President Johnson Improves in Bethesda Hospital
Washington AP reports President Johnson shows improvement at Bethesda Naval Hospital with a flu recovery, but no departure date yet. He entered Wednesday on doctor advised rest. White House says sore throat and aches persist.
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Washington
Johnson
Bethesda Naval Hospital
George G. Barkley
George Christian
White House
Johnnie Musante
Nixons
Los Angeles
Julie
Mrs. van der Heuvel
Hijacker Forces Eastern Jet To Cuba After Threats
A hijacker aboard an Eastern Airlines flight with 151 passengers directed the plane to Cuba using nitro glycerin threats. He apologized upon arrival in Havana saying he would not hurt anyone. This marked the fifth straight week of hijackings to Cuba with six planes that week and twenty hoaxes this year.
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Miami
Fila
Eastern Airlines
Cuba
Havana
Meeting Planned With Viet Cong To Q Prisoner Release
United States to send up to five unarmed representatives to a Christmas Day talks with Viet Cong officials of the National Liberation Front at a site near Tay Ning City about 50 miles northwest of Saigon to arrange for the release of three American prisoners.
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Saigon
United States
Viet Cong
U. S
National Liberation Front
Tay Ning City
State pay boost sought by 8 percent for 35000 workers
Governor Spire Agnaw and the Budget Bureau received a recommendation from the Standard Salary Board to raise state employee pay by 8 percent for about 35,000 workers. The plan would cost $20.5 million with $13.8 million from general tax revenues, the balance from federal funds and gasoline taxes.
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Baltimore
Spire T. Agnaw
Budget Bureau
Standard Salary Board
Longshoremen Strike Likely Resumes Across Ports
Atlantic and Gulf Coast ports faced a near certainty of resuming a longshoremen strike as an 80 day Taft-Hartley cooling off period ends at 7:05 p.m. today. Thomas W. Gleason said workers could return Monday if shippers accept a uniform contract across ports with an annual work guarantee against growing prepacked container use.
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New York
Atlantic
Gulf Coast
Thomas W. Gleason
International Longshoremen's Association
A Christmas Remembered By William M Brish
Dr William M Brish superintendent of county schools recalls a 12 year old boy who chopped a pine from a public park for his Elm Street School class. The tree caused punishment at home yet brought Brish books under the tree that year and sparked a lifelong book collection.
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Franca Moody
William M. Brish
Dr. Brish
Hagerstown Junior College
Elm St. School
Frederick
Brish
Jish
Moon Shot Blastoff Hits Snag
CAPE KENNEDY Fla AP Contaminated liquid oxygen found in Apollo 8 fuel cells threatens delay of Saturday’s moon mission launch for three astronauts. Team draining 640 pounds of oxygen, aiming to replace by late today with a 7:51 a.m. EST target. Contamination blamed on excess liquid nitrogen. no cell damage reported though more frequent in-flight purges would be required.
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Cape Kennedy
Fla
Moon
Space Agency
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Taverns to stay open until 2 a.m. on New Year’s Day
The Washington County Liquor Board announced taverns may remain open until 2 a.m. on New Year’s Day. An enhanced inspection will ensure compliance. The board will not meet on December 27 or January 4 due to holidays.
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Washington County Liquor Board
Liquor Board
Vance Flies Home as Peace Talks Hold Hopes
U.S. negotiator Cyrus Vance returns to Washington amid dwindling prospects for a Vietnam peace conference this year. He may meet Johnson and Nixon aides before December 27 return to Paris to hand off talks. FBI reports suggest a breakthrough in the Mackle kidnapping case as investigators pursue new leads including a Bahamas flight by a bearded man and a young woman.
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Lewis Gulick
Associated Press
Paris
U.S
Cyrus R. Vance
Vance
Johnson
Nixon
W. Averell Harriman
North Vietnam
Col
Ha van Law
NLF
U. S
William Meadows
Edward P. Swan
FBI
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Emory College
Bahamas
Nixon names Yost U N ambassador. keeps Shriver in France
President-elect Nixon named Charles W. Yost as the new U N ambassador and said Sargent Shriver will remain ambassador to France. The move signals bipartisanship with Shriver and Sen McCarthy consulted. Yost, a 61 year old career diplomat, had retired in 1966.
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Charles W. Yost
York
U. N. Ambassa
Richard M. Nixon
Nowdor
United Nations
New York
Nixon
U.S
Sargent Shriver
France
Yost
U.N
Shriver
Arthur J. Goldberg
Eugene J. McCarthy
Dminn
Hubert H. Humphrey
State Dept Stalls on Pueblo Crew Release Hopes
AP reports State Department would not confirm or deny a possible Christmas release for the 82 survivors of the Pueblo. Panmunjom talks yielded a constructive meeting with no decisions, while South Korean officials floated a two to three day release window. Families remained unsure as rumors and silence persisted.
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Spencer Davis
Associated Press
Washington
State Department
Korea
U.S
J. McCloskey
Panmunjom
Defense Department
North Korea
South Korea
Pueblo
Indi
United States
Lloyd Bucher
Reading items spark potential phone rate hike
Back page notes a proposed phone rate increase that could cost customers up to 33 dollars annually. Other items include a feature on the Christmas carol Silent Night, Holy Night marking 150 years and a note about a Washington County planetarium on page 3.
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Washington County
Sentimental Julie Keeps Wedding Gown Top Secret
Julie Nixon and David Eisenhower prepare for a quiet wedding plan with details kept secret. The bride and groom choose traditional has something old something new something borrowed and something blue while guests travel by five buses to a Marble Collegiate Church ceremony and Plaza Hotel reception.
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Julie
Louise Cock
Associated Press
NEW York (Ap
Julie Nixon
David Eisenhower
Gery van der Heuvel
Tarantino
Nixon
Fifth Avenue
van der Heuvel
David
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