Planeslash targets Hanoi and Haiphong in monsoon break
US warplanes attacked half a dozen targets in the Hanoi Haiphong area after a break in monsoon rain. Air cavalrymen repelled North Vietnamese regulars at two bases near Da Nang as fighting intensifies in the northern 1st Corps. Two Phantom crews claimed MIG kills over Hanoi, boosting total to 103. China’s news agency said seven American pilots were captured. Navy pilots struck the Kien An highway bridge and a nearby bypass bridge near the cities.
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Edwin Q. White
Saigon
North Vietnam
Hanoi-Haiphong
U.S
da Nang
1St Corps
Hanoi
Phantom
Red China
J Agency
Us.command
U.S. Navy
Kien An
Haiphong
Air Force
Trung Auan
Tay Ninh
U.S. 1St Air Cavalry
Leslie and Ross
US assails truce violation by Viet Cong near Tet
The State Department denounced the Viet Cong attack 80 minutes before their year end cease fire, killing 26 U.S. soldiers and wounding 111 near Tay Ninh. Officials backed a Jan 30 48 hour Tet cease fire and noted talks on U.S. envoy to Cambodia may be announced jointly.
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Washington
State Department
Carl Barthh
Tay Ninh
Thant pushes bombing halt to pave peace talks
U Thant says ending US bombing of North Vietnam is essential to meaningful negotiations. Washington seeks clarification on Hanoi’s offer to hold talks after a halt, while the pope appeals for cessation. The U.S. wants prompt, productive talks rather than propaganda.
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Milton Besser
United Nations
N.Y
U Thant
U. S
North Vietnam
United States
Nguyen Duy Trinh
Trinh
Hanoi Radio
Thant
Pope Paul VI
Government to take new look at copper strike
Secretary of Labor Wirtz said a fresh government review of the six month copper strike is under way and called the walkout a default of private responsibility. About 50,000 miners across 26 unions have been on strike since July 15, halting most U.S. copper production and boosting imports.
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Washington
W. Willard Wirtz
Johnson
U.S
Wirtz
Alexander Trowbridge
Kennecott Copper Co
American Smelting and Refining Co
Anaconda Co
Phelps-Dodge Corp
Aflcio United Steelworkers
Philadelphia parents mourn 10th infant death in mystery
In Northeast Philadelphia, the Noe family endures their tenth infant death since April 1949. Arthur J Noe Jr died after a brief illness, joining siblings with unexplained infant fatalities. City medical examiner Dr Joseph Spellman notes the pattern is baffling and remains unexplained.
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Philadelphia
Arthur J. Noe
Arthur Noe
Marie
Johnson selects Bowles for Cambodia envoy mission
President Johnson names Chester Bowles ambassador to India as special envoy to meet Prince Norodom Sihanouk of Cambodia. The aim is to discuss Cambodian sanctuary use by communists in the South Vietnam war. State Department confirmation remained unavailable. Sihanouk had shown willingness to meet an American envoy last week.
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United States
Cambodia
U.S
Phnom Penh
Sihanouk
North Vietnam
Washington
Johnson
Chester Bowles
India
Norodom Sihanouk
Washington Post
South Vietnam
State Department
U S gold drain described as possibly history’s largest
The Treasury announced a major gold transfer of $450 million from the money stock to a Federal Reserve fund at New York on December 28. The move lowers the money gold stock below $12 billion for the first time in over 30 years and underscores the drive to curb the dollar drain and questions gold backing for currency.
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Washington
Treasury Department
Federal Reserve Bank of New York
U.S
Williamsport principals seek guidance on dress and hair policy
In Williamsport, Pa., school principals discuss limits on skirts and boys’ hair length. They agree that such questions should be handled with a guidance counselor, and if unresolved, involve parents.
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Williamsport
NBC Uncovers $50000 Blaiberg Heart Deal and Photos
NBC says it arranged to pay $50,000 in three installments for exclusive rights to news on Philip Blaiberg's heart transplant and related interviews and pictures. A photographer allegedly posed as a medical student and tried to sell images of the operation, prompting a court restraining order.
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Cape Town
South Africa
Philip Blaiberg
National Broadcasting Co
Blaiberg
Ation
NBC
Supreme Court
Don McKenzie
Marthinus C. Botha
Groote Schuur Hospital
Mainstreeter swamped as NP cannot handle holiday traffic
Crowds attempting the Northern Pacific Mainstreeter were turned away at Glendive Miles City and Billings as the train ran at capacity. Some passengers were partially refunded or redirected to other services while a bus was arranged for overflows. university students were among those affected.
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Associated Press
Northern Pacific Railway Co
Glendive
Miles City
Billings
Montana University System
Missoula
Bozeman
John Willard
Montana Railroad Assocation
North Coast Limited
New Chinese thermonuclear test judged a dud by U S officials
Preliminary U S analysis says the December 24 Chinese test failed to ignite its thermonuclear material. The suspected failure may explain Beijing's silence after the seventh nuclear blast since October 1964 and follows chemical analysis of radioactive debris.
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John W. Finney
NEW York Times
Washington
United States
China
U. S. Atomic Energy Commission
Peking
U. S
Mao Tse-tung
Arras Loses Leg After Car Snowmobile Crash
A. A. Arras of Cut Bank, Board of Regents member, had his left leg amputated six inches below the knee after a car snowmobile collision near West Yellowstone. Mrs Arras, formerly of Billings, was hospitalized with multiple leg fractures. He remained in serious condition but improved. movement to Billings hospital planned if possible. Pneumonia reported under control. no further surgery for Mrs Arras.
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Bozeman
A. A. Arras
Cut Bank
Board of Regents
West Yellowstone
Arras
Billings
Butte Anaconda Weather Forecast Extension
Cloudy and warmer through Friday with scattered light snow showers. Snow becomes more general tonight and Friday. High 28 butte today, low 10 tonight. Snow chance 40 percent today, 60 percent tonight.
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Butte - Anaconda
Denver arsenal blast kills one and injures ten
An explosion at a Denver munitions arsenal on an assembly line killed James D. Fisher, 23, of Aurora, and wounded ten civilian workers, two women, with Isedro R. Martinez of Brighton severely injured. No toxic material was involved. Army officials formed a board to investigate as production halted.
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Arsenal
Public Information Office
Fitzsimons General Hospital
James D. Fisher
Aurora
Isedro R. Martinez
Brighton
Fitzsimons
Stapleton International
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