Six Die as Cable Car Drops 230 Feet in France
In Clermont-Ferrand a cableway cabin cracked open sending Christmas vacationers 230 feet down a snowy mountainside. Police report six dead and 41 injured with earlier counts up to eight dead. Victims include French nationals and a director of an Orleans vacation club. Firemen and gendarmes evacuated survivors by foot and helicopter amid storm conditions near the Puy de Sancy summit.
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France
Puy de Sancy
Massif
Orleans
Val D’enfer
Hell
Mont Dore
Clermont-Ferrand
Howitzer Lost to a Bikini at Bien Hoa Front
In Bien Hoa South Vietnam a 105 mm howitzer crew dismounted to observe a cease fire. A truck driver approaching the 95th Evacuation Hospital spotted a woman in a bikini sunning herself and halted. A second driver behind failed to stop.
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Bien Hoa
South Viet Nam
95Th Evacuation Hospital
Bright Christmas Hope For Blind Girl In North Carolina
Vicki Wray, 4, living in a textile town near the North Carolina border, faces blindness from retina glioma. After surgery in March 1964 she shows signs of recovery and a potential cure by age six. Her father Robert Wray and a large family rely on funds totaling $28,000 for trust and education at a Spartanburg special school for the blind.
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Bowling Green
Santa
Vicki Wray
Santa Claus
Orna
Vicki
Peo
North Carolina
Robert Wray
Spartanburg
S.C
Snow Expected Northeast Ohio as Cold Snap Lingers
Northeastern Ohio faces 1 to 3 inches of snow by Sunday morning while southwestern Ohio sees only flurries and continued cool conditions. Today’s high est. at 30 degrees with a warming trend forecast for Monday.
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Ohio
Silent Vietnam ceasefire frays as combat resumes amid truce doubts
In Saigon reports say Viet Cong attacked during the Christmas cease-fire, with mortars on Tan Ky and other incidents across the country. U.S. officials avoided declaring the truce ended while noting three Marine casualties and renewed hostilities, amid limited comment from Washington.
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Tan Ky
Maroe
da Nang
Chu Lai
Sayng
U.S
First Corps
U.S. State
Defense Department
77Th Artillery
U.S. 1St Cavalry
What is a soldier daddy answers from a Vietnam soldier
Jamie Powell asks his father what a soldier is and receives a letter from SP4 Tom Deaton of the Army in Viet Nam. The letter describes the average combat soldier as a beardless, young man of 19 who fights, endures hardship, shares rations, and can disassemble a rifle in 30 seconds. Deaton notes his own service, age, and experiences, including leaving high school for the Army and earning a diploma later.
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Jamie Powell
Viet Nam
James Powell
Butler County
Tom
Deaton
Powell
Lyndon Johnson named Associated Press Man of the Year
The Associated Press editors designate Lyndon B. Johnson as Man of the Year for 1965 in a summary of his influence. The year’s big story centers on the Vietnam War escalation, highlighted by AP editors.
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Lyndon B. Johnson
Lyndon Johnson
Associated Pres
Viet Nam
Pope Paul VI Calls for Permanent Peace in Viet Nam
Pope Paul VI made a dramatic direct appeal to North Vietnam's Ho Chi Minh and South Vietnam's Nguyen Van Thieu to turn the Christmas ceasefire into lasting peace. He delivered a noonday blessing in St Peter's Square praising the truce and noted the Vatican had sent a message to the two leaders. The Pope expressed gratitude for the ceasefire and urged responsible leaders to seek a just, fraternal peace for all Viet Nam, while showing visible fatigue from the effort.
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Chu Lai
United States
Radio
Hanoi
Pope Paul VI
Viet Nam
Vatican City
Paul VI
South
Vatican
Ho Chi Minh
South Viet Nam
Nguyen van Thieuw
Saigon
St. Peter’s Square
Johnson
Pope Paul
St. Peter's
Paul
North
Surprise Visit Signals Engagement Of Luci Johnson
Luci and Patrick Nugent flew from Austin to Waukegan Christmas night with a Secret Service escort to announce their engagement at the Nugent home. The couple’s plane stopped for fuel in Sprayberry, Missouri, and they shared the news during a Johnson family gathering at LBJ Ranch.
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Lorc Baines Johnson
Patrick John Nugent
Austin
Tex
Nugent
Luci
Pat
Jerry Nugent
Secret Service
O'Hare International
Chicago
Sprayfield
Johnson
LBJ
Stonewall
Wisconsin Air National Guard
Lackland Air Force Base
San Antonio
Milwaukee
Marquette University
Laci
White House
Six Die By Own Hand In Munich On Christmas Eve
Munich police report six self inflicted deaths on Christmas Eve in the Bavarian capital. Authorities describe the night as a somber, deadly vigil with multiple suicides recorded across the city.
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Munich
Germany
Bavaria
Christmas weekend highway toll nears record high
The Christmas holiday traffic toll rose to 467 by 9 p m as millions travel in winter weather. Officials warned the three day total could reach or exceed the all time Christmas record of 609 set in 1955, with Ohio adding multiple fatalities including a Trumbull County crash and Cincinnati incidents.
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Howard Pyle
National Safety Council
Satuday
Ohio
Trumbull County
Cincinati
Seneca County
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