Buddhist Uprising Grows Against Huong in Saigon
In Saigon Buddhist leaders vow to resume efforts to topple Premier Tran Van Huong as government tightens with a battalion of paratroopers and extended martial law. Thich Nhat Thien accuses authorities of arresting students and tolerating press attacks while Khanh maneuvers amid U.S. diplomatic strains following the Brink Hotel bombing.
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Tran van Huong
Thich Nhat Thien
Huong
Saigon
Thien
Flood Threat Dims in West as Great Christmas Flood Eases
The portland area saw flood crest move seaward and waters subside across Oregon and Washington. Damages spread from riverside property to towns. thousands homeless endure cold and cleanup efforts. Idaho roads repaired, California evacuees exceed seven thousand, Kalama dike breach relieved, Nevada Reno sandbags hold back Truckee River.
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Portland
Ore
Columbia River
Oregon
Spokane
Kalama
High School Sophomore Dies Defending Mother in Miami Beach Stabbing
Gayle Sterne fifteen died in a Miami Beach apartment attack after helping her mother Jean Sterne thirty eight and brother Michael Sterne fifteen fight off Alfonso Robles ninety two a Puerto Rican chef accused of first degree murder. Robles fled but led police to the knife used.
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Miami Beach
Fla
Gayle Sterne
Michael Barry Sterne
Sterne
Jean Sterne
Alfonso Robles
Albert Bible
Robles
Gayle
Michael
Frank Azcarte
Walter Philbin
California
Johnson Returns to Budget Work With Top Washington Aides
President Johnson recalled four Washington officials to assist with the budget and State of the Union, announcing resignations and appointments. Gleason will resign as veterans administrator January 1 to join First National Bank of Chicago as first vice president. Driver will be nominated to lead Veterans Affairs. Horne will be named chairman of the Home Loan Bank Board replacing Mc Murray who resigns January 25 to head Queens College. Macy Jr. also joined, serving as a personnel director. The State of the Union and budget remain Johnson’s primary tasks, with a roughly 100 billion dollar budget, and the address set for January 4 at 9 p.m. EST.
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Johnson City
Tex
Johnson
Washington
John 8. Gleason Jr
First National Bank of Chicago
William J. Driver
Veterans Affairs
John E. Horne
Home Loan Bank Board
Joseph McMurray
Queens College of the
City University of New York
Gleason
Driver
Horne
John W Macy Jr
Civil Service Commission
Texas White House
Congress
Famine Threat Poses Large Scale Danger in Somalia
In Mogadishu Premier Abdirizak Hingi Hussein warned famine endangers about 700000 Somalis nearly half of the nation due to a prolonged drought. He appealed for international aid to address the humanitarian crisis.
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Mogadishu
Somalia
Abdirizak Hingi Hussein
Todawy Reflects on Seating and Discovery
Todawy says it is better to sit in the back row and be discovered than sit in the front row and be found out, weighing visibility against exposure.
Galion Girl Dies In Crash Near Sunbury
Judy Rudell, 15, of Galion was killed in a collision at the Ohio 36 61 intersection near Sunbury. Her father Junio Rudell 38 of Columbus and Mary Lasher 19 of Mount Vernon also drove involved vehicles. Three others were injured in the crash, according to the Ohio Highway Patrol.
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Delaware, Ohio
Judy Rudell
Galion
Junio V. Rudell
Columbus
Mary Susan Lasher
Mount Vernon
Ohio
Sunbury
Ohio Highway Patrol
U S Jets Reportedly Struck Laos Town of Tchepone
Peking radio says six U S jets strafed and bombed Tchepone on the Ho Chi Minh Trail in Laos. Hanoi radio claims two U S planes were shot down over Xieng Khouang Province on Dec 21, the day of the Tchepone attack.
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Tokyo
U.S
United States
Tchepone
Ho Chi Minh Trail
Laos
Peking Radio
Hanoi Radio
Xieng Khouang
Savannakhet Province
Holiday Death Toll Rising Over Christmas Weekend
The wartime death toll climbed past 300 and reached 369 as Christmas travel deaths mount. The National Safety Council projects 550 to 650 highway fatalities nationwide over the weekend, with several multi casualty crashes, including a five fatality family wreck near Clarkston, Michigan.
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Associated Press
National Safety Council
Clarkston
Mich
Ohio
River flood drops pace as dikes hold back Willamette
Forecasters and the Army Corps say the Willamette and the Columbia were falling faster than an inch per hour in the Portland area. Engineers emphasize the dikes were holding back lowlands while crews manned sandbags and debris-filled waterways eased in Portland.
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U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
Willamette River
Columbia
Portland-Vancouver
Portland
Engineers
Second Copter Crashes in California Flood Area
A Marine helicopter from the carrier Bennington crashed in Camp Grant near South Fork, 30 to 40 miles south of Eureka, amid Northern California floods. Navy officials gave no immediate word on fatalities. Earlier, seven people were recovered from a Coast Guard helicopter crash on a flood mission north of Eureka, including three crew members and four civilian flood victims.
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Eureka
Calif
California
Bennington
Camp Grant
South Fork
Navy
Coast Guard
Mother leaves infant in field thought dead
Tammy Lee Jones a 14 month old girl, presumed dead by her mother, was found alive after 60 hours in a cottonfield south of Mesa Arizona. Police say the mother Wayne Gregory initially claimed kidnapping and faces charges for filing a false report.
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Phoenix, Ariz
Wayne Gregory
Tammy
Mesa
Mrs. Gregory
Kennedy Party Heads for Aspen Ski Vacation
Mrs. John F Kennedy and her children Caroline and John Jr along with sisters Mrs. Stephen Smith and Mrs. Peter Lawford arrived at Stapleton Airport Denver. They planned to fly to Aspen but snowstorm led to a bus ride over the Continental Divide. Secret Service and police escorted them. Robert Kennedy and five of his children joined earlier. Also at Aspen were Defense Secretary McNamara and his family and Justice Byron White was expected.
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John F. Kennedy
Caroline
John Jr
Stapleton International Airport
New York
Kennedy
Stephen Smith
Peter Lawford
Smith
Mrs. Lawford
Ing
Aspen
Rocky Mountains
Denver
Continental Divide
Robert S. McNamara
U.S. Supreme Court
Byron White
Mao Tze Tung Turns 71 Amid Rumors of Step Down
Mao Tse tung, last great figure of world communism, marks his 71st birthday in Tokyo with speculation he may resign as chairman of the Red Chinese party.
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Mao Tze-Tung
Tokyo
Mao Tzetung
Red Chinese Party
Streets No 1 on Middletown must be list
Middletown's streets rank first on the city's list of needed improvements. funds from the proposed city income tax increase would largely finance these projects. The page notes other features on different pages and the total publication includes Family Weekly and Comics.
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Middletown
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South Viet Nam
Ngo Dinh Diem
Nguyen Khanh
Armed Forces
High National Council
Armed Forces Council
U. S
Khanh
Maxwell D. Taylor
Taylor
Knanh
Brink
Eel River
Ferndale
Calonia
Idaho
West
Ette
Oregon - Washington
Portland - Vancouver Harbor
Siskiyou County
Bill P. Sowle
Civil Defense Director
Nevada
Reno
Truckee
Georgia
South Carolina
North Carolina
Montana
Miles City
Great Falls
LBJ
Todawy’s
Peking
Phoumi Nosovan
Nhan Dan
North Viet Nam
Williamette
Tammy Lee Jones
Wilson
Gregory
Jackie
Denver, Colo
Robert F. Kennedy
D-N.y
Mrs. Kennedy
Congo
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