NORAD radar tracks Santa on flight to U S
In Juneau and Colorado Springs NORAD announced Santa Claus is heading toward the United States. Using DEW radar and fighter escorts, NORAD tracked the sleigh as it crossed the nation delivering gifts after dusk, with a pre filed flight plan evident.
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Juneau
Alaska
Santa Claus
Colorado Springs
Colo
North American Air Defense Command
NORAD
Santa
DEW
United States
Air Defense Command
Ground Observer Corps
Royal Canadian Air Force
U. S. Air Force
U. S
Hazardous Florida Avenue exit reviewed by Terre Haute officials
The Terre Haute Board of Works and Safety moved to contact the State Highway Department to meet with the State Traffic and Safety Engineer about the dangerous Florida Avenue entrance to U S 41 after three fatal crashes. City officials Jarvis and Harris argued for keeping the entrance open while improving safety at the intersection. Harris warned a closure could hinder fire response, and Jarvis noted residents would suffer longer drives and delayed emergencies.
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Terre Haute Board of Works and Safety
State Highway Department
Florida Avenue
U. S. 41
William Jarvis
Don Harris
Jarvis
Harris
Christmas Truce Mention Left Out in Viet Nam Radio
AP News Digest notes Communist broadcasts omit any reference to a Christmas truce in Viet Nam while Viet Cong attack a government outpost as ceasefire nears. Other items include Pope Paul VI’s peace message, Pentagon holiday plans, tax-boost rumors denied, and multiple regional stories.
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Viet Nam
Christmas Baskets Fund Appeals for Vigo County Needy
Tribune Star requests cash donations to provide Christmas baskets for needy families in Vigo County. Bring contributions to 721 Wabash Ave. Donations will be published. Fund totals show Tribune Printers and Paul Kunkler among contributors, with previously reported totals.
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Tribune-Star
Wabash Ave
The
Tribune
Star Fund
I City
Vigo County
Food Baskets Bring Cheer To 210 Terre Haute Families
About $1,700 from the Christmas Basket Fund distributed by Tribune-Star staff and local groups Brightened the holiday for 210 Terre Haute families. Donations supported by diverse contributors and businesses enabled food baskets delivered across zones by Tribune-Star staff and Fire Department personnel in Terre Haute and West Terre Haute.
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Tribune-Star
Terre Haute
Tribune Star
Tribune-Star Publishing Company, Inc
Charles A. Cook
Cook
Mary Smith
Christmas Basket Clearing House
Family Service Association
S. 13Th St
Charles Fouty
Don Harris
West Terre Haute
Paul Murphy
Tribune-Star Basket Fund
Bill
Margaret Ave
Baesler
IGA
S. 25Th St
Standard Food Store
Poplar St
Hickman
IGA Food Center
Twenty-fifth Street
Maple Avenue
Thrift Way
Meisser’s
N. 13Th St
Seventeenth Street
Wabash Avenue
Vigo Iga Foodliner
Great Scott
Eleventh
Locust Streets
Apple House, Inc
Lafayette Ave
Kroger Co
Twentyfifth
Poplar
Nate Purdue
Bill Murray
Elvin Mahan
Jim Monroney
Rick Turner
Weather Map Page Forecast Indiana Illinois Snow Flurries
The United States Weather Bureau reports occasional rain and thunder in Terre Haute with snow flurries tonight and Saturday. Indiana expected Cloudy windy and colder tonight with light snow north and south flurries later. Illinois sees light snow ending tonight. Temperatures reach upper 60s today and near 40s Saturday with lows in the 30s.
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Terre Haute
Indiana
Illinois
SMW Junior Prom Features Scouting underground
Tribune-Star rotogravure section advertises THIS SUNDAY events with a feature on SMW Junior Prom and Robinson Illinois aerial photography, highlighting local school activities and a unique underground scouting theme.
Christmas Eve Truce Brings Unrest to Saigon Streets
In Saigon crowds filled the capital as a 30 hour American South Vietnamese truce and a 12 hour Viet Cong halt began at 6 p.m. local time. The holiday mood spread through Saigon while American forces remained under curfew until dawn. Reports from An Khe and Da Nang indicated quiet and celebrations ahead of Christmas.
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Saigon
An Khe
U.S. 1St Air Cavalry Division
Associated Press
Bob Poos
da Nang
Turkey
Nine Dead in Bus Crash on Oregon Highway
A Greyhound bus skidded on freezing rain near Grants Pass Oregon and overturned killing at least nine. Ambulances and private cars ferried the injured to hospitals as authorities warned of a rising holiday toll on highways nationwide amid bad weather.
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United Press International
Oregon
New Jersey
Maine
California
San Francisco
Grants Pass
Medford
Ashland
Rogue Valley Memorial Hospital
Sacred Heart Hospital
Josephine General
Sacred Heart
Joseph Bailey
Battleground
Wash
Denies Rumor Of Tax Boost In New Year
Washington sources say no decision to raise taxes is planned for 1966 to finance Viet Nam. Officials expect Johnson unlikely to seek a tax increase and Congress unlikely to enact one in an election year. A White House spokesman calls such forecasts premature. Continued on page 9.
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Washington
Johnson
Congress
White House
Pontiff Urges Peace Without Naming Country
Pope Paul VI in his annual Christmas message appeals for just negotiations to restore order and friendship, avoiding direct mentions of any belligerent nation. The Vatican signals that reserve in naming nations may heighten impact when a precise reference is needed, with Viet Nam implied by context.
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Pope Paul VI
Viet Nam
Vatican City
Paul VI
Olics
Vatican
Papacy
PSC Approves Water Works Finance Plans
The Indiana Public Service Commission authorized Terre Haute Water Works Corp to borrow 1.65 million dollars as part of a 2.265 million dollar construction program to remove taste and odor problems. W Ray Mize cited full facility renovations and four new deep wells, with new softening and pumping equipment. Details were promised after year’s start.
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Indiana Public Service Commission
Terre Haute Water Works Corp
PSC
W. Ray Mize
Mize
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