Peking Silent On Reported Seventh Nuclear Test
Report from the Atomic Energy Commission claiming China detonated a seventh nuclear device Sunday drew silence from Peking. Radio Peking avoided the blast while Japanese observers noted radioactive fallout but authorities said it was not dangerous. Analysts linked the timing to Mao Zedong’s birthday as a possible political factor.
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China
Radio
Hiroshima
Japan
Tadao Iwasumi
Washington
Kusumi
Mao
Soviet Union
Stennis
U.S
Vietnam
United States
Festive First Family Has Christmas in White House
President Johnson and the First Family celebrated their first Christmas at the White House with Christmas gifts and a church visit. The Johnsons will likely spend New Year at the Texas ranch near San Antonio. Gifts included a jersey and red blue pants for the infant Patrick Nugent from Pope Paul VI, plus a Madonna and Child from the Pope.
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Johnson
White House
Patrick Lyndon Nugent
Luci
Patrick Nugent
Pope Paul VI
Rome
Australia
South Vietnam
Thailand
Pakistan
Mose
King Constantine Seen Returning to Greek Throne Soon
A close confidant says the 27 year old king will reclaim his throne within days as mediators press for his return to Athens. Queen Frederika echoed hope of a swift return while junta leader Papadopoulos negotiates. In Greece, prisoner releases were cut back to about 300 with hard core Communists still detained.
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Constantine
Haralambos Potamianos
Frederika
Rome
Greece
Potamatianos
Pam
George Papadopoulos
Papadopoulos
Andreas Papandreou
Georges Papandreou
Mikis Theodorakis
Zorba
Avcroft
Ministry of Public Order
John Ladas
Leros
Yioura
Dinner at Jail Precedes a Riot in Cincinnati
Christmas dinner at the Hamilton County Jail sparked a three hour riot as about 47 prisoners fought police with 100 officers responding. inmates smashed furniture and set a trash can fire while tear gas lingered, leading to transfers to empty cells.
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Cincinnati
Ohio
Elijah Hilton
Hamilton County
Ohio State Penitentiary
Columbus
Mai
Denier
Cincmnati
Ohio State
GOP Gains Seen In 68 by Group Claiming No Ties
Washington AP reports the National Committee for an Effective Congress predicts GOP control of the House and gains in the Senate in 1968. The group calls Vietnam the central issue and says Republicans could win as many as six Senate seats, while endorsing ten incumbents.
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Washington
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Senate
National Committee For
Congress
America
United States
Vietnam
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J. William Fulbright
Arkansas
Joseph S
Clark
Pennsylvania
Frank Church
Idaho
George McGovern
South Dakota
Ernest Gruening
Alaska
Wayne Morse
Oregon
A. S. Mike Monroney
Oklahoma
George D. Aiken
Vermont
Thomas H. Kuchet
California
Thruston B
Morton
Kentucky
Joint Effort Planned To Keep Church Going
Seven West Seattle churches from different denominations plan cooperation to save High Point Christian Church from closing due to money and attendance shortages. Led by Rev. James T. Reynolds of Saun tleroy Community Church, the alliance includes five Protestant churches and a Roman Catholic church. Five participants have already pledged $5,000.
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Seattle
West Seattle
James T. Reynolds
Sauntleroy
High Point Christian Church
Reynolds
Stennis to Probe Air Power Capabilities and Flyer Cost
Sen John C Stennis announces a Senate Preparedness Investigating subcommittee probe into Air Force and Navy tactical air power including the F11 L11 warplane. The study will assess development plans and pilot shortages amid Vietnam implications and rising program costs.
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American Tactical
Russia
North Vietnam
Air Force
Navy
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Shots Fired At Negro Civil Rights Leader Home
In Louisburg North Carolina three rifle shots hit the home of Rev Luther Coppedge a black civil rights leader. He and his wife and son narrowly escaped hits while he testified in federal court against the Franklin County School Board's desegregation plan. No arrests reported.
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Stennis
U.S
DeKalb
Congress
Louisburg, N.C
Franklin County
Luther Coppedge
Freedom of Choice
Franklin County School Board
Coppedge
Toll Deaths Rise in French Christmas Weekend
AP reports 120 people were killed and 800 injured on French highways during the three day Christmas weekend as officials provided casualty figures.
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Mansion Grounds
Paris
Georgia Gray Appointed To U S Business Group
Washington AP The Small Business Administration names Georgia Neese Clark Gray former U S treasurer as a member at large of its national advisory council for the Midwest. She retires as council chair December 3 and begins the new role January 1. Gray was treasurer in 1949 under President Truman and is now president of Capital City State Bank of Topeka.
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Small Business Administration
Georgia Neese Clark Gray
United States
National Advisory Council
Midwest
Council On
Harry Truman
Capital City State Bank of
Topeka
Antiwar Vigil Held Outside LBJ Ranch in Texas
Fifty five antiwar demonstrators from the Austin Committee to End the War in Vietnam held a one hour Christmas vigil outside the LBJ Ranch in Stonewall Texas.
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Stonewall, Tex
Lbj Ranch
Austin Committee To
Vietnam
Christmas Adoptions At Lawrence Animal Shelter
Mr and Mrs Vic Melton manage the Charles Ise Memorial Animal Shelter on East 19th Street for the Lawrence Humane Society. Visitors adopted a Siamese cat a collie and several dogs last weekend, with more animals awaiting homes. A 15 dollar spay fee applies to female adoptions. male animals incur no fee. Forty five hundred animals were cared for last year as a fund drive supports the program.
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Vic Melton
Charles Ise
East 19Th Street
Santa
Meltons
The
Lawrence Humane Society
Human Society
Memorial Fund Planned For Developer of Pill
Scientists from 13 countries organize the Gregory Pincus Memorial Endowment Fund at the Worcester Foundation for Experimental Biology to honor the developer of the first birth control pill. Funds support research and activities at the foundation in memory of Dr. Pincus, who died August 22.
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Shrewsbury
Mass
Gregory Pincus
Worcester Foundation For Experimental Biology
Pincus
South Carolina to Exhibit at Midwest Sports Vacations
The State Department of Parks Recreation and Tourism will display vacation exhibits at sports and travel shows in Ohio Michigan and Wisconsin early next year highlighting South Carolina as a destination.
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Columbia
S.C
South Carolina
Midwest
State Department of Parks, Recreation and Tourism
Ohio
Michigan
Wisconsin
Salina man volts driver to stay awake on trips
Don Dean, a 56 year old Salina car salesman, wired his steering wheel to deliver irregular electric shocks up to 17 volts and 400 milliamps to ward off sleep on long drives. Dean collaborated with George Agin, a retired radio repairman, and notes the method works for him though engineers doubt broad appeal.
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Salina, Kan
Don Dean
Dean
Salina
George Agin
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