The Pontiac Press: 1964-12-24

Abstract

2 Yanks killed, 50 hurt by Viet Cong bomb: Hotel blasted in downtown part of Saigon ; Estes predicts 1965 to be growth year ; Rains still fall, New floods hit ; Area churches set Christmas services ; Christmas Eve will wear new mantle of snow ; Little joy in troubled parts of world ; Food upsets the tummies, but not Yule ; City merchant chases robber ; LBJ to ask raise in US mail rates ; New attorneys to be sworn in ; Birmingham area news: Recreation to remain education budget item ; Tragedy jolts family again ; 2 boys killed as car goes out of control ; Probe theft of mail sack ; Waterford dogs lose a friend; Warden resigns ; Storm, tidal wave leave huge toll ; Unions brighten Yule for retirees ; Poor given turkeys in Mississippi ; Propaganda war with Soviets: Peking aide in ideological doghouse ; Big commercial jet would revamp air operations ; Special forces taking nonvolunteers ; Pentagon says most of Yanks in S. Viet Nam not volunteers