Negroes March in Fayette for Black Christmas protest
Nearly 500 African Americans marched peacefully through Fayette Mississippi on Christmas Eve in a NAACP led protest against racial discrimination. NAACP field secretary Charles Evers called for ongoing boycotts until demands, including street lights sewers Negro policemen and respectful address, are met. Governor Johnson ordered 60 state troopers to maintain order as whites watched from Confederate Park.
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Paul Johnson
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Jefferson County
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Weather Clear and Colder in Central Missouri
Forecast for Jefferson City and central Missouri calls for clearing and cooler conditions today with diminishing winds. Tonight will be fair and cold, followed by increasing cloudiness and not so cold Sunday. Highs today in the upper 30s to mid 40s, and lows tonight from the mid 20s to low 30s.
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Christmas Bells Amid World War War Chimes and Peace
The season brings family reunions and church bells from Bethlehem to global towns while Viet Nam sees a temporary Christmas quiet as soldiers and partners exchange Merry Christmas messages amid conflict.
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Pope Says Christian Faith Strikes Down Race Barrier
Vatican broadcast describes Pope Paul VI addressing foreign diplomats at midnight mass in the Sistine Chapel. He declares Christian faith unites mankind, breaks caste race and national barriers, and elevates human dignity as part of God incarnate’s mystery.
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Missouri Road Fatality Mark Rises Sharply
Nine people have died in Missouri traffic crashes during the Christmas holiday weekend. The toll rose from six at 6 p.m. Thursday to midnight Sunday. The report details fatalities in Eminence, Hillsboro, Kansas City, St. Louis, and Carthage, with names and circumstances of each crash.
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Peace Corps Volunteer Drowns Near Lagos Nigeria
Judith Anne Corley a 23 year old Peace Corps volunteer from St Louis drowned Friday while swimming near Lighthouse Beach Lagos Nigeria A second volunteer Ralph Davidson of Upper Montclair New Jersey was swept out by the same current but reached shore safe Corley s body was recovered plans to return her to St Louis December 26 or 27 were made She had joined the Peace Corps after graduating from St Louis University last June and was stationed in Cameroon on a teaching assignment at the time of her visit to Lagos She is survived by her parents five sisters and three brothers.
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Train Collision Kills Crew Near Denton Texas
Three train crewmen died in a front rear collision near Denton Texas as a 129 car Texas and Pacific freight trailed by a 93 car Missouri Kansas Texas engine crashed into the caboose. Conductor J G Barling and rear brakeman K N Cunningham died. engineer Clayton Overbeck also died.
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Soldiers Celebrate Christmas With Real Tree In Vietnam
In South Vietnam the 2d Battalion 12th Cavalry marks Christmas with a 12 foot Douglas fir mailed from Arists Pennsylvania to Lt. Joseph Beeman of Philadelphia. The tree cost $174 postage and arrived by air to his unit.
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Peace for a Day in Viet Nam Truce Sparks Hope
Washington waited on a proposed 12 hour Viet Cong cease fire and a 30 hour US South Vietnamese truce ending Christmas Day. Senator Mansfield urged extending the 30 hour halt to a month to cover the Vietnamese New Year.
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New Jersey Hotel Fire Kills Three on Christmas Eve
In Newark a four alarm blaze at the Military Park Hotel killed three people and injured about 30 after Christmas tree decorations sparked the fire. A separate apartment-house fire farther west, suspected arson, claimed eight more lives. Fire crews rescued guests using ladders and a platform from 12 story ledges.
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LBJ Family Observe Quiet Christmas at Texas Ranch
President Lyndon B Johnson and his family celebrate a subdued Christmas at the LBJ Ranch in Texas with a large turkey dinner and secret gifts. Secret Service and military details surround the ranch as Viet Nam news flows to the president.
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Eminence Couple In Fatal Highway Collision
Thelma Theo Warren a 48 year old Eminence woman died after a collision at the intersection of Highway 50 and South Ten Mile Drive. Her husband Iveron Warren 50 was injured with head lacerations. Richard Davenport 29 of Holts Summit drove the truck involved. he was not injured.
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Seven Mortar Rounds Fired Near Marines
A Christmas cease-fire near Chu Lai in Viet Nam held with no casualties or damage after seven mortar rounds were fired by the Viet Cong. U S and Vietnamese spokesmen called it poor field communications and said the incident did not breach the cease-fire which began at 6 p m Friday and lasts until next midnight unless self-defense is needed. No response from Marines and no outbreak of fighting was reported by 8 a m. EST Friday. See PEACE Page 2.
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Christmas weekend highway fatalities rise across nation
Traffic deaths climbed during the holiday with 232 killed by 11 p.m. Friday as snow and rain worsened conditions. The National Safety Council warned weather could both raise and reduce fatalities, noting two multi casualty crashes and a Greyhound bus wreck in Oregon. Estimates for the 78 hour period ranged up to 660 deaths, with yearly toll near 49,000 and October’s total up 2 percent from 1964.
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