Christmas Truce Marred by U.S. Casualties Near Da Nang
U S Marines reported 38 North Vietnamese killed in Christmas Eve fighting southwest of Da Nang as a 24 hour truce passed midpoint. Command noted 47 enemy incidents during the truce, with 24 deemed significant causing casualties. At least five Americans died. seven hour Viet Cong cease fire cited by the allies as ignored.
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Saigon
da Nang
U.S
Air Force
South Vietnam
U.S. Nd
Reda
U.S. Command
U.S. 1St Air Cavalry Division
Vietnam
Quiet Christmas Reflections Fill Lubbock City
Nighttime services across Lubbock drew thousands to houses of worship as Christmas Eve focused on Bethlehem not gifts. The city paused for solemn thought and musical celebration while many families faced holiday meals with Salvation Army aid to some who are alone or in need.
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Gerry Burton
Avalanche-Journal
Steff
Lubbock
Bethlehem
Boy Offers Own Holiday Spirit in Christmas Play
Four year old Eric Nelson, cast as innkeeper in Albany Oregon school play, improvises a line offering travelers a cocktail after telling them there is no room at the inn. He said the line felt wrong for Christmas and kept the travelers from feeling turned away.
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Albany. Ore
UPI
Eric Nelson
Eric
Joseph and Mary
Area POST Office progresses in Lubbock since 1884
Officials describe the long road of progress for the Lubbock area post office, tracing developments since the 1884 option. Ho Chi Minh era mentions surface in Hanoi related to US prisoners of war. Arab leaders assess a recent summit as a complete failure.
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Lubbock
Hanoi
U.S
Newlyweds Receive Christmas Gift Home From Neighbors
Neighbors Mr and Mrs Eric Posey at 2618 30th St decorated a newlywed couple's home after their December 20 marriage. The Poseys, who helped unite the couple, surprised them by wrapping the city house in Christmas style and even hid their car as a playful gesture.
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Bill Hicks
Ms 30Th
Honemoon
Eric Posey
30Th St
Poseys
Nixon signs bill authorizing anti inflation credit controls
President Nixon reluctantly signs a bill granting authority to invoke credit controls to curb inflation. He warns such measures could move the nation toward a controlled economy and objects to mandatory or voluntary controls outside the Korean War precedent. The aim is to regulate interest paid by banks and savings and loan associations.
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Washington
Nixon
HS Raia
Savings and Loan
Sime
Area Residents Exchange Same Yule Card for 20 Years
Local residents exchange Christmas cards annually as a long standing tradition. Tanner Laine notes a lingering sense of friendship and continuity despite changes in the community.
Family Home Blaze Kills Seven in Parsons Kansas
A druggist, his wife, and five children died in a dawn house fire in Parsons Kansas. They had decorated their Christmas tree and wrapped gifts hours before, each trying to save the others from heat and smoke. Neighbors recalled them as a fine family as firefighters battled the blaze.
Christmas 1969 in War Torn World and Quiet U S
The article notes Christmas amid Asia Africa and the Middle East hostilities with Bethlehem under Israeli rule and cease fires in Vietnam. It describes festive aid by troops for Montagnard orphans near Ba To and Mercy flights in Biafra, while U S shoppers and families face inflation driven prices and President Nixon plans a holiday trip.
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Asia
Africa
Middle East
Canada
Philippines
Bethlehem
Jordan
Vietnam
Radio
Hanoi
U.S
Earher U.S
Far East
Europe
United States
South Vietnam
Ba To
3Rd. Infantry
Santa Claus
Jeen
Wastern Biafra
Joint Church
Goodfellows Spread Christmas Cheer Over Lubbock
In a 1969 Dickensian style effort, more than 300 automobiles lit the city as Goodfellows delivered about 1,500 toy packages to residents in need before dawn. Cars gathered at a warehouse between 5 and 6 a.m. for Santa like deliveries.
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Lubbock
Goodfellows
North Pole
Birthplace Of Christ Recasts Bethlehem Symbolism Amid War
In Bethlehem occupied by Israel, Christmas observances unfold under war shadows. Crowds fill Manger Square as bells toll in a Holy Land marked by renewed Arab threats. An Israeli army patrol moves through Bethlehem’s ancient streets while visitors from many nations gather in the sacred city.
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Holy City
Middle East
Bethelem
Christ
Associated Press
Obethlehm
Jordan
Holy Land
Bethchema
Christ Mies
Stee
Piles
Amanda
Manger
Idan Aevokey
Christas
Israel Army
Bethlehem
Weather outlook hints at milder Friday with easterly breeze
fragmentary report notes a cooler period with highs in the upper 30s and night lows in the mid 30s. easterly winds persist and Friday may bring a milder, more temperate day.
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