Attacks Intensify as Viet Cong Mark Anniversaries
U S and South Vietnamese forces brace for intensified attacks in observance of the Viet Cong anniversaries. Tan Son Nhut Air Base is struck by four 100 pound rockets wounding a civilian and 17 others, while U S troops report several American injuries and light base damage. Clashes near Saigon with 14 enemy killed and two Americans dead in a three hour battle. The Viet Cong warn of possible rocket strikes anytime and declare a three day cease fire for Christmas beginning next week.
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Saigon
U.S
Indochina
National Liberation Front
Viet Cong
Tan Son Nhut
South Vietnam
U.S. 25Th Division
Car Production Drop Foreseen
DETROIT AP The nation's auto production fell sharply this week and will drop further due to holiday plant closings. Christmas and New Year shutdowns reduce dealer inventories. Weekly output 177,170 vs 183,693 prior week and 188,577 year earlier.
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Detroit
Fire damages garage at Norman Parris residence
A noon blaze caused about $500 damage to a garage at 545 Lincoln the Norman Parris home. Lawrence firemen responded at 12:12 p.m. with two pumpers. The family was away and the cause remains undetermined.
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Norman Parris
Lincoln
Lawrence
Universal Christmas feature highlights Lawrence firm’s world reach
Kansas Magazine profiles Heard in Heard Hallmark Cards Inc, noting its Kansas City base and Lawrence branch as it outlines plans for producing and distributing holiday materials globally. The article details the firm’s growth and international reach.
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Hallmark Cards, Inc
Lawrence
Kansas Magazine
Kansas Department of Economic Development
County Aims to Open Food Stamp Program by May
Douglas County Commission reports the Food Stamp program under the Welfare Department could begin by early May if USDA requirements are met. County Welfare Director John Derrick is working to satisfy storage, distribution, staffing, and facility rules. In other action, the commission ordered a deed for about one quarter acre in Baldwin donated for public use near the Black Jack Historical marker.
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Douglas County Commission
Welfare Department
United States Department of Agriculture
John Derrick
Kansas State Department of Social Welfare
Derrick
Baldwin
Dana P. Cavender
James Cavender
Balckjack
Girls at Warren Township High School Fight Dress Code
In Gurnee Illinois Warren Township High School girls refuse pants ban. They plan to push the limit from 20 to 100 wearers to challenge enforcement. Officials say the girls are losing but the campaign continues.
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Gurnee, Ill
Warren Township High School
Truck Driver Hurt In Highway Wreck Near Lawrence
A semi-trailer driver, Gerald D. Hornkohl aged 25 of Maple Hill, was treated and released at Lawrence Memorial Hospital after his truck ran off the road three miles west of Lawrence at the Highways 24 and 59 junction. Police say he fell asleep at the wheel and the truck was a total loss.
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Lawrence Memorial Hospital
Lawrence
Kansas Highway Patrol
Gerald D. Hornkohl
Maple Hill
Three Men Die In Pittsburg Plane Wreck
Three men were found dead in the wreckage of a private plane southeast of Pittsburg Municipal Airport. The Rev. Bob Utter 40 of Wyandotte Tabernacle Kansas City Dan Carlton 20 and Rick Curtis 20 were aboard. The craft belonged to a flying club. Curtis was engaged to Utter's daughter. A search was launched after a low pass over the airport and disappearance. The sheriff awaited FAA approval to move the wreckage and retrieve the victims.
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Pittsburg
Kan
Federal Aviation Administration
Kansas City
Bob Utter
Wyandotte Tabernacle
Dan Carlton
Rick Curtis
Congress Hopes for Early Adjournment Next Week
Senate Democratic Leader Mike Mansfield said he hopes the 91st Congress will adjourn its first session early next week. Republican Leader Hugh Scott predicted a Tuesday adjournment as final action nears on the income tax bill amidst lengthy debates.
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Congress
Washington
Senate
Mike Mansfield
Hugh Scott
House
Labor Department
Philadelphia
Pennsylvania
Nixon
Local births list announces multiple arrivals and hospital ties
A hospital roster lists numerous individuals and addresses including Mrs Sylvia Aroszani at 1015 Tenn and Mrs Gertrude Sears at 1523 Wedgewood along with Mr and Mrs Marvin Pratt at 227 Yorkshire and Mr and Mrs Jack Butler at First and Mich noting a daughter born Thursday and a son born today.
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Leonard Nuffer
Marvin Pratt
Yorkshire
Jack Butler
Northeastern State College Students Riot Injures Guards
Between 300 and 500 students, many reportedly drinking, threw rocks injuring two campus guards and slightly injuring four more at Northeastern State College in Tahlequah Oklahoma. Seventeen students were arrested as the incident followed last year’s Christmas Eve similar trouble.
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Tahlequah
Okla
Northeastern State College
Gene Frusher
Tahlequah City Hospital
Johnny Mayo
Muskogee
Ivan Holmes
Wilson Hall
Holmes
Juvenile Held After Attempted Assault at KU Union
A 17 year old boy was taken to Watkins Memorial Hospital after allegedly trying to assault a 17 year old Lawrence High School girl in the Kansas Union. The nude youth, a former KU custodian worker and ex inmate from a Topeka mental hospital, had escaped earlier in the week. He had earlier been admitted after women workers at Dyche Museum reported he wrote love notes and attempted embraces.
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Watkins Memorial Hospital
Kansas University
Kansas Union
Lawrence High School
Topeka
Dyche Museum
Standard Claims New Gas Reduces Smog
Standard Oil of California plans to start selling next month a gasoline it says cuts smog causing exhaust by 50 percent. The fuel contains a new ingredient labeled F310, details on its operation and composition were not disclosed.
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Richmond, Calif
Standard Oil Co
California
Service Anytime Anywhere Rumsey Funeral Home Ad
Rumsey Funeral Home advertises 24 hour service in Vermont with contact VT 3-5111 for immediate funeral arrangements.
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Rumsey Funeral Home
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