Johnson asks end of fight in Nigerian civil war
President Johnson, in Bethesda Hospital, urged Biafra and federal forces to accept a two day cease fire on December 24 and 25. General Gowon ordered a halt to bombing during the truce while continuing surveillance flights. Johnson praised Emperor Haile Selassie's call for a seven day holiday truce and urged nations to back a conference table and mercy mission for starving millions.
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Odumegwu Ojukwu
Yakubu Gowon
Biafra
Biafran
Haile Selassie
Ethiopia
Nigeria
Edward M. Kennedy
Massachusetts
Kennedy
Dutch Parents Spend 35 on Kids Clothing Up to 15
Utrecht Netherlands parents allocate about 35 dollars yearly for their children clothing and footwear up to age 15 according to a UPI report.
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Utrecht, Holland
UPI
U.S. to Meet Viet Cong Over Prisoner Release Plan
U.S. will send up to five unarmed representatives to a riverbank in Tay Ninh province near Saigon on Christmas Day to meet Viet Cong agents and discuss the release of three American servicemen identified as Thomas Nelson Jones Donald N Smith and James W Brigham. The Viet Cong proposed the meeting after a radio broadcast.
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Americans and North Koreans Seek Pueblo Crew Release
Reports say U.S. and North Korean representatives met at Panmunjom to finalize details for releasing the 82 crew of the Pueblo. South Korean papers cited 28th meeting since capture on January 23, noting remaining differences on procedures and timing possibly delaying release past Christmas.
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Soviet diplomats visit Cairo to push Middle East settlement
Soviet Foreign Minister Andrei Gromyko and deputy Vladimir Semionov arrived in Cairo to discuss a potential Arab–Israeli peace initiative with Egyptian leaders. Nasser may seek joint action with the Soviet Union the United States Britain and France as Gunnar V. Jarring’s UN mission stalls.
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