Jets Bomb Red Truck Convoys in Christmas Night Raids
U S airmen pressed raids against North Vietnamese supply routes along seven miles of highway near Thanh Hoa and a parallel convoy near Vinh. Navy Skyhawks dropped 800 pound bombs, lighting the sky as trucks were hit and river ferries exploded. A Marine Cougar was shot down in South Vietnam and a Phantom crash injured crew on landing. The day yielded high claimed losses, though official communiques did not detail plane counts.
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Sinoke
South Vietnam
da Nang
U.S
Physician, Robbers in Gun Battle
In Belgrade in a gun battle, Dr Goodley treated a wounded robber at his clinic after removing a bullet from the bandit’s knee. A second robber fled after an exchange of shots, and the pair sped away in a car with narcotics. A six mile ice barrier blocked the Danube near Veliki Kazan, impacting navigation.
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Br. Goodley
Goodley
Meier
Theullet Iit
DR. Goodley
Frank
Dr. Gondley
Belgrade
UPI
Danube
Yugslav
Tanjug
Veliki Kazan
Iron Gates
Yugoslavia
Romania
Stennis orders TFX probe on air power readiness
Sen John Stennis directs a Senate preparedness subcommittee study of U S Air Force and Navy tactical air capacity including the TFX F111 program. The probe will review current development plans and future aircraft, warning the United States must stay prepared against conventional and nuclear threats amid Vietnam War losses.
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Dekalb, Miss
U.S. Air Force
Naval
Air Force
Navy
John Stennis
Stennis
Senate Preparedneses
U.S
North Vietnam
Miss
United States
Red China
Russia
China hushes on A-test fallout and Shanghai clashes
Niigata University scientists detect first ground fallout from China's nuclear blast. Heavy particles trapped on roof collectors show about 40,000 micromicrocuries per sample. Jetstream carried fallout. China faces internal strife with Red Guard and anti-Maoist clashes in Shanghai reported by Moscow Radio.
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Niigata University
Japan
China
Moscow Radio
Shanghai
Rescuers Dig Out Snowbound Reservation as Hay Drops Continue
Snowbound Navajo Reservation relief efforts continued with 156 daylift flights since last Wednesday delivering 822 tons of hay and 48 more tons planned. Air Force crews from Luke Base aided by Navy helicopters and Army planes assisted, while 200 Winslow Job Corpsmen aided localized efforts. Two Palo Alto brothers were rescued after a six hour cliffside ordeal near Mount Wilson. Governor Williams praised volunteers as nine storm deaths were confirmed and Red Cross relief distributed food and clothing from Phoenix.
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Air Force
Lig
Lake Base
Phornis
Luke
Winslow
Mount Wilson
UPI
Palo Alto
Louis Adorna
David
Pasadena
Jack Williams
Arizona
Lilly Crooked Finger
Tuba City
American Red Cross
Phoenix
Sled Tracks Show Santa Was There
Five year old James Joslin of Raleigh doubted Santa, prompting his father William Joslin to climb a roof at 2 a.m. in 22 degree weather with a sled to prove the legend. On Christmas morning the boy checked the roof and joyfully proclaimed Santa real.
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Raleigh, N.C
James Joslin
Raleigh
Santa Claus
Daddy
William Joslin
Blaze Kills Five Escapees Wage 4 Children Gun Battle, 1 Caught
A Christmas morning house fire in Watertown, Pa, left five people dead including Clifford Jr, Elizabeth, Craig, Leila and husband Clifford. Jeannine Green survived with burns while his wife, burning asphyxiation, and four children perished. The fire started beside a space heater after fuel spilled and exploded. Jeannine Green remains hospitalized with serious burns.
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Blaze
Watertown
Carin
Jeannine Green
Clifford
Clifford Jr
Elizabeth
Craig
Leila
Avery Lamphier
Green
Waters Hospital
Tames
Oil tanker Esso Canterbury reaches tow for Belfast repairs
In the North Atlantic the British tanker Esso Canterbury with 38 crew aboard was towed by a rescue tug after drifting without power for over 24 hours. The vessel is en route to Belfast, Ireland, for repairs.
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Glasgow
UPI
North Atlantc
Coast Guard
Esso Canterbury
Belfast
Ireland
Yule Traffic Toll Nears Record But Fails to Surpass It
Christmas holiday traffic deaths totaled 672 over a three day period ending Monday, higher than a non holiday weekend but well short of the 1965 three day record of 720. A National Safety Council spokesman lamented the lack of nationwide traffic safety fervor while noting an expected toll of 625 to 725.
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Corartelt
Congress
The
Safety Council
Chicago
Russians Free 52 Japanese Fishermen Held by Soviets
TOKYO reports the Soviet Union released 52 Japanese fishermen detained for violating Soviet territorial waters. Two Maritime Safety Agency patrol boats went to Ghelmsk on Sakhalin to pick them up. The agency says about 40 additional fishermen remain detained.
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Soviet Union
Maritime Safety Agency
Sail
Ghelmsk
Sakhalin
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