Bob Hope aims to swap aid for POW releases in Vietnam
Comedian Bob Hope announced a formal proposal to North Vietnam to exchange aid for American prisoners. He plans a children to children fund sending 10 million dollars in exchange for captives, while denying ransom. Hope awaits a visa decision to visit Hanoi as he tours Europe and Cuba for service shows.
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Bob Hope
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Hanoi
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Vien
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Bangkok
Europe
Cuba
Los Angeles
Het
Celebrated lawyer Jake Ehrlich dies at 71 in sleep
San Francisco a celebrated criminal lawyer Jake Ehrlich died in his sleep at 71 after a luncheon with Lurie. Ehrlich defended 105 murder suspects without a gas chamber loss and inspired the motto Never Plead Guilty. His civil work included clients like Errol Flynn and Howard Hughes.
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UPI
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Sally Rand
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Billie Halliday
Howard Hughes
Louis R. Lavie
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Lurie
Tsa
Ehrlich Jr
Hollywood
Jerry Geisler
Tim
Linich
Mrs. Moris
Montgomery County
Maryland
Ab Wilbur Whrlich
Georgetown University
Washington, D.C
San Francisco Law Sehanl
California
Christmas Eve 1971 War and Peace Mix Across Nations
Amid holiday scenes across the globe President Nixon urges freedom and peace while veterans protest the war. In Vietnam a 24 hour truce coincides with casualties as five troops and civilians die and one American is wounded. Demonstrations in the United States depict war weariness as veterans in Valley Forge and Berkeley burn or decorate trees. Mary Ann Hackert and Richard Fecteau are reunited after release from China. Bethlehem hosts large Christmas Mass as missile crews receive holiday dinners.
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Berkeley
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Mary Ann Hackert
Richard Fecteau
Prigons
Communist
China
Chistmas
Migs Harbort
Palo Alto
Calif
Fecteau
Lynn
Mass
New York
L- Cpl
Togella Bayne
Roy
Skyjacker surrenders after six hour hijack drama
A 25 year old former Indianapolis student hijacked Northwest Airlines Flight 724 from Minneapolis to Miami on Christmas Eve demanding 300000 and parachutes. After a tense six hour stand off at Chicago O’Hare he surrendered to FBI agents. no one aboard was hurt.
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Miami
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O'Hare International Aiport
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Grerelt Leary Holt
Indianapolis
Ind
Bernard J. Huelshamp
FRI
Hye
D. B. Cooper
North ‘West
Nopiwesh
Ang Ly
Cker
FBI Agers
Northwest
Boeing
Christmas cease-fire in Vietnam shows fewest enemy violations
UPI reports a tense 24 hour truce with 12 Viet Cong and 26 South Vietnamese casualties from the holiday halt. Allied sources cite 14 enemy and 26 allied violations, while Laos and Cambodia saw continued U.S. strikes and a Laotian town recaptured with air support near the Bolovens Plateau. One American wounded as mines were found in a truce breach near Tan Uyen.
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Ailes
Laos
Cambodia
Tillie
Vietnam
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Tofay
Canmanist Guarrillas
UPT
Stewart Kellerman
Tan Uyen
Rites
Vientiane
Saravone
Bolovens
Fire in Seoul hotel may kill over 100 people
A morning blaze at the Tanyongak Hotel in Seoul started by a gas range explosion in a kitchen may have killed more than 100. Police reported 37 bodies recovered with toll expected to rise, 34 injured and 40 unharmed. Nine Americans were registered as guests. one may have escaped.
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Seoul
Tanyongak
Ags Oui
Misbee Weibsik
Weather Outlook for Playoff Return to Candlestick
The forecast calls for cold and wet conditions at Candlestick Park for the Redskins playoff game. A light rain chance is expected with highs in the 40s and lows in the upper 30s as fans bundle up for the visit.
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