Holt's Death Sparks Australian Myths and Conspiracy Hopes
In Melbourne and Portsea, officials fear sensational myth making around Prime Minister Holt's death after a weeklong disappearance and a witness account of being swept into heavy surf. A mysterious Englishman, Alan Stewart, linked to the case, survived a car crash, while Stewart’s fiancée died in January and his father and stepfather had fatal accidents. The case arouses gothic speculation but officials urge restraint as tabloids chase theories about Kennedy-like intrigue.
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Pope Presents Bronze Bust to Pope Paul VI
President Johnson gave a bronze bust of himself to Pope Paul VI on Saturday night as a present from his daughter Mrs. Patrick Nugent. The Pope responded with medals of his pontificate and copies of his encyclical Populorum Progressionom. Msgr. Paul Marcinkus and others noted the exchange as a gesture on international problems and world hunger.
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Hard Winds Scatter Boats In Mexican Gulf
Progreso Mexico AP reports hurricane force winds over the Gulf of Mexico have scattered a wide storm front, leaving about 40 boats unaccounted for near Progreso, Yucatan. Port captains say the fate of missing vessels is a serious concern as gusts hinder search efforts.
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Businessman Offers Yule Baskets to 1000 Needy Families
Los Angeles AP reports businessman John Factor distributed $20 Christmas baskets to 1,000 families in Watts Willlowbrook. Factor, once poor, told recipients not to feel shame and described baskets as Christmas dinner trimmings. Local service organizations and schools selected ticket holders. Factor leads the Funds Charity Foundation which sponsored aid last week in Mississippi.
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Man Did Not Appreciate Big Yule Card in Champaign
Tames O Malley received Champaigns largest Christmas card saturday but it went unappreciated. Vandals sprayed a message across an apartment wall measuring about 24 feet by 24 feet reading Wishes for Merry Christmas and New Year.
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Pope Urges Moral Order To End Arms Race
Vatican City AP Pope Paul VI called for a new moral order to end the fatal risks of the modern arms race. In his Christmas message he urged peace of heart and the primacy of brotherhood in politics, offering himself as mediator between Washington and Hanoi during U.S. bombing of North Vietnam. He spoke of peace with God as the source of moral strength and urged world leaders to choose love over arms, stressing hope for those suffering.
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Johnson Pivots Toward Peace as Pope Visit Looms
President Johnson’s Rome trip to meet Pope Paul VI underscores U S hopes for a negotiated end to the Vietnam War amid fragile holiday truces. Washington signals no quick shift toward broader concessions, while Johnson asserts resolve and vows to press for peace with honor.
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Hog Is a Hog Is a By Hart Stilwell
Hog farming enters a new phase with air conditioned, clean hog houses signaling a revolution in the industry. T. D. Tanksley Jr. notes farmers in the state are forgoing grain sorghum marketing to hogs, claiming potential profits and large dividends from hog production.
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Texas pork industry eyes major housing, feed shifts
Specialists say net income could rise about 15 million if 25 percent of surplus grain goes to hog feed. Commercial pork production in Texas is shifting to larger, more specialized units with environmental controls, mechanized slatted floors and new manure systems. The industry moves toward modern housing as producers anticipate changes in feeding needs and market dynamics.
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Marker planned for site of old New Braunfels school
Comal County Historical Survey Committee moves to mark the site of the old New Braunfels school founded in 1835. The article notes confusion over exact location, early Texas school funding debates, and references to local figures like Bob Thomas and the Chisholm Trail Museum car touring Europe.
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Americans favor hawkish stance in Vietnam war poll
A United Press poll finds growing hawkish attitudes among Americans toward Vietnam. By 58 to 2 percent they favor pressuring Communists toward negotiated peace by showing they will lose if fighting continues. Strong support also for escalation and South Vietnam bearing the main burden.
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Pedestrian Killed by Car Near Van Ormy
A Somerset man, Domingo Arguello, 65, died after being struck by a car on a front age road four miles east of Van Ormy. The driver, Alsrnazo Aguilar, stopped briefly then left to seek help in Von Ormy. He said he was going about 23 mph and swerved to avoid Arguello, brushing him and throwing him against the windshield. Bexar County traffic fatalities reach 44 for 1965 to date.
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LBJ Extends Poverty Bill With Local Control Clause
President Johnson signed a two year extension of the war on poverty, giving governors and mayors authority over local programs. The measure, hotly contested late in Congress, was finalized after opposition compromised on the central issue. He signed the bill en route from Cam Ranh Bay to Karachi on a globe girding trip.
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Nixon split threats and favored sons in GOP strategy
Nixon aides threaten to challenge favorite son delegates while courting key governors and senators. The campaign seeks to widen leverage in early primaries, with discussions of a Nixon vice presidency circulating among Massachusetts Governor Volpe and Senator Percy, amid mixed signals from party leaders.
Nixon's Wisconsin primary threat reshapes GOP strategy
Fragmented text shows Nixon weighing moves after Wisconsin on April 2. Analysts note potential entry in New Jersey against Case and Case ally Gerald Clifford, with fears of clashes with popular state leaders like Rhodes of Ohio and Shaler of Pennsylvania. The piece hints at scare tactics to purge rivals but warns such pressure may backfire if local figures resist and seek explicit pledges. The chaotic OCR underscores a volatile strategic moment in early presidential politics.
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