Viet Cong orders two Christmas and New Year truces
Viet Cong radio broadcasts a two day Christmas truce from Dec 24 to 26 and a two day New Year truce from Dec 31 to Jan 2, contingent on U.S. and allies observing a cease fire. No official U.S. reaction yet though talks with Saigon are noted. The moves suggest a holiday lull but not a major bombing pause.
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Viet Cong
Viet Nam
United States
Saigon
U.S
North
Paul VI
27 Die As C47 Crashes After Takeoff From Saigon
A U S Air Force C47 crashed and exploded after departing Tan Son Nhut Airport killing all 27 aboard, including 26 military personnel and one Defense Department employee. Officials cited mechanical failure. wreckage burned in a rice paddy. The incident follows ongoing Christmas truce talks and wartime activity in Vietnam volumes.
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
Tan Son Nhut
Defense Department
London
Washington
Hanoi Hannah Labeled Too Dull to Influence Troops
AP notes Hanoi Hannah the North Viet Nam radio voice fails to compare with Tokyo Rose and axis Sally. Her voice is not sexy and her propaganda pitch is unsubtle, with a half hour daily show on shortwave 11840 and 9835 kilocycles at 9 pm.
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
Hanoi
Hannah
North Viet Nam
Enes
Sally
Tokyo Rose
Jayne Mansfield's Son Mauled by Lion at Jungleland
Zoltan, six year old son of actress Jayne Mansfield, was bitten on the face and head by a lion while Mansfield posed for photographs at Jungleland, Inc. He was taken to Conejo Valley Community Hospital and described as seriously injured. Mansfield was unhurt and deeply distraught as the incident occurred during the shoot.
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Thousand Oaks
Calif
Jayne Mansfield
Zoltan
Conejo Valley
Miss Mansfield
Bride and Groom Wear Hoods In Maryland Klan Ceremony
Two Ku Klux Klan members tied the knot in a Baltimore area ceremony held in an abandoned bowling alley. Claud Whelchel and Maxine Fawcett, both from Philadelphia, wore hooded robes as Rev. Charles Bradford officiated before a cross. The couple, who met at a rally less than a year earlier, defended the act as sacred, noting there is no Philadelphia klavern. The event drew witness Dave Payne who reported a chaotic scene with animals nearby and a lion incident.
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Baltimore
Maryland
Claud Whelchel
Maxine Fawcett
Philadelphia
Charles Bradford
God's Gospel Lighthouse
Bradford
Vernon Naimaster
Naimaster
Whelchell
KLAN
Ku Klux Klan
Whelchel
Klavern
Bank official held hostage in Shelby bank robbery
A well dressed gunman posing as a government agent robbed the First National Bank in Shelby of 25000 dollars and held senior vice president William E. Pearce as a hostage. Pearce was released unharmed in a Charlotte theater about three hours later.
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Shelby
N.C
William E. Pearce
First National Bank
Charlotte
Pearce
Charles Wray
Six Selected In Junior Miss Show From Region 4
Six Southern West Virginia girls were chosen to represent Region 4 in the West Virginia Junior Miss contest at Huntington January 6 and 7. named Ellen Marie Page Brenda Sue Barnett Rebecca Ann Gilley Linda Louise Bailey Nancy Wilson Virginia Lynn Cook. Region 4 includes Mercer McDowell Wyoming Summers Monroe Raleigh Fayette and Greenbrier counties.
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West Virginia
Princeton
Mount Hope
Boomer
Pineville
Gauley Bridge
Oceana
Huntington
Princeton High School
Ellen Marie Page
Mount Hope High School
Brenda Sue Barnett
Rebecca Ann Gilley
Pineville High School
Linda Louise Bailey
Princeton High
Nancy Wilson
Gauley Bridge High School
Virginia Lynn Cook
Oceana High
Phyllis Whitenack
Bluefield
Mercerounty
Sharah Evans
Mercer
McDowell
Wyoming
Summers
Monroe
Raleigh
Fayette
Greenbrier
Dunbar Man Killed in West Virginia Traffic Crash
James Vaughan Jr. 58 of Dunbar died in a Charleston hospital from internal injuries after a crash on West Virginia Route 2 near Point Pleasant. Police said his car skid on a curve about 13 miles south of Point Pleasant and struck another vehicle.
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Charleston
James Vaughan Jr
Dunbar
Point Pleasant
Vaughan
W. Va. 2
Tax Sharing Plan Drafted By The GOP
Washington AP A House Republican leader has drafted a plan to share 3 to 5 percent of federal income tax receipts with state and local governments as general aid. Rep. Charles E. Goodell said the plan provides flexible funds to meet 1960s and 1970s needs and could reduce Washington control. He says it is not a substitute for existing programs but could allow cuts in some later.
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Washington
House
Charles E. Goodell
R-N.y
GOP
Goodell
Republican Planning and Research Committee
Walter W. Heller
President's Council of Economic Advisers
White House
Henry S. Reuss
D-Wis
Multiple Deaths Increase Pace Over Thanksgiving Holiday
The death toll on national highways over the four day Thanksgiving period rose above last year's record. Traffic deaths reached 445 with 84 under 18, a pace about 20 percent higher than the previous year. A Saturday head on collision near Dryden New York killed five people including two married couples.
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Associated Press
Dryden
N.Y
Ithaca
Cornell University
Robbers disrupt wedding reception in Northwest Washington
Two intruders burst into a basement apartment on the 1600 block of Harvard Street Northwest during a wedding reception for Mr and Mrs Reynolds. They assaulted the host Juan Crane, robbed guests of about $175, and forced men to surrender wallets and women to remove clothing. Crane was treated for a chest injury and a guest was injured. Reverend Leon G. Lipscomb attended the ceremony.
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Truders
Juan Grane
Harvard Street
Carlton Reynolds
Leon G. Lipscomb
Crane
Washington Hospital Center
Pittsburgh Quints Surprise Parents
A Pittsburgh couple became parents of quintuplets after a premature birth at Magee-Womens Hospital. The five girls, weighing 1 pound 7 to 1 pound 12 ounces, were in guarded condition with a 10 percent survival chance. The couple planned to address housing and naming later as doctors warned of the delicate recovery ahead.
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Pittsburgh
Michael Aronson
Duquesne University
Magee-Womens Hospital
Zealand
D. W. Lawson
Aronson
Thomas Martin
East Liberty
Radford Man Kills His Wife and Himself
A midnight shooting on U S 11 in Radford left Mildred Webb Radcliffe 23 dead and her estranged husband William C Radcliffe 39 dead from a self inflicted gunshot. Police say he followed her from Burlington Industries rammed her car and shot her four times before killing himself.
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Radford
U.S
William C. Radcliffe
Radcliffe
Mildred Webb Radcliffe
Burlington Industries
Smog Clears Across East as Winds Break Up Pollution
Millions along the Eastern seaboard breathe easier after new winds curb smog that had blanketed the region. New York City relit incinerators. Con Edison shifted to natural gas. Philadelphia reports clearer air due to business cooperation. Connecticut lifts its alert as northerly breezes sweep away fumes.
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Baltimore
Boston
Roscoe Randle
New Jersey
New York City
Austin Heller
Consolidated Edison Co
Philadelphia
Norman T. Ingraham
Connecticut
Franklin M. Foote
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