Viet Nam battle near demilitarized zone claims heavy losses
VietNamese troops with American helicopter support pinned a Communist battalion 15 miles south of the DMZ near the coast and killed at least 200 enemy fighters in heavy fighting. Allied observers noted large Communist movements and multiple bomb raids on the DMZ as 852 bombers attacked stockpiles, with several large secondary explosions reported.
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Saigon
South China Sea
Demilitarized Zone
Laos Faces General Offensive as North Vietnamese Attack
Premier Souvanna Phouma reported a broad North Vietnamese offensive against Laotian positions in the south. Fighting was under way near Muda Phalane, 50 miles east of Savannakhet, with government sources calling the military situation very serious and noting reports of fronts across the country.
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Laos
Souvanna Phouma
Muda Phalane
Savannakhet
Explosions Feared As Moscow Thaw Roughs Up City
Officials in Moscow fear more blasts after a Christmas Day building collapse killed nine and injured up to twenty as a burst gas main swelled with the thaw. Police probe a bombing near AP Moscow bureau manager Henry Bradsher's car, after a family returned home.
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Moscow
Henry Bradsher
Associated Press
Bradsher
Soviet Iraq oil deal expands Moscow support in Middle East
BEIRUT The Soviet Union will provide equipment and technical assistance to help Iraq exploit its oil reserves. Russia will supply transport and marketing facilities for Iraqi crude in exchange for crude oil. The agreement marks growing Soviet involvement in the region.
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Beirut
Soviet Union
Iraq
Middle East
Russia
Foundling Nicholas Captures British Hearts
An abandoned infant, Nicholas, wrapped in Christmas paper, becomes Britain’s television star as over 300 families offer to adopt him. Police distribute pictures on front pages and TV to aid the search, drawing wide sympathy and public response.
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London
Britain
Nicholas
Nationwide Deep Freeze Grips Midwest to New England
The coldest weather of the season grips the Middle West and spreads into the East and South with a new winter storm in the Rockies. Temperatures drop to 15 below in Hibbing and Bemidji Minnesota, zero in Chicago, and 5 below in Waterleo Iowa. Cold wave warnings extend from New Jersey to New England as snow and hazards close highways in Wyoming and Montana.
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Rockies
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Bemidji
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Chicago
Waterleo
Iowa
Moline
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New Jersey
Pennsylvania
New England
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Dakotas
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Idaho
Continental Divide
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Nebraska
Yale Road Toll Surges Over Christmas Holiday Dead
The three day Christmas period saw at least 684 traffic fatalities with an estimated 540 projected for New Year’s weekend. Totals include 684 traffic deaths, 63 fires, 3 plane crashes and 6 misc mishaps for 817 overall. California and Texas reported record counts, while Pennsylvania had 43 and New York 33.
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Texas
Pennsylvania
New York
Hlinnis
Stars Fight for Gifts in Multi Million Lawsuit Settlement
Corinne Calvet and Donald P Scott agreed to divide nearly 500000 in exchange for waiving claims to 750000 in alleged love gifts. Calvet relinquished about 250000 in property while Scott gave up 500000 in gifts from their seven year affair. The case also includes Calvet’s 418000 breach of contract suit over promises to marry after she adopted a boy in Spartansburg DC.
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Chemical-Fortune
Donald P. Scott
Scott
Miss Calvet
Spartansburg
D.C
Michael
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