Viet Nam war toll climbs as December proves deadly
Viet Cong forces killed two Americans and captured two at Binh Gia 40 miles southeast of Saigon while another two U.S. Army sergeants were captured near Lai Khe. The month ends with 165 combat casualties, 16 dead and 149 wounded, marking December as the bloodiest month for U.S. advisers in Vietnam.
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New Year Festivity Plans Across Cities
Revelers and police prepared for New Year's Eve celebrations from Times Square to small-town courthouses. The 78-hour holiday expected traffic deaths 300 to 360, with police scheduling extra patrols to minimize tolls.
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Massacres Reported as Congo Rebels Kill Whites
Refugees from Wamba say rebels massacred 30 to 320 Europeans, forcing refugees into a mass killing. Hostages taken to Mungbere were believed safe. mercenaries saved 121 at Wamba, confirming deaths including missionary William MacChesney and bishop Jovenh Wittebol.
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Snowstorm Halts Northwest Rescue Effort Near Border
Rescue operations across the Far West faced a setback as an Arctic snowstorm reduced visibility to zero. Air Force pilots used a brief break to ferry 23 helicopters from Kingsley Airport to Siskiyou County before conditions worsened. Some 500 residents remain cut off in remote Siskiyou settlements along the Klamath and Salmon rivers, with Cecilville reporting no word in nine days.
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FBI Chief Attacks Civilian Police Review Boards
FBI Director J Edgar Hoover criticized civilian review boards proposed in some cities to hear police complaints. He warned such panels would be staffed by inexperienced appointees and could usurp police authority, bringing politics into law enforcement and undermining effectiveness.
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Nation's Weather 24 Hour Summary from San Francisco
The U S Weather Bureau in San Francisco reports a 24 hour period ending at 4 a m yesterday detailing temperature highs and lows and precipitation amounts. Observations show varying conditions across the region with humidity and wind patterns noted for the period.
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U.S. Weather Bureau
San Francisco
Williston Records 6 Below. McAllen Reaches 86
The nation excluding Hawaii and Alaska posted a 6 degree below zero low at Williston and a high of 86 degrees at McAllen. Weather notes show wide temperature swings across regions.
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New York
Pope Receives Formal Invite To World's Fair
Pope Paul VI was handed a formal invitation bound in white leather to attend the New York World's Fair in summer 1965. Thomas J. Deegan Jr. presented the note, noting the Pope’s India trip and inviting a Vatican Pavilion visit to symbolize the church’s role in society and ecumenism post Vatican II.
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New York
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