Gulf of Tonkin Logs Sought By Senate Panel
The Senate Foreign Relations Committee is examining logs from the USS Turner Joy and USS Maddox related to the 1964 Gulf of Tonkin Incident amid questions whether the ships were actually attacked. Fulbright notes committee staff views are incomplete and plans careful, cautious hearings given election-year sensitivity.
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Maddox
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Sen. J. William Fulbright
Foreign Relations Committee
Navy Department
Fulbright
Johnson
Holiday travel near peak as Christmas pilgrimage grows
United Press reports millions head home for the holiday using planes trains buses and cars under clear cold skies. Death tolls rise with 141 highway fatalities by noon EST and the National Safety Council estimates 625 to 725 more may die this weekend unless precautions are taken.
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National Safety Council
Paratroopers maul Viet Cong during Saigon training clash
UPI reports American paratroopers from the 101st Airborne mauling a Viet Cong unit near Saigon during a training exercise, killing 14 communist fighters with no American losses. The incident occurred as a Christmas cease fire was declared, with truces observed by both sides.
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Strikers Ballot To Work Delays In Nevada Copper Strike
A secret ballot by Kennecott Eastern Nevada striking workers shows 177 yes 113 no on returning to work while talks resume. A separate 166 yes 87 no favored an immediate secret vote on return to work and resumption of negotiations. Union spokesman calls the poll a publicity stunt and predicts the strike may last another month.
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White Pine Chamber of Commercce
Tom Jones
Kennecott
Nevada
Robert Alkire
Chamber of Commerce
Foremen distribute 174 food baskets in Scottsdale drive
The Motorola Foremen's Club at Motorola's Aerospace Division in Scottsdale organized a two week fundraiser to aid the needy. They collected money and purchased food at discount prices from area markets. Paul Yursko served as drive chairman and 25 pound baskets were delivered to local families.
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Motorola
Aerospace
Scottsdale
Paul Yursko
Two Hurt in Camelback Bath Street Collision
At 10:11 p.m. two cars collided at the Camelback Bath Street intersection. Martin Levens 21 of 8235 B Windsor and Leonard Galligher 28 address unknown sustained minor injuries treated by a private physician. Damages estimated at 600 dollars. Levens cited for failure to yield. Three passengers in Levens car were uninjured.
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Janice Dana
Darlean Castillo
S. Morris
Mesa
Manfred Dietz
Monterosa
Silver Bridge collapse toll revised as 32 dead
State police lowered the confirmed missing to 13 while 32 were confirmed dead eight days after the Silver Bridge failure into the Ohio River. Dragging slowed by winds and cold water. divers and cranes continued work through Christmas Day as rescue teams recovered vehicles and debris. Memorial services and blended Christmas programs marked the river town of Point Pleasant.
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W. Va
UPI
Silver Bridge
Ohio River
York Central Railroad
Kanauga
Ohio
Point Pleasant High School
Woman Seeks Release From Arizona State Hospital
Mrs. Lilly Christensen, 69, formerly of Scottsdale, acquitted of murder on insanity grounds, filed a writ of habeas corpus in Superior Court seeking release. Five psychiatrists testified she is sane, but hospital superintendent Dr. Willis Bower has declined to free her. Judge Frank X. Gordon had directed a verdict of acquittal in October for the Feb 26, 1965 killing of her husband Harold, 60, after which she was committed to the state hospital.
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UPI
Superior Court
Arizona State Hospital
Lilly Christensen
Scottsdale
Willis Bower
Frank X. Gordon
Christensen
Harold
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