Cease fire ends Viet hostility mounts
Christmas Day passed with mounting casualties in South Vietnam as the 2 hour cease-fire ended and 49 Viet Cong violations were charged. South Vietnamese casualties totaled 13 killed and 53 wounded with 36 enemy troops killed. U.S. reports noted two minor ground-fire incidents and no GI strikes during a defensive stance amid renewed air operations and warnings from Hanoi about POWs.
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Virginia explosion claims five children in Martinsville fire
In Martinsville Virginia a pre-dawn house fire triggered by Mrs Gaynelle Martin 25 led to an explosion and the deaths of five children. Her husband and another child were injured as the two story eight room frame house burned. Authorities blamed the blast on the improvised ignition.
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Pope pleads for Christ amid Christmas mass in Vatican
Pope Paul VI urged modern men to accept Christ as savior and judge. On St. Peter’s loggia he called for humility and faith, echoing the shepherds’ example as worshipers gathered in the square.
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