Battle begins near Con Thien as area sees heavy fighting
North Vietnamese gunners hit the USS Marine forward post at Con Thien with the heaviest barrage in over two months. A ground probe and shelling killed seven Marines and wounded 77, with five more Leathernecks killed by a stray blast. Simultaneously a four hour attack by about 150 North Vietnamese opened fire 20 miles northeast of Con Thien.
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Con Thien
Demilitarized Zone
U.S
4Th Marine Regiment
Senior Citizens Plan Low Rent Housing Units in Terre Haute
A southwest urban renewal project will add 23 efficiency and one bedroom apartments at Fourth and Swan in Terre Haute for seniors. Bids open December 18 with a three percent long term federal loan from HUD. A Wabash Senior Citizens Center committee oversees the project and Morris Blumberg named resident agent.
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Fourth and
Swan Streets
Wabash Senior Citizens Center
Morris Blumberg
Senior Citizens Board
South Third St
Federal Department of Housing and Urban Development
Otto Braunschweiger
Terre Haute Housing Authority
Donald Garrigan
Chicago
Goldberg May Leave U N Washington
Ambassador Arthur J Goldberg weighs resigning as U S representative to the United Nations. He has discussed the idea with President Johnson, but no formal resignation or timetable has been set. Goldberg, 59, has served since July 1965 and may return to law practice or be moved to the Supreme Court if a vacancy opens.
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Arthur J. Goldberg
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United Nations
Goldberg
Johnson
U.N
World Organization
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Supreme Court
High Court
Adlai E. Stevenson
John F. Kennedy
Weather Map Reading For Terre Haute Area Forecast
The U S Weather Bureau report lists local conditions with a found temperature range and river stage. Forecast calls for partly cloudy and colder conditions tonight and Friday, with highs in the 40s and 50s across Indiana and Illinois.
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Terre Haute
Indiana
Illinois
Pilot lands crippled plane on interstate after engine failure
Ex Air Force pilot Gilbert R. Worth of Greenville Massachusetts won an air land race and landed his single engine plane on Interstate 55 in Memphis after the engine died. Worth said the landing was hair raising as he aimed to outrun a large semi truck.
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Memphis
Worth
Larrison names three appointees to key city posts
Mayor elect Leland Larrison announced Wednesday three new city posts. Nola Matheney, 1427 Locust St., will be deputy city controller, taking over a post once held by Joan. M. O. Withrow, a longtime contractor, becomes superintendent of Highland Lawn and Woodlawn Cemeteries, replacing Marian Pettus. Sam Carpenter, a local businessman, will head the municipal street department. The briefing drew heavy news-media turnout at City Hall.
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Nola Matheney
Locust St
Larrison
Joan. Brentlinger
M. O
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Highland Lawn
Woodlawn
Sam Carpenter
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Withrow
Carpenter
Miss Matheney
William Rector
Martin
U S to Ask U N Council to Make New Peace Efforts
The United States plans a Security Council meeting to pursue a negotiated Vietnam settlement. Ambassador Goldberg may request a session this month as Saigon opposes Viet Cong talks and the Communist Front seeks U N access. The Soviet Union remains opposed to involving the United Nations.
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U. N. Council
United Nations, N.Y
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U.N. Security Council
U.S
Arthur J. Goldberg
White House
Saigon
Viet Cong
Council
Vietnam
National Liberation Front
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State Department
Goldberg
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Nguyen Huu Ch
South Vietnam
U Thant
Hanoi
Soviet Union
Security Council
Heart transplant attempt ends in patient death at Brooklyn hospital
In Brooklyn, Dr. Adrian Kantrowitz announced that the team failed in a second four day attempt to transplant a heart. The healthy heart of a two day old died after 12 hours in the 2 1/2 week old recipient. The doctors said the failure was unequivocal but will try again.
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New York
Maimonides Hospital
Brooklyn
Adrian Kantrowitz
Dr. Kantrowitz
Christmas Basket Fund Reaches 814 Dollars In Vigo County
Donations to the Tribune-Star Fund aim to supply Christmas baskets for Vigo County residents. Contributors include Terre Haute Lions Club 75 dollars J and M Carpenter 10 dollars Tribune Editorial Staff 14 dollars A Friend 2 dollars Mailers Union No 56 15 dollars and others totaling 814 dollars. Applications to receive baskets are in person to Miss Sharon Time at the Christmas Clearing House 20 Chestnut St from Dec 4 to 18 9 a.m. to 4 30 p.m.
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Tribune- Star Fund
Vigo County
Terre Haute Lions Club
Aed
J and M Carpenter
Tribune
Mailer’s Union No
the Tribune-Star
Wabash Ave
Sharon
Pearl Harbor Attack Toll Recalls 1941 Casualties
The article notes the surprise Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor occurred 26 years ago with U S military deaths over 2 200 and enemy losses under 100 men.
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Pearl Harbor
U. S
Johnsons Split Privacy Battle Over Arlington House
Washington AP The President’s daughter Lynda Bird Johnson and her Marine fiancé Capt Charles Robb face a privacy setback as neighbors spot a rented furnished house at 3556 Valley St Arlington Va The couple planned a brief stay before Robb’s March 29 deployment to Camp Pendleton for a year in Vietnam The First Family also mourns pastry chef Clement Maggia 74 who died of a heart attack after a Washington hotel dinner
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Lynda Bird Johnson
Charles S. Robb
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Washington
Valley St
Sac
Camp Pendleton
Calif
Vietnam
Clement Maggia
Maggia
Greenbriar Resort
White Sulphur Springs
W. Va
White House
Nine Cardinals Attend Spellman Funeral at St Patrick's
Nine cardinals participated in a two hour funeral service for Francis Cardinal Spellman at St Patrick's Cathedral New York. Vice President Hubert H Humphrey and civic and religious leaders attended as President Johnson weighed whether to attend. The rites featured a procession a pontifical requiem mass and interment in the crypt.
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New York
Francis Cardinal Spellman
St. Patrick’s Cathedral
Hubert H. Humphrey
White House
Johnson
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