Battlefield parley fails to free three U.S. prisoners
U.S. and Viet Cong officials held a two hour forty six minute meeting about prisoners 50 miles northwest of Saigon but did not secure the release of three American GIs as promised. The announcement said discussions ended at 5 54 p m with no prisoner release and no further information.
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Saigon
UPI
U.S
Smith
Jones
Brigham
Vietnam
Paris
North Vietnam
United States
South Vietnam
Christmas Truce Violations Amid Vietnam Conflict Report
In Saigon UPI reports Christmas truce violated as 118 Viet Cong and North Vietnamese attacks claim two American lives and wound three. A 32-foot surface to air missile targeted a U S reconnaissance plane near Vinh. missiles and gunfire disrupted holiday celebrations across Da Nang and Saigon.
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U.S
Saigon
da Nang
South Vietnam
Bob Hope
Billy Graham
New York
Terence Cooke
Times Square
Joyous Pueblo Crew Reunion After Captivity Ends
The 82 surviving crewmen of the USS Pueblo arrived at Miramar after 11 months in a North Korean prison camp. Families met them at a reception center as debriefing begins and a court of inquiry will follow.
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UPI
San Diego
Uss Pueblo
Navy
Miramar Naval Air Station
Air Force
Cmdr
Lloyd Bucher
Murphy
Rosenberg
Pueblo
North Korea
Spinster's Lament Captures Wry Frustration
A brief quip notes the speaker finding few men who would be good husbands as she laments the rarity of suitable partners. The line reflects wit and social humor of courting expectations.
Des Moines YMCA Kidnapping Case Sought
Des Moines police issued a warrant for 24-year-old Robert Anthony Williams alias Richard Anthony Rev Anthony and Robert Gene Anthony in the Christmas Eve disappearance of 10-year-old Pamela Powers from the YMCA. A clerk saw a bulky wrapped package taken to a car as Williams fled. Pamela’s father urged prayers as investigators traced a man described as a church worker with ties to Maple Street Baptist.
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Des Moines
YMCA
Pamela Powers
Robert Anthony Williams
Williams
John Knapp
Knapp
Wendell Nichols
Missouri
Richard Anthony
Anthony
Robert Gene Anthony
Nichols
Maple Street Baptist Church
Pamela
Apollo 8 returns from lunar orbit toward Pacific splashdown
Apollo 8 speeds from lunar orbit toward Earth after a 20 hour moon flyby. The crew Frank Borman James Lovell and William Anders report extreme fatigue and plan rest before Friday morning splashdown near Christmas Island in the Pacific Ocean.
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Frank Borman
Jim
Borman
James Lovell
William Anders
Bill
Tye
Anders
Iowa
Pacific Ocean
Christmas Island
Airliner Slams Peak Killing 19 Near Bradford
An Allegheny Airlines propjet crashed into a mountain near Bradford during light snowfall on Christmas Eve. Nineteen people died and 27 were hospitalized. The flight 763 from Detroit to Harrisburg and Washington carried 41 passengers and six crew. Crew members Captain Gary Mull and First Officer Richard Gardner among the dead. Hostess Rita Boylen survived. Rescue teams battled deep snow and 30 to 40 mph winds to reach the wreckage five miles off a secondary road.
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Bradford
Allegheny Airlines
Gary Mull
Fairfax
Richard Gardner
Springfield
Rita Boylen
Washington
Detroit
Fot Erie
Harrisburg
Vietnam Heroes and Rescue Teams At War Front
The Sandys and Jolly Greens of the 602nd Special Operations squadron operate A 1 aircraft to locate downed pilots and guide rescue choppers. Lt Col John Carlson notes their mission includes making the area hospitable for helicopters and neutralizing hostile figures. Sailors relay harrowing scenes of gunfire and near misses as Major O Conner and others are rescued after bailouts and sustained danger.
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the Sandys
602Nd Special Operations Squadron
Sandys
Jolly Greens
John Carlson
Evanston, Ill
Don Ewing
Dayton
Ohio
O’connor
Stu Silver
Anchorage
Alaska
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Long Binh
Vam Co Dong
S Liberation Radio
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Pacific Fleet
Edward Murphy
Duane Hodges
Creswell
Ore
Hodges
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Urbandale
Powell
Howard Benedict
Lunar Orbit
Milton Wendler
Hawaii
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Moon
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Santa Claus
Lovell
Earth
Norman Rathfon
Gazette
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No-Man’s- Land
Conrad Hilton
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NLF
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Tacoma
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