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Newspaper

Southern Illinoisan

Location

Carbondale, Illinois, United States of America

Date

Dec 26, 1971

Page

8

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.

Saigon South Vietnam Hanoi U.S Vietnam Cambodia Laos Thailand Radio

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.

Martinsville Gaynelle Martin Ms. Martin Henry County

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.

Vatican City Paul VI Christ St. Peter's Basilica

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