Khanh thanks U S forces as fighting intensifies in Vietnam
Lt Gen Nguyen Khanh issued a holiday greeting to U S forces in Saigon, while 17 Americans were wounded in Mekong Delta clashes with the Viet Cong. A grenade attack in Mo Cai wounded four, killing a girl and injuring 15 Vietnamese.
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
Nguyen Khanh
U.S
Mekong Delta
Mo Cai
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Highway Toll Near All Time High This Christmas Weekend
National Safety Council warned the Christmas travel period could approach a record toll with 550 to 650 deaths. By Sunday midnight 497 people had died in automobile accidents during the 78 hour Christmas period, with projections suggesting the final count would be under 600, near the 1955 record of 609.
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National Safety Council
Safety Council
Snow And Wind Intensify West Coast Flood Rescue Efforts
Snow and high winds worsen conditions for residents cut off by floods along the Oregon California line. Civil Defense reports two feet of snow near Yreka and 400 to 500 stranded loggers and miners. Death tolls rise across states with Oregon’s peak and total damages nearing one billion dollars.
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Sowle
California
Eel River
Eureka
Oregon
Reedsport
Howard Thomas
Washington
Nevada
Idaho
Mark O. Hatfield
Willamette
Weather Bureau
River Forecast Center
Mark Hatfield
Johnson Sees Optimism Despite World Tensions
President Johnson closes the year with measured optimism about world affairs and reduced partisanship. He envisions a united Republican party and broader support for his program while forecasting more cordial U.S. relations with Russia and fewer crises, with foreign heads of state visiting roughly every two weeks in 1965.
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Johnson City
Tex
Johnson
United Republican Party
Russia
Charles de Gaulle
France
America
U.S
Congress
17 Car Wreck Injures 18 in Florida Interstate Crash
Eighteen people were injured, none seriously, in a massive 17 car pileup on Interstate 75 at the Marion Alachua county line. Traffic was delayed for miles as drivers braked suddenly amid a heavy rain.
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Ocala
Fla
Interstate 75
Marion- Alachua
R.C. Brown
Lake City
S.C. Roberts
Florida Highway Patrol
Ambulances Rush to Aid Gluttony Victims in Poland
AP reports Warsaw logged 1,000 ambulance calls and Krakow over 1,000 after Christmas feasts. Poles celebrate with long drinking and carousing sessions. stores offered more food and wine and another holiday to recover.
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Warsaw
Poland
PAP
Krakaw
Scranton’s official residence deal in Harrisburg hits snag
Negotiations to rent Gov. Scranton an official state residence near the Capitol face delays as Treasurer Grace Sloan and Auditor General Thomas Minehart weigh legality and cost. The lease would run four years at about $1,000 monthly plus related charges, with a possible cancellation clause if a future mansion is built. The Scrantons currently reside at a mansion in Indian Town Gap.
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Harrisburg
Scranton
State Capitol
Robert M. Mumma
Wormleysville
Grace M. Sloan
Thomas Z. Minehart
Strangest thefts span Beatles records to polar bear
A Seattle warehouse lost 27 cases of Beatles records worth 1655 dollars. In Springfield a man targeted mothers at a mall offering gifts purchased with checks that bounced. Fort Worth and Denver burglars lifted wigs totaling thousands. A 150 pound polar bear vanished from a New Jersey deli and drive in. Three men stole 50000 dollars in gum, moving it from a railroad yard to a panel truck then to Chicago.
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Associated Press
Seattle
Springfield
Fort Worth
Tex
Denver
Colo
East Brunswick
N.J
Mike Nowicky
Cleveland
Chicago
Leo Remains In His Pen Despite Edict
Leo, a lion kept in a heated garage pen at Howard Sautter’s Willow Grove home, defies a township ordinance banning wild animals. Sautter fights the measure with neighbor opposition and plans to seek legal action possibly up to the Supreme Court. He cites broad support including Christmas cards from across the United States and abroad.
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Willow Grove
Leo
Howard Sautter
Sautter
Abington Township
Supreme Court
United States
England
Germany
Turkey
Weekend Weather Outlook Intermittent Snow Northern Areas
Intermittent light snow or freezing drizzle expected early Monday. In the forenoon a few snow flurries, continuing in the north portion of the area in the afternoon. Temperatures range from 26 to 35 degrees with little change.
Recall Drive Grows Over US Ambassador in Philippines
About 2,000 Filipinos rallied in Angeles to demand the recall of U.S. Ambassador William Blair and the removal of American bases. They cited fatal shootings of local youths on bases and a hoax bomb incident at Clark Air Base, with organizers calling for base talks to be revisited.
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Angeles
Philippines
U. S S
William McCormick Blair Jr
Blair
U. S
Elemencry School
Clark Airase
U.S
Sandico
Johnson
United States
U.S. Marine Guard
Snd
New Look For Old Jail Pink Morale Boost At Nashville Prison
Joy Eyman, the superintendent, introduces color coded uniforms with pink for model prisoners and green for trusties while plans color choices for cells and curtains. The Nashville facility adds disguised bars on new wings and hosts garden picnics and visitor coffee. A guard chauffeured a bus tour to view Christmas lights and Nativity scenes.
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Nashville
Tenn
Joy Eyman
Col Damm Injured in Saigon Bombing
Col Richard C. Damm of Meyersdale was among three Pennsylvania officers hospitalized after a bombing at a United States officers billet in downtown Saigon on Christmas Eve. The Defense Department said his injuries are not serious and he is expected to be released soon.
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U.S. Navy
Saigon
U.S. Army
Rogelio Balagtas
Clark
Crow Valley
J.C Larry D. Cole
Marshall
Mich
Air Force
Cole
Gonzalo Vidello
Meyersdale
Pennsylvania
United States
Richard C. Damm
United States Defense Department
Damm
Sally Stuempfle
E. H. Stuempfle
No Blackface Ban in Mummers Parade
Philadelphia officials confirm a city ban on blackface makeup in the 65th annual Mummers Parade along Broad Street on January 1. Parade director Robert Rodebaugh says the Mummers have agreed to comply with the ban, matching last year’s policy.
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Philadelphia
Broad Street
Robert Rodebaugh
Jackie Kennedy Joins Ski Lesson on Aspen Mountain
Jacqueline Kennedy and her children took ski lessons on 7,900-foot Buttermilk Mountain in Aspen Colorado. Secret Service guarded spectators as they arrived from New York to Denver and then Aspen with Caroline and John Jr. joining on a gentle slope. Robert F Kennedy and four of his children skied on the advanced slopes on Sunday after traveling from Washington.
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Colo
Jacqueline Kennedy
John F. Kennedy
Tim Carter
Caroline
John Jr
Secret Service
Kennedys
New York
Denver
Rockies
Robert F. Kennedy
N.Y
Washington
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