Powers clash over South Viet Nam interference crisis
United States and Vietnamese leaders refuse to back down in a standoff over military meddling in Saigon. US officials threaten withholding new aid unless the crisis ends soon while Vietnamese officers consider an anti American campaign and removal of Ambassador Taylor. Gen Nguyen Khanh appears to control the armed forces as Saigon seeks to restore civilian authority.
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
United States
Maxwell D. Taylor
Nguyen Khanh
Khanh
Chieve Taylor
Taylor
U. S
Armed Forces
Mr. Yen
Yen
U S Seeks Solution to Viet Nam Woes After Saigon Turmoil
Administration sources in Washington expressed hope the Saigon generals purge is a temporary setback. Maxwell D Taylor has broad authority from President Johnson to push for a broadly supported government to fight the guerrillas. Rusk urged Khanh to unite and valued unity over divisions.
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Washington
Saigon
South
Viet Nam
High National Council
Maxwell D. Taylor
Johnson
U.S
President asks Congress for mail rate hike and pay raises
President Johnson plans to request higher second and third class mail rates and is weighing civil service and postal worker pay rises as part of the budget. Budget Director Kermit Gordon says the 108.5 billion budget is “very, very substantially below” the initial request, with spending this year about 97.2 billion as Johnson reviews final fiscal details.
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Johnson City
Tex
Johnson
Congress
Civil Service
Uncle Sam
Kermit Gordon
Gordon
Nasser’s Cairo speech worsens U S U A R tensions
In Port Said President Nasser denounced U S pressure and urged Americans to “drink from the sea” as relations with the United States deteriorated. He cited aid to Congo rebels and vowed continued arms to the rebels, adding the U A R would not bow to Western criticism amid broader US Egypt frictions.
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Cairo
United States
United Arab Republic
Gamal Abdel Nasser
America
Port
Nasser
Lucius Battle
Egypt
Mediterranean
Red Sea
Hell
U.S
Washington
Surfer
Suez
U.A.R
Congo
Saigon hotel blast injures 52 Americans in Saigon
A bomb at a U S military officers hotel in Saigon injures 52 Americans and wounds one Australian officer and 15 Vietnamese. The blast occurs in the basement just before 6 p m as Viet Cong attacks were anticipated around Christmas weekend. Security forces are on full alert near the airport.
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Washington
U.S
Saigon
Pentagon
National Broadcasting Co
Garrick Alley
Boy Scouts Help Nab Notorious Counterfeiter
Eight grade school boys aged 8 to 12 chased and helped capture Alfred Oponowicz, a top 10 FBI fugitive, after spotting him in vacant lots. The arrest followed a gun battle with Secret Service agents and Lake County deputies leaving him wounded and in custody with the weapon and printing gear seized.
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Painesville
Ohio
FBI
Alfred Oponowicz
Opanowicz
Secret Service
Lake County
Desperado
Baltimore and Ohio
State Highway Patrol
Lake County Memorial Hospital
Cincinnati Boy Safe After Two-Hour Car Theft Ride
Four year old David Earl Fledderman was found wandering along US 68 in Brown County after a two hour ride in his family's stolen car. His mother said she left the ignition key in the switch by habit. The boy slept much of the journey and was unharmed.
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Opanowicz
Secret Service
Cincinnati
David Earl Fiedderman
Lad
David
Earl H. Fledderman
Brown County
Here
David Earl
US 68
Georgetown
Ernest Liming
Cincinnati Gas & Electric Co
Liming
Sam Jones
Jones
Three Die In Crash Of Transport Constellation
A four engine Flying Tiger Air Line Constellation cargo plane carrying three crew members crashed shortly after takeoff from San Francisco International Airport. The New York bound aircraft went down near Skyline Boulevard and San Francisco County Jail Road, about 20 miles from the city. Bodies have been recovered.
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San Bruno
Calif
Tiger Air Line Constellation
The
Air
San Mateo
Red Cross
San Francisco
Humboldt County
Bennington
Eureka
Coast Guard
Coost Guard
Flooded West Coast faces Christmas Eve flood toll and evacuations
Thousands homeless across California Washington Oregon Nevada and Idaho as a Pacific storm floods cities and highways. Dozens of rivers overflowed causing evacuations in Guerneville Rio Dell Eureka and other communities with Red Cross Coast Guard and National Guard aiding rescue efforts and sheltering evacuees in schools.
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San Francisco
California
Washington
Oregon
Nevada
Idaho
Air Force
Navy National Guard
Red Cross
Coast Guard
Civil Defense
Pacific
Weather Bureau
Eel River
Rio Dell
Willow Creek
Hoopa
Pepperwood
Garberville
South Fork
Myers Flat
Stafford
Weatt
Guerneville
Little Stork Club
Eureka
Montana
Yuba
Feather River
Yosemite National Park
Mark Hatfield
Grant’s Pass
Rogue
National Guard
North Albany
Salem
Chuckle Christmas Gifts Divided Into Two Classes
The piece jokes that Christmas gifts fall into two classes: those you don’t like and those you don’t get. It captures a light holiday quip about gifts and expectations.
Dearest Christmas Letter From Viet Nam Officer
A wartime Christmas note from Army Captain Don Masters in the Mekong delta to his wife in Austin describes a hot, tense holiday scene. He recalls children of missionaries opening gifts beside a sandbagged tree and a moonlit night as artillery booms echo in the distance.
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U. S
Viet Nam
Mekong Delta
Don Masters
Ann
Austin
Tex
Associated Press
Can Tho
South Viet Nam
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Libya
Robert Bennett
Nora Bennett
Iva Marie Cook
Cleveland
Oponowicz
Metropolitan General Hospital
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Lake County Welfare Department
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Euesance Am
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Valley News
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Yang
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Don
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