Riots Surge in Santo Domingo as U.S.-Backed Forces Quietly Evacuate
In Santo Domingo crowds formed in downtown streets as rioting spread from a cemetery wreath ceremony to the Matun Hotel in Santiago. U.S. helicopters evacuated about 150 airborn troops and 15 Americans trapped in a hotel. In fighting, Col. Juan Lora Fernandez was killed and Caamano's Constitutionalists clashed with government forces.
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Santo Domingo
UPI
Santiago
Juan Lora Fernandez
U.S
Matun
Francisco Caamano Deno
Caamano
Matun Hotel
Gemini 7 Pilots Begin Medical De-Briefing in Florida
Astronauts Frank Borman and James Lovell undergo three days of medical checks at Cape Kennedy to assess spaceflight effects after their two week Gemini 7 mission. Reports cite confinement complaints, extensive dreaming, and fatigue with dehydrated food, while praise is given to the Titan 2 booster and rendezvous efforts.
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Cape Kennedy, Fla
Frank Borman
James A. Lovell Jr
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Moon
Borman
Lovell
Air Force
Col
Navy
Walter M. Schirra Jr
Thomas P. Stafford
Gemini
Schirra
Sirius
Stafford
Wasp
Bermuda
Cape Kennedy
Manned Spacecraft Center
Houston
Tex
Patrick Air Force Base
Astronaut Crew
Merritt Island
Donald K. Slayton
Furnace fumes overwhelm 22 at Pioneer Insurance Bldg Fort Worth
Carbon monoxide from a furnace filled the Pioneer Insurance Building ventilation system in Fort Worth. At least 22 people were overcome, none seriously. Initial fears of a natural gas leak proved false. Some employees fell ill at a Howard Johnson's during a coffee break. About a dozen ambulances transported victims. all remained in good to fair condition.
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Fort Worth
UPI
Pioneer Insurance
Insurance’ Company
Howard Johnson’s
Hope Entourage Off To War Zone
Bob Hope describes another trip to Southeast Asia for Christmas in Viet Nam. He jokes about posters and shots, notes a strong cast and guards, and promises top security while hinting at base details.
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Hope
Bob Hope
U.S.C
Southeast
Asia
Viet Nam
Pentagon
Carroll Baker
Joey Heatherton
Anita Bryant
Kaye Stevens
U.S.A
Red Premier Calls American Talk Cover Up
Chou En Lai in Beijing accuses U S peace talk overtures of being a cover for wider Viet Nam war aims. He vows China will fight to the end if the conflict expands, addressing a fifth anniversary reception for the Viet Cong.
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Tokyo
API
Chou En-Lai
U.S
Viet Nam
Hanoi
United States
Chou
Red China
National Liberation Front of Viet Nam
Viet Cong
Viet Cong Strike In Around Saigon Amid Turmoil
Viet Cong guerrillas attacked Saigon and outskirts as U S B 52 bombers and Vietnamese forces raided targets in North and South Vietnam. A grenade injures five Americans and seven Vietnamese. four American workers disappear near Bien Hoa. a fuel dump outpost is hit. 55 guerrillas reported killed. four crewmen die in a collision near Hoi An. Roadblocks and curfew measures tighten security in Saigon.
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Saigon
UPI
Viet Cong Cional Liberation Front
South Viet Nam
U.S
South
Viet Nam
U. S
Bien Hoa
Plain of Reeds
Hoi An
Jall
Viet Nam War Dominant Issue for Congress
Congress plans a long session starting January 10 with the Viet Nam war as the central issue. Labor and Great Society legislation, tax questions, and war costs will drive debate as lawmakers return from recess with mixed views on the war’s conduct. House Republican leader Gerald Ford highlights the choice between defense spending and nondefense programs.
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Washington
Viet Nam
Congress
Gerald R. Ford
Michigan
House
Jail escapes spur Idaho man to retrieve stolen car
Rupert resident Melvin Madsen, tired of jail breaks, returns from Craig, Colorado to recover his car stolen after prisoners escaped from Minidoka County jail last Monday. Two escapees later fled again from Craig and one of them reportedly took Madsen's car before police instructed him to retrieve it in Hazelton.
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Rupert, Idaho
Melvin Madsen
Minidoka County
Craig
Colo
Madsen
Hazelton
Johnson names new Viet Nam deputy commander
President Johnson designated Lt. Gen. Jean E. Engler as deputy American commander in Viet Nam, a newly created post headed by Gen. Westmoreland. The White House stated the move does not signal a major expansion of the war effort. Engler currently leads the U.S. Supply and Maintenance Command in Washington, a detail noted as part of defense policy recommended by Robert S. McNamara.
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Washington
Johnson
U.S
Viet Nam
White House
William C. Westmoreland
Jean E. Engler
U.S. Supply and Maintenance Command
Robert S. McNamara
France and Italy back Britain's Rhodesia oil embargo
Prime Minister Harold Wilson announced France and Italy joined the United States in backing Britain's embargo on Rhodesia oil. He noted U S and Canada aid to air lift oil to landlocked Zambia and said cooperation from other oil exporters, including the Netherlands, was hoped for while noting Zambia's airfield limits and political protests at home.
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London
UPI
Harold Wilson
France
Italy
United States
Britain
Rhodesia
Canada
Zambia
Wilson
U.S
United Nations
New York
Washington
Johnson
Ottawa
Lester Pearson
De Gaulle Wins Run-Off to Extend Era of Gaullism
Paris reports Charles de Gaulle has won re election to a seven year term with 55.18 percent over Francois Mitterrand in the run off. Turnout nears 84 percent as de Gaulle faces NATO reform and European Common Market talks in the new term.
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Paris
France
Guiana
Polynesia
Francois Mitterrrand
Mitterrand
de Gaulle
National Assembly
Brussels
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
NATO
Elderly Woman Douses Self With Gas At Venice Station
In Los Angeles a 67 year old woman named Charlotte Forrest died after entering a Venice service station restroom, dousing her clothes with gasoline, and setting herself on fire. Police found a note in her charred purse requesting that her body be given to science. Attendant David Watson reported he sold the victim a can of gas and thought she was a motorist whose car stalled.
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Los Angeles
Venice
Charlotte Forrest
David Watson
Erhard Opens Talks With U.S. Officials On NATO Nuclear Role
West German Chancellor Ludwig Erhard meets with U.S. leaders including President Johnson and Secretary of State Rusk to discuss Germany's bid for a larger role in NATO nuclear defenses. Discussions center on a shared nuclear force and possible phased arrangements amid talks on broader Western deterrence strategies.
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Washington
UPI
Ludwig Erhard
U.S
Germany
NATO
White House
Johnson
Dean Rusk
West Germany
Erhard
Gerhard Schroeder
Defense
Kaime von Hassel
Mohammed Ayub Khan
Pakistan
Harold Wilson
Wilson
Britain
Italy
Netherlands
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