Laconia Fire Drama Aboard Greek Liner Lakonia
Chaos and heroism aboard the Greek liner Lakonia as a December voyage ends in fire. Passengers and crew scramble for lifeboats amid smoke and flames. Salta ferries 475 survivors, rescue ships crowd the dawn seas, 96 confirmed dead, 36 unaccounted.
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Buchanan
Gerere
Gerd Punkro
Ato 3
Lakonia
Salta
Atlantic
Centaur
Vakonia
Greek Line
Southampton
Peace on 19th Christmas Amid Postwar Turmoil
Observers mark the 19th Christmas since World War I with prayers for peace as Berlin border tensions flare and Cyprus teeters toward renewed civil conflict. Pope Paul VI offered Mass in a poor Rome district, Bethlehem hosts over 10,000 pilgrims, and U S forces display a Christmas sign along the Korean DMZ. In Washington and Texas, attention centers on Kennedy era events and Johnson family holidays as climate and conflict shape the holiday mood.
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Berlin Wall
Red
Gamal Abdel Nasser
Israel
Jordan River
Viet Nam
Paul VI
Rome
Bank robbery haul traced through scraps of cash and rooftops
Police recover over 840000 from a mail robbery case as suspects James and a large accomplice circle the Yard. Detectives fret over hunted leads, while revolts of heat and inflation frame the crime scene. Investigations focus on sessions at Bournemouth and a woods edge near Dorking with money found in panels and phone booths.
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Dé ‘Tectives
Bournemouth
Dorking
West Side
James
Crown
Bruce Reynolds
Visit to JFK Grave on Christmas at Arlington
The article notes 15 000 visitors honor President John F. Kennedy at Arlington National Cemetery on Christmas Day. Snow covers the grounds as fresh pine boughs and flowers adorn the late president’s grave, with ceremonies ending at nightfall. It also covers U S policy talks on Cambodia and a school policy stance by police directors of the Chamber of Commerce opposing collective bargaining with government agencies and teachers unions.
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United States
Johnson City
Tex
President Johnson
LBJ
Texas
Dallas
Kennedy
Washington
Arlington National Cemetery
Palm Beach
Fla
Joseph P. Kennedy
Caroline
John Jr
John F. Kennedy
Chamber of Commerce
Chamber
Alfonso Guardia Funeral Services Set in San Diego
Military funeral services for Alfonso Guardia, 35, former Del Rio resident, will be held in San Diego at 10 a.m. Monday. Rosary Sunday night. Guardia died of a cerebral hemorrhage in San Diego Tuesday. Survived by wife Rafaela Guardia, parents Miguel and Mrs. Guardia of Los Angeles, son Victor Guardia of Del Rio, three sisters Elida Cantu Romelia Guardia Alda Nelia Gonzalez and brother Miguel Guardia Jr., all of Los Angeles.
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del Rio
San Diego
California
Guardia
Rafaela Guardia
Miguel Guardia
Los Angeles
Victor Guardia
del. Rig
Elida Cantu
Romelia Guardia
Alda Nelia Gonzalez
Miguel Guardia Jr
Thousands Visit Spot Where Kennedy Shot
Thousands of spectators paid silent homage to President Kennedy at the Dallas corner of Houston and Elm streets. Traffic officers directed lanes past the site of the Nov. 22 assassination, as wreaths and flowers from foreign representatives and many states piled in a pavilion near the shooting location.
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Tex
Kennedy
Houston
Elm Streets
Deaths notice fragment from Texas page
Fragmentary death notice mentions a Browh of Phil killed Thursday in a bus collision near Rio Grande Valley with Pharr and Edinb. Reyes, 29, among injured aboard. Civil service testing for government rations referenced as passed in 1893.
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Phil
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Pharr
Edinb. Reyes
Vail |Co
Bug
Ket Siaing
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