Arson Suspected In Three Newark Fires Killing Eight
Firefighters fought three linked blazes in Newark. Fatal fire at 16th Avenue claimed Gracie Basile and several relatives. Anthony Basile survived by leaping from a window. A second fire on 18th Avenue and Camden Street and a third at 18th Avenue and Rutgers Street followed, with no further casualties. Fire squad led by Capt. Joseph O'Brien opened an arson probe as investigators gathered evidence.
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Joseph O'Brien
O'Brien
16Th Ave
Gracie Basile
Thomas
Victor
Iir
Ralph
Basile
Margaret
Marie Melinda
Felix Ferndtider
Anthony Basile
18Th Avenue
Camden Street
Rutgers Street
First Family Serenaded by Chairs and Gifts on Christmas Eve
President Johnson and family in Johnson City were greeted by about 50 neighbors as they joined Christmas carols at their 18th century home. Mrs Johnson handed out hot chocolate and cookies after a choral contest, while the First Lady circulated with treats. The couple’s daughters Lynda and Lucy sang with the choirs and the president carried a baby.
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Tive
Bind
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Daugh
World Tensions Mar Celebration of Yule
The Asmat participate in a festive Yule celebration amid rising world tensions, with community rituals and shared meals marking the season. Local elders emphasize resilience and unity as external pressures loom over regional stability.
Open Gate for Reunion in Jerusalem
Christmas observances span the Holy Land and world as tensions persist. Pilgrims from Israel head to Bethlehem while Jordan and Israel maintain a war status. U.S. troops and allied forces aid in Vietnam and Cyprus peacekeeping as civilians face fear and relief efforts unfold.
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Catholics and Jews swap babysitting on Christmas Eve
In Emerson Illinois a Jewish family will babysit for Catholic parishioners so they can attend midnight mass. The custom began after the synagogue near Assumption Roman Catholic Church was allowed to operate during construction, and now the Jewish community has its own house of worship nearby.
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12 Lives Lost in Valley of Rogue iBus Plunge
A bus plunged near Valley of the Rogue State Park, killing 12 and injuring 26 as it rolled over a fence and stopped 100 feet from the highway. Amid scattered wreckage and wrapped Christmas gifts, injured were treated in Grants Pass and Medford while survivors faced uncertain destinations and one death was confirmed en route to Central Point for Christmas with relatives.
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Grants Pass
Medford
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Bremerton
Wash
Robert Iméatée
Central Point
Oré
Robin Cox
Berkeley
Calif
Jerry Dimbat
Concord
Dimbat
Donald McGrath
Astoria
Ore
Ariz. Fears New Floods as Record Roosevelts Lake Runoff
Severe weather across the U S Midwest and West brings heavy snow from Seattle to Spokane and record lake runoff at Roosevelt Lake in Arizona. Sub zero temperatures and blizzard conditions disrupt plains and upper lakes regions while Gulf Coast warmth fuels more rain. Joplin and Tinker AFB report inches of precipitation as western Oklahoma and Cimarron County endure heavy snowfall and near zero visibility.
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Towa
Wisconsin
Gryitor
Oklahoma Panhandle
Cimarron County
Okla
Cease Fire Eases Vietnam War Tensions Across Saigon
As a Christmas truce took hold, all allied forces prepared for a return to normal operations at midnight December 25 unless ordered otherwise. Reports from Da Nang Saigon and Da Nang port areas indicated a cautious calm with sporadic combat continuing and Viet Cong declaring a 12 hour ceasefire from Dec 7.
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Viet Cong in Pajamas Hit by Aerial Fire
Two helicopters from the 1st Cavalry Division near An Khe spot a hanging bundle of black pajamas under a tree. Viet Cong troops lie still beneath the foliage as the pilots investigate and come under fire, prompting air support from UH-1 gunships.
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Viet Cong losses reported in multiple Central Highlands actions
South Vietnamese officers say 100 Viet Cong bodies found after artillery and air support aided the post. U.S. and South Vietnamese forces claim 172 Viet Cong killed in three other operations Thursday in the central highlands. American and South Vietnamese casualties reported as wounded and light.
Family of Five Killed in Queen Elizabeth Way Crash
Ontario police identified the victims as Rev. Herman Terry, pastor of the First Church of God in Buffalo, his wife Shirley, 33, and their three children Michael 8 Timothy 7 and Stephen 2. A Long Island woman, Mrs Jessie C Mitchell 62 of Malverne N Y, also died in the rainstorm crash on the Queen Elizabeth Way.
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Timothy
Stephen
Long Island
Jessie C. Mitchell
Malverne
N.Y
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