Soviet jets shadow the 6th Fleet in Mediterranean
Admiral Horacio Rivero, NATO commander in Italy, Greece, and Turkey, said Soviet built Egyptian TU16 bombers tail the 6th Fleet in the Mediterranean. He cited resumed Soviet-Yugoslav military cooperation and concern over Soviet submarines. Rivero noted possible Russian crew on some bombers and warned of potential air bases in Egypt and risks to supply lines.
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Turkey
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America
Egypt
Europe
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Plane crash kills Redlands meat company owner Dale Addy
Dale D. Addy 38, owner of Redlands Wholesale Meat, died when his single engine Piper Comanche crashed into a brush hill near the Jurupa Mountains northwest of Riverside around 12 40 a m. He was returning to Redlands from Los Angeles.
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Herb Pasik
Redlinds Meat Company
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Riverside County
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Los Angeles
U.S. 60
McCormick Selph
Pyrite Road
Russ Hawk
Riverside County Sheriff Office
Addy
Hong Kong flu spreads to 40 states and DC
The Hong Kong flu and related illnesses spread to 40 states with 23 states reporting outbreaks, 7 isolated cases, and 10 with flu like illnesses. President Johnson was hospitalized at Bethesda Naval Hospital for an upper respiratory ailment.
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UPI
National Communicable Disease Center
NCDC
Lyndon Johnson
Bethesda Naval Hospital
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Tennessee
Idaho
Loui
District of Columbia
Puerto Rico
Johnson
White House
George
Pueblo crew release in final stages
Washington sources say an agreement on freeing all 82 crewmen of the USS Pueblo is reached and could occur before Christmas. Details to be worked out include timing and wording. the ship itself may remain seized and prospects of further delay loom.
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Panmunjom
State Department
Redlands
Capitol Hill
San Bernardino Valley
United States
Apollo 8 technicians lag in countdown as launch nears
Technicians fell four hours behind in activating Apollo 8 fuel cells at Cape Kennedy due to a valve problem. Officials expected to recover time before the final countdown rest period ends and aim for an on time Saturday launch for astronauts Frank Borman James Lovell and William Anders. Weather remained unsettled with overcast skies and possible showers along the coast and mountains.
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UPI
Frank Borman
James Lovell
William Anders
Moon
Lovell
Anders
Cocoa Beach
Borman
Moonport
Marilyn Lovell
Cape
Valerie Anders
Oceanside
Dumke Calls SF State a Test of Student Action
San Francisco State College is labeled a test lease by Chancellor Glenn Dumke as he warns that disrupted classes and guerrilla tactics by students threaten higher education and, if they succeed, threaten future safety for many.
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Anaheim
UPI
San Francisco State College
State College
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Hanoi Rejects Warning Amid Vietnam Talks Standoff
North Vietnam dismissed a US warning of renewed bombing as Saigon foregrounds a new offensive with 30 000 communists involved. Vance Lau talks ended deadlocked as Tet nears while Viet Cong releases three American POWs.
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UPN
North Vietnam
United States
Cyrus R. Vance
U.S
Ha van Lau
Saigon
Vance
National Liberation Front
Viet Cong
Lau
South Vietnam
Nguyen Cao Ky
Defense
Clark Clifford
George McGovern
D S.C
Communist shelling and battles near Saigon amid prisoner talks
Communist forces shelled four U.S. camps guarding Saigon and fought infiltrating units toward the city. In the Central Highlands, Prei Bing De fell to North Vietnamese troops with civilians affected. The Viet Cong proposed a battlefield meeting on Christmas Day. Cambodia released 11 U.S. servicemen. U.S. forces killed 56 enemies near Saigon and 61 in Da Nang area battles. One American died and 20 wounded.
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Highlands
Prei Bing de
Viet Cong
Cambodia
South Vietnam
da Nang
Kidnapers Escape After Bayfront Shootout Breaks Up Ransom Pickup
Police stumbled on a ransom drop when two Kidnapers grabbed a suitcase holding five hundred thousand dollars at dawn. A gunfight with officers sent the men fleeing into mangroves near a Biscayne Bay area.Miss Mackle remains missing as FBI agents search the woods with helicopters and boats.
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Barbara Jane Mackle
Miss Mackie
Avlanta
Fred A. Frohbese
FBI
Sshe
Robert Mackle
T. S. Self
W. J. Sweeney
Massachusetts
Frohboseh
Frodbose
Mackle
James Knight
Shriver Selected as Nixon UN Ambassador Pick
U.S. official sources say R. Sargent Shriver, then ambassador to France, is Nixon’s choice for United Nations ambassador. Indications earlier point to Shriver accepting, with Wiggins leaving the post after inauguration. A formal announcement is expected later this week.
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United Nations
Washington
UPN
R. Sargent Shriver
U.S
France
Richard M. Nixon
United Press International
Nixon
New York
U.N
Or Or. Wiggins
Ronald Ziegler
Nevada test blast delivers massive underground nuclear event
The United States detonated a 60 times Hiroshima yield device at a 4,600 foot shaft near the Nevada desert causing a 3,500 foot cavern blast. Witnesses in Las Vegas observed a strong ground shock with no radiation release detected. engineers compare the shock to a 3.75 to 6.5 magnitude earthquake and report no venting or air radiation.
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Western States
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Hiroshima Radiation Laboratory
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Calif
Shaft
Atomic Energy Commission
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Sahara
Ground Zero
Carol Rider
California Institute of
Pasadena
Robert H. Thalgott
AEC
Long Beach
University of California
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Santa Barbara
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