Two Santas Bring Christmas Joy to Xom Hue Village
In Xom Hue Vietnam the 25th Infantry Division staged a Christmas celebration for about 1,000 villagers. An American Santa and a Vietnamese volunteer spread toys, cakes, and songs as drones of Huey helicopters fly overhead. The event linked Buddhist and Christian traditions amid ongoing combat nearby.
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Hugh A
Mulligan
XOM
Xom Hue
Saigon
Santa Claus
Richard Salzarulo
Pittsfield
Mass
U.S. 25Th Infantry Division
25Th Infantry Division
Salzarus
Dao Nguyen Thong
25Th Division
Boi Loi Woods
Diphtheria Shot Day Sparks Nerves in Minneapolis
Nine year old Robert Henke grimaces as he prepares for a diphtheria immunization in Minneapolis on Tuesday. A young woman in line watches with evident misgivings, captured by AP Wirephoto.
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Robert Henke
Minneapolis
Robert
AID Nurse Finds R and R in Kuala Lumpur Luxury
Sally Dunbar an AID nurse stationed in Da Nang Vietnam enjoys a rare R and R in Kuala Lumpur Malaysia. She describes the luxury hotel British supper club and tours of rubber estates tin mines museums and mosques as a welcome relief from crowded Vietnamese hospitals and patient malnutrition. She notes Marines want to hear an American girl talk and she is one of 12 AID nurses on R and R duties.
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Sally Dunbar
da Nang
South Vietnam
Agency For International Development
Malaysia
Sally
Vietnam
U.S
GI Ships Himself as Christmas Present
Mrs C D Barker of Paris Texas received a large wrapped box containing her son Pfeifer Carl Barker an Army sergeant stationed in Germany who surfaced at home after a suggestion by his Paris doctor father The younger Barker said his family nearly hysterics but the wife and sister calmed after the surprise reveal
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Paris
Tex
C. D. Barker
Germany
Pfe
Carl Barker
Barker
Emily Grage
Brownsdale
Emily
Bill Bruns
Gerald
New Orleans
Louisiana
Martin
Marie) Anderson
Martha Circle
Oak Grove Lutheran Church
Alice Decker
Griffin Pharmacy
Elkton Future Homemakers of
America
Pam Johnson
Jobs
Linda Graves
Debbie Johnson
Legion of Mary
Joe Dolan
Veterans Hospital
Fort Snelling
Selma Schmeling
Isabel Odneson
Selma
Waltham
Melvin
Glen
Blooming Prairie
Art
Hayfield
Isabel
Whalen
Root River
Here
Mississippi River
Henry
Clara) Helland
Austin
Leo Shay
Ida Lee
Rochester
Sterling Christian Church
Roy Lillie
Grace Baptist Church
de Paul Society
St. Augustine
Choralaires
Pacelli
Central Red Cross Girls
Round the Town
Gretal
Terry Helama
Lion Cub Gift Ends in Fatal Tavern Gunfire
Lucky the six month old 160 pound lion cub intended as a Christmas gift was killed after mauling Maynard Hudson and tavern owner Kenneth Burkhart at a Centerville tavern. Hudson and Burkhart were treated and released from a local hospital.
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Centerville
Til
Lucky
Maynard Hudson
East St. Louis
Ill
Kenneth Burkhart
Burkhart
Maynard
Aunt Sends Card to Phone Number in Phoenix
An elderly Texas aunt could not recall the Rays address so she sent a Christmas card addressed to their telephone listing in Phoenix. The postman looked up the number in the directory and delivered the card.
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Phoenix, Ariz
Texas
James F. Ray
Phoenix
Manganese From Minnesota Iron Ore Developed
University of Minnesota Mines Experiment Station reports a two year study using Cuyuna Range ore to extract high grade manganese. The project cost 48000 dollars and tested a rotary kiln method with Republic Steel National Lead iron reduction. Nearby ore holds about 7 percent manganese and 40 percent iron across five million tons. Sponsored by EDA and Iron Range Resources Rehabilitation Commission.
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Minneapolis
Minnesota
University of Minnesota
Cuyuna Range
James E. Sawyer
Republic Steel - National
The
Economic Development Administration
Iron Range Resources Rehabilitation Commission
Stolen Tools from Fischer Nut Co. Construction Site
Police report theft at a Fischer Nut Co. building under construction in St. Paul. Equipment valued at 1640 dollars disappeared, signaling a burglary at the site on Friday.
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ST. Paul (Ap
Fischer Nut Co
Arizona Senate Gets New Sundeck Above Capitol Wing
State senators head into the legislative session as Capitol workers finish a sundeck on the roof of the Senate wing. The project aims to provide an outdoor space for lawmakers during the session opening next month.
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Phoenix, Ariz
Capitol
Senate
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Paloda
Lis
Nguyen van Nhan
Nguyen
Army
7Th Surgical Hospital
States
Cecil Shafer
Des Moines
Iowa
Ted Root
Stow
Ohio
John de Saegher
Los Angeles
Santa Salzarulo
Kuala Lumpur
Madelyn Jamison
Raymond
Raymond’s Nursing Home
Forneys
Midtown
Merry Christmas
Penney’s
Brazil
Gabon
India
Wear Miller
Arizona Statehouse
Hilda’s Bridals & Formals
A.G. NE
Leuthold-Bauer
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