Christmas Out of the Fox Hole at Camelback Inn
In Phoenix Arizona 60 GIs from Vietnam will spend Christmas rest and recreation at the Camelback Inn. The annual program, now in its third year, started by former owner Jack Stewart aims to ease battle fatigue with beer good company and relaxation for enlisted service members returning from Vietnam.
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Fox Hole
Phoenix
Ariz
Vietnam
Arizona
Camelback Inn
Jack Stewart
Auction Bid Anchors Coed Auction At Portland State
A foreign student exchange fundraiser at Portland State College auctioned 12 coeds in sacks judged by legs. The top bid was $2 as bidders focused on exams next week rather than the merchandise.
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Portland
Ore
Portland State College
Iowa War Deaths Top 200 in Vietnam Tally
A compilation of Iowa fatalities in Vietnam through November, noting 223 U.S. lives lost since the 1962 Da Nang helicopter crash, with 120 deaths this year as U.S. troops escalated. It lists Iowa communities most affected and the youngest and oldest fallen, including Medal and Bronze Star recipients. A weather note precedes the Vietnam items, predicting southeastern snow and cooler nights.
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John Armstrong
Associated Press
da Nang
Owen Norton
Moulton
Gerald Griffen
Dubuque
Defense Department
Iowa
U.S
Southeast Asia
Vietnam
Des Moines
Davenport
Waterloo
Sioux City
Council Bluffs
Cedar Rapids
Air Force
Jerome J. Smith
Riceville
Larry Driskell
Riverton
Ricky G. Hull
Ottumwa
Merle Fagerlind Jr
White House Sparkling Wedding For President Johnson Daughter
Washington AP says President Johnson walks Lynda Bird Robb down the red carpeted White House halls as the first presidential daughter to wed in 59 years. The ceremony in the gold and white Host Room featured 240 candles and a simple altar as Charles S Robb becomes husband to Lynda at 4 p.m. EST.
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Buffalo Prairie
William Kistler
Lynda ‘Bird Johnson
Charles A. Robb
Kistler
Rusty Young
White House
Chicago
Washington
Johnson
Lynda Bird
Great
Presidential
Daugher
Lynda
Marine
Charles
Robb
Fighter bombers suffer wing cracks in Vietnam era
Washington AP reports F100 fighter bombers suffer metal fatigue cracks in wings. Air Force launches wing strengthening by attaching metal straps after Friday briefing.
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Washington
Air Force
YMCA Gym Expansion Sparks Sports Revival
March completion will double gym space for two regulation volleyball courts. YMCA executives Me Sussex and Dick Schultz lead a Businessmen's Volleyball team that trained four nights weekly before remodeling and will resume after opening. Inter-company touch football at Stanley Consultants runs one night weekly with six players per side. Judo lessons at the YMCA and a YWCA women’s course on self defense are highlighted, while Harold Davis shares hunting tips with his son Bob as they head to fall weekends.
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YMCA
Me! Susex
Dick Shultz
First National Bank
Larry Combs
Randy Maberry
Weed Park
Stanley Consultants, Inc
Randy
Butch Machlan
Machlan
Harrison Terry
Terry
YWCA
Harold Davis
Stewart Rd
Bob
Mrs. Davis
Helen Weiershauser
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Frank Long
Ithaca
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Oregon
Gene E. Moore
Denver
Colo
Jeffrey Neil Mausner
George Washington High School
Mausner
American Civil Liberties Union
Seattle
Evelyn N. Johnson
Huanuco
Peru
Andes Mountains
Faucett Airlines
Cerro Carpish Mountain
London
British Overseas Airways Corp
BOAC
Tingo Maria
Lima
Carlos Farje Allende
Faucett
Maj
Robert H
Lawrence Jr
Edwards Air Force Base
Calif
Lawrence
Negra
Thua Thiem
Robert J. Hibbs
Cedar Falls
Richard Youngblood
Tama
Paul F. Widtfeldt Jr
Saigon i
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Saigon
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Easbaene Tetdee
Women‘s News
Beda Weve
Robert Lawrence
Tehe
Chuck
Romney
Paris
George Romney
Michigan
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Pittsburgh
Armco Steel Corp
Kaiser Steel Corp
Jones & Laughlin Steel Corp
Armco
Kaiser
Long Beach
High Seas
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Havana
Communist Party
Granma
Lynda Bird Johnson
Jude
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