World Ends Christmas Celebration in War-Torn Times
Christmas amid war and cease fires as U S and South Vietnam resume operations on Christmas night while Pope Paul VI and Terence Cardinal Cooke highlight faith. In the Middle East Israeli jets strike Egyptian targets and a Nigerian secessionist leader calls for peace. Royal birth in the Netherlands as Princess Margriet and Pieter van Vollenhoven welcome a son.
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Paul VII
Pontiff
St. Peter's Basilica
Nigeria
Middle East
Suez Canal
Bethlehem
Netherlands
Margriet
Pieter van Vollenhoven
Juliana
Lawrence police report Christmas Day accident limited damage
Kansas University traffic and security chief E P Moomau was listed in fair condition at Lawrence Memorial Hospital after chest pains leading to hospitalization. Police say only one city street accident occurred on Christmas Day with no major property damage or injuries. Federal holiday mail delivery was canceled affecting residents awaiting mail. President Nixon extended paid holidays to federal employees for Thursday and Friday.
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E. P. Moomau
Kansas University
Lawrence Memorial Hospital
Moomau
Lawrence
Nixon
Kansas Traffic Deaths to Peka For December
Kansas traffic death toll for December 1969 totaled 754 statewide. Local agency notes December toll rose compared to prior months, with fatalities reported across multiple counties and road types.
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PEKA
Kansas
Johnson says he never wanted the presidency
In a televised interview from his Texas ranch, former President Lyndon B. Johnson reflects on his decision not to run in 1968. He rejects the charge of ambition, citing a belief he could not unite the nation and a desire to avoid a longer term. He mentions ongoing hopes for world peace.
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Sen
George S. McGovern
Johnson
Johnson Ranch
Texas
CBS
Major Caribbean quake rocks area southeast of Puerto Rico
Seismologists report a major earthquake and strong aftershocks in the Caribbean Sea about 350 miles southeast of San Juan Puerto Rico on Christmas Day. No immediate casualties or damage reported though tremors were felt on Martinique.
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Rockville, Md
National Earthquake Information Center
Caribbean Sea
San Juan
Puerto Rico
Martinique
Asia in the 1960s: conflict and growth amid leaders
The era saw war and civil strife across Asia with Mao Zedong promoting revolution while economic growth uplifted many. Ho Chi Minh and Diem clashed in Vietnam, Sukarno’s Indonesia faced upheaval, and China’s policy shifted against the USSR. Yet Japan and other nations expanded, lifting regional fortunes.
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Tokyo
Asia
China
Mao Tsetung
Ho Chi Minh
Ngo Dinh Diem
India
Nehru
Indonesia
Sukarno
Pakistan
Ayub Khan
Mao
Soviet Union
United States
Vietnam
Southeast Asia
Peking
Communist Party
Wives Return From Paris Trip Hope Lingers for Captives
In Paris the 152 American wives and children sought news of missing or held U.S. servicemen in North Vietnam. Hanoi officials promised to release captives' names gradually, after a 21 hour journey that included Notre Dame prayers and a rebuffed request for prisoner releases.
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Owerri
Biafra
Odumegwu Ojukwu
Atlantic
Paris
Hanoi
United States
Vientiane
Laos
U.S
H. Ross Perot
Dallas
Tex
North Vietnam
New York
Margaret Fisher
Sebring
Fla
Orly
Notre Dame Cathedral
Fisher
Perot
Four Children Die in Oklahoma City House Fire
Fire officials report four children burned to death in an Oklahoma City home after the mother escaped with a 3-year old daughter. The victims were Marcel Wilcher 10 Vincent Wilcher 9 Wuiner Brannon 8 and Renado Brannon 6. The mother Louise Bowen escaped from a window with Cerita Bowen 3, suffering cuts and minor burns.
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Oklahoma City
Jim Hattaway
Marcel Wilcher
Vincent Wilcher
Wuiner Brannon
Renado Brannon
Louise Bowen
Cerita Bowen
Pilot G Suit Helps Stop Young Mother's Bleeding
A test pilot pressure suit saved Mary Phillips, 25, after a failed operation caused internal hemorrhaging. Stanford doctors and NASA Ames used a modified G suit to stabilize her, stopping bleeding within hours and permitting a normal recovery at home in Sunnyvale.
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Stanford
Calif
Mary Phillips
Stanford University Hospital
Sunnyvale
Robert Mason
W. James Gardner
Cleveland Clinic
Ohio
Alan Chambers
NASA
Ames Research Center
Mountain View
Phillips
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Ralph Pelligra
Ames Center
Medical Services
Major East Storm Dumps Snow and Rain Across Region
A powerful storm lashed the East with heavy snow sleet and rain and gale winds. New England saw two foot accumulations as Boston and New York airports shut down and major roads stalled. North Adams and Roanoke reported heavy totals while flights and rail service faced widespread delays and cancellations.
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Manhattan
South Pacific
East
New England
Weather Bureau
North Adams
Mass
Boston
Logan Airport
New York
Kennedy and LaGuardia
Kennedy
Newark
Bradley Interna
Penn Central
Long Island
New York City
New Jersey
Nations Rules Change in the Sixties
London reports a decade of vast shift as Europe declines in global power. Khrushchev falls from leadership in the USSR, de Gaulle leaves France, Adenauer steps aside, and Churchill dies. The Berlin Wall hardens Cold War lines while Prague suppresses reform, marking a thaw only superficially. Youth revolt rises amid regional decolonization and changing alliances.
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Washington
Moscow
Peking
Britain
France
Belgium
Africa
Asia
Nikita S. Khrushchev
West Germany
Konrad Adenauer
Willy Brandt
Charles de Gaulle
Winston Churchill
Khrushchev
Paris
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Russia
Europe
Berlin
Soviet Union
China
Czechoslovakia
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South Korea
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Philippines
Rumsey Funeral Home
Capitol Federal Savings and Loan
TCU
Tional
Windsor Locks
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Florida
Quincy
Gadsden
Roy Martin
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Prague
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Porter
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Topeka Fraternal Order of Police
Warren Mortuary
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