Christmas Company Vets Relax at Plush Phoenix Hotel
In Phoenix, Arizona, Vietnam veterans nicknamed Christmas Company relax at the Camelback Inn for a week after combat service. Guests include Iven Mosley and Michael Passaro of New York, Georgia, and Minnesota, with Stewart Securities hosting the visit to honor their sacrifices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brent Keetch
Phoenix
Ariz
Army
Iven Mosley
Reidsville
101St Airborne Division
Mosley
Vietnam
Pfc
Michael Passaro
Mauny Navioni Acu
Ozone Park
N.Y
John Bryant
Atlanta
Buddy
Ming Pool
Passaro
1St Cavalry
Tutriaian
Dennis R. Perissonius
Jordan
Minn
da Nang
Jack Stewart
Stewart
Camelback Inn
Arizona
Bomb Passes, Thai Navy Paves Way In Vietnam Update
North Vietnam air strikes and U S bombings continue as 2000 more American infantry join the 365 700 man force. Two Thai warships reach Saigon joining earlier transport flights while Ambassador Lodge returns for Christmas. MIG pilots retreat north toward China, with no bases seen in China. In ground fighting south of Saigon, Viet Cong assaults weaken to 20 killed and light casualties as U S forces suffer heavy losses from a reinforced platoon of the 1st Infantry Division.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U.S
Vietnam
Saigon
Thailand
Henry Cabot Lodge
United States
Lodge
U.S. Navy
Red China
China
U.S. 1St Infantry Division
AP Adopts Vietnam One-Word Form Across Dispatches
The AP says Vietnam as one word is now the standard in all AP dispatches effective today. Other spellings include Viet Nam and Viet-Nam, but one-word Vietnam is most common in reference books and maps. The change follows usage favored for brevity and consistency.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Vietnam
Saigon
United Nations
National Geographic Society
Sanford
Ruby
Santa Letters Received Here in Indiana County
The Christmas Activity Committee of the Indiana County Tourist Promotion Bureau announced that Santa has a mail crew in Indiana. Letters with a proper name and address will be answered. Mail or drop letters at the Indiana Post Office or in special boxes at the courthouse hall Murphy's basement or the Atlantic Service Station drive-in box at Fourth and Philadelphia Streets. Letters must reach Santa by December 21 to receive a reply.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indiana County Tourist Promotion Bureau
Santa
Indiana
Indiana Post Office
Murphy’s
Atlantic
Fourth
Philadelphia
Ruby Cancer Studied By Physicians
In Dallas the doctor in charge said Ruby's cancer is not necessarily hopeless. Dr. Jay Sanford noted that identifying the primary cancer source may take more than a week and surgery or chemical radiological therapy could be used. Ruby, 55, is the Oswald assassin who killed Kennedy, with the tumor described as possibly in the GI tract, lung, or pancreas while his general condition remains surprisingly fair.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dallas
Tex
Jack Ruby
Ruby
Jay Sanford
Southwestern Medical School
Lee Harvey Oswald
Warren Commission
John F. Kennedy
Dallas Times Herald
Sanford
Bill Becker
Ruby Taken To Parkland After Chest Ailment
Ruby was rushed to Parkland Hospital on Friday night after a week of care by the county health officer for a congested tight feeling chest. Hospital officials initially diagnosed pneumonia. Firemen were summoned at 11 30 a m today to halt a brush fire near Kline s Restaurant along Route 422 east of Indiana.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ruby
Parkland Hospital
Indiana
Kline
Route 422
Yeast of
Siamese Twin Girls Undergo Separation Surgery
Philadelphia reporters note a delicate operation underway to separate 3 week old Siamese twin girls joined at chest and stomach. The 20 member team began at 8 15 am with no noon announcement expected. Daughters of Dr James Cantrell of Princeton New Jersey the infants weighed 12 pounds 6 ounces at birth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
James Cantrell
Princeton
N.J
Princeton Hospital
Cantrell
Princeton University
Institute For Advanced Studies
St. Christopher’s Hospital
Victor C. Vaughn III
St. Christopher’s
Temple University School of Medicine
Vaughn
Most Cities Not Liveable- Scranton Speech
Governors Scranton and Shafer spoke at the Pennsylvania Society dinner in New York. Scranton warned that urban collapse can be averted only by a basic reconstruction of metropolitan regions and said many cities may no longer be livable.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Scranton
Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania Society
Waldorf Astoria
Raymond P. Shafer
Roger M. Blough
U. S. Steel Corp
The
Times
Post Office eyes rate increase amid deficit in 1960s
The Post Office Department weighs a new rate hike to cover a 1.2 billion dollar deficit, likely affecting all mail classes except parcel post. A spokesman said the decision may come soon and the last general rise was in 1963.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Post Office Department
Congress
Post Office
General Treasury
Parcel Post
Commerce Department
Johnson
Obituaries From Punxsutawney Area 1966 Compile
The obituary list covers multiple local figures including Joseph Berkey 73 Punxsutawney, with survivors across several towns. J Walter Wiggins 85, Indiana area, long-time J M Stewart Hardware employee. Guy J Caprino 49 Homer City area, employee of Torrance State Hospital. Nana Rugh 85 Punxsutawney, former Dayton resident. Russell Ted Jordan 49 Johnstown, former Punxsutawney police chief. Ida M Downey 92 Chambersville Willet area. Patricia Kintz 28 Indiana, wife of Joseph L Kintz with two children. Olive C Weaver Jamison Spicer 94 Brigham. and more, detailing survivors, memorials, and funeral arrangements through various funeral homes and churches.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington Miles
J. Walter Wiggins
Schrecengost
Carrie Lewis Wigton
Church St
Indi
Armstrong Cowntyana
Memorial Hospital
Kittanning
Diana Hoanitel
Wayne Twp
Armstrong Co
Ocean City
N. J
Theodore
Velma) Walker
Dayton
Bernard
Ferne) Snyder
R. D
John
Ruby) Clever
Monroeville
Laird
LaWave) Cogley
Windham
Miles, Jr
Templeton
R.D
Shirley
Arlington
Owen E
Kittanning R.D
Benjamin H
New Bethlehem R.D
Ely Funeral Home
Rev
A. H. Sarrie
Glade Run Cemetery
Guy J. Caprino
Graceton
Indiana Hospital
Frank
Clorinda Papini Caprino
Caprino
Torrance State Hospital
American Legion Post
Homer City
Adelle Mowbray Caprino
Linda Carol
Guy Frank
Deborah
Diana Lynn
Barry Robert
Coral
Theresa Pluchinsky
Elizabeth Wendt
Wayne, Mich
Grace
Sniczyk
Detroit
Mich
Patrick J. Hallow
St. Francis Church
M. Kowal
SS. Simon and Jude
Blairsville
Funeral
Nana Rugh
Punx, Sutawney
Adrian Hospital
Harry
Jennie Long Wadding
David Ek
Iman
Earl Rugh
Rugh
Punxsutawney Church of Godland
Punxsutawney
Samuel Hullisen
Beaumont
Calif
Edna McSparin
Cyrus Conrad
DeLand
Fla
James Becker
Walter
Aurora
Ohio
Pifers Funeral Home
Punx Sutawney
Ralph Hatch
Terment
Methodist Cemetery
Russell
Ted” Jordan
Johnstown
Lena ‘Spencer Jordan
Leslie F. Jordan
Ferndale and Dale
Indiana Bpo Elks
Africans push oil embargo against Rhodesia at United Nations
African Security Council members Mali Nigeria and Uganda prepare a formal proposal to mandate an oil embargo and broader trade boycott against Rhodesia’s white minority government. Ambassadors expect U S support for peaceful end via targeted UN sanctions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Nations, N.Y
U.N. Security Council
Rhodesia
Mali
Nigeria
Uganda
Arthur J. Goldberg
U.S
Britain
U.N
Bauerman to Speak at Indiana County Extension Meet
The annual Indiana County Agricultural Extension Association meeting will be at Rustic Lodge on Wednesday December 14 at 8 p.m. Ward M Stover reports Penn State extension food technologist Jules M Bauermann will discuss Squeeze Squirt Zip Pop Gulp Foods. Also featured are reports on the National 4-H Club Congress by Helen Ann Bencic and county 4-H programs with remarks by Penn State official William C Cochrane. business meeting led by Donald Allison.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indiana County Agricultural Extension Association
Rustic Lodge
Ward M. Stover
Jules M. Bauermann
Pennsylvania State University
Stover
Bauermann
Chicago
Helen Ann Bencic
Homer City R.D
Bencic
Donald States
Homer City
R.D
James Compton
Clarksburg R.D
William C .Cochrane
Agricultural Extension Service
Indiana County
Association
Donald Allison
Clympic R.D
Seek Teen Pre-Natal Care Funds in New York Budget
New York City schools seek a record 1.09 billion dollar budget for 1967 and request 300 000 to fund prenatal care instruction for pregnant teenage students. The plan envisions two new teaching facilities to serve about 400 expectant mothers annually, amid 1 876 known pregnancies among 200 000 adolescent girls in city schools last year, a 20 percent rise.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Bernard E. Donovan
Clothing Drive Marks 20th Year Amid Theft Probe
J. W. Everett announces a Saturday clothing drive for Indiana Jefferson and Armstrong counties. The 20th annual Church World Service effort seeks shoes for men and boys, women’s footwear, blankets, bed materials and dress goods. Police investigate a blue spruce theft from Indiana County and Byron West’s Byron E. residence. several youths questioned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. W. Everett
Indiana
Jefferson and Armstrong Countties
Foundry Ave
County Sabbath School Association
Church World Service
Mid- Indiana
USA
Idiana County
Byron E
Armstrong and
Jeffer- West
College Ave
Son
Lin
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Plush Hotel
Christmas Company” of
Viet Vets Relaxing
Gregory Dixon
1St Marine Division
Hastings
James R. Geralds
Anna
5Th Terrawtons Tr
Jaeminblnes
N. Viet
Indiana University
Graystone United Presbyterian Church
Front
Walter Pardee
Fulton Run
Ricky Witner
Black Lick
Tommy Anderson
Tide
Jack Neptune
Indians University
Dorothy Pardee
Mary Jane Lohn
Brian Fogarty
Baker
Paul Findley
Nicholas Katzenbach
Illinois Republican
State Department
Yugoslavia
Findley
North Vietnam
Agriculture Department
Merce
U.S. Office of Education
Lewis B. Hershey
Selective Service System
Joseph Berkey
Punx
Adrian
Big Run
David
Emma Stumpf Berkey
Hazel Barnett Berkey
Arthur Whitman
Paul Shirley
Sportsburg
Angus Young
Joseph Cuchannn
Earl and
Howard
Albert
Elizabeth Cunningham Wiggins
Shelocta
Wiggins
J. M. Stewart Hardware Company
J. Robert
New Provididence
Ronald E
Louise) Griffith
Cleveland
John M. Wiggins
Elderton
Robinson Lytle
Oakland Cemetery
Lucille Meikle Jordan
Sally
Punxsutaw ‘Ney
Robert F
Pittsburgh
Pickjing Mortuary
St. Andrews Church
Joseph H. Fleming
Circle Hill Cemetery
Johnstown Lodge Fop
Ida M
Downey
William M. Downey
Chambersville
St. Paul
Paul Blue
Willet
Harmon
Rachel Stewart Downey
Harry M
Dauhter
Paul E
Florence) Blue
May
Painter
Braeburn
Zany
Maude) Adamson
Ralph
Emma) Fairman Bethel
Charles
Grace) Adamson
Creekside
Dessie) Gitlam
Earl
Dora) Love
Ma‘bal Trusal
Robinson-Lytle's
Raymond E. Rockwell
First Baptist Church
Patricia Kintz
Ben Franklin Road
Presbyterian Hospital
NuMine
Victoria Rusnica Zolacsik
St. Gabriel Church
Joseph L
Sheree
Michal
Worthington R.D
Edwards
Austral Valley
St.Mary's Church
Yatesboro
N. A. Mitolo
Olive CC
Jamison Spicer
Brighton, Mich
Howell, Mich
Plumville
Henry
Martha Clyde Weaver
Harry Jamison
Alfred Spicer
Spicer
Allen Park
Mary Yokley
iMich
Sloan Jamison
Brungwick
Bowser
Pu Mville
J. B.troutman
Atwood Cemetery
iAfricans
Bauerman
Gazette
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