Flu Delays Mail as Hong Kong Flu Spreads to 40 States
Hong Kong flu and related illnesses spread to 40 states per the NCDC with five additions Indiana Tennessee Idaho Louisiana North Dakota. President Johnson hospitalized with flu at Bethesda Naval Hospital. Officials warn the outbreak intensifies and Christmas mail delivery may be delayed in some areas.
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Lyndon Johnson
Bethesda Naval Hospital
NCDC
Indiana
Tennessee
Idaho
Louisiana
North Dakota
Washington
W. Marvin Watson
Viet Cong to Free Three U S Prisoners for Humanitarian Reasons
Viet Cong officials in Paris say they will release three American captives identified as Thomas Nelson-Jones Donald N Smith and James W Brigham for humanitarian reasons and peace. A VC radio proposal spoke of battlefield talks to arrange the releases, while South Vietnam’s Premi Huong called the move an attempt to woo the United States. The broadcast scheduled a Christmas Day session about 500 miles northwest of Saigon with U S reply likely via radio. A separate police report notes a color TV stolen from 7331 E Bonita Dr while its owner Emile Goyette was away.
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Paris
UPI
Viet Cong
Vietnam
Thomas Nelson—Jones
Donald N. Smith
James W. Brigham
U.S
Premi Huong
South
United States
Liberation
Saigon
Broadcat
Armed Forces Network
E. Bonita Dr
Emile, Goyette
Weather Summary by United Press International
Temperatures and precipitation readings recorded at 4 a.m. show current conditions and trend. Data reflects early morning report from weather service sources.
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United. Press International
Ransom Plot Breaks as Kidnappers Drop Half Million
Police tracked two Barbara Jane Mackle kidnapers to a bayfront area after a dawn exchange of gunfire. A suitcase containing about $500,000 was recovered. the men fled into mangrove woods as FBI searched for Miss Mackle who remained missing.
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MIAM
UPI
Barbara Jane Mackle
Miss Basie
Atlanta
Fred A. Frodbose
FBI
Robert Mackle
Self
W. J. Sweeney
Massachusetts
Frohbose
Mackle
Scottsdale Sertoma helps 86 youths with haircuts and shoes
The Scottsdale Sertoma Club runs its annual Shear and Shoel program aiding 86 youths, mostly from Yavapai and Koloma Schools, with free Christmas haircuts and shoes. Partner shops Papago Plaza include Harry's Fine Shoes and Cordon's Barbershop, financed by club fund-raisers.
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Scottsdale
Scottsdale Sértoma Club
Yavapai
Koloma
Har
Ry’s .Fine
Cordon
Papago Plaza
Gail Scott
Nuclear test blasts record salt power exceeds Hiroshima
In Nevada the United States detonated its most powerful underground nuclear device, supposedly 60 times the Hiroshima bomb, sending a massive shock 12 miles from ground zero and rattling Las Vegas 100 miles away. Seismographs detected the energy as desert dust and television crews monitored from a helicopter over the Nevada Test Site.
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Pahute “Mesa
Nev
UPI
United States
Ground Zero
Nevada
Hiroshima
Las Vegas Strip
Cambodia frees 12 U S servicemen for Christmas
Phnom Penh reports Prince Norodom Sihanouk releases 12 American servicemen held in Cambodia to show “satisfaction to President Johnson.” The 11 patrol craft crewmen and one helicopter crewman, Earl F Gurnsey of Sacramento, are handed to the Australian embassy for transport to Bangkok and home for Christmas.
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Phnom Penh
Cambodia
UPI
Norodom Sihanouk
Johnson
Bangkok
Sihanouk
Cambodian
Earl F Gurnsey
Sacramento
Far West
Lee E. Henry
Los Angeles
Washington
State Department
U. S
Cat in Turkey Says Cat Pala Talks Like Human
Eyup Mutluturk’s five year old black and white cat Pala reportedly speaks human words such as mom dad sister go out and come in though with a feline accent. Veterinarians in Istanbul and Ankara express skepticism while Turkish papers pursue interviews.
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Konya
Turkey
UPI
Veterinnarians
Pala
Eyup Mutluturk
Istanbul
Ankara
Reds Press Saigon Front in Daylong Attacks
Communist forces shelled four U S camps guarding Saigon and fought American units. U S reports say 117 Reds were slain, while air and artillery strikes in the Saigon area killed 56 to 61 guerrillas in nine hours. One American death and 20 wounded reported. South Vietnamese troops and Saigon remain on high alert.
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Saigon
UPS
U.S
Plei Bing de
da Nang
Cambodia
Obituaries for Allan B Hamilton 86 of Scottsdale
Allan B Hamilton 86 died Wednesday. Call hours 6 to 9:30 p m at Green Acres Memorial Park. Services 11 a m Friday at Messinger Mortuary. Born Omaha Nebraska educated at University of Nicholas Rocco Palella died in an automobile accident leaving six children and a widow. Survivors include Grace Hamilton his widow and Mrs Havel Nye daughter. Hamilton resided at 6224 B Galle Rosa Scottsdale since 15 years ago formerly with Pittsburg Plate Glass Co in Portland Oregon. County listings note survivors Leslie widow Katherine 10 Ro8 Mark ae Matthew 5 Janine 14 his arja dria Va.
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Havel Nye
Furnaces Burn Out During Cold Snap RFD Reports
Firefighters responded to three furnace motor fires during the cold snap. At 7:45 p.m. Wednesday the Holman home at 9225 N 53rd Pl reported a furnace motor burned out causing 35 dollars in damage. A second fire occurred at 2:15 a.m. today at the Higginbotham residence 8101 E Columbus where another furnace motor burned out. A rooftop heater at Bill Watkins Ford on Scottsdale and Camelback roads also burned out around 5 p.m. Wednesday with no estimated damage reported. Earlier, 16 firefighters doused a smoldering trash bin at 6957 E Osborn Rd shortly after noon Wednesday.
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Calvin M. Holman
Joel ‘Higginbotham
Columbus
Bill. Watkins
Ford
Scottsdale
E. Osborn ‘Rd
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