Christmas truce holds amid scattered clashes in Vietnam
Eight hours into the two day cease fire fighting continued in several spots. U S and Vietnamese commands reported only minor incidents with no major violations. An Australian unit clashed with Viet Cong near Phuoc Tuy leaving a submachine gun behind. A US Marine unit faced heavy fire and replied with artillery in what was deemed the most significant clash of the period.
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Saigon
South Vietnam
U. S
Free World
U. S. 1St Infantry Division
U.S
Hue
Phuoc Tuy
Three Minor Crashes Reported By City Police
In 24 hours three traffic collisions produced slight damage. Glenn Wheeler of Thayer and Tommy Barnes of 605 S. Steuben at the Island Lincoln intersection caused a minor impact at 4 10 p m Friday as Wheeler slowed and Barnes could not stop. A Buick near 1100 block S Lafayette sustained right side denting when Tom Craft backed from a driveway. his car had no damage. At 10 40 this morning a 194 Buick at 601 N Santa Fe with left rear fender damage was struck by a turning driver Mrs Henry Lea of R 2 in a 1960 Chevrolet. Sperry of 302 N Kansas owns the Buick.
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Glenn Wheeler
Thayer
Tommy Barnes
S. Steuben
Barnes
Wheeler
Carl Young
S. Malcolm
S. Lafayette
Tom Craft
N. Santa Fe
Henry Lea
Chevrolet
W. D. Sperry
Kansas
Buick
Sheriff Recieves Santa Claus Letter From Jail Inmates
Cochise County Sheriff Jim Willson received a letter addressed to Santa from seven prisoners in the Cochise County jail. The offenders admit misbehavior yet express intent to improve and request some goodies to lift Christmas spirit. The note arrived by mail in Bisbee Arizona.
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Bisbee
Ariz
Cochise County
Jim Willson
Santa Claus
Santa
California Youth Held on Fugitive Warrant
City police hold Gary Eugene McCoy a 19 year old from San Diego on a fugitive warrant awaiting San Diego County officers. Police Chief Lige Matlock said McCoy has a record in San Diego on child molestation and has signed papers waiving extradition.
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California
San Diego
Lige Matlock
Gary Eugene McCoy
Matlock
McCoy
FTC Moves Toward Crackdown on Hidden Credit Costs
The Federal Trade Commission proposes rules to require retailers to disclose full credit details to buyers. The plan targets installment sales and hides costs by omitting total price and payment duration. Public comment is due by February 24 before final action.
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Washington
Federal Trade Commission
FTC
Commission
Warmup over Christmas as Kansas faces light snow melt
Temperatures show sub zero readings across southeast Kansas with Chanute at minus two and Pittsburg at zero. The Weather Bureau forecasts highs mostly in the 30s to near 50 in the northwest with little precipitation. a Western storm may bring more snow Monday.
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Topeka
Kansas
Weather Bureau
United States
Chanute
Pittsburg
Dodge City
Small Fire Damages Adelberry Home Near Furnace
A rug near a floor furnace caught fire at the Paul Adelberry residence at 718 N Evergreen during the night. Firemen arrived around 2 15 a.m. and were on scene for about an hour. Wood flooring near the furnace and the rug were damaged. A family member left in near zero temperatures to call for help. Chief John E. Erickson reported the incident.
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Paul Adelberry
Evergreen
John E. Erickson
Holiday Monday Observed Closures and Safari Museum Hours
The area observes a general holiday with most businesses and offices closed. No mail deliveries or Tribune publication. The Safari Museum will be open Christmas Day from noon to 5 pm and all day Monday for visitors.
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the Tribune
Christmas Peace Amid Global Tensions and Truces
The Associated Press reports Christmas 1966 brings peace appeals and a holiday truce in Vietnam though clashes persist. Pope Paul VI and Canadian PM Pierre Trudeau urge goodwill. In Berlin East-West tensions rise as West Berlin limits crossings. Johnson heads to Texas to greet servicemen. Queen Elizabeth travels to Windsor Castle with family.
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West Berlin
East Berlin
East Germany
Berlin Wall
Heinrich Albertz
Johnson
San Antonio
Tex
Vietnam
LBJ
Homeless Georgia boy headed to Miami for holidays
A Georgia welfare agency moved a homeless boy on his 12th birthday from a Thomas County jail to a bus bound for Miami to stay with his grandmother. Police say he was arrested for shoplifting, taking $20 from a mailbox, and carrying stolen jewelry and a pistol. Calls of support poured in from across Georgia and beyond as authorities arranged his safe return.
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Thomasville
Georgia
Miami
Tallahassee
Fla
Georgia Welfare
Thomas County
Louise Chastain
State Department of Family and Children Services
Johnson
Florida
C.A. Rehberg
Big Box Delivers Surprising Homecoming for Barker Son
In Paris Texas Mrs. C D Barker opened a large gift box to reveal her son Pfe Carl Barker home from Army duty in Germany. He had told only his father, a Paris doctor, of the plan and the family nearly hysterically welcomed the return late Thursday.
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Paris
Tex
C. D. Barker
Germany
Pfe
Carl Barker
Barker
Snowstorm Hits Dixieland Across Nation
A powerful winter storm sweeps the South with up to 18 inches in northern Arkansas and heavy snow and record lows across several states. The system moves toward the Northeast as traffic deaths rise in Kentucky Tennessee and Virginia and airports face shutdowns and cancellations.
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Associated Press
Atlantic
Pennsylvania
New York
New Jersey
Connecticut
Miracle in a Wrong Number
In Tucson a woman calling for an ice cream parlor number woke to a life saving call when an elderly heart patient, Beatrice B. Friedman, 78, was found unconscious after a stroke. Police say the incident began with a misdial that linked to the same building, a true Christmas miracle.
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Tucson
Ariz
Elizabeth Drake
Alice
Mrs. Drake
Beatrice B. Friedman
Carl Kishman
Plane lands on road near Mexico City crash injures four
A Mexican Aerowaves passenger jet from New York with 101 aboard made a crash landing on a road north of Mexico City and skidded into Lake Texcoco. Four people were injured, two of them reported U.S. citizens, with identities not yet confirmed.
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Mexico City
Youth Do Well After Kidney Transplant at Columbus Hospital
In Columbus Ohio Children's Hospital reports 17 year old Alvin Altop is "doing very well" after receiving a kidney from a deceased 9 year old girl. The transplant underscores advances in pediatric organ donation and recovery.
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Columbus, Ohio
Children’s Hospital
Alvin Altop
Traffic Deaths Climb During Holiday Travel Rush
The death toll rose to 153 as a snowstorm from the central region dumped snow on highways. A Greyhound bus overturned south of Danville Virginia injuring several, and a collision west of Hannibal Missouri killed four. The National Safety Council estimated 650 to 750 deaths during the 78 hour holiday period, with an AP survey reporting 391 deaths in a nonholiday period of similar length.
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Associated Press
Arkansas-Oklahoma-Missouri
Atlantic Coast
Greyhound
Danville
Hannibal
National Safety Council
Illness Mystery at Plant Contamination Probe
Burlington Iowa AP reports medical and scientific teams investigate illnesses among workers on a secret Army ammunitions project. About 50 to 100 of 200 employees on the line have fallen ill in four months, mostly women, with light headedness dizziness or nausea. Army statements cite an unusual environmental condition and call the plant’s project classified. Other plants report no similar trouble.
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Burlington
Iowa
Army
George Mathes
Mathes
Early Christmas For Cuban Refugees Arriving Children
Twenty four Cuban refugee children received toys after arriving in Miami on airlift flight No 539. Their twenty Cuban counterparts who had preceded them to exile acted as Santa Clauses. The group touched down Friday and stepped onto U S soil to begin new lives in the United States.
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Miami
Fla
Cuba
U. S
Christmas Gift Horse Brings Hope To Disabled Girl
Debbie Cormier 13, crippled by a shooting accident, rode a 7 year old thoroughbred named Matey donated by Edward J. DeBartolo of This tledown Race Track. The gift, a surprise after Debbies birthday, gives her faith she will walk normally again and ride horses.
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Pittsburgh
Debbie Cormier
Debbie
George A. Cormier
Greentree
Whirlaway
Matey
Whirlimate
Edward J. DeBartolo
Youngstown, Ohio
Thistledown Race Track
Cleve
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
DeBartolo
Bell
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Tribune
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