U S Says Drive Will Peril Talks
The United States warned North Vietnam that any attack on Saigon would jeopardize peace talks. Washington stressed no threat was made to Hanoi about resuming bombing of the North. The Hanoi communique said the warning failed to deter the Viet Cong from pressing its campaign and demanded a peace cabinet as a condition for talks.
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Paris
U.S
North Vietnam
Saigon
Hanoi
Cyrus Vance
Ha van Lau
Vance
Aigon
Prinay
National Liberation Front
Thomas Dies at 84 Six-Time Socialist Presidential Candidate
Norman Thomas, 84, longtime Socialist candidate for president, died Thursday in a Huntington nursing home after a stroke and chronic illness. He led the party at times and shaped reform ideas, running against Hoover to Truman and critiquing Vietnam policy in later years.
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Huntington
N.Y
Norman Thomas
Thomas
Herbert Hoover
Harry Truman
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Socialist Party
Johnson
Vietnam
Cambodia Frees 12 U.S. Prisoners As Viet Cong Offer Clemency
Cambodian Prince Norodom Sihanouk announced the release of 12 American soldiers captured over the past year and a Viet Cong offer to free three U.S. troops. He said 11 Americans and a South Vietnamese prisoner would be released, to allow them to spend Christmas with their families, while Laos-bound flights were arranged via Bangkok.
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Saigon
Cambodia
U.S
Prince Norodom Sihanouk
Phnom Penh
Viet Cong
Paris
Thomas Nelson Jones
Donald L. Smith
James W. Brigham
Bangkok
Sihanouk
Johnson
Prince
Washington
Death Toll of Gls in Week Rises to 222
UPI reports U S headquarters tallies 222 Americans killed and 1199 wounded in last week of combat, up from the prior week. Battles flare near Saigon as communes shell camps and infiltrations press toward the city. U S and allied forces claim multiple enemy kills and heavy air strikes.
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Saigon
UPI
U. S
Prei Bing de
Huge Test Blast Shakes Nevada Desert Blooding Wide Area
A hydrogen type nuclear device of immense yield was exploded beneath Pahute Mesa Nevada sending a huge dust cloud and oceanlike waves across the desert. Newsmen twelve miles away felt the ground roll as shock waves reached Las Vegas Panaca and Tonopah with reports of furniture movement and tremors lasting nearly a minute. Authorities noted little off site harm despite protests from scientists and pacifist groups.
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Pahute Mesa
Nev
Nevada Desert
United States
Atomic Energy Commission
AEC
Las Vegas
Panaca
Preston Price
Tonopah
St. George
Utah
Pueblo Crew Near Release Amid Negotiations
Washington reports a reliable U S source says North Korea may free the 82 Pueblo crew members soon with possible return by Christmas. Relatives are advised to stand by as talks at Panmunjom extend, the longest sessions since the ship’s capture on January 23. The four hour fifty minute meeting followed a prior session.
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Washington
U. S
North Korea
State Department
North Korean
Panmunjom
Snow Closes Schools as West Iowa Sees Heavy Snowfall
A norwegian weather update reports up to six inches of snow across west Iowa with heavier amounts near Rockwell City and Pocahontas. Sixty area schools closed due to slick roads and reduced visibility while highways west of a Dubuque to Oskaloosa line are reported snow packed and icy.
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West Iowa
Sioux City
Logan
Iowa Falls
Decorah
Rockwell City
Pocahontas
Weather Bureau
Iowa Highway Patrol
Dubuque
Iowa City
Oskaloosa
Records for Crops Set In Bountiful Year
Washington reports record crops for wheat soybeans and rice with near record corn. Agriculture department estimates Iowa corn at 901,728,000 bushels 93 bushels per acre vs 1967 986,332,000 bushels.
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Washington
UPS
Agriculture Department
Iowa
Hijacked Eastern Jet With 193 Passengers Reported En Route
An Eastern Airlines jet carrying 193 people was hijacked Thursday from Philadelphia to Miami. FAA confirmed the incident and said the pilot radioed that a man in the cockpit announced they were going to Havana.
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Washington
UPI
Eastern Airlines
Philadelphia
Miami
Federal Aviation Administration
Havana
Flu Patient LBJ Improves At Hospital
President Johnson, ill with the flu, was described as improved after a fairly comfortable night at the hospital. Press Secretary George Christian said he still had a sore throat and some tightness and aches but was better Thursday.
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Washington
Johnson
George Christian
Lightning Strike Damages Howard Spivey House
A lightning bolt struck the Spivey residence in South English around 6 30 p.m. Wednesday. The blast traveled from an aerial into a wall between the kitchen and a bedroom causing an explosion and fire. Fire departments from South English North English and Webster extinguished the fire. The kitchen and bedroom suffered the heaviest damage while the couple had just finished supper in the living room. Power outages affected the west end of town for about two hours.
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Howard Spivey
South English
North English
Webster
Spivey
Standard Oil
Bob Hope’s holiday tour to Far East troops
Bob Hope writes from Seoul about his Christmas deployments with US forces. He describes crowded flights, volunteers, and mixed emotions as he visits Camp Zama in Japan and Osan in Korea. He highlights wounded soldiers, acts of courage, and the enduring humor of GIs despite hardship.
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Bob Hope
Far East
the Gazette
Seoul
West Point
Rosie Grier
Pentagon
Camp Zama
Japan
Vietnam
Jornik
Streator
Ill
Osan
Korea
Edward Seay
Bardstown
Jim Starner
Toledo
Ohio
Pair Drops Half Million in Bay During Kidnap Case
In Miami police disrupted a ransom plot when they found a suitcase of about $500,000 in Biscayne Bay after two men fled a motorboat near Key Biscayne. Barbara Jane Mackle, 20, remains missing as her father Ro bert Mackle and FBI officials deny her release.
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Paul Self
Barbara Jane Mackle
Biscayne Bay
Self
Miami
Matthew Horan
Robert Mackle
Mackle
Key Biscayne
Barbara
Charles Price
Mackie
Florida
Atlanta
Fred Frohbose
Miami FBI
Frohbose
Barbara Jane
Fred Fox
FBI
Emory College
Coral Gables
Deltona Corporation
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