Billionaires airlift plan draws North Viet comments
North Vietnam objected to a Dallas billionaire led airlift plan to bring 130 women and children to Paris on Christmas to seek information about U.S. servicemen believed held in Vietnam. Perot aims to deliver two plane loads of presents while talks continue. The North Vietnamese spokesman declined to say if an American delegation would be received.
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Plane crashes into hangar. 11 killed, 14 injured
At Miramar Naval Air Station a disabled Navy F81 Crusader, piloted amiss, struck a hangar housing about 6 to 12 aircraft and 11 workers. Pilot Lt Cyrus Rid dell ejected safely before impact as damage to planes and hangar is estimated over 2.8 million.
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Israel Rejects U S Peace Plan and Strikes Egypt Base
Israel denounces the United States peace proposals as appeasement while launching a second raid on an Egyptian military facility along the Red Sea. Prime Minister Golda Meir criticizes Washington’s efforts as unhelpful amid Arab skepticism and regional violence.
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Supreme Court appeal over 34 years in jail for chocolate theft
Stephen Dennison, now 61, appeals to the Supreme Court for 113000 claiming compensation for 34 years spent in prison for stealing five dollars worth of chocolate bars and marshmallows. An unem ployed janitor from Glens Falls, N.Y., says the award would acknowledge the lifetime he could never enjoy. Dennison was classified as a low grade moron by reformatories. at 16 he stole van dy and was placed on probation before being sent to Elmira reformatory where officials ruled him mentally defective.
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Plane death toll in Vietnam to 50
The official death toll from Monday’s airliner crash at Nha Trang rose to 50 with 35 injured, 5 of them children. Authorities say final figures are not yet known and it is unclear how many victims were aboard versus on the ground near the wreckage.
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Journal Early Christmas Eve Publication Time
The Journal will publish early on Christmas Eve with carrier boys reporting at 7 30 p m Subscribers not receiving a paper should call between 2 30 and 4 p m for missed service The Journal business office closes at 2 30 p m
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Dissenters Ordered to Work at Hospital in Iowa
Four Jehovahs Witness conscientious objectors from Iowa are to work at Broadlawns Polk County Hospital after a federal judge ordered this in a first of its kind compromise with federal officials. Quentin P. Collon, Timothy M. Strickel, Brent L. Hamilton, and LeRoy A. Riedesel, all 20s to mid 20s, had pleaded innocent to failing to report for civilian service under the Selective Service law.
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Vietnam War Low Action as Christmas Truce Nears
The Vietnam battlefield stayed quiet overall while U S B52 bombers pounded along the Cambodian border ahead of a three day Viet Cong cease fire due to begin at 1 a m Wednesday. An allied lull followed heavy raids and clashes in the Mekong Delta with 68 enemy killed and US casualties rising.
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Congress adjourns as tax reform moves forward
AP reports Congress heads toward Christmas adjournment with a sweeping tax reform plan heading to the White House. The Senate also backs the administration’s plan to open construction jobs to Black workers.
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