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Newspaper
Las Vegas Sun
Location
Las Vegas, Nevada, United States of America
Date
Dec 24, 1966
Page
6
East German authorities announced the Berlin Wall would remain closed for Christmas, ending hope of holiday passes. The Communists blamed Cold War tensions and Western rejection of East German rules. This marks the first Christmas since 1963 with the wall shut, affecting about 800,000 West Berliners with relatives in the East.
Dr Seymour Charles president of the physicians for automotive safety accuses the auto industry of attempting to cripple the National Traffic Safety Agency and its head Dr William Haddon Jr He condemns the industrys emotional outcry over proposed 1968 car safety standards and warns of threatened progress without public support for safer automobiles
A UPI weather table shows the 24 hour figures ending at 4 a.m. from the U.S. Weather Bureau in San Francisco. Temperature and precipitation amounts for the period are listed with city and regional readings.
The coldest reading was 20 below zero at International Falls Minnesota and the warmest was 85 degrees at McAllen Texas, reported yesterday by the U S Weather Bureau.
Cardinal Francis Spellman arrives in Saigon for his 25th annual Christmas visit to American troops in Vietnam. He lands at Tan Son Nhut from Korat and is welcomed by Gen. Westmoreland before a medical check at the 3rd Field Hospital, with Billy Graham staying nearby.
Sixteen year old Marlene Nedley, who married Marine Cpl Warren Nedley Jr. in Hampstead, NC, says she will do everything to have her father, J. C. Hardee, punished for the slaying of her bridegroom. Nedley died from a .22 caliber chest wound during the incident at the Nedley home near Surf City. Hardee, 50, faces grand jury action on murder charges, claiming self defense.
Art Carney, famed for The Honeymoners, wed Barbara Isaacs in New York City. Both previously married. Carney 48 and Isaacs 41. After the ceremony they plan to stay in New York until Sunday then fly to Miami to tape The Honeymooners.
Ben Golfstein president of the Four Queens Hotel revealed a new giant give-away program starting January 3. Exquisitely styled mink stoles made for the hotel by Dicker and Dicker Furs will be awarded daily with winners choosing from three colors. The program follows a nylons bonus promotion and a grand opening that awarded a $25,000 home a $10,000 diamond ring and other prizes.
In Moscow an American jailed for black marketeering leaves with his father vowing to continue the fight to free fellow American Wortham. Craddock M. Gilmour Jr. and his father flew to London after a visa, as Wortham begins a three year sentence in a penal colony.
Saigon Prime Minister Nguyen Cao Ky said the danger of communist domination in South Vietnam no longer exists thanks to American and Vietnamese sacrifices. He spoke in a 21 page State of the Union to the 117 member assembly drafting a new constitution, noting remaining shortcomings and the need for steady reform.
Geneva based Red Cross outlines a four point program to aid 1.5 million displaced civilians in South Vietnam. League Secretary General Henrik Beer said the plan follows an appeal from the South Vietnamese Red Cross Society and could be extended to North Vietnam if Hanoi requests similar aid.
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