Perot seeks to fly gifts to POWs as Hanoi rejects planes
In Vientiane Laos North Vietnam refused to allow H Ross Perot to fly his gift planes to prisoners of war. He offered to deliver 1400 canned Christmas dinners to North Vietnamese children and wire medical supplies to Moscow for relay to POWs. Perot pressed Hanoi at the embassy meeting but was rebuffed and plans to continue humanitarian efforts.
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Fire Sweeps Rose and Crown Hotel in Saffron Walden
A blaze at the 16th century Rose and Crown Hotel in Saffron Walden killed 11 people and injured several others. Firefighters battled the flames as victims and dramatic rescues were reported from the hotel and surrounding area.
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Christmas Truce Ends. Saigon Reports Renewed Fighting
In Vietnam the Christmas truce ended with renewed combat as U S and South Vietnamese forces resumed operations Christmas night. Allied commands accuse the Viet Cong and North Vietnamese of 111 truce violations, claiming about 100 enemy killed and 11 captured while allied toll includes 12 South Vietnamese, 25 South Vietnamese and 3 Americans wounded and 2 government soldiers missing. U S B 52 raids resumed in the northwest region.
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Quiet Cease-fire Amid Vietnam War Casualty Totals
Allied commanders report no B52 missions during the 24 hour cease-fire in most of South Vietnam while helicopter gunships supported ground troops. B52s and fighter bombers continued bombing the Ho Chi Minh Trail in eastern Laos to slow North Vietnamese infiltration. American deaths reached 39,893 since 1961 with 66 killed last week and 713 wounded. South Vietnamese losses were 411 killed and 1,019 wounded. Allies claimed 2,007 North Vietnamese and Viet Cong killed last week.
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World Christmas Peace Appeals Span Nigeria to Vietnam
Pope Paul VI urged holiday truces for peaceful reconciliation as 25,000 gathered at St Peter's. Odumegwu Ojukwu promoted peace in Biafra as Nigerian forces clash. U.S. families of missing servicemen travel to Paris for talks, and Netherlands celebrates a royal birth as Queen Juliana praises the newborn.
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Israeli Jets Strike Guerrillas In Jordan
Israeli warplanes attacked Arab guerrillas in Jordan after they fired on an army patrol and placed two mines near a settlement southeast of the Sea of Galilee. Two Jordanian army vehicles were reported burning after the hour long raid. no casualties were reported for the patrol.
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Middletown Forecast: Cold Tonight Then Warmer Weekend
The Middletown forecast calls for partly cloudy and cold conditions with temperatures in the lower teens tonight. Saturday should reach the middle 30s with a chance of snow Saturday night and Sunday.
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That Guilty Look and the Cash Chewing Dachs Hund
A humorous note about Gen Beauregard Jackson Jr. a dachshund who regurgitated a tattered $100 bill after a vet forced the act. The bill was a Christmas gift to Walter Hawthorne's family. The dog previously chewed a $1 bill and chewed money again but later coughed up enough to cash in for a replacement at a bank.
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Johnson says he did not want to be president in 1968
In a CBS interview Lyndon B. Johnson says he could have won re election but failed to unite the country and therefore would not have been satisfied as president. He credits Lady Bird Johnson for urging him to run and recalls Kenne dy McCarthy and Kennedy visits during the nominating battles.
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Pressure Suit Used To Save Woman's Life
A test pilot pressure suit helped stop internal bleeding in Mary Phillips a 25 year old mother of two at Stanford Hospital. After multiple procedures and transfusions the modified suit reduced arterial pressure difference allowing normal coagulation and she recovered living in Sunnyvale. The NASA Ames Center and Stanford released the medical finding.
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Major Quake Rocks Puerto Rico Area
Seismologists report a major 7.8 quake near a Caribbean sea area about 350 miles southeast of San Juan on Christmas Day with aftershocks up to 6.4. No immediate casualties or damage reported though tremors were felt on Martinique. timing 4:41 p.m. EST and confirmed by Berkeley and Palmer observatories.
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