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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 24, 1966
Page
1
Elizabeth Drake called for an ice cream parlor number and instead connected to a woman who cried for help. The call led police to Beatrice B. Friedman, 78, found unconscious after a stroke and listed in fair condition in a Tucson hospital.
In a decorated air terminal on a Friday Christmas scene veterans and soldiers waited as one sergeant with 16 years in the Army and other troops prepared for Vietnam duty. Kingston resident Michael K. Wood 26 said the mood lacked Christmas spirit while Cranston R. J. noted this would be his first Christmas away from family as he serves four months and to work in a hospital supply depot in Vietnam.
In Saigon area a U S Marine unit faced heavy small arms and mortar fire during the Christmas truce. Marines reported about 1 000 rounds and 20 mortars on a position near Da Nang with two Viet Cong killed. A second clash occurred when two aircraft were hit by ground fire near Binh Thuan. one U S trooper wounded and a helicopter incurred light damage.
A passenger jet with 101 aboard from New York crash landed on an 8 road north of Mexico City and slid into shallow Lake Texcoco. Initial reports identified a lone survivor among few witnesses at the scene.
Debbie Cormier 13, wheelchair bound after a shooting accident four years ago, receives a thoroughbred named Matey as a Christmas gift. Edward DeBartolo, Thistledown president, arranged the horse's purchase after reading Debbie's wish in the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Debbie plans to ride again, inspired by Matey and the promise of recovery.
A major winter storm described by the Weather Bureau as the worst of the early season moved across the Southland today and headed toward the Northeast. The weather system threatens a white Christmas for portions of the region.
A severe winter storm blankets the region with frigid air and up to 25 degrees high. Warnings extend across 16 states from Mississippi to Massachusetts for heavy snow and hazardous driving. Kentucky Tennessee and Virginia report at least 16 traffic deaths due to icy highways. Beckwith West Virginia and Roanoke Virginia see six inches of snow with more forecast. Northern Arkansas endures 18 inches of snow as the hardest hit area.
New York AP reports Mrs. John F Kennedy’s chief counsel studied a revised Harper & Row manuscript of The Death of a President in hopes of settling the dispute out of court. Changes focus on Mrs Kennedy’s personal life and emotions amid Look magazine settlement.
Vatican City AP report says Pope Paul plans to depart the Vatican and then return to celebrate Christmas Mass in St. Peter's Basilica in a stricken city, with the Mass following a prior service in the area.
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