Christmas truce begins in South Vietnam amid clashes
A 72 hour Communist cease fire starts at noon Monday with a 24 hour Allied truce to follow. U.S. forces seal a riverbank area 50 miles northwest of Saigon ahead of a Christmas Day meeting for possible GI prisoner releases. Rocket attacks hit Da Nang and nearby areas as fighting continues near Tay Ninh and the Cambodian border. at least 12 civilians killed and 19 wounded, five Americans hurt.
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NLF Rejects Face To Face Talks With Saigon
In Paris the Viet Cong National Liberation Front dismisses direct negotiations with South Vietnam and leaves open a future face to face meeting once multi party talks resume. Tran Buu Kiem, head of the NLF delegation, says all proposals deserve consideration during the four power conference after Ky's weekend offer for two way talks.
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Feller backs universal health insurance over Medicaid cuts
New York reports Gov. Rocke Feller opposing any reductions to federal Medicaid. He calls Medicaid a second best solution and urges a nationwide contributory universal health insurance system to guarantee adequate health care for all.
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Gromyko delays return from Cairo amid talks with Nasser
Soviet Foreign Minister Andrei Gromyko delays his return to Moscow after a lengthy meeting with Egyptian President Gamal Abdel Nasser in Cairo. Officials gave no reason for the postponement, while Egypt places along the Suez Canal ceasefire line were reported on alert. Gromyko also met Jordanian Ambassador Abdel Shamayleh as talks with Egyptian leaders remained undisclosed.
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Andrei Gromyko
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U.A.R
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Mahmoud Riad
Italian government wins final parliamentary mandate
Premier Mariano Rumor secured a 351 to 247 confidence vote in the Chamber of Deputies for his center-left coalition. The vote clears the way for reforms to tackle a backlog of legislation aimed at appeasing protesting students and workers amid sharp Communist and neo-Fascist opposition.
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UPI
Mariano Rumor
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Rumor
Graham Addresses Marines in Vietnam Christmas Message
Evangelist Billy Graham told U S Marines at Da Nang he hopes they find personal peace through Christmas. He cited a 75 year old millionaire and said only peace comes through Christ. Pope Paul VI praised Apollo 8 as a leap beyond ordinary limits and urged prayers for the astronauts. A liquid gas truck crash in Milan caused a fatal pileup amid fog. Johnson's doctor says the president is recovering from flu, with a normal temperature and lingering bronchial irritation.
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Soviet ports install oil slick cleanup gear
Soviet ports are installing equipment that can remove oil wastes from the ocean in case of a tanker rupture at sea. The system, reported by TASS, grew from a contest to prevent massive damage from oil slicks after the May 1967 Torrey Canyon disaster.
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