December 26, 1964

PORTLAND, Ore., Dec. 25—A six‐inch concrete barrier atop a levee kept the flooding Willamette River from pouring into the downtown Portland business district today.

If drivers have been confused by the traffic lights along Fifth and Madison Avenues in recent days, it is understandable.

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia, Dec. 25—A raiding party of 22 Indonesian guerrillas was captured in the Strait of Malacca late yesterday by the British frigate Ajax.

RIO DE JANEIRO, Dec. 20—Brazil's revolutionary regime is gathering strength and momentum in its struggle to overcome the huge problems that beset it.

WASHINGTON, Dec. 25—Americans have received a $40 billion lift this year. American and foreign analysts are awakening to just how big it is.

SAIGON, South Vietnam, Dec. 25 — Stringent security measures went into force here today to prevent a repetition of the Christmas Eve bomb blast that killed two men and injured 98 in an American officers billet.

JOHNSON CITY, Tex., Dec. 25—President Johnson enjoyed a warm, sunny Christmas today. He went to church, played with his dog, joked with reporters and ate turkey with about 20 relatives.

It would have been a splendid Easter but meteorologically speaking, it was an absurd Christmas.

RIPLEY, Miss., Dec. 25 —The spirit and inspiration of Christmas reached into the red clay back country of northeastern Mississippi today.

LONDON, Dec. 25—Queen Elizabeth II appealed to the young people of the British Commonwealth today to hang onto the thread of freedom that binds them together.

COLOMBO, Ceylon, Dec. 25—Reports from northeastern Ceylon today put the death toll from Tuesday's cyclone there at 750. The figure was based on the number of bodies recovered from raging seas and on the dead counted in stricken cities land hamlets.

TANSONNHUT AIR BASE, South Vietnam, Dec. 25 (AF)—Air crewmen of the 315th Troop Carrier Group, known as the Air Commandos, blinked in surprise at the Christmas eve scheduling board.