Bombers Hammer North Viet Troop Concentrations
U S bombers continued the air campaign to disrupt a North Vietnamese buildup in the demilitarized zone. Stratofortress raids hit southern buffer zone concentrations while other bombers targeted an oil dump near Hanoi as ground fighting persisted in South Vietnam ahead of Christmas truce.
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North Viet
Saigon
South Vietnam
U.S
Demilitarized Zone
North Vietnam
Hanoi
Air Force
Maddox
7Th Fleets
Ha Gia
Phuc Yen
Haiphong
Navy
Enterprise
Tonkin Gulf
Panhandle
U N agrees to ban war from space treaty approved
The United Nations General Assembly approved a space treaty outlawing war in outer space. The pact sets a legal code for space exploration and becomes law after ratification by five governments including the United States and Britain. The session also discussed Vietnam peace efforts and a special session on South-West Africa. Canada proposed outlining forces for potential U N peacekeeping operations.
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United Nations
N.Y. AP
U.N. General Assembly
United States
Soviet Union
Johnson
U Thant
Assembly
Britain
Thant
General Assembly
South-West Africa
Canada
U.N
United States Probes Long Term Cease Fire in Vietnam
U S officials report efforts to extend the Christmas truce in Vietnam into a long term cease fire under agreed terms. Communists respond negatively and no breakthrough is seen with U Thant and Vatican pressure. The United States seeks reciprocal steps and maintains bombing suspensions only with a reciprocal move. Roving Ambassador Harriman recently traveled in Algeria.
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U.S
Goldberg
Thant
Vietnam
Washington
United States
U.N
U Thant
North Vietnam
U. S
Arthur J. Goldberg
Pope Paul VI
State Department
Soviet Union
Egypt
Algeria
W. Averell Harriman
Germans Resume Limited Flights of Starfighters
West Germany orders a partial return to air operations for F104G Starfighters after a deadly crash period. The Defense Ministry plans changes to ejection seats, with all planes updated by January 3, affecting roughly 700 aircraft in the air force and 85 in the navy.
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BOM
Germany
Defense Ministry
LeVander to Take Oath of Office January 2
Gov elect Harold LeVander plans to take his oath on January 2, not January 4 when he delivers the inaugural address. aides say arrangements are not complete. Chief Justice Oscar Knutson is expected to swear in the new Republican governor as Minnesota’s term begins.
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ST. Paul
Harold LeVander
LeVander
Minnesota
Oscar Knutson
Karl F. Rolvaag
New York
Lionel van Deerlin
D-Calif
Powell
Congress
Education and Labor Committee
Bahamas
Powerful underground blast rocks Nevada desert test site
A massive U.S. atomic blast, possibly the strongest ever, was set off under Pahute Mesa at 7 30 am. It caused a rolling earth movement felt in Beatty and Las Vegas with observers noting light to moderate shaking and minor structural effects. Energy estimates ranged from 200 000 to 1 million tons of TNT, potentially the largest U S test.
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Robert M. Shaw
Las Vegas
Nev
United States
Riverside Hotel
Reno
High Desert
Beatty
Pahute Mesa
American youth faces five year Soviet labor camp term
In Leningrad a U S youth and his accomplice faced trial for stealing a bear statue and currency violations. Wortham pleaded for freedom while prosecutors sought a five year term and a concurrent sentence for illegal dollar changes. Gilmour awaits verdict and possible fines.
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Buel Ray Wortham
North Little Rock
Ark
Wortham
Feodor Rozhdestvenski
UPI
Leningrad
U.S.S.R
Craddock M. Gilmour Jr
Salt Lake City
Utah
Gilmour
Viet Cong Rebuffs U.N. Peace Initiative
Nguyen Minh Phuong, acting head of the National Front for Liberation, said the South Vietnamese people reject any U.S. peace terms and oppose U.S. use of the United Nations to interfere in South Vietnam. He spoke at a Peking banquet marking the front’s sixth anniversary.
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Tokyo
China
U.S
Vietnam
United Nations
Peking
Kyodo News Service
Kyodo
Nguyen
United States
South Vietnam
The
Front
Tan
Entertainers Named For Inaugural Ball
The Wisconsin inaugural ball in Milwaukee January 6 to honor Gov and Mrs Warren P Knowles will feature Racine YMCA Boy's Choir a 54 voice ensemble and three award winning ethnic dance groups Polonez Dancers Milwaukee Highlanders and the American Negro Dance Group. Each won honors in fall folk dance competition.
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Madison
Wisconsin
Warren P. Knowles
Milwaukee
Racine Ymca
Polonez Dancers
Milwaukee Highlanders
Four Deaths Push Wisconsin Traffic Toll to 1076
The 1966 highway death toll rose to 1,076 with the death of 4-year-old Jeanette Aniee of Cedarburg. Sherri Weslowski, 9, and 10-year-old Pam Barton were injured seriously in Superior, while James B. Clark, 31, died in Dubuque hospital after a Platteville crash. Margery Hackbarth, 18, of Kenosha died after a Kenosha County crash.
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Wisconsin
Jeanette Aniee
Cedarburg
Port Washington
Grafton
Sherri Weslowski
Pam Barton
Superior
Platteville
James B. Clark
Dubuque, Iowa
Margery Hackbarth
Kenosha
Powell Wife Skips Hearing On Pay And Travel Probe
Mrs. Powell failed to testify at a closed door probe into Rep. Adam Clayton Powell Jr. and his office finances. Chairman Hays requests the marshal locate her as 17 staff aides are subpoenaed. Powell has avoided appearance, facing possible contempt charges.
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Washington
Adam Clayton de Powell
Powell Jr
Hays
Puerto
Rico
Wayne L. Hays
Ohio
House Administration
Powell
U.S
House
Adam Clayton Powell
Yvette Flores Powell
Corrine Huff
UPI
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