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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 23, 1967
Page
6
Washington AP reports First Lady celebrated her 55th birthday with White House staff at a party. President Johnson absent. She spent the evening with daughters Lynda and Luci, grandson Lyn, and sons-in-law Charles Robb and Patrick Nugent.
In Chicago West Side Lawndale fourteen former gang members from the Roman Saints Conservative Vice Lords and Egyptian Cobras joined as Santas to deliver 6000 donated toys to 35 settlement houses and youth centers. They say they are now groups focused on service, aided by Youth Action and Operation Bootstrap to improve housing education jobs and police relations.
Three people died in early Christmas weekend crashes in Iowa. James Miller, 22, of Cedar Rapids, died in Osage after a two vehicle crash on Highway 218 near Osage. Everett Wayman, 65, of Elberon, was killed in a three vehicle crash on Iowa 21 north of Belle Plaine. One man died in a one car crash on Highway 57 near Dike as workers waited for reporting time. Names withheld pending kin notifications.
President Johnson made a Christmas visit to U.S. troops in Thailand and Cam Ranh Bay as Vietnam war truce periods loomed. He spoke of a victory of confidence across Asia and met wounded soldiers, while a three day Viet Cong ceasefire was set to begin soon. Air raids continued on suspected artillery positions near Con Thien and Thanh Hoa as Navy pilots reported losses.
Karen Rosston eight of Butte Montana writes a Christmas story praising family love over gifts. The essay describes a decorated home and a warm scene on Christmas Eve. An Iowa Marine, Pic Thomas W. Gaskey, receives the Purple Heart during President Johnsons Cam Ranh Bay visit.
Jacky Bayne a 22 year old Fort Mill North Carolina soldier pronounced dead in Vietnam was revived by an embalmer and hopes to spend Christmas day with his parents away from Columbia Veterans Hospital Doctors will allow a one day leave if his temperature falls Bayne has an infection and mild flu Last July 16 he was pronounced dead on a battlefield His pulse was later detected hospital officials say he is making steady progress and has not yet been told of that day Bayne has not yet been formally awarded a Bronze Star for meritorious service
In Columbus Ohio AP reports a ninth grade pupil at Northland Senior High School named Merry Christmas Trees. Her parents are Mr and Mrs Jack P Trees. She has two brothers Jack Pine Trees 27 of West Jefferson Ohio and Douglas Fir Trees 28 of Delaware Ohio.
About 500 people including Indiana University football players and Rose Bowl bound Hoosiers were left hanging for two hours when the Disneyland People Mover failed. Passengers, including Linda Strother, were rescued by ladders after cars halted thirty feet above ground. A park publicist described the scene as embarrassing for the visitors.
Pfc. Roland H. Ejisch of Monroe Wisconsin stands in the northern South Vietnam area after a day of field operations. He keeps camo camouflage leaves on his helmet while reading a Christmas card from home, captured by AP Photofax.
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