Christmas cease-fire begins today in Vietnam conflict
Gen. Westmoreland announced a 24 hour curtailment of offensive operations beginning at 6 p.m. Saigon time to honor the allied Christmas cease-fire. U.S. bombing pauses would allow observance and potential defectors to join the government side under the Chieu Hoi program.
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U.S
Vietnam
Westmoreland
South Vietnam
Dannang
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Pope urges end to arms race risks
Pope Paul VI in a Christmas message urged a new moral order to curb the fatal risks of the arms race and to achieve peace. He spoke of peace of heart as a near, possible gift, while avoiding direct references to Vietnam in that address. The earlier major Christmas speech appealed for an end to U S bombing in North Vietnam and offered to mediate Washington and Hanoi.
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College of Cardinals
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North Vietnam
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Hanoi
Johnson
Rome
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Dying Belgian Children Draw Global Card Drive
Two terminally ill Belgian children asked for Christmas cards and messages for their last days. An international appeal spread from Brussels to the United States via English and Kennedy Airport broadcasts, prompting mail, flowers, and gifts to Eliane de Feyter and Bart de Boubry at Bruges and Oostduinkerke hospitals.
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England
Kennedy
Eliane de Feyter
Oud St. Jans Hospital
Mariastraad
Bruges
Belgium
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Buried Coins Unearthed After Gale in Lithuania
A Soviet Lithuania gale toppled an apple tree and revealed a buried treasure of gold coins, some dated 1824 in the United States. The coins include pieces from early U.S. mints discovered by local residents after the windstorm.
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Tass
Soviet
Lithuania
United States
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