Church critiques Vietnam bombing and urges cease-fire
Senator Frank Church of Idaho said U S bombing of North Vietnam fails to meet aims and stiffens the enemy’s resolve. He called for a halt to bombing a Christmas cease-fire to explore peace, warning against provoking Red China with military intervention.
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United . Nations, N.Y
Frank Church
Didaho
U.S
North Vietnam
U. S
U. N. General Assembly
Church
United States
Idaho
Red China
Graham Prays With Soldiers At Saigon Air Base
Billy Graham spoke to about 2000 U S servicemen on a Saigon soccer field as jet and helicopter noise filled the sky. He urged faith in Christ for peace and asked the crowd to bow their heads, then visited the 3rd Field Hospital to comfort wounded troops.
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Saigon
South Vietnam
Billy Graham
Tan Son Nhut
Graham
Vietnam
Jesus Christ
Armed Forces
Christ
Air Force
Evangelist
3Rd Field Hospital
Johnson Hosts Democratic Governors at Texas Ranch
President Johnson meets at his Texas ranch with a group of Democratic governors led by Iowa's Harold E. Hughes amid criticism of the Great Society and the 1968 political path. Missouri's Warren E. Hearnes and others attend or plan to attend, while Defense Secretary Robert S. McNamara discusses next year's budget.
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Frank Cormier
Austin
Tex
Johnson
Texas Ranch
Texas White House
Harold E. Hughes
Iowa
White Sulphur Springs
W.va
Here
Johnson City
Warren E. Hearnes
Missouri
Hearnes
Robert S. McNamara
McNamara
John B. Connally
Texas
Calvin Rampton
Utah
John W
Little Chance For White Christmas In North Carolina
The Weather Bureau reports no significant snow expected in North Carolina. Only mountain flurries may occur by weekend with light rain elsewhere. Temperatures near normal inland and 2 to 8 degrees below normal elsewhere, with cooler Christmas conditions and a warm Monday.
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Associated Press
North Carolina
Weather Bureau
Russian court sentences American youths to prison and fines
A Soviet court sentenced Buel Ray Wortham to three years in a restricted labor camp and fined Craddock M. Gilmour Jr. 1000 rubles for violating currency regulations. Wortham also received a three year term for theft of a bear statue. both terms run concurrently. The men, from North Little Rock Arkansas and facing appeal within seven days, were arrested while trying to leave the USSR after a one week visit.
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Leningrad
Us.s.s.r
Buel Ray Wortham
Craddock M. Gilmour Jr
Wortham
North Little Rock
Ark
Soviet Union
Finland
Bear Wereas
Gilmour
Surgeon Removes Grenade From Throat Of Marine
In Da Nang Vietnam Navy surgeon Lt Cmdr James Chandler removed a lethal M79 grenade from a Marine private’s throat after it had torn through jaw and tongue. The patient, with a leg wound, will recover with minor scars and will regain speech in weeks. Demolition experts then destroyed the grenade.
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DA Nang
Vietnam
U.S
Cmdr
James Chandler
San Francisco
Chandler
Leatherneck
Jets fire missiles as enemy planes vanish near Long Beach
U S Phantom jets fired air to air missiles at two enemy planes approaching the Long Beach cruiser in the Gulf of Tonkin. The planes vanished from radar and the spokesman could not confirm any shootdown.
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Saigon
South Vietnam
U.S
Long Beach
Thanh Hoa
Hanoi
Gulf of Tonkin
Kitty Hawk
Bob Hope Lights Up Vietnam Tour With Witty Jabs
In Cam Ranh Bay Bob Hope and 61 performers entertain 15 000 troops, riffing on Johnsons war aims election and smog as aircraft thunder overhead. The troupe includes Vic Damone Anita Bryant Phyllis Diller and Bella Faria. Shows continue across Vietnam Guam and Clark Field Philippines before year end.
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Hugh A. Mulligan
Cam Ranh Bay
South Vietnam
Johnson
Bob Hope
Vietnam
LBJ
New York
Hope
Thailand
Holly
Vic Damone
Anita Bryant
Phyllis Diller
Joey Heatherton
Central Highlands
Guam
Clark Field
Philippines
POW Reunited After 22 Years With U S Family
Horst Gedicks, once taken prisoner by the Russians in World War II, rejoined his parents in Seattle after a 22 year separation. The Gedicks, living in East Prussia in 1944, endured long pursuit of news before sponsorship via Bremerton Our Saviors Lutheran Church led to visas and a reunion with his wife Angelica and son Wolfgang, age seven.
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Seattle
Heinrich Gedicks
Gedicks
East Germany
Horst
East Prussia
Siberia
Bremerton
Wash
Our Saviour’s Lutheran Church
Christel
Nikita Khrushchev
Angelica
Wolfgang
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New Castle
Ind
Sen. Church
Harlan G. Moen
Moscow
By John Lengel
Charlie” Medical Hospital
Lyndon
Hertz
Mexico
Michigan
Army
Diane Shelton
Les Brown
Bella Faria
Bombay
India
6Th Convalescent Center
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