Israeli Air Strikes Hit Egypt and Jordan Amid Big Four Talks
Israeli planes struck military targets in Egypt near the Suez Canal and into Jordan as tensions rise ahead of the Big Four talks in New York. Tel Aviv speculates Arabs may intensify attacks within 40 hours to affect negotiations while Israel insists on direct talks and rejects any imposed settlement.
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Egypt
Suez Canal
New York
Jordan
Israel
Tel Aviv
Canal
Jordan River
al Ahram
Abba Eban
U.N
United States
Soviet Union
Britain
France
Jordan Valley
Lord Caradon
U.S
Big Four
North Koreans To Release Three American Prisoners
U S military confirms three American helicopter crewmen downed in North Korea will be released tomorrow at Panmunjom. They will undergo medical checkups at the 121st Evacuation Hospital near Seoul before flying home. Capt David H Crawford Spec 4 Herman Hofstatter and WO Malcolm Loepke were injured and later listed in normal condition.
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Seoul
U.S
North Korea
Panmunjom
Tucson
U.S. Army
United States
David H. Crawford
Pooler
Herman. E. Hofstatter
Lowpoint
Ill
Malcolm V. Loepke
Richmond
Ind
Crawford
Hofstatter
Loepke
Kumechon
POW's Wife Plans Paris and Laos Pilgrimage for Capt. Hanson
Mrs Carole Hanson wife of Navy pilot Capt Stephen Hanson 25 presumed POW for over two years will travel to Paris and Laos as a Christmas mission to deliver letters from the children of missing soldiers to the North Vietnamese delegation. She plans to meet with Hanoi officials in Paris and then go to Laos to seek access to POWs.
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EL Toro
UPI
Paris
Laos
Carole Hanson
Stephen Anson
North Vietnam
Hanson
Max Conrad Starts Solo World Flight From Minnesota
Prescott AP reports 66 year old Max Conrad, a flying grandfather, leaves Winona Minnesota for a solo world flight looping to San Francisco and beyond. He plans a two month trek of about 34000 miles over the oceans and poles despite a Navy search fee dispute unresolved with Senator Barry Goldwater and local authorities. Conrad notes Navy did not press the $81000 fee after a promise to brief Navy pilots.
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Prescott
Max Conrad
Conrad
San Francisco
Winona
Minn
U.S. Navy
Antarctica
Barry Goldwater
R. Aviz
Naval
Jutte
Navy
Rail Strike Deadline Near As Negotiations Continue
With a midnight deadline the railroads and four shop craft unions press on in 24 hour talks to avert a nationwide shutdown. Unions seek a 10 percent wage rise plus 20 cent per hour skill differentials, while railroads offer 2 percent back to January and 3 percent from July.
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Washington
UPI
Jan. l
Nixon
Congress
Medal of Honor Recipients Honored For Vietnam Heroism
Vice President Agnew presents posthumous Medal of Honor awards to Marine 2nd Lt. Terrence Graves and Army sergeants Eugene Ashley Jr. and Clifford Sims for heroism in Vietnam. Graves, 24, is son of Mr. and Mrs. Leslie C. Graves of Groton New York. Ashley, 38, of Wilmington North Carolina, survived by wife Barbara of Fayetteville. Sims, 27, Port Saint Joe Florida native, survived by wife Mary of Fayetteville.
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Clifford C. Sims
Port Saint Joe, Fla
Surgeon removes live grenade from Viet Cong prisoner
A U.S. Army surgeon using a pocket knife as a scalpel extracted a live M79 grenade embedded in the left maxillary sinus of a Viet Cong prisoner. The operation occurred on a sandbagged Qui Nhon Army hospital pad with a demolitions expert stabilizing the patient. The prisoner was later transported to Tuy Hoa and is reported in good condition.
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Qui Nhon
Thomas H. Witschi
Wading River
N.Y
Tuy Hoa
Saigon
Explosive Ordnance Disposal
Alfred B. Watson Jr
Keystone Heights
Fla
Army Hospital
Watson
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Healdton, Okla
Oke! Magazine
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