Hanoi Lets Captured Pilots Receive Cards and Gifts
North Vietnam will allow captured American pilots to receive Christmas cards and packages not exceeding three kilograms. Nonperishable items including medicines and clothing are allowed. The action, announced by the State Department, is a humanitarian gesture linked to Paris peace talks, though it excludes Americans taken in ground actions.
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Washington
North Vietnam
State Department
Hanoi
Department
Xuan Thuy
Paris
W. Averell Harriman
U.S
Vietnam
Robert J. McCloskey
United States
Harriman
Defense Department and
Post Office Department
North Korea
Hong Kong
Vientiane
Laos
Mosnow
Mansfield signals effort on treaty amid Senate hurdles
Senate majority leader Mansfield says he hopes to make the Nuclear nonproliferation treaty the first order of business when the new Senate convenes and may hold brief hearings. He notes possible filibuster risk over Senate rule changes and questions whether Johnson will nominate another Supreme Court chief justice before leaving office. Mansfield also favors a Europe troop reduction and a nonbinding sense resolution on limiting hostilities without Senate consent, while calling for careful study of a commission proposal to raise salaries for lawmakers and officials.
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Senate
Congress
Mansfield
Nixon
Johnson
Czechoslovakia
Foreign Relations Committee
iHe
Tianfeld
Supreme Court
Earl Warren
U.S
Europe
Czchoslovakia
Vietnam
Special Commission
Apollo Astronauts Plan 10 Lunar Orbits Around Moon
Apollo mission planners announce that astronauts Borman Lovell and Anders are set to circle the moon ten times over Christmas Eve and Christmas Day. The mission will study landing areas for future crews and test spacecraft operations at lunar distance.
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Borman
Lovell
Anders
Moon
Dock Workers End Strike in Norfolk
Norfolk port operations resumed as striking longshoremen, a wildcat action, returned to work with 60 to 70 percent back on the job. Local 1248 faces possible damages suit for breach of contract, while vacation checks were distributed and officials denied delays triggered the walkout.
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Norfolk
Braden Vandeventer
Hampton Roads’ Maritime Association
J. Vandeventer
International Longshoremen’s Association
Alston
Jack
Mace
Hampton’ Roads Maritime Association
Ee Alston
Police Officer Rescued From Burning Patrol Car
Colonial Heights AP four car crash ends high speed chase. officer D W Styles pulled from wreckage by firemen as collision involves three other vehicles on U S 1. Tyrone Jackson 19 of Richmond charged with possessing a stolen car. driver fled.
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Colonial Heights
D. W. Styles
U.S. 1
Tyrone Jackson
Richmond
Styles
Nixon urges open government in cabinet selection meeting
Nixon told cabinet nominees to seek a broad cross section of the American population as they choose deputies and assistants. He said appointees should be groomed for work six months or a year ahead and stressed personal discretion within Senate confirmation. Rogers carried Eisenhower’s good wishes, and Budget Director Mayor urged spending reductions and tax cuts. Nixon planned to meet lawmakers, Scranton’s Middle East fact finding, and Urban Coalition leaders after the session.
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Klein
Nixon
F ‘Porsitions
Incort
Senate
William P. Rogers
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Rogers
Eisenhower
Walter Reed Army Hospital
R. P. Mayor
Washington
Pennsylvania
William W. Scranton
Middle East
New York
John W. Gardner
Urban Coalition
Citizens Campaign Against Crime Draws Thousands Of Letters
New group Citizens for Justice draws broad support through letters after Bob Hope kickoff. Samuel Ishmael, ex Rawlins Wyoming city attorney, joins as full time aide to travel and assist anticrime projects nationwide. Palmer, founder, cites 200 plus proposed efforts from street lighting to court reform and aims to raise 25 million by next May.
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Citizens Campaign Against
New York
Wyoming
Whel
Mael
Citizens For Justices
Samuel T. Ishmael
Rawlins
Wys
Citizens’ Group
Bob Hope
H. Bruce Palmer
Ishmael
Phoenix
Ariz
Ishmail
U.S
Jaycees
Palmer
Citizens’ Movernment
New Jersey
Rtree
Cime
Manhattan
Wall Street
Ion National Television
Formoney
Tallulah Bankhead A Life Of Eccentric Glamour And Feisty Charisma
The essay recalls Tallulah Bankhead as a singular show business figure whose restless ego, quick wit, and fearless stage presence made her a defining, controversial icon. It notes her Hollywood marriage to John Emery, famed anecdotes about her speech, smoking, and humor, and the enduring legend surrounding her temperament and talent.
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Page One
Tallulah Bankhead
Tallulah
John Emery
Hollywood
Baby
Westand
Miss. Banhead
Dahling
Atlantic
Noel Soward
Broadway
Ed Allulah
Planter
Emrey
Sadie Thompson
London
Gary Cooper
Jackie Cooper
Giants
Bette Davis
Howard Dietz
Alfred Hitchcock
Vietnam War Flights Stir Losses and Civilians Killed
Five Vietnam crewmen were injured as the 953rd helicopter downed in the war. Another helicopter carrying dependents of Vietnamese irregular civilian troops crashed near an airfield 80 miles southwest of Saigon, killing four civilians and injuring several others and the American crew. The U.S. Command reports 1,110 American wounded last week, total 189,260, with 22 noncombat deaths lifting disease and accident deaths to 4,975 for the war.
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Saigon
U.S. Command
War toys spark mixed sales in U S stores
Toys priced higher react to antiwar sentiment while Philadelphia department store Wanamaker says limited stock. In San Antonio a JC Penney manager notes cowboy six guns and Army gear sell well in a military town with multiple bases.
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Philadelphia
John Wanamaker
Toy
J.C. Penney Co., Inc
San Antonio
Tex
Death Penalty Confusion Spurs Court to Seek Clarity
Five North Carolina Supreme Court justices back keeping capital punishment legal amid US rulings while two say it is illegal. The cases under review threaten a nationwide precedent on cruelty and unusual punishment. The court notes humanitarian provisions and coerced pleas as contentious in state law.
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Noel Yancey
Associated Press
Raleigh
North Carolina Supreme Court
North Carolina
U. S. Supreme Court
High Court
U.S
United States
U.S. Supreme Court
U.S. 4Th Circuit Court of Appeals
Circuit
Circuit Court
Henry C. Alford
Forsyth County
Alford
General Assembly
William H. Bobbitt
North, Carolina
York (Ap
Iano Boel Renan
inter-Life Assur
Supreme Court
Eben
Jackson
Witherspoon
Ilinois
Lindbergh Jaw
Herl
AMC
Ian
Naval
Knight
Uae
Vusayal
Ada
Paul
Hacy
T&g
Fldun Ly
Drsf
Td & Dew
Ava
Fed
Nypen
Sun Home Ins
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Wetaan’ Ave Srvawate Lins i i
LIRA
State
Peele
Spence
Bobbit
Supreme Court of the United States
Iam
Susie Sharp
Bobbitt
R. Hust Parker
Ambulance strike sparks county action and debate
In Guilford County the second day of ambulance service by crews from Charlotte and Hickory runs fine, while 21 striking workers are accused of irresponsibility. County officials consider a physician and lawyer advisory committee and await higher court guidance on the death penalty, amid ongoing legal questions.
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Greensboro
Guilford County
Charlotte
Hickory
Reddy A. Brandes
Ambulance Service of
Guilford
Flu Widespread Strains Hit Hospitals and Schools
Hospitals report rising illness with staff absenteeism high in Boston outpatient clinics and nursing. Los Angeles schools show 10 to 25 percent absences, far above normal. Virginia campuses close due to outbreaks, while Atlanta doctors note Hong Kong flu suspicion. Chicago confirms five Hong Kong flu cases. many blame any cold on the fashionable illness. A list of states with documented Hong Kong flu or related influenza activity is provided, including California, New Jersey, and New York, with others showing isolated or reported cases.
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Boston City Hospital
Los Angeles
Virginia
Hollins College
Roanoke
Lynchburg College
Woodberry Forest Preparatory School
Atlanta
Morgan J. O’connell
Chicago
Puerto Rico
District of Columbia
California
Colorado
New Jersey
Pennsylvania
North Carolina
Utah
Connecticut
Alaska
Maryland
Washington
Missouri
Illinois
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New York
Montana
Texas
Ohio
Kansas
Oklahoma
South Carolina
Oregon
Hawaii
Minnesota
Iowa
Wisconsin
Michigan
Georgia
Alabama
Florida
February Draft Quota Raised to 33,700 Men
The Pentagon issued a draft call for 33,700 men next February the highest monthly quota in eight months. January had 6,800 and the figure doubles the recent postwar average, reflecting ongoing manpower needs. At Randolph Macon Woman’s College flu cases prompted closure after morning classes, with Lynchburg College and Holling College making similar moves. Classes resume January 6, as officials cite strong outbreaks and early release shifts affecting reserve and guard mobilizations.
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Washington
Pentagon
Lynchburg
Randolph-Macon Woman’s College
Lynchburg College
Holling College
Randolph Macon
William F. Quillan
Quillian
L. Ray O'Brian Jr
Army Reserve
Schaal
Lighted 55-Foot Holland Tree At Rockefeller Center
The 55 foot Christmas tree from Holland was lit at Rockefeller Center in New York as construction workers reerected the tree. The lighting, a tradition since 1932, will remain on until January 5 when the tree is taken down. Archbishop Terence J. Cooke activated the switch with Ancheontins’ group. Weather in major cities shows varied conditions across the country.
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Holland
New York
Rockefeller Center
Gan
Rockefeller
Midtow
Center Inc
Manhattan
Terence J. Cooke
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