Seven Firemen Rescued After Four Story Collapse in NYC
Thousands cheered as seven firefighters were pulled from wreckage in Times Square area after a four story building collapsed. Last man rescued at 1 20 a m conscious and helped by a dozen squads. The episode echoes October disaster when 12 firemen died in a Madison Square collapse.
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New York
Times Square
Robert C. Lowery
Madison Square
Lowery
6Th Avenue
45Th Street
Three Gunmen Hit Illinois Supermarket For 71300
Three gunmen robbed a Park Pacemaker store north of Rockford taking 21300 after an armored car delivered 18000. Clerk Clifford Gray and Ruth Bright were inside when the bandits demanded the cash and store receipts. A second robber guarded the entrance while a third waited in a white Chevrolet outside. The suspects fled in a 1966 dark green Cadillac.
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Rockford, Ill
Park Pacemaker
Rockford
Money Express
Clifford Gray
Ruth Bright
Gray
Miss Bright
Communists Shell U S Destroyer Off North Vietnamese Coast
U S destroyer O'Brien took two hits and light casualties as Communist shore batteries shelled her off the North Vietnamese coast. In remaining fighting, 110 Communists were reported killed in a five hour battle in the north, while B52 bombers and fighter planes raided North and South Vietnam. A Viet Cong clash with Saigon police on the suburban edge near the capital produced no reported casualties.
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Robert Tuckman
Saigon
South Vietnam
O'Brien
U.S
North Vietnam
Demilitarized Zone
North
O’brien
Dong See Vietnam
Wingless HL10 lands safely after high altitude test flight
Edwards Air Force Base California reports Bruce Peterson piloted the HL10 wingless craft from a B52 at 45,000 feet and glided to a safe three minute landing. The test aims to develop a reentry capable vehicle for pilot controlled landings. Northrop Novair built the HL10 and the M2F2 with differing hull shapes.
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Edwards Air Force Base
Calif
Bruce Peterson
Northrop Corp
Novair Division
U S Supplies In Viet Traced To Red China
Senate investigators examine charges that U S military contractors bought steel from Hong Kong firms linked to Communist China for Vietnam bases. The probe could trigger public hearings when Congress reconvenes. officials say further inquiry is planned and officials acknowledge possible slips in safeguards.
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U.S
Viet
Red China
Washington
Senate
Vietnam
Hong Kong
China
Congress
Ernest Gruening
Alaska
London Observer
United States
Pentagon
Joseph Lippman
Subcommittee
Observer
Singapore
Lippman
Road To Bethlehem Opened For Pilgrims
The road to Bethlehem opened at 6 a.m. as Israeli and Jordanian officials began crossing the armistice lines at Mandelbaum Gate. Despite tensions, the crossing was peaceful and orderly for the three day stay. by 8 a.m. more than two thirds of over 5,000 Protestant and Catholic pilgrims had passed.
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Jerusalem
Bethlehem
Israel
Jordan
Mandelbaum Gate
No Christmas Morning La Crosse Tribune Editions
The La Crosse Tribune will skip Christmas Day editions and publish a Monday morning paper on Dec 26. Switchboard for missed papers from 8 to 10 a.m. Monday, state desk staffed Christmas night 6 to 9:30 p.m., city desk 6 p.m. to midnight, and Saturday editions at regular hours with a switchboard open until 5 p.m. Christmas Eve.
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la Crosse Tribune
the Tribune
State Desk
City Desk
Tribune
Mansfield Sees Vietnam-Style War Risk in Thailand
Senate leader Mike Mansfield warns U S policy in Thailand could trigger a long, drawn-out conflict akin to Vietnam with 35 000 to 37 000 American troops deployed to northeast Thailand and airlifted forces to combat insurgents He urges a political settlement and cautions cease fires may benefit the enemy while warning of wider regional escalation and global strain.
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Walter R. Mears
Washington
Senate
Mike Mansfield
Thailand
Vietnam
Mansfield
U.S
U.N
U Thant
Laos
Cambodia
United States
Johnson
Norodom Sihanouk
Richard B. Russell
Georgia
Russell
Winder
Mekong Delta
Welfare Director Shot Danbury Man Charged
In Webster Wisconsin rural Danbury resident William Jackson age 58 was charged with attempted first degree murder in the shooting of Burnett County Welfare Director Thomas E Keith at his office. Jackson was arrested in woods near his home about two hours later and remained in $15000 bail after a preliminary hearing set for December 30. Keith was hospitalized in fair condition in suburban Minneapolis.
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Webster
Wis
Danbury
Burnett County
Thomas E. Keith
William Jackson
Lloyd A. Erickson
Keith
Minneapolis
Jackson
Harry F. Gunderson
U S Rushing Arms Aid to Jordan in Crisis
U S is delivering military equipment to Jordan to keep a balance of power amid Middle East tensions. The State Department cites airlifted items and expedited F104 jet fighters, with effects tied to Wasfi Tell government’s resignation and regional threats. Israel warns it may buy more weapons if Jordan supplies upset regional balance.
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Washington
United States
Jordan
Middle East
State Department
Amman
Wasfi Tell
iTell
Tell
el Sama
U.S
Levi Eshkol
Tel Aviv
Eshkol
Israel
Arab Defense Council
Foreign Ministry
U.s.-Jordan
U.N. Security Council
Britain
Kingdom of
Christmas in Xom Hue as Buddhists and Christians Celebrate
In Xom Hue Vietnam a joint Christmas event featuring a Vietnamese Santa and an American Santa brings 1,000 children festive toys. The 25th Infantry Division sponsors the celebration with a nativity scene, schoolchildren, songs, and a GI choir, amid ongoing combat nearby.
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Xom Hue
South Vietnam
Saigon
Santa Claus
Richard Salzarulo
Pittsfield
Mass
U.S. 25Th Infantry Division
25Th Infantry Division
Ebenezer Scrooge
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Nguyen
Army
7Th Surgical Hospital
Cecil Shafer
Des Moines
Iowa
Ted Root
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Ohio
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Los Angeles
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