Cullman Pair Road Victims Early Today
Two killed and three injured in a one car crash at the intersection of Highways 91 and 69 near Bug Tussle. The driver Maydell Kilgore 34 of Chicago and Betty Sue Underwood 24 of Attalla died. Ralph Kilgore 27 Norman Underwood 32 and James W Kilgore 39 injured. Underwood transferred to Birmingham hospital in critical condition. Mrs Underwood to Gadsden for funeral arrangements. Kilgore body at Moss Funeral Home Cullman. Three additional injuries reported in a second Sunday wreck eight miles north of Cullman on Highway 157.
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Cull
Maydell Kilgore
Chicago
Ill
Betty Sue Underwood
Attalla
Ralph Kilgore
Norman Underwood
James W. Kilgore
Bremen
Cullman Hospital
Underwood
Birmingham Hospital
Cullman
Patrick O. Gray
Vinemont
Reasonover
Australia Plans Opposed By Ky Visit Sparks Protests
Australia faces opposition to a proposed visit by South Vietnamese Premier Nguyen Cao Ky. Opposition leader Arthur Calwell threatened mass protests and called for cancellation, while Prime Minister Harold Holt noted no date had been set. Calwell urged declaring Ky's shore arrival a day of national mourning.
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John Fitzgerald
Melbourne
Australia
Nguyen Cao Ky
Arthur A. Calwell
Harold Holt
Marshal Ky
Calwell
Holt
Linda Ivy Discovers That There Is A Santa Claus
Linda Dorothea Ivy a seven year old in a Decatur General hospital learns Santa Claus exists. donations from strangers fill her room with dolls toys books and money to help pay her hospital bill. the community response reflects a warm Christmas spirit as Santa visits Linda delivering gifts and promising to return next year.
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Santa Claus
Linda Dorothea Ivy
Decatur General Hospital
North Pole
Linda
Linda Ivy
George Biggers II
Santa
Decatur General
Decatur
Luna 13 Indicates No Russ Progress
Moscow reports Luna 13 has begun sending photographs of the moon but experts say the images show no clear progress beyond Luna 9. Professor Lebedinsky notes Luna 13 resembles the earlier craft as it lands and photographs the lunar surface.
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Luna
Henry S. Bradsher
Moscow
Kennedy Book Talks Delayed By Manchester Illness
William Manchester’s book The Death of a President faced publication delays after the author was hospitalized with pneumonia. A meeting with Harper & Row and Mrs. Kennedy’s representatives was canceled, with talks aimed at an out of court settlement continuing.
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John Vinocur
NEW York
William Manchester
Simon H. Rifkind
John F. Kennedy
Manchester
Middlesex Memorial Hospital
Middletown
Conn
Julia
Edward Greenbaum
Harper & Row
Work Again For Johnson
President Johnson returns to work at his LBJ Ranch desk after a Christmas Eve visit with Vietnam casualties and a quiet family Christmas. Actor George Hamilton joined the First Family for a private Christmas dinner and gift opening at the ranch, with little information released about the festivities.
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Karl R. Bauman
Austin
Tex
Presient Johnson
Vietnam
George Hamilton
Johnson
Lynda Bird
White House
LBJ
Here
Hamilton
December thaw returns as city eases into holiday
With snow melting Decatur resumes activity as holidays linger. Parking meters wait for coins, shops stay closed, and most government offices observe a two day Christmas period. Police work continues and mail preparation resumes tomorrow as streets show thin traffic and new bikes replace remaining ice.
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Police Department
U. S. Post Office
Decatur
Rain and sleet forecast for area late today into tonight
The U S Weather Bureau in Huntsville predicts light rain possibly mixed with sleet this afternoon into tonight and again Tuesday. Temperatures reach a high near 43 today with a low around 34 tonight.
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U.S
Huntsville
The
Weather Bureau
Two Homewood Teens Dead in Apparent Murder Case
The bodies of Steve Murphy 13 and Vaughn Murphy 15 were found near Lake Purdy in Alabama. Investigators say they were murdered by a sex deviate as part of a kidnap slaying tied to a Baldwin County case. a third boy remains missing after leaving home Sunday night.
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Birmingham
Ala
Lake Purdy
Shelby ‘County
C. P. Walker
Baldwin County
Steve Murphy
Vaughn
Will Binzel
Binzel
Murphy Brothers
Homewood
Near Hanoi Target Hit in Christmas Cease Fire
U S bombers fought heavy weather during raids on North Vietnam hitting storage areas and truck parks near Hanoi 12 miles from the capital. B52s mounted three daytime raids within Saigon area and in the DMZ as both commands withheld charges of Communist violations.
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Saigon
U.S
North Vietnam
Hanoi
Former ambassador cites Johnson action in Dominican Republic
John B. Martin, a former U S ambassador to the Dominican Republic, said Johnson’s move to send troops prevented the appearance of another Fidel Castro regime in Latin America.
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Washington (Ap
U.S
Dominican Republic
John B. Martin
Johnson
Latin America
Fire Claims Mother and Four Children in Anchorage Home
A mother and her four children along with an unidentified serviceman died in an early morning fire that gutted part of a single story frame house in Anchorage Alaska. The blaze left authorities investigating the cause and identifying the service member.
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Anchorage
Alaska
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