U S Warns Vietnam Talks at Risk Over Saigon Attacks
The United States warned North Vietnam that any attack on Saigon would jeopardize peace talks. The clash followed a two hour session between U S envoy Cyrus Vance and North Vietnamese Col Ha Van Lau, ending in deadlock with no progress before holidays.
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Paris
U.S
North Vietnam
Saigon
Hanoi
Cyrus Vance
Ha van Lau
Vance
National Liberation Front
Viet Con
Cambodia frees 12 as Viet Cong offer more
Phnom Penh announced it will release 12 American soldiers captured over the past year. Prince Norodom Sihanouk said 11 more prisoners may be freed if the U.S. recognizes Cambodia’s boundaries. Vietnam's Viet Cong proposed freeing three more troops, possibly by Bangkok.
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Saigon
Cambodia
Phnom Penh
U.S
Bangkok
Sihanouk
Norodom Sihanouk
Cambhadin
Paris
Thomas Nelson Jones
Donald L. Smith
James W. Brigham
Johnson
AEC
Washington
Las Vegas
Panaca
Nev
Preston Price
Tonopah
St. George
Utah
Massive Hydrogen Test Blasts Nevada Desert Amid Protests
A hydrogen bomb test near Pahute Mesa Nevada produced a colossal blast with a wallop of a million tons of TNT and large dust clouds. Reporters twelve miles away felt the ground shake as officials described the event amid opposition from scientists and pacifist groups.
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Pahute Mesa
Nev
Nevada Desert
United States
Atomic Energy Commission
Norman Thomas, Six-Time Socialist Candidate Dead at 84
Norman Thomas, 84, the six time Socialist presidential candidate, died Thursday at a nursing home after a stroke and chronic illness. He ran in every election from Hoover to Truman, peaking in 1932 with about 900,000 votes, influencing public debate while never winning office. The obituary notes his lifelong advocacy of socialist ideas and his criticism of U.S. leaders.
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Huntington
N.Y
Norman Thomas
Thomas
Herbert Hoover
Harry Truman
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Socialist Party
Johnson
Vietnam
Bob Hope in Korea and Japan Speaks Through Holiday Show
Bob Hope writes from Seoul and Osan Korea and Camp Zama Japan about holiday trips to entertain troops. He notes limited seating on a C-141, troops enduring long waits, and stories from wounded and deployed service members. The piece reflects mixed feelings, humor, and gratitude amid the forgotten war landscape.
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Bob Hope
the Gazette
Seoul
West Point
Rosie Grier
Pentagon
Camp Zama
Japan
Vietnam
Jornik
Streator
Ill
Osan
Korea
Edward Seay
Bardstown
Jim Starner
Toledo
Ohio
Death Toll of Gls in Week Rises to 222
UPI reports at U S headquarters 222 Americans killed and 1 199 wounded in the past week up 30 dead and 89 wounded from the prior period. Communists shelled four U S camps near Saigon and fought troops on infiltration corridors toward the city amid heavy air and ground actions.
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Saigon
UPI
U. S
Prei Bing de Hamlet
Pueblo Release Near as Talks Continue
Sources say U S and North Korea held Panmunjom talks on the Pueblo crisis in their longest session since the capture on January 23. A U S official indicated a possible return before Christmas as relatives await word and officials monitor developments.
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Washington
U. S
North
State ‘Department
U.S
Panmunjom
North Korea
Snow blankets parts of western Iowa with six inch depths
Snowfall spread across western Iowa with up to six inches in Rockwell City and Pocahontas and four inches in surrounding areas. Snow tapered southeast with about one inch in many districts while northwest and southeast corridors saw blowing snow and slick roads. Statewide school closures and slick highways were reported as the storm moved through Thursday night.
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Iowa
Logan
Iowa Falls
Decorah
Rockwell City
Pocahontas
Weather Bureau
Cor
Iowa Highway Patrol
Sioux City
Dubuque
Iowa City
Oskaloosa
Record Crop Year for Wheat Soybeans and Rice
Washington reports a record year for crops with wheat soybeans and rice hitting all time highs and corn near a peak. The agriculture department put Iowa's yield at 901,728,000 bushels at 93 bushels per acre, versus 1967 production of 986,332,000 bushels.
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Washington
UPS
Agriculture Department
Money recovered in ransom case near Biscayne Bay
Police halted an abduction ransom plot when they found a suitcase with about 500000 dollars in Biscayne bay. Barbara Mackle, kidnapped from an Atlanta motel, remained unreleased as authorities and Ro bert Mackle confirmed the money was planted by the father on instructions of the kidnapers.
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Miami
Barbara Jane Mackle
Biscayne Bay
Shome Building
Robert Mackle
Jet hijacked en route to Miami from Philadelphia
An Eastern Airlines jet with 109 aboard was hijacked Thursday while flying from Philadelphia to Miami. A FAA spokesman quoted the pilot declaring a man in the cockpit and intent to go to Havana.
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Washington
UPI
Eastern Airlines
Philadelphia
Miami
Federal Aviation Administration
Havana
Lightning Blast Damages House in South English
A lightning bolt struck the Howard Spivey home about 6 30 p m Wednesday igniting a fire and severely damaging the kitchen and bedroom. The fire was put out by South English North English and Webster fire departments. Power remained out on the town's west end for about two hours.
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Howard Spivey
Howard Frodbose
Mackle
Spivey
Barthe
Jane
South English
North English
Websterfire
Money Dumped in Bay Linked to Miami Robbery Case
FBI official says $1000 cash packets were dumped into the bay before dawn by two men in a small boat. A man in a wet suit recovered the money from the water as the boat named Whaler landed in a residential area near downtown Miami. Earlier, Barbara, an Emory student, was abducted from a motel with her mother.
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Miami
FBI
Barbara
Emory College
Coral Gables
Deltona Corporation
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