Planes Blitz North Viet Nam For 7th Day
Seventh day of round the clock bombing by American planes targets North Viet Nam as Hanoi reports shootdowns of B 52 bombers. Soviet Tass cites damage to embassies in Hanoi while Saigon sources claim Giap death rumors are CIA ploy.
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UPS
North Vietnam
Hanoi
Tass
Vo Nguyen Giap
Giap
Haiphong
Paris
U. S
Central Intelligence Agency
CIA
Nixon Orders Holiday Halt In Air Raids
President Nixon ordered aides home for Christmas and set a 24 hour truce in the bombing of North Vietnam. The pause aligns with Saigon's Christmas Eve announcement, with recon flights and rescue efforts to continue. The bombing is expected to resume after the truce as talks in Paris stall.
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Key Biscayne
Fla
UPI
Nixon
North Vietnam
Saigon
Ronald Ziegler
Hanoi
White House
Vietnam
Paris
Senators Oppose Nixon Bombing Policy in CQ Poll
Congressional Quarterly reports that 45 of 79 senators oppose resuming heavy bombing of North Vietnam while 19 support it and 9 have no opinion. On ending the war by legislation, 45 favor it, 25 oppose, 8 undecided, with 37 of the new Senate not reached.
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Washington
UPI
Nixon
North Vietnam
Congressional Quarterly
Capitol Hill
Senate
The
Williamsburg reacts to Highway 149 bypass plan
Williamsburg civic leaders oppose a state highway commission idea to divert Highway 149 three miles west of town. The hearing outlines three routes including the present path and a North English bypass. No decision has been made and engineers describe the by pass as an alternate for discussion only.
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Williamsburg
State Highway Commission
Sigourney
Hearing
149
Parnell
van Snyder
Cedar Rapids
North English
Main Street
Sub for Santa Faces Big Responsibility at Bank Window
A Gazette reporter fills in as Santa at Merchants National Bank to preserve a child’s Christmas magic. Ray Cantwell describes the burden and joys of Christmas role play as bank staff watch, smile, and share in the season.
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Santa Claus
Merchants National Motor Bank
Ray Cantwell
First Avenue NW
The
Gazette
Santa
Kan
Ray
Gordon Hughes
the Gazette
Today's Chuckle Credit Card Buy and Buy
A brief humorous note titled The sweet buy and buy. Copyright line anchors the item as a light commercial gag or comic caption.
Norwegian Jet Crash Kills 38 Near Oslo
An airliner crashed in a forest clearing west of Oslo killing most of the 45 aboard. Rescue officials report seven survivors including one Dane. The plane went down minutes before its scheduled landing at Oslo. The fate of three aboard remains uncertain.
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Oslo
Norway
Managua in Ruins After Massive Nicaragua Earthquake
The Managua capital region suffered a catastrophic earthquake causing widespread destruction. Authorities reported at least 18 000 dead and about 40 000 injured with 200 000 left homeless as fires raged and water systems failed.
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Mexico City
UPI
Managua
Costa Rica
Health Mindjingy
U.S. Southern Command
Panama Canal Zone
U.S. Readiness Command
Tampa
Florida
State Department
Gonzalo Asturias
Guatemala
el Imparcial
Truman Rallies From Critical Heart Attack and Illness
Former President Harry S Truman, comatose and in critical condition, showed slight improvement after a long hospital stay. Doctors noted stabilized blood pressure and reduced lung fluid, but kidney function remained impaired. The 88 year old's wife Bess remained at his bedside as word spread of the emergency across the nation.
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Harry Truman
Truman
Independence
John Dreves
Research Hospital
Bess
Randall Jessee
Graham
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