Viet Reds mount new offensive near Saigon, say sources
Captured documents and defectors point to a nationwide guerrilla push to bolster the Viet Cong position at Paris talks. Intelligence indicates 30,000 North Vietnamese and Viet Cong troops are assembling northwest of Saigon along the Cambodian frontier and threaten Da Nang, though officials say the plan remains in the threat stage or may be political bluff.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alvin B. Webb Jr
Saigon
UPI
Paris
da Nang
U.S
South Vietnam
Revival of Youth Counseling Program Faces Six Month Test
City and county officials and judges held a roundtable to revive a volunteer counseling system for youth. The six month trial aims to curb delinquency by guiding truants and troubled children with parental consent, using screened volunteers supervised by juvenile officers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Mihalcik
City Hall
John F. Henderson
Carl A. Cialella Jr
Kenneth E. Fox
Pope summons bishops for future birth control pronouncement
Pope Paul VI announced a forthcoming pronouncement on birth control to be delivered after a Vatican synod summons. He called Roman Catholic bishops from around the world to a meeting on October 11 to seek their aid in reinforcing papal authority amid opposition to his encyclical opposing artificial birth control.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ray Moseley
Vatican City
UPI
Paul VI
Vatican
Synod of Bishops
Auto smashes into two Wilmington Ave houses injures driver
An 18 year old driver Michael B Ritter of 810 Vogan St lost control on Wilmington Ave at 3 20 a m crashing into two homes at 701 and 703 and later into 705 damaging porches gas meter and injuring residents. He faces reckless driving and driving without a license charges. Damage about 3500. Ann Arnold 50 928 Maryland Ave injured in a separate 9 p m Saturday crash. Injury list includes neck and back sprains. Jameson Memorial Hospital treated and released.
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Vogan St
Wilmington Ave
Michael B. Ritter
Jameson Memorial Hospital
Ritter
Edith McBride
James Kalima
Ann Arnold
Maryland Ave
St. Francis Hospital
E. Washington St
Youngstown
Janet L. Metz
Dennis D. Metz
Bel Aire Dr
Mercer St
Cleaning Mat & Chemical Co
Pittsburgh
Metz
Thomas Respress
Smithfield St
Everett M. Currie
Washington St
Respress
Paul Anttilla
County Line St
Thomas Lee Schrecengost
New Wilmington RD 2
Anttilla
Herbert McCune
North
Noreen Cascine
E. Sutton St
Edward M. Berrea
S. Crawford Ave
Berrea
Robert T. Gorgacz
Albert St
Cunningham Ave
Gorgacz
James O. McCormick
Almira Ave
Montag Hardware
Frank Way
Confession used to win Pueblo crew release in strange gesture
United States releases the Pueblo crew after Maj. Gen. Woodward signs a North Korean confession the U.S. had repudiated. Secretary Rusk and U.S. officials say no ransom was paid and North Korea accepted a worthless document. Woodward states the confession is false and signs only to free the 82 crewmen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nicholas Daniloff
Washington
UPI
United States
Dean Rusk
Gilbert H. Woodward
U.S
Panmunjom
Sion
Rusk
General Woodward
Woodward
Democratic People’s Republic of Korea
Panmunjon
North Korea
Eisenhowers Watch David Eisenhower Julie Nixon Wedding
Former president Dwight D. Eisenhower and Mamie viewed their grandson David Eisenhower's wedding to Julie Nixon via closed circuit TV from Walter Reed and a New York City ceremony. The couple's health is fragile. Ike recovers from heart attacks while Mamie battles a respiratory infection with asthma.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
UPI
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Mamie
David Eisenhower
Julie Nixon
Walter Reed Army Medical Center
Eisenhower
New York City
Walter Reed
Christmas gifts pledged for Farmington mine families
Families of the 78 miners killed last month may receive Christmas gifts next year from the large outpouring of donations. More than 200000 dollars in cash has been donated and remains, with food, checks for 1000 dollars, two hams, a turkey, and five presents per child distributed at a Saturday party in Farmington West Virginia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Farmington
W. Va
UPI
Jess Borowski
Borowski
Beating of Two 19-Year-Olds After Car Stopped at Light
Police investigated a midnight attack on a car stopped at Grant Street and Jefferson Street. Robert Cunningham 19 of Old Pittsburgh Road drove north. passengers Larry Badger 19 and Dennis Stinson 18. Six youths emerged from a convertible behind them, beating Badger and Cunningham. A later sighting at a restaurant lot led to police securing the license and advising private prosecution.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Cunningham
Pittsburgh Rd
Jefferson St
Larry Badger
Ellwood City RD
Dennis Stinson
Grant St
Cunningham
Badger
E. Washington St
Tragic Budapest Train Collision Kills 43
A head on crash between a passenger train and a freight train near Budapest on Christmas left 43 dead, 57 injured, with fears the toll could rise. Authorities blame signalman Fenrez Szantai for switching tracks and engineer Laszlo Papp for ignoring instructions and entering the wrong line. Papp was placed under preliminary arrest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Budapest
UPI
Fenrez Szantai
Meade Station
Laszlo Papp
Papp
Mende
Penn State studentwins Hearst contest prize
Paul Levine, a senior at Pennsylvania State University, won first prize in the Hearst Foundation writing contest for a piece on Chicago's toughest ghetto with a Blackstone Ranger. He earned an $800 scholarship and a shot at a final $ scholarship in April. Hal Lancaster of USC took second with $400.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
UPI
Paul Levine
Pennsylvania State University
William Randolph Hearst Foundation
Levine
Chicago
Blackstone
Foundation
Hal Lancaster
University of Southern California
Nixon to begin Florida vacation amid flu recovery
President elect Richard Nixon, recently forming a cabinet and hosting his daughter Julie's wedding reception, says he will vacation in Florida once his doctor releases him. He suffered a low grade influenza but expects to travel to Homestead Air Force Base and then Key Biscayne for the winter retreat, with limited staff accompanying him.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dan Rapoport
New York
UPI
Richard M. Nixon
Florida
Plaza Hotel
Julie
Nixon
Ronald Ziegler
Victor Deluccia
Fifth Avenue
Pat
Tricia
New York City
Air Force
Homestead Afb
Miami
Nixons
Key Biscayne
White House
James D. Hughes
Alan Woods
Bruce Whelehan
Ziegler
Defense
Melvin Laird
William P. Rogers
FBI
J. Edgar Hoover
Pueblo crewmen freed and return home in Navy release
In Carthage Mississippi Mrs M H Wadley learned her son Kenneth 30 would come home from captivity aboard a Navy ship. One crewman Bucher described spending most of his time in solitary confinement and rejecting forced confessions while insisting the vessel never entered North Korean waters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carthage
M.H. Wadley
Navy
Kenneth
Bucher
North Korean
North Korea
Apollo 8 set to orbit Moon and return to Pacific splashdown
The Apollo 8 crew will circle the Moon ten times on Tuesday then fire the main engine Christmas Day to depart lunar orbit for Earth. Recovery on Friday expects five foot swells gusts to 28 mph with limited visibility aboard the Yorktown after a practice run in earlier big seas.
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Moon
Earth
Pacific Ocean
Navy
Neil O’connor
Yorktown
O’connor
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Coatesville
Newlineville
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Jeffrey
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