
Williams
Missouri
Davenport
D. E. Knox
Mitchellville
Knox
Wendell Nichols
Nichols
Cleatus Leaming
Wallace Nelson
Pame
Pueblo crew shows signs of mental fatigue after captivity
All 82 freed sailors from the USS Pueblo display mental fatigue, malnutrition, and physical mistreatment in preliminary medical findings released by Rear Admiral Horace Warden of the Navy Hospital. Executive Officer Lt Edward Murphy denies North Korean intrusion into water claimed by Pyongyang.
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San Diego
Calif
Uss Pueblo
U.S. Naval Hospital
Horace Warden
Pueblo
Edward E. Murphy Jr
Pacific Fleet
Vincent Thomas
United States
North Korea
Secretary of Defense
Robert S. McNamara
Murphy
Navy
Thomas
Cmdr
Lloyd M. Bucher
Bucher
Warden
State Department
Washington
Truce breaks as heavy clashes resume northwest of Saigon
U S 1st Air Cavalry clashs 63 miles northwest of Saigon mark the heaviest fighting in 24 hours after a Christmas cease fire. 53 enemy troops killed, no American casualties. An arms cache is found near Saigon and B52 bombers resume air strikes. Three U S prisoners reportedly told they will be released by Viet Cong. Names Brigham Jones Smith listed.
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Saigon
U.S. 1St Air Cavalrymen
U.S
199Th Light Infantry Brigade
Air Force
South Vietnam
Viet Cong
National Liberation Front
James W. Brigham
Ocala
Fla
Thomas N. Jones
Lynnville
Ind
Pfe
Donald G. Smith
Akron
Apollo 8 Nears Earth Return With Space View Broadcast
Apollo 8 astronauts delivered a final spaceborne earth view and reflections before a Friday 10:51 am EST splashdown about 1,000 miles south of Hawaii. Borman Anders and Lovell described seeing continents, storms, and the homeward mood as the craft nears reentry after six days aloft.
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Pacific Ocean
Hawaian Islands
Navy
James A. Lovell Jr
Anders
Borman
Moon
Lovell
Earth
South America
Florida
United States
Asia
Hawaii
Pacific
Communists press for round Paris talks with NLF
In Paris the Communists urged allies to hold an immediate round conference table with the National Liberation Front as spokesman for South Vietnamese people. The NLF pushed for recognition and a joint communique hinted at procedural compromises while promising no new light on three American prisoner releases.
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Paris AP
National Liberation Front
NLF
United States
Saigon
North
South Vietnam
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