Five Boys In West Virginia State Home Celebrate First Christmas
Five foster boys aged 13 to 17 live in the state’s first agency operated group home in Parkersburg. The Dotsons, house parents, guide the youths in daily routines as they enjoy a real Christmas tree and generous gifts. Dorothy Allen, director of the Child Welfare Division, advocates expanding similar homes for children needing special care.
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Julia Sadd
Charleston
W. Va
UPI
Parkersburg
Child Welfare Division
State Welfare Department
West Virginia
Mings
Duane
Woody
Danny
Terry
Benny
Fred Dotson
Dotson
Ritchie County
Dorothy Allen
Group Home For Children
Johnson and Pope discuss possible Vietnam mediation
President Johnson met Pope Paul VI at the Vatican for about an hour to discuss peace efforts in Vietnam. He said a settlement remains possible with mutual restraint and offered to halt air raids again if Hanoi shows willingness to talk. The Pope urged peace and urged restraint as Johnson prepared to return to Washington.
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Merriman Smith
UPI
White House
Rome
Johnson
Pope Paul VI
United States
Vatican
North Vietnam
Hanoi
Paul
Vietnam
Washington
Air Force One
Ciampino
Con
Land to be condemned for Silver Bridge reconstruction
The State Road Commission filed a condemnation suit in Mason County to acquire 25 acres near Henderson WV2 for bridge reconstruction on the Ohio River. A condemnation commission will set a fair rental fee after an initial hearing. Meanwhile rescuers in Point Pleasant dredged wreckage as death toll remained 32 with 18 missing.
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Point Pleasant
W. Va
UPI
State Road Commission
Mason County
SRC
Lorena
Smith McCausland
Harrett Brown
Buffalo Bank Corp
Road Commission
Circuit Court
James G. Lee
W.va
Ohio River
Pope Paul VI Urges Christmas Peace Across World
In a Christmas message Pope Paul VI urged humanity to welcome the great gift of peace. He said it is not vain to hope for love over arms and urged an international Day of Peace on January 1. The appeal, read worldwide, avoided direct Vietnam references but reflected concern over the Vietnam War and called for renewed peace efforts.
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Vatican City
Johnson
Rome
Vietnam
Paul
North
Hanoi
Eisenhower Sees Vietnam War Test of American Will
Former President Eisenhower, in an interview at the Odlum Cochran ranch in India, argues U S support for South Vietnam is crucial to prevent a domino collapse in Southeast Asia. He cites 13 000 U S deaths and insists Americans must see the fight through to victory or an honorable peace.
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Indio
Calif
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Southeast Asia
Vietnam
Eisenhower
South Vietnam
Odlum-Cochran Ranch
India
Secret Service
California
Harrisburg
Allied Forces
Europe
Ple
U.S
Indonesia
Malaysia
Laos
Cambodia
Thailand
Truce Scheduled To Start In Vietnam Morning
U S war planes hit North Vietnam in a final blast before a 24 hour truce. Gen Westmoreland ordered a halt to offensive ops at 6 p m Sunday, with alerts and security precautions kept. Air strikes targeted Yen Bai airfield roads bridges and rails as troops prepared defenses for the cease-fire.
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Vietnam
Mike Feinsilber
Saigon
UPI
U.S
North Vietnam
William C. Westmoreland
Yen Bai
Hanoi
Panhandle
Johnson
Binh Lang Highway
Vinh
Ma Gia Pass
Ho Chi Minh Trail
Laos
Fire on Kearsarge Kills Three Sailors in Sasebo
A fire in the enlisted men's quarters aboard the USS Kearsarge as it entered Sasebo for Christmas leave killed three sailors and injured two. The blaze started in the living area and spread to the aircraft storeroom. no munitions or fuel were in the storeroom. The ship, a 30,800 ton carrier launched in 1945, was not in danger.
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Sasebo
Japan
UPI
U.S
Kearsarge
Navy
Gulf of Tonkin
New York Navy Yard
Vietnam
Quote on independence and company from C H Parkhurst
A compact saying remarks that a man who lives alone and for himself is prone to corruption by the company he keeps as noted in the Wall Street Journal.
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C. H. Parkhurst
Wall Street Journal
Auto deaths climb as holiday travel tops 200
Holiday travelers increase the highway toll across the United States with 229 traffic deaths since Friday. Pennsylvania leads with 21 fatalities while New York and California report 18 and 15 respectively amid hazardous conditions from northern New England to North Carolina.
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New England
North Carolina
United Press International
Pennsylvania
New York
California
Texas
Illinois
Indiana
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Felix Belair JR
New York Times News Service
Burma
Sukarno
Peking
Missouri
New Jersey
Sterling
Mich
Wellington
Kan
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