Hanoi Forces Foiled in Major Clash Near Coast
North Vietnamese regulars overran U S cavalry positions near the central coast before dawn and inflicted heavy casualties before the attack was checked by American artillery and air strikes. About 250 of the 600 enemy were killed or wounded as U S troops held a narrow ring. Lt. Michael C. Livergood compared the scene to Custer. In Saigon a political assassination attempt targeted Dr Phan Quang Dan and B 52 raids resumed against North Vietnam after the Christmas truce.
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Robert Tuckman
Saigon
South Vietnam
U.S
Theentral
Hanoi
22Nd
C Company
12Th Cavalry
1St Cavalry
Custer
Michael C. Livergood
Billings
Mont
Phan Quang Dan
Constituent Assembly
Dr. Dan
Tran van van
North Vietnam
Hartselle Man Shot to Death in Home Tragedy
Coroner identifies 46 year old Charles C Downs of Hartselle as homicide victim found shot six times in his dining room on Old U S Highway 31. His 33 year old widow Jo Ann Downs detained in hospital as investigation continues and a maid witnesses say she heard popping sounds before discovery at about 11 p m.
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Hartselle
Lewis C. Brown
Charles C. Downs
Hartselle 2
Downs
Jo Ann
Brown
U.S. Highway 31
Charles Downs
Jim Garner
Neighbor Charged In Death Of Three Homewood Boys
A 25 year old service station worker, David McCarter Jr., confessed to the sex slayings of three Homewood boys. He was charged with three counts of murder and jailed in Shelby County. The victims Steve Murphy 13 Vaughn Murphy 15 and Will Binzel 14 were found in Shelby County near Birmingham.
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Birmingham
Mel Bailey
Jefferson County
C. P. Walker l
Shelby County
David McCarter Jr
McCarter
Columbiana
Steve Murphy
Vaughn
Will Binzel
Pentagon confirms civilian areas hit in North Vietnam raids
The Pentagon acknowledged civilian areas in North Vietnam were damaged by U S air raids while insisting targets are military only. It cited roads railways bridges POL facilities and air defense sites as legitimate military targets to protect pilots. Reports note Hanoi defenses and civilian casualties alleged by Hanoi and reported by the New York Times.
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Seymour M. Hersh
Washington
Pentagon
North Vietnam
U.S
Defense Department
New York Times
South Vietnam
New York
U. S
Hanoi
Harrison E Salisbury
Markets At A Glance New York and Chicago trades summary
New York stocks fall modestly in quiet trading while cotton remains quiet. Chicago wheat drops on weather signals. corn stays easy with fair demand and oats slide with wheat. Soybeans rise modestly on strong local support. Hog prices drop 25 to 50 cents to a top of 22. Slaughter steers gain 25 cents reaching 25.75.
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New York
Chicago
Mansfield urges major reexamination of Great Society programs
Senate Democratic Leader Mike Mansfield proposed a thorough top to bottom review of Great Society initiatives and older laws such as draft taxes and foreign aid. He urged committees to identify rough edges oversights and gaps in programs from medicare civil rights to rural education and pollution controls.
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Harry Kelly Washington
Mike Mansfield
Senate of ‘Great Society
Mansfield
Senate
Montanan
Congress
Vietnam
Senate of the United States
Robbery victim robbed of wallet by unknown man
James Cole man 710 Steers St NW was robbed Monday afternoon when an unknown man demanded his wallet. Coleman, who is blind, surrendered the wallet containing $15 and cannot identify the assailant.
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James Coleman
Coleman
Steers St. NW
Athens Youth Dies After Car Strikes Mule
An Athens youth Willie James East, 18, died after his car at high speed struck a farm mule on Beaver Dam Road in Limestone County. Passenger James Fletcher, 19, was treated and released from a Decatur hospital. The crash occurred Monday night as East drove at an apparent high rate of speed. The incident marked the third Christmas weekend fatality in the four-county area.
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McCarter
Jefferson County Court House
Athens
Willie James East
James Fletcher
Decatur
Beaver Dam
Limestone County
East
Cullman
Supreme Court sets hearing on JFK book suit
A Supreme Court justice scheduled a Thursday hearing at the request of The Death of a President publishers in Mrs. John F Kennedy's suit to block publication. Austin officials flew to the LBJ Ranch to meet President Johnson about budget and other matters. U S raids near Hanoi killed civilians and damaged homes, report says.
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New York
Supreme Court
John F. Kennedy
Austin, Tex
Lbj Ranch
Washingiton
Johnson
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