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Newspaper
Las Vegas Sun
Location
Las Vegas, Nevada, United States of America
Date
Dec 25, 1966
Page
1
The Sun wishes readers a peaceful holiday season quoting Fra Giovanni from 1513 about finding heaven and joy in the present. The note reflects on gratitude for readers and advertisers as 1966 ends, hoping for health happiness and success in the new year.
Today's high reaches 35 degrees with a low of 25. Sunrise is at 6 50 and sunset at 4 32. Yesterday's high was 54 with a missing low and noontime relative humidity around 22 percent.
Thousands of Las Vegans celebrate Christmas by opening gifts after church, with bright outfits, festive trees, and crowded shops. The scene shows families tearing into packages, while hotel and casino staff enjoy a busy day and many workers receive holiday cheer despite prior layoffs.
The column reflects on the meaning of Christmas with spiritual musings by Louis Cassels. Separately, UPI reports a 48 hour Christmas truce in Vietnam shattered by Communist attacks near Da Nang and Pleiku, with US Marines engaging the Viet Cong and casualties and captures noted.
A Flying Tiger Airlines cargo plane crashed while landing in Da Nang in dense fog and rain, killing 125 civilians and injuring at least 42. The four crew members died. the crash destroyed Hoa Vang district huts and flames raged overnight as rescue teams sifted rubble for missing victims, many of them children.
Syndicated columnist Sylvia Porter will launch a five part Las Vegas Sun series on health quackery. She says charlatans drain billions from Americans via panaceas and fads, using space age jargon and gimmicks that cause harm and financial loss. The series begins in tomorrow's edition.
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