Peace hopes dashed by clashes in Dominican Republic
In the Dominican Republic a six hour battle near Hotel Matum outside Santiago killed twelve, with a separate toll of one more in Santo Domingo as U S paratroopers arrived. The fighting, between army troops and former rebels, undermines plans for integrating rebels and jeopardizes the June general election. Protests by labor leaders followed, demanding action against military chiefs.
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Santo Domingo
Dominican Republic
Santiago
Hotel Matum
U.S
Inter-American Peace Force
Prorebel
IAPF
Santiago Hotel
Hector Garcia-Godoy
Stocks Slip as Peace Feelers Hit Defense Makers
Stocks fell broadly in early trading as Viet Nam peace feelers unsettled markets. Aerospace and defense shares led losses with Boeing, General Dynamics, United Aircraft, and Douglas down, while electronics, airlines, oils, and autos also declined. Dow off about 4.4 points at noon. bonds little changed.
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New York
Aerospace Defense
Associated Press
Dow Jones
Boeing
General Dynamics
United
Douglas Aircraft
Fairchild Camera
American Telephone
General Motors
du Pont
Eastman Kodak
Xerox
Polaroid
U S German Talks Focus on Nuclear Defense Role
West German Chancellor Lud wid Erhard and President Johnson launch two day discussions on Germanys place in European nuclear defenses. Erhard aims to outline a plan for expanded control of Western Europe nuclear weapons amid fears of 1000 Soviet missiles. The proposal envisions a Polaris armed submarine fleet jointly owned by the United States Britain West Germany Italy and the Netherlands.
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Washington
Ludwig Erhard
Johnson
Germany
Europe
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Erhard
United States
Britain
West Germany
Italy
Netherlands
Cooler Clearing With Mild Tuesday Ahead
A cooler night drops to 25 to 32 degrees with tonight mainly clear skies. Tuesday will be mostly sunny and mild with highs in the mid to upper 40s.
U.S. Eyes French Space Site in Guiana
State Department officials said the United States is interested in joining a French offer to establish a space launching center in French Guiana. Talks with France are planned, with no date set, as France builds the range near Cayenne for use when Algeria’s site is unavailable.
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Washington
State Department
United States
French Guiana
Equatorial South America
France
Guiana
Cayenne
Algeria
Vandenberg Air Force Base
California
Jean Clouland
French National Center of Space Studies
James Webb
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Hubert H. Humphrey
Quads Born In Auckland New Zealand Hospital
Quadruplets two boys and two girls were born in Auckland at the same hospital that earlier saw quintuplets. Father Herbert Dick Rawson is a surgeon at Nelson Hospital. mother Sally Rawson is in satisfactory condition. The Lawsons have two older children, and Mrs Shirley Ann Lawson offered congratulations.
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Auckland
New Zealand
Herbert Dick Rawson
Nelson Hospital
South Island
Sally Rawson
Lawsons
Shirley Ann Lawson
Two Women Slain at Church Entrance
In Slayton Minnesota police hold a 35 year old carpenter for the slaying of his former wife and her mother outside St Ann's Roman Catholic Church on a Sunday morning. An explosion of shots shocked parishioners who found two women mortally wounded on the sidewalk.
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Slayton
Minn
St. Ann’s Roman Catholic Church
Britain Wins Broad Oil Embargo Support Over Rhodesia
Prime Minister Harold Wilson announced that ten nations led by the United States, including France Japan Belgium the Netherlands and Italy joined Britain in an oil embargo on Rhodesia. Canada offered to help by potentially supplying aircraft for an oil airlift to Zambia. Wilson defended the move amid Conservative opposition and said the aim is Rhodesia to return to constitutional rule.
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London
Harold Wilson
France
Italy
Rhodesia
United States
Britain
Wilson
Canada
House of Commons
Zambia
Bargo
Washington
Johnson
Publication dispute over Hanoi peace offer unsettled
Washington heated debate opened over publication of correspondence about a conditional peace bid from North Viet Nam. officials said no decision yet on new U S action while Hanoi denied sending any peace feeler amid charges and counterclaims from U S and allied observers.
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John M. Hightower
Associated Press
Washington
Johnson
Viet Nam
Hanoi
U.S
Ho Chi Minh
North Viet Nam
St. Louis
Rusk
Mario Primicerio
Dean Rusk
State Department
Arthur J. Goldberg
United Nations
ABC
Goldberg
Benjamin Spock
H. Stuart Hughes
Cochairmen
Committee For A
National Liberation Front
South Viet Nam
Saigon
North
China
Viet Cong Clash Near Saigon Amid Anniversary Tense Guard
In Saigon area forces patrol five miles from the capital near a major fuel and ammunition dump at Nha Be as Viet Cong units attack two outposts of Tuy’en Nhon camp. U S advisers warn a hit on the depot could ignite a riverfront blaze while other skirmishes yield 29 Viet Cong killed and 53 structures destroyed.
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Saigon
Nha Be
U.S
Tuyen Nhon
Plain of Reeds
Astronauts Borman and Lovell Begin Postflight Medical Checks
Cape Kennedy reports that Frank Borman and James Lovell start three days of medical tests after a 14 day spaceflight. They describe confinement as the main hardship and note vivid dream activity during the mission while dehydrated food raised complaints.
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Cape Kennedy
Fla
Frank Borman
James A. Lovell Jr
Space
Moon
Borman
Lovell
Air Force
Col
Navy
Walter M. Schirra Jr
Thomas P. Stafford
Leaflets At U.S. Army Installations Urge End To Viet Nam War
Leaflets claiming to show a dead American officer and U.S. students protesting the Viet Nam war are circulating near Di An Vietnam where the 1st Infantry Division is based. The pamphlets urge troops to quit fighting and warn of barracks bombs, with one leaflet listing 87 draft-age Americans who refuse to fight.
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di An
Viet Nam
U.S
McNamara
Pentagon
Saigon
U.S. 1St Infantry Division
Vet Nam
Philip Abbott Luce
GPO Box 91
N.Y
Philip A. Luce
Cuba
State Department
Times Square
United States
Three American Executives Reported Kidnapped by Viet Cong
CBS reports from Saigon that three American construction executives are missing near Bien Hoa 20 miles northeast of Saigon. Identified as Henry M. Hudson construction manager Speed Jones quarry superintendent Otto Shulton quarry manager, officials expect a ransom demand.
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New York
Columbia Broadcasting System
Saigon
Bien Hoa
R.M.K. International Combine
South Viet Nam
Henry M. Hudson
R.M.K. Co
Speed Jones
Otto Shulton
R.M.E
Pope's Peace Call Reverberates With White House Endorsement
The White House welcomed Pope Paul VI's plea for peace in Vietnam and a Christmas cease fire. Press secretary Bill Moyers said Johnson supports dialogue at the conference table over warfare and is ready to talk once aggression ends. The Pontiff urged a workable cease-fire so Christmas could be a sacred day.
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Washington
White House
Johnson
Paul VI
Viet Nam
Bill D. Moyers
Asia
Moyers
St. Peter’s Square
Chou Demands U.S. Troop Pullout Amid Talks
Chou Enlai insists United States troops must withdraw before talks proceed. He denounces Soviet allies and intermediaries pushing for settlement of the Vietnamese war during negotiations.
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United States
Chou
Soviet Union
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Gemini 7
James A. Lovell, Jr
Giorgio la Pira
Florence
Westmoreland
William C. Westmoreland
Jean E. Engler
U. S Supply and Maintenance Command
Pope
U. S
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