Viet Losses Lower Than U.S. Expected
The Pentagon reports 1,496 U S combat deaths through last Monday in Viet Nam, mostly this year, with Communist losses pegged around 35,000. Kill ratios run about 10 to 1 in favor of the Communists, though South Vietnamese losses are higher. U S battle deaths total 3,163 on ground plus 172 in helicopters and 161 in jets, with service branches differentially affected.
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Viet Nam
U.S
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Saigon
U. S
Korea
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Army
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Ee Act
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101St Airborne Brigade
Ben Cat
Weekend rain unlikely in Long Beach forecast
Weather Bureau grows optimistic for a fair weekend with little chance of rain through Sunday. A weak front may bring late Sunday showers but is distant. Temperatures rise slightly Saturday, with a high low spread around 60 to 45.
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Long Beach
Terror Bomb Hurts 12 Yanks in Saigon
A Saigon bombing injures 12 Americans as U.S. planes strike targets in North and South Vietnam. A Kitty Hawk pilot is presumed dead after a crash on the carrier deck. a MIG and a ground assault kill and wound several. Military operations, precautions, and a mass Viet Cong casualty count follow.
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Saigon
U.S. Army Inteligence
Wreckage seen on Mt Blanca from Flying Tiger cargo plane
Rescue teams and Civil Air Patrol searchers near Alamosa report wreckage and charred debris spread across a canyon on Mt Blanca after a Flying Tiger Airways Lockheed Super Constellation disappeared with three crewmen aboard. Captain Everett Reed and crew listed. plane reportedly carried over 41 thousand pounds of toys. No signs of life found.
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Calif
Thomas D. Hunt
Burbank
Brian M. Ferris
Glendale
Alfred Garcia
Flying Tiger
Garcia
Alamosa
Dear Santa: Kilgore Seeks Horse and Ten Acres
A six year old boy from Thousand Oaks asks Santa for a cowboy outfit, gun, boots, holster, a horse, corral, barn, hay, and ten acres of land to ride on. The plea shows a playful Christmas wish from a young reader.
Destructive riots in Santo Domingo prompt arrests
In Santo Domingo a 40 block area was cordoned off as paratroopers and police battled rioters. More than 50 people were reportedly arrested after clashes fueled by Communist led groups. US troops faced arson, with vehicles burned and a U S Army truck torched as crowds clashed overnight.
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Addoni- Zio
Jersey City
Santo Domingo
UPI
Washington
State Department
Dominican Popular Movement
Bank guard shot as son warns and police arrive
A man described his son dragging around a patrol car and hearing gunfire near a bank. He saw the officer lying in the doorway, rushed to aid Maver, and three men ran past. He then called police and radioed for Maver’s politics.
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William Maver
Savings and Loan Office
Beth Israel Hospital
Maver
William Simpson
Newark
Simp
Son
Simpson
Shim
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