Christmas Truce in Vietnam Debated by Johnson Aides
Saturday's Viet Cong proposal for a Christmas New Year truce could bring a lull in fighting but Johnson advisers fear a bargaining tactic to secure a prolonged bombing respite for North Vietnam. They warn halting air strikes risks increased enemy movement and future peace negotiations. General Westmoreland argues continued bombing is essential to limit North Vietnamese infiltration into the South.
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John M. Hightower
Washington
Viet Nam
Johnson
North
United States
South Viet Nam
U.S. News and World Report
Paul VI
Radio Liberation
National Liberation Front
Britain
British Broadcasting Co
Viet Cong Orders Christmas and New Year Truces
Viet Cong broadcasts call for two separate two day truces in Viet Nam from December 24 7 am Saigon time to December 26 7 am and December 31 7 am to January 2 7 am Saigon time. The pauses depend on US and allies observing their cease fire.
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Washington
Viet Nam
United States
Saigon
State of Defense Departments
White House
Two U S Army Lieutenants Jailed in Leningrad
In Leningrad a court will hear Ray Buel Wortham Jr. of Arkansas and Craddock M. Gilmour Jr. of Utah on Soviet currency violation charges. Wortham faces theft charges for an antique bear statue. Bail requests will be filed with Soviet authorities as their isolation continues.
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Moscow
Leningrad
U.S
Ray Buel Wortham Jr
North Little Rock
Ark
Craddock M. Gilmour Jr
Salt Lake City
Utah
Lena
Wortham
Gilmour
Germany
Europe
Soviet Union
Harlan Moen
Soviet Pravda Attacks Mao as China Splits over Policy
The Pravda editorial charges Mao Tse tung and Lin Piao with steering China toward failure in domestic and foreign policy. It marks the Kremlin’s first clear siding with dissidents inside China as Moscow seeks to rally world communists against Mao’s cultural revolution. The piece follows a broader push for a Communist movement conference and a Budapest meeting of Hungarian party leaders.
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Moscow
Pravda
Mao Tse-tung
China
Peking
Mao
Kremlin
Soviet Communist Party
Lin Piao
Chinese Communist Party
Communist Movement
Budapest
Hungarian Communist Party
Weather Outlook: Mild Day With Showers Then Cooler
Mild temperatures continue today with showers. High near 65. Rain ends tonight and Monday turns much cooler.
Flood threat easing south of Middletown under watershed program
A $1 percent million watershed program aims to remove flood danger in a large area south of Middletown. Churchill's youthful letters reveal him as a prolific writer, drawing new attention to his early writings.
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Middletown
Sir Winston Churchill
Chuckle Castles in the Air
A whimsical line about dreams staying fragile until real life demands action. It frames imagination as pleasant yet fragile when faced with daily responsibility and choices.
Jordan Puts Blame On Reds
In Jerusalem and towns on the Jordan River west bank a state of siege followed antigovernment rioting that left two dead and six wounded. Gov Anwar El Khatib urged calm and warned of a crackdown while Amman’s Interior Ministry blamed Communists and other subversive elements for the unrest.
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Jerusalem
Jordan
Anwar el Khatib
Jordan River
West Bank
Amman
Interior Ministry
Israel
Ple
al Khatib
Jayne Mansfield's Son Bitten By Lion
Zoltan Mansfield was seriously injured after a lion at Jungleland attacked him while Miss Mansfield posed for a photo. The boy suffered deep facial and skull injuries, and was taken to Conejo Valley Community Hospital. Mansfield cried and was described as upset and unsettled by the incident.
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Zoltan
Conejo Valley
Miss Mansfield
Jungleland, Inc
Payne
Pittsburgh couple welcomes quintuplets amid concerns for survival
In Pittsburgh, Patti and Michael Aronson welcomed five daughters born prematurely at Magee-Womens Hospital. Doctors reported weights from 1 lb 7 oz to 1 lb 12 oz, with a guarded prognosis and about a 10 percent chance all survive. The couple, both 22, looked to home and housing once the babies are stable.
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Michael Aronson
Duquesne University
Pittsburgh
Magee-Womens Hospital
Aronson
Patti
Ordeal for Paralyzed Aussie Ends
Brian Roderick, 52, was found at a foot of a 200 foot cliff near Melbourne after four days in scorching heat with no food or water. He was rescued by a passer-by as police reported exposure and severe sunburn from lying among rocks. Temperatures had reached 97 and 102 degrees on consecutive days. He said he fell while climbing the cliff face.
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Melbourne
Australia
Brian Roderick
Roderick
East Breathes Again After Smog Lifts on Eastern Shore
Eastern Seaboard enjoys cleaner air as fresh winds and rain disperse the smog that blanketed cities from Baltimore to Boston. State Health Commissioner Roscoe Randle warns the episode is a sobering reminder to clean environment efforts, while New York City ends incinerator shutdown and Philadelphia reports unexpectedly clearer air due to corporate cooperation in reducing coal and oil use.
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New York
Baltimore
Boston
Roscoe Randle
New Jersey
Philadelphia
Norman T. Ingraham
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Women’s News
Reds
Jayne Mansfield
Son Bitten
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Deliv
Joseph Greenberger
Mrs. Greenberger
Aranson
Auckland
New Zealand
D. W. Lawson
Thomas Martin
Michael Aranson
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