Christmas Invasion Tour Brings Hope Tractors And VIPs To Vietnam
Bob Hope leads a 69 member entertainment corps on a 15th annual Christmas tour to Vietnam Guam Thailand and the Philippines. Evangelist Billy Graham Cardinal Spellman and several congressmen join for services and morale boosting. Chris Noel draws attention with radio program while Steinbeck visits troops and four congressmen stay for holidays. Ceasefires exist but some troops watch for Viet Cong.
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Billy Graham
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Hope
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Phyllis Diller
Joey Heatherton
Anita Bryant
Les Brown
Vietnam
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Thailand
Philippines
Earle Johnson
Chris Noel
Saigon
Armed Forces
John Steinbeck
Congress
Stuart Symington
D-Mo
Joseph Y. Resnick
D-N.y
George W. Grider
D-Tenn
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D-Tex
Humphrey Expected To Be Renominated
Minnesota Poll by the Star and Tribune finds near 60 percent of Democratic Farm Labor members expect Hubert H. Humphrey to be the 1968 Democratic ticket vice presidential nominee. Among Republicans, 52 percent think Humphrey would be dropped from the ticket, while 41 percent expect he would seek re election. Sixty two percent of DFL members favor Humphrey as the nominee with ten percent opposed.
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Minneapolis Star and Tribune Co
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Holiday Traffic Toll Estimated 650 750
The National Safety Council estimated 650 to 750 traffic deaths during the Christmas weekend from 6 p.m. Friday December 23 to midnight Monday December 26. A nonholiday period of equal length would see about 525 deaths. Travel volume rises to 7.6 billion miles from 7.3 billion.
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Chicago
National Safety Council
Oil millionaire Frank Buttram dies in Oklahoma City
Oil millionaire and philanthropist Frank Buttram aged 80 died Sunday after a stroke in Oklahoma City. He helped establish petroleum geology through early contributions and owned the Buttram Petroleum Corp.
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Oklahoma City
Frank Buttram
Buttram Petroleum Corp
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