Santa Claus project aids Viet Nam children during war
Baltimore native Edward B. Smith senior U S adviser in Pleiku leads Project Santa Claus in central Vietnam. He and 15 American advisers collect toys, candy and soap from Killeen Texas and Ft Hood to ship to local children by helicopter around December 20. The effort, supported by reporters and a Louisville newspaper, has yielded 32 boxes with 132 more on the way as Viet Cong troops dominate the area and threaten the team.
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Killeen
Tex
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Ft. Hood
Louisville
Viet Nam
Nishimoto Masami
Los Angeles
Pfc
Raymond A. Wrinkle
Beeville
Solons Open Hearing On Interest Rate Hike
Washington AP reports Congress opens hearings on the Federal Reserve rate increase. Chairman William McChesney Martin Jr. and the Fed board testify as Sen Wright Patman accuses the move of bailing out New York banks. Javits defends Fed independence amid the debate.
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Senate House Economic Committee
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Cofe Tee
Wright Pantman
D. Tex
Federal Reserve
New York
Patman
Martin
Patmans
Jacob K. Javits
Cote Trols
Javits
Weekend road deaths in Virginia rise to 990 for year
Eleven people died in Virginia over the weekend across multiple counties. Victims include Bensie Lou Lamie, 16, and Jackie Roy Smith, 19, in Saltville. Sallie Wage rly, 61, and Leslie Jennings Jr., 45, near Scottsville. Richard Ward, 29, in Virginia Beach. Carson Eugene Jordan, 21, near Strasburg. Joseph Staten, 34, near New Canton. Dexter Paulson, 28, in Prince William County. Allen Robinson, 44, near Goochland. George Coleman, unknown, near Montpelier. Gail Arms, 22, in Manassas.
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Virginia
Saltville
Bensie Lou Lamie
Jackie Roy Smith
Sallie Wageerly
Palmyra
Leslie Jennings Jr
Washington
Virginia Beach
Richard Troy Ward
Club House Road
Strasburg
Carson Eugene Jordan
Woodstock
U.S. 11
New Canton
Joseph Thomas Staten
Buckingham County
Dumfries
Dexter Lloyd Paulson
Prince William County
Goochland
Allen Robinson
AEC narrows atom smasher site list to five or six
Four man teams finished inspections of 85 candidate locations for the 280 million atom smasher. Reports go to the National Academy of Sciences which will pick five or six sites for the AEC. The academy’s recommendations are not due before year end January. Rep John E Moss says a new inter agency panel will study federal use of lie detectors polygraphs as part of presidential action following Moss subcommittee guidance.
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AEC
Washington
John E. Moss
California Democrat
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Ludwig Erhard
U.S. News & World Report
Erhard
West Germany
Johnson
Young Cowles to Play Malcolm on Broadway
Matthew Chandler Cowles, 21, a Broadway newcomer, is cast as the title character in Ed ward Albee's Malcolm slated for a December premiere. Albee says Cowles has the innocence of a child with hints of maturity suitable for the 15-year-old role. Cowles recently graduated from the Neighborhood Playhouse School.
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Chandler Cowles
Florida
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