Mission partners aid 15000 children with 40000 toys in LA
Diana Gizate, age 3, receives a Christmas gift as her mother Carmela Aguirre is helped through the aid distribution line at the Fred Jordan Mission Christmas Celebration in Los Angeles. The mission and Sears Roebuck annually provide more than 15,000 children with over 40,000 toys.
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Diana Gizate
Carmela Aguirre
Fred Jordan Mission
Los Angeles
Calif
Sears Roebuck and Company
Brittle cable may delay Atlantis shuttle launch
NASA faces possible postponement of the Atlantis mission to deliver the Destiny lab to the international space station after a brittle electrical cable found on the left booster during inspection could require replacement. Engineers weigh repair versus replacement as launch on January 18 looms, with the shuttle still at a processing site.
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Cape Canaveral
Fla
Atlantis
U.S
Destiny Lab
International Space Station
Alpha
Endeavour
NASA
Joel Wells
Wells
Woman dies by own action jumps from HP plane
Sacramento coroner rules Hewlett-Packard employee Elisabeth Otto 29 committed suicide by opening an emergency exit and leaping from a 15 seat corporate plane at about 2000 feet while en route from HP offices near Sacramento to San Jose. Body found Friday in a Sacramento area vegetable garden. Family urged counseling. two witnesses were too distraught to inform pilots after the plunge.
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San Francisco
Sacramento County
Hewlett-Packard Co
Elisabeth Mathilde Otto
Sacramento
Associated Press
Otto
Holland
Europe
San Jose
FBI
Tuscaloosa man praised for rescuing girl after tornado
Mike Harris carried 6-year-old Whitney Crowder to safety amid the Alabama tornado wreckage. The act drew widespread attention as Whitney and her family faced injuries and loss, with her father James Crowder among the deceased. Harris, 30, survived his own injuries and reflected on the rescue and hope.
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Tuscaloosa
Ala
Mike Harris
Associated Press
Harris
Whitney Crowder
Whitney
Michael E. Palmer
Abby
Day
Theresa Crowder
James Crowder
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