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Newspaper
Argus
Location
Fremont, California, United States of America
Date
Dec 25, 1974
Page
2
Editor Linn Brown details a chaotic history of family pets from dogs and snakes to chickens and mice. The narrator recalls kids treating animals as toys, ongoing pet disasters, and a stubborn mother who vetoes most pets. The piece ends with a wish for a low‑maintenance dog that the family can finally love.
Christmas seals fund equipment for children including seven-year-old Rickey Lewis who uses a portable respirator and ten-year-old David Delaney who also has a lung aid on loan. Rickey, from 41436 Malcolmson St, Fremont, had a severe asthma onset at 16 months. Donations support more children to have Merry Christmases.
Former British minister John Stonehouse said he fled to Australia to escape pressures from business and blackmail threats. Arrested as an illegal immigrant, he entered on a falsified British passport after vanishing from Miami. He apologized in a cable to Prime Minister Harold Wilson and faces inquiries over possible law violations.
More than seven thousand Christmas cards were received at San Clemente from around the country as Nixon recovered from surgery. Aides said the former president would spend a quiet family Christmas with his wife Pat, two daughters, and their husbands at the ocean villa. An evangelist Billy Graham sent a telegram, and several overseas senders were noted. Pat Nixon decorated a large tree as Tricia and Edward Cox and Julie and David Eisenhower planned to stay through New Year’s Day.
UPI reports five to ten year olds imitate the stunt rider Evel Knievel causing mouth fractures knee injuries and hospital stays. Representative John Murphy cites a survey by the National Association of Children’s Hospitals noting 57 hospital cases linked to Knievel-inspired play with boys aged from 6 to 13 averaging eight days in care.
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