Secrecy shrouds President's trip amid Red drive warnings
U S armed forces press defense against a winter spring offensive in the DMZ area with B52s pummeling northern targets and suspected infiltration routes along the Cambodian border. Marines conduct a new assault in Quang Tri Province while naval gunfire and Skyhawk bomber strikes continue. U S losses total 767 warplanes in combat. Around Saigon Viet Cong intensify terror and sabotage ahead of the Christmas truce.
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Saigon
U. S
Demilitarized Zone
Hanoi
Dmz
Con Thien
Tonkin Gulf
Navy
Gio Linh
North Vietnam
Illinois seeks grants for mental health facilities program
Governor Otto Kerner announced Illinois has submitted federal plans to win 3,009,490 in grants. Total eligible construction funds amount to 659,859 for facilities for the mentally retarded and 2,349,631 for community mental health centers. The federal share ranges from 65 to 40 percent.
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Springfield
Illinois
Otto Kerner
Johnson vanishes after Holt memorial flight to unknown destination
President Lyndon B Johnson abruptly left Melbourne after Harold Holt's memorial service aboard a White House aircraft. Officials offered few details as reporters and photographers were sealed off, with speculation centering on Vietnam, the Philippines, Thailand, or a return to Europe to see Pope Paul VI.
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Max Frankel
New York Times
Melbourne
Australia
New York
United States
Lyndon Johnson
Harold Holt
Essendon
Earth
Johnson
White House
Canberra
South Vietnam
Vietnam
Philippines
Camranh Bay
Thailand
South Korea
Alaska
Europe
Pope Paul VI
Johnson plane lands at Khorat base amid Vietnam role
President Johnson flies to Khorat Air Base Thailand after memorial rites for Harold Holt. White House kept trip secret though word leaked. Base serves in defense of Thailand and as a staging area for bombing North Vietnam with about 35,000 U.S. troops in country. Johnson hints at Christmas with troops and avoids confirming broader travel, including possible Rome stop.
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Khorat Air Force Base
Thailand
Associated Press
Johnson
Khorat
Bangkok
White House
United States
North Vietnam
South Vietnam
Rome
Paul VI
Australia
U. S
Vietnam
Cam Ranh Bay
Saigon
New York
Soldier sends Christmas greeting from Vietnam ad
An Army sergeant in Vietnam places an unusual Christmas greeting in the Southern Illinoisan page 8 for his Southern Illinois family. He will return home next summer and omits his name and the family surname, trusting relatives to recognize him.
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Vietnam
Southern Illinoisan
Holiday travel surge across airlines railroads and buses
Millions travel home for Christmas as carriers expect peak days and record demand. Airlines add 150000 extra seats daily Dec 15-23 and Jan 1-7, with Miami and Hawaii hotels reporting solid bookings. Safety estimates forecast 625 to 725 highway fatalities over the weekend.
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Associated Press
Miami
Hawaii
Mexico
Caribbean Islands
National Safety Council
Chicago
Air Transport Associaton
Washington
ATS
Greyhound Bus Lines
Continental Trailways Bus Line
Dallas
Miami Beach
Eastern Air Lines
Weather outlook: Clear and cold with low teens
The forecast calls for clear and cold conditions tonight with lows from 14 to 20. Saturday should be mostly sunny and warmer with highs in the upper 30s to low 40s. Weather details on page 18 accompany a map.
Winter Solstice Marks Official Start of Season
The northern hemisphere observes the shortest daytime period as winter begins with the solstice while the southern hemisphere marks the start of summer. Winter continues until the vernal equinox on March 20 signaling spring.
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New York
Tornadoes hit Chester Percy and Pinckneyville area
Severe storms and a tornado damaged homes and a church across Chester Percy and Pinckneyville in Southern Illinois. In Chester the cyclone damaged four homes a barn and the Cole Milling Co with minor injuries to 18 people in McBride Missouri. The Lost Prairie Lutheran Church near Pinckneyville was demolished along with several trailers and residences in Percy. Flooding and heavy rainfall affected Marion Benton West Frankfort Johnston City Carbondale and surrounding towns with rivers rising and highways closed.
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Chester
Percy
Pinckneyville
Illinois
Cole Milling Co
McBride
Vijay Reddy
Rahul
Rt. 154
Marion
Herrin
Benton
West Frankfort
Johnston City
Carbondale
Harold Hill
Wall
East Freeman
East Chestnut
North Marion
Wood River
Mississippi River
Randolph County
Rt. 4
Rt. 4-150
Rydell Reddy
Art Meyers
Reddy
Missouri Pacific
Perry County
Lost Prairie Lutheran
Fred Keppner
Tamaroa
Bert Alexander
Cutler
Galum Baptist
Chester Mill
Cole Mill
Rt. 3
Sparta
Oroville
Ava
Train collision injures dozens near Wamego Kansas
A passenger train crowded with 190 holiday riders collided with a 70 car Union Pacific freight east of Wamego. About 50 passengers suffered injuries, none serious, as the Portland Rose slid onto a siding and the freight locomotive and cars derailed. Suspected siding misalignment caused the crash.
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Wamego
Kansas Highway Patrol
Union Pacific
Kansas City
Wamega
Los Angeles
Omaha
Neb
Portland Rose
Cigarettes pollute air as claimed by expert
Dr Philip H Abelson of the Carnegie Institution warns cigarette smoke adds pollution in poorly ventilated rooms. He cites carbon monoxide nitrogen dioxide hydrogen cyanide and other gases reaching dangerous levels in stuffy spaces. A Cairo dispatch says Israel may strengthen forces along the Suez Canal east bank.
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Washington
Philip H. Abelson
Carnegie Institution of Washington
Israel
New York Times
Cairo
East Bank
Suez Canal
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LBJ
Holt
George Christian
Inside Classified
Church
Family Living
Wolf Braitsch
Lancaster, Calif
Kathy
California
Braitsch
Pan American World Airways
United Air Lines
Hawaii Hotel Association
Waikiki
Wamego, Kan
Windolyn Watson
Kansas Wesleyan College
Salina
Kan
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