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Newspaper
Independent
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Dec 26, 1968
Page
2
reports from Saigon Paris and Prague recount heavy B52 strikes near Kontum and along Cambodian routes after a 24 hour Christmas truce. 183 incidents, 2 Americans injured, 37 wounded, and one Mohawk plane shot down mark the period.
In New York 200000 residents endure Christmas in unheated apartments as 6 degree temperatures sting the city. Fuel oil disputes and a seven day drivers strike worsen shortages cited by health officials as risky heatless conditions persist. Storms lash the West and Plains while Milwaukee and Windsor Locks report record cold. In New Jersey two Christmas Day fires kill ten, with five in Laurence Harbor and five in Cinnaminson, caused by furnace and gas furnace malfunctions.
Newly remarried Episcopal Bishop James A. Pike celebrated Holy Communion at St Aidan's in San Francisco despite a diocesan admonition to refrain from official duties. He wed Diana Kennedy days earlier, saying the marriage is within canon law. The congregation applauded as Pike and Kennedy were introduced.
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