Dayan warns Lebanon over border action and Arab front
Israeli defense minister Moshe Dayan told Lebanon to stop guerrilla raids or face consequences. He warned of a third front from Lebanese territory and cited possible tours of the Jordanian line as a warning. Dayan saw no change in the field despite Rabat talks and cited Egyptian arms pledges and reorganization of the eastern front under Egyptian command. A second report said an Israeli commando force hit a Gulf of Suez Egyptian army post at Ras Ghareb, taking four captives and inflicting casualties, with one Israeli wounded.
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Freighter Badger State Explodes Amid 20-Foot Seas
29 crewmen are missing after the Badger State detonated a cargo of rockets and bombs 580 miles northeast of Midway Island. A rescue plane dropped flares as liferafts were spotted. winds rose to 40 knots and 20 foot seas hampered search. The ship, loaded at Bangor near Seattle, was en route to Da Nang, South Vietnam.
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Gunboat mystery deepens over Cherbourg departure
Five Israeli gunboats left Cherbourg under secrecy amid questions of an alleged sale to a Norwegian firm. Critics accuse the government of tolerating an arms deal in breach of France’s embargo. Observers note refueling needs and unregistered buyer details as Israel reportedly funds and ships the vessels.
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Charles de Gaulle
Channel
Thy
Increased action in Vietnam despite Christmas ceasefire
U S forces fought their biggest single battle in 1% months near the Cambodian border with 200 North Vietnamese troops spotted. Aerial observers counted at least 72 North Vietnamese dead and 40 bunkers smashed while U S casualties were described as light.
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Demilitarized Zone
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Dong Ha
My Tho
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Cambo
London Hospitals Go on Emergency Status
London hospitals faced bed shortages as influenza cases surged. Only the most urgent non flu patients will be admitted across 200 area hospitals, signaling a citywide emergency posture.
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Storm disrupts Quebec roads as blizzard hits Montreal area
Quebec reports a severe blizzard with winds up to 30 mph and six deaths from an apartment fire in the citys east end. Six people died in the fire and thirty were left homeless. Roads blocked across the region Route 87 closed halting bus service to New York and Boston. Some trains on schedule while Montreal airport stayed open.
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Five children and mother die in Berkeley Township fire
A mother Alfreda Small, 32, and five of her nine children died when a fire swept their one story wood frame apartment in Berkeley Township New Jersey. Authorities condemned the structure as two other boys live with relatives and other children were elsewhere.
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N.J
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Katrina Small
Nickie Small
Estelle Dillard
Gary Dillard
Michael Dillard
North Carolina
Normandy wins the Irish Sweeps Hurdles at Fairyhouse
Four Canadians win £50,000 on Normandy with 1% lengths margins over Orient War and Persian War in the richest hurdle race in the British Isles. Orient War takes second and Persian War third as 15 runners race two miles with bets at 15 to 2, 25 to 1 and 9 to 4.
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Terry Biddlecombe
B. P. Jenks
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Survivor tells of ambush near Saigon during Christmas trip
U S Army Capt John W Marshall, 27, of Lawton Oklahoma, survived a deadly ambush 28 miles north of Saigon by playing dead after gunmen in South Vietnamese army uniforms opened fire from elephant grass. His three companions were killed. he sustained a broken leg and was found by a road mine sweeping team the next morning. He awaited medical evacuation to Japan.
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Tan Son Nhut
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