Five American Officers Fail To Free POWs In Viet Cong Talks
Five U S officers met with Viet Cong representatives in Saigon to negotiate the return of three American POWs but failed to secure their release. The talks lasted three hours as the Viet Cong sought a propaganda showcase and requested relocation to another area. The group left six minutes before the 24 hour truce ended, with reports of truce violations and casualties on both sides.
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Saigon
Tional Liberation Front
U.S
North Vietnam
Navy
Demilitarized Zone
Johnson
Apollo 8 Ready to Return Home After Moon Flight
Apollo 8 begins its 233000 mile return to Earth after completing the first lunar orbit mission. Commanders Frank Borman James Lovell and William Anders report a good burn and a safe deorbit as they head toward splashdown near Christmas Island around 11 a.m. EST Friday. The crew shared Christmas greetings offered a blessing read Genesis scriptures and described the Moon as a forbidding vast landscape.
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Air Force
Frank Borman
Navy
James A. Lovell Jr
William A. Anders
Earth
Lunar
Moon
Mission Control Center
Lovell
Pacific Ocean
Christmas Island
Borman
Anders
Marilyn Lovell
James Lovell
William Anders
Valerie Anders
Susan Borman
Edwin Borman
Phoenix
Ariz
Goodfellows Drive Surpasses Goal Aids 445 Families
Campaign chairman Jack Hesketh thanked the public for donations totaling 9665.09, far above the 8000 goal, enabling shoes for many children and support for 445 families. Christmas goods were distributed starting Tuesday and will continue. volunteers and local groups assisted with tagging bags and packing.
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Goodfellows Drive
Jack Hesketh
Goodfellow Fund
Hesketh
Bobby Parker
Pete Dowd
Don Gil
Twin City Printing
Lieber and Company
Bancroft Paper
West Monroe Jaycees and Sertoma Club
Monroe
West Monroe
Donations total for Goodfellows drive reaches $9665.09
The records show numerous donors and in memory contributions for the Goodfellows fund. Included are gifts from Dr and Mrs C A Ulrich and others totaling 9 665 09 to support Christmas cards and tributes to loved ones.
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C. A. Ulrich
Ricky Ritter
Lillian Smith
Susan Smith
W. Lynton Ethridge Jr
Donna Kay
Joy
Guy du Priest
Donna Kay du Priest
H. C. Emerel
Gerry Emerel
Illinois Central Railroad
Julia
Sam Parker
Joseph S. Worley
Qua. Parish
E. L. Silmon
Diana, Stewart, Barbara & Herschel Gentry Jr
Morgan Crawfords
Anonymous
Brooks Electronics
John
Troops Battle Near Bethlehem
Israeli and Jordanian forces exchanged mortars near Um Shurat north of the Dead Sea. An Israeli spokesman said Jordanian fire at 10 am and 1 pm prompted Israeli return fire. By 2 10 pm the fighting subsided with no Israeli casualties reported.
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Tel Aviv
Um Shurat
Dead Sea
Bethlehem
New Measurement Emerges For Rug Sizing
Barbara Ann devised a quirky method to size a throw rug for a furnace opening. She used a yardstick to mark length 38 inches and just under 39, width just over 20 inches, directed to Mr and Mrs J W Jackson of Monroe.
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J. W. Jackson
S. 1St. St
Monroe
Barbara Ann
Plane Slams Mountain on Christmas Eve Kills 19
An Allegheny Airlines Convair 580 on flight 763 crashed into a Bradford area mountain during a light snowfall. Forty one passengers and six crew were aboard. 19 died, 27 survived, as rescuers battled deep snow and high winds to reach the wreckage five miles off a secondary road.
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Bradford
Allegheny Airlines
Detroit
Erie
Harrisburg
Washington
Wrekage
Norman Rathfon
Rathfon
Federal Aviation Administration
White Christmas Grips Much of North as Arctic Air Sways Weather
A strong Arctic air mass brings bitter cold and light snow across the northern half of the country. Temperatures dip well below zero from Minnesota to Illinois, with teens or lower in New England and frost across the southeast. Observers report heavy snowfall on the Great Lakes shores and in far West regions, with an 18 inch three day tally in Redding California and in Alaska style cold across major cities.
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Associated Press
Plains
Midwest
Minnesota
Illinois
New England
International Falls
Minn
Great Lakes
Rockies
Sierra Nevada
Nevada
Idaho
Utah
California
Redding
Central Plains
Boston
New York
Philadelphia
Washington
Atlanta
Miami
Detroit
Chicago
Minneapolis-St. Paul
St. Louis
Kansas City
Dallas
Denver
Phoenix
Los Angeles
San Francisco
Seattle
Anchorage
Honolulu
Millions Observe Yule With Prayers On Apollo 8 Christmas
Christmas Day stories span space, battlefield, and church as Apollo 8 crew read Genesis from 70 miles above the moon. In Vietnam, casualties mark a fragile truce while prayers for peace come from Abrams, Graham, and Cooke. In the Pueblo case families give thanks after 11 months in a North Korean camp. Israel, Bethlehem, and Nigeria report tensions and ceasefire notes despite holiday observances.
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Associated Press
Jesus
U.S
Pueblo
Creighton W. Abrams
Billy Graham
Terence J. Cooke
Vietnam
Hanoi Radio
North Vietnam
Jesus Christ
Nigeria
Biafra
Warmer and Wet Forecast for Louisiana
A warming trend begins this afternoon with highs in the 60s and lows near 40s. Moisture increases, skies turn partly cloudy, and a few showers are possible in the west and north Thursday. Rainfall totals expected from quarter to half inch with sun around 70 percent today and about 20 percent Thursday.
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Louisiana
Alexandria
New Orleans
Lake Charles
Mississippi Valley
Atlantic Coast
Twin Cities
FAA
Monroe
Louisiana Delta Agricultural Advisory
Icy Rain Dampens Yule Observances In Middle East
In Bethlehem and Nazareth, cold rain and security marked Christmas as about 25 000 Christian pilgrims stayed away. Pontifical High Masses were held with Israeli guards on rooftops while worshipers watched live telecasts from St. Catherine's and the Church of the Annunciation. Arab and Israeli leaders urged peace as crowds gathered in Nazareth.
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Middle East
Bethlehem
Mediterranean
Jesus
Israel
St. Catherine's Catholic Church
Jerusalem
Alberto
Chuckle Reflects on Paycheck as Deductions Receipt
A humorous observation questions whether a paycheck now reads like a tally of payroll deductions. The quip highlights common payroll pain points in everyday work life.
Fatal Christmas Holiday Traffic Toll Tops 100
The Associated Press notes Christmas travel sparks heavy losses with 107 deaths from 6 p.m. Tuesday to midnight Wednesday during a recent 30-hour period. National Safety Council projects 280 to 360 deaths for the holiday window. Howard Pyle warns one-day peaks may exceed typical periods amid church and family travel. Snow and rain complicate roads from Great Lakes to the West. The wartime record for a Christmas day death toll stands at 253 in 1946.
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National Safety Council
Associated Press
Howard Pyle
Safety Council
Pyle
Great Lakes
New England
Lakes
Rockies
California
Idaho
Central Plains
Prayers Of Apollo 8 Wives Answered On Christmas Eve
In Seabrook Texas wives of Apollo 8 astronauts celebrate as James Lovell Frank Borman and William Anders return from lunar orbit. Marilyn Lovell joins local church service after hearing Genesis readings and Christmas wishes.
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Apollo
Seabrook, Tex
API
Edgar Anders
Mike
Lagrange
Tex
Sylvelin Braun
Apollo 8 achieves landmark moon mission milestones
Space Center Houston reports Apollo 8's first manned lunar escape from Earth gravity, then ten lunar orbits during a 20 hour lunar stay. The flight set the farthest distance from Earth, featured the first live Earth moon broadcasts, and lasted six days three hours with splashdown in the mid Pacific.
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Gemini 11
Moon
Earth
Lunar
mid-Pacific
Infant Named For Astronauts In Christmas Birth
In Bergen op Zoom Netherlands AP reports Mrs Hopmans-Gillessen welcomed her sixth child on Tuesday. The infant named William James Frank Noel honors Apollo 8 astronauts and Noel marks Christmas Eve birth. The boy weighed 7 pounds and mother and baby are in good health.
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Bergen-Op-Zoom
Netherlands
William James Frank Noel
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