U.S. Airlift Brings 3rd Brigade Into South Viet Nam
Despite truce talk, U.S. airlifted the 3rd Brigade of the 25th Infantry Division into the central highlands near Pleiku joining the fight against North Vietnamese forces. Air strikes continued in the South with B52s from Guam and Skyraiders aiding government positions near Saigon.
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
United States
U.S
Hawaii
Pleiku
Viet Nam
Solomon Islands
Guam
Quang Tri Province
Long An
Saltonstall to retire from U S Senate in 1967
Senator Leverett Saltonstall announced his retirement from public office at the end of his current Senate term in January 1967. The 45 year career includes 21 years in the Senate and ongoing political influence in Massachusetts as the scramble to replace him begins. Potential Republican successors include Edward W. Brooke and Gov. John A. Volpe, while Democrats eyed Boston Mayor John F. Collins and ex governors Endicott Peabody Foster Furcolo for future bids.
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Sen
Leverett
Boston
Leverett Saltonstall
R-Mass
U.S. Senate
Saltonstall
Senate
Edward W. Brooke
Massachusetts
John A. Volpe
John F. Collins
Endicott Peabody
Foster Furcolo
Ammunition Shortage Fear Ties to Olin Plant Strike
Secretary of Labor Wirtz warned a Viet Nam ammo shortage could occur if the Olin Mathieson plant in East Alton Illinois remains idle. The plant is the Pentagon’s sole gunpowder supplier for rifles machineguns and 20 mm shells. Negotiations resumed after a night of reappraisal as White House pressure grows to settle the wage and benefits dispute.
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Washington (Ap
W. Willard Wirtz
U.S
Viet Nam
Wirtz
Aliscouir
William E. Simkin
Johnson
White House
Pentagon
Simkin
Labor
Nine Miners Die in Methane Blast at Dutch Creek Mine
In western Colorado nine miners were killed after a methane gas explosion at the No. 4 south tunnel of the No. 1 Dutch Creek coal mine near Redstone. Officials closed the area as survivors in the Carbondale-Glenwood Springs region react.
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Redstone
Colo
Colorado
Dutch Creek
Glenwood Springs
Aspen
Crystal River Valley
Carbondale
Mid-Continental Coal & Coke Co
Chicago
Whit River National Forest
Roswell Woman Amelia Bonney Dies After Fall
Mrs Amelia Gay Bonney 71 a Roswell civic leader and educator died in Kansas City hospital after a fall during Christmas visit with daughter Mrs David Bell Prairie Village Kan She fell injuring a concussion and died at Baptist Memorial Hospital Funeral arrangements are being handled by Ballard Funeral Home Survivors include her husband two grandchildren and her sister and brothers with ties to Rockport Illinois and El Paso Texas
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Roswell
Amelia Gay Bonney
Kansas City
Bonney
David Bell
Prairie Village
Kan
Baptist Memorial Hospital
Ballard Funeral Home
Amelia Gay
Rockport, Ill
James C
Josephine Horton Gay
Rockport
University of Illinois
Elmwood
Ill
Roswell High School
Cecil Bonney
Old Chaves County
Sigma Kappa National Women’s Sorority
Phi Beta Kappa Honorary Society
Chapter 7
PEO
Junior Book Club
First Methodist Church
Montana Ave
David H. Bell
Hobart R. Gay
el Paso
Texas
L. O. Gay
Harry Blunt
Peace offensive in Vietnam gains momentum amid hush hush diplomacy
The United States launches a wide scale bid for peace in Vietnam with a year end push aiming to end fighting if successful. Observers note a lull in air raids North Vietnam and behind the scenes diplomacy as Shelepin’s Kremlin move or larger Soviet aid could shape Hanoi’s response. Saigon reports a four day Viet Cong truce offer during the New Year holidays.
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United States
Washington
Saigon
U.S
Viet Nam
North Viet Nam
Johnson
Hanoi
Peking
Alexander Shelepin
Shelepin
Kremlin
State Department
Robert J. McCloskey
Mobile veterinary unit to study sleeping sickness plague rabies
A $50 000 mobile medical unit will begin field operation by February 1 in Santa Fe. The unit operates under the Rocky Mountain Foundation for Veterinary Medicine and Research with the State Health Department and New Mexico National Guard maintaining it. It will study equine encephalitis plague and rabies and may move to Roswell if Walker AFB facilities are available.
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Santa FE
Edwin O. Wicks
Rocky Mountain Foundation For Veterinary Medicine and Research
Roswell
Albuquerque
Walker Air Force Base
Humble Oil & Refining Co
Houston
Tex
Humble
State Health Department
New Mexico National Guard
Armadillo Prowler Shot by City Police
A prowler in armor was shot by police in the 1500 block of South Penn after dogs alerted officers. He died at the city animal pound while attempting to dig under a storage unit. believed to be local, but the subject’s name could not be determined.
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Weing
South Penn
City Animal Pound
Roswell brackish water center eyed in 1966 budget
John M. Kelly says the 1966 federal budget includes a Roswell field station for brackish water research with potential to become a regional center if approved by Congress. The plan estimates about one million dollars annually and implies closing the current saline water conversion plant.
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John M. Kelly
Fanfani resigns as foreign minister in Rome
Premier Al do Moro accepted Amintore Fanfani's resignation as foreign minister after Fanfani rejected Moro's plea to stay on amid a storm over his role in a Vietnam peace effort.
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Rome
Aldo Moro
Amintore Fanfani
Fanfani
Moro
Weather veteran Lyle Rasey retires after 23 years
AP reports veteran U.S. Weather Bureau forecaster Lyle B. Rasey retired after 23 years of service. The Bay Area recorded strong winds up to 90 mph on mountain tops, heavy rain in cities, and Sierra snow, capping his career with a dramatic farewell remark.
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San Francisco
U.S. Weather Bureau
Bay Area
Sierra
Lyle B. Rasey
Roswell Mayor criticizes Walker Air Base closure impact
Mayor Gail Harris says conversations with over 500 Roswell residents show closure risks national security and local harm. He joins Councilman Hensley in opposing the B 52 phase out while a replacement is developed and forms a steering committee to seek other uses for base facilities.
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Gail Harris
Walker
Harris
W. D. Miller
Roswell
Survivor Dean Sutherland Fights for Life After Sea Gem Sinking
American supervisor Dean Sutherland survived Sea Gem’s sinking in the North Sea and then suffered a stroke in his Grimsby hotel room. He was hospitalized in very poor condition. eight crew members remain missing and five of the 32 aboard are dead.
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Grimsby
England
Dean Sutherland
North Sea
Scartho Hospital
Sutherland
Laurel
Neb
British Petroleum Co
Sea Gem
United States
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