On its final approach to Madison, Wisconsin on December 10,
1967, the private plane carrying soul-music legend Otis Redding
would crash into the frigid waters of a small lake three miles
short of the runway, killing seven of the eight men aboard,
including Redding.

His megahit “Sittin’ On The Dock Of The Bay” would be released
in its “unfinished” form several weeks later. It would soon
become history’s first posthumous #1 hit and the biggest pop
hit of Redding’s career.

Corbett Fire’s "Christmas Chicken" (Corbett Fire)

Corbett Fire will be accepting donations this Thursday,
December 12, from 7 to 8 a.m. at the CAPS school in
Springdale and the main campus in Corbett to support
Christmas Chicken and local programs spreading holiday
cheer by delivering gifts to needy families in the Corbett
area.
 

Donations can also be made at Country Coffee, the Corbett
Country Market, and the Springdale Tavern.

Checks can be mailed to:

Christmas Chicken
P.O. Box 1
Corbett, Oregon 97019

Chicago Bears owner and couch George Hallas (with hat).

FDR Signing Declaration of War Against Japan.

At a news conference in 1969, President Richard Nixon said 
the Vietnam War is coming to a “conclusion as a result of
the plan that we have instituted.”

Nixon had announced at a conference in Midway in June that
the United States would be following a new program he termed “Vietnamization.”

Under the provisions of this program, South Vietnamese forces
would be built up so they could assume more responsibility
for the war. As the South Vietnamese forces became more
capable, U.S. forces would be withdrawn from combat and
returned to the United States.