Bombers Hit North Vietnamese Targets Across DMZ
U S B52s pounded troop concentrations and artillery positions seven miles north-northwest of Con Thien in the DMZ while also striking suspected infiltration routes near the Cambodian border. A Marine amphibious and helicopter assault in Quang Tri Province involved about 1 000 men. four Marines died and nine were wounded.
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Saigon
Demilitarized Zone
Reds
Dmz
Con Thien
U.S
Bu Dop
Peak Holiday Travel Rush Strains Airlines Railroads and Bus Lines
Airlines, railroads, and Greyhound anticipate peak travel days around Christmas with record passenger volumes and extra seats. The Air Transport Association adds 150 000 daily seats during Dec 15 23 and Jan 1 7 while safety officials warn of up to 725 traffic fatalities. Greyhound reports 75 000 troops moved on leave since Dec 15.
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Miami
Hawaii
Mexico
Caribbean Islands
National Safety Council
Chicago
The
Air Transport Association
Washington
ATS
Greyhound Bus Lines
Christmas Services Highlight Area Churches
Churches plan Christmas Eve and Christmas Day services across denominations. First Methodist Baptism and candlelight communion. Nazarene hosts unified youth program and 7 p.m. candlelight. Zion Lutheran Living Nativity and 7 p.m. services. Grace Episcopal 11:30 p.m. choral Eucharist. Choirs from Buffalo and High Prairie combine for "The Wonder of Christmas" cantata.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First Methodist
Church of the Nazarene
Grant Avenue Baptist Church
Evangelical United Brethren Church
Zion Lutheran Church
New Hope Baptist
First Church of the Open Bible
First Presbyterian Church
Grace Episcopal Church
St. Patrick's Catholic Church
Buffalo
High Prairie Methodist
John W. Peterson
High Prairie
Vilas Bethel Lutherans
Intercepted Letter Praises College Students Home for Holidays
An intercepted letter describes college students home for the holidays as well groomed courteous and intellectually impressive contrasting them with the hippy image popular in press reports from campuses.
All Families Are Adopted Reported In Chanute Area
The Chanute Area Chamber of Commerce announced that all Christmas adoption list names have been adopted. Compiled annually by the county welfare office with District 413 school nurse, about 50 individual and family listings appeared on the year’s list.
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Chanute Area
Winter Arrives In Plains With Cold, Sunlit Forecast
Weather summary reports low tonight around 10 and high Saturday near 40 as area forecast calls for fair conditions through Saturday. Topeka notes winter officially arrived with a storm placing snow across central and eastern Kansas and a trend toward clear, warmer days ahead.
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Topeka
Kansas
Weather Bureau
President Johnson Visits Pilots in Thailand at Khorat Base
President Johnson secretly flew to the Ameri can built Thai air force base at Khorat to meet combat pilots and tell them I want to look each of you in the eye. The trip followed memorial rites in Australia for Prime Minister Harold Holt and fed speculation about a possible stop in Vietnam.
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Khorat
Thailand
Johnson
Vietnam
Australia
Harold Holt
Fire causes damage at Forest Street home
Firefighters arrived at 1118 N Forest around 11 20 a m today after a hassock left on a floor furnace started the blaze. Fire chief assistant Charles Ogle said the hassock was removed by responders and only floor and smoke damage remained at the Arthur Shrum family residence.
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N. Forest
Charles Ogle
Arthur Shrum
Kelly Bid Is Low For New Police Car
Merle Kelly Ford submitted the lowest bid at a city bid opening for a new police car. Two bids were received with Ellis Motor Co. bidding $2,338.55 for a Plymouth. Kelly's bid was $1,956.65 including the trade-in allowance for a 1966 patrol car. Delivery was estimated at 30 to 45 days.
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Kelly
Merle Kelly Ford
Ellis Motor Co
Plymouth
Ellis
31 Hurt In Train Wreck Near Wamego
A Union Pacific passenger train collided with a freight train east of Wamego Kansas injuring 31 people. Fifteen required hospitalization though none serious. The Portland Rose train from the west to Kansas City derailed several cars. the freight loco also damaged. Passengers aided by bystanders and military students aboard faced shocks and minor injuries.
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Wamego
Kan
Union Pacific
Kansas
Manhattan
Topeka
Phillip Way
Ft. Riley, Kan
Kansas City
Wamega
Los Angeles
Omaha
Neb
Portland Rose
Windolyn Watson
Kansas Wesleyan College
Salina
Otto Stelzenmueller
Courtland
Ore
John
Stelzenmueller
Vietnam
Armed Services
St. Joseph Military Academy
Hays
Juan Colegial
Costa Rica
St. Joseph
Colegil
Allen Batton
Monna McMillan
Chapman
Temple
Tex
Seventeen Men Rescued From Tehachapi Mountain Cave-In
Seventeen workers trapped for 19 hours in a cave-in inside a snowcapped Tehachapi mountain tunnel crawled to safety. They emerged from a State Water Project tunnel as rescuers, who reached them through a collapsed roof that formed a passage, described relief and joked while fuel and water were supplied through undamaged pipes.
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Gorman
Calif
Tehachapi Mountains
California
H.G. Harrison
State Department of Water Resources
Traffic Fatalities in Topeka Log Years 1967 1966
Topeka traffic death log shows 36 fatalities in December 1967 and 637 for all of 1967. For the comparable period in 1966, 715 deaths occurred. The AP report compresses two hours to 9 a.m. Friday data alongside annual totals.
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Topeka
Kansas
City Holds Tax Appeal Hearing on Chanute Warrants
In Topeka yesterday the State Board of Tax Appeals heard Chanute’s request for authority to issue up to $50,000 in warrants to cover a 1967 budget deficiency caused by preparation oversights. No warrants will be issued yet. findings pending per City Manager R. J. Hayes. Funds would move from the electric to the general fund for budget needs if approved.
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Topeka
State Board of Tax Appeals
Chanute
R. J. Hayes
General Fund
Hayes
Santa Talks With Tribune Reporter on Letters from Chanute Kids
The Tribune chats with Santa on the eve of his yearly ride. Children from Chanute send letters full of wishes and humor from Tammy Lusk to Rhonda Hurford, with notes on calendars and dolls and even a guinea pig request. Santa hurries to finish loading his sleigh for takeoff.
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Jolly Old St. Nicholas
Tribune
Santa
Tammy Lusk
S. Rutter
Tammy
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Quang Tri Province
U.S. 7Th Fleet
Christ
Friends Home Lutheran Church of
Lavenburg
David
Lord
Cha
New York
Curtiss Johnson
Curtiss
Paul N. Johnson
W. 10Th
White House
Darwin
Melbourne
Holt
Bangkok
Nancy Finley
R. J
Rudolph
Don
Nancy
Kimberly
Laurie
Sherri Cullen
N. Santa Fe
Sherri
Cherri
Eddie Elder
Eddie
Brenda Brock
Bruce
Brenda
Kerri Church
S. Larson
Kerri
Mrs. Claus
Elves and the Reindeer
Ronda Hurford
W. Main
Rhonda
Mommy
Bryan
Roger
Sherry Cook
S. Santa Fe
Sherry
North Pole
Patty
Barbara
Mike Dupuy
S. Lafayette
Sean Haugsness
S. Evergreen
Sean
Noel
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