Christmas Echoes Across War, Faith and Homebound Joy
Christmas scenes unfold from Mississippi River festivities to Beirut Marine base as Jedd Cox builds a timber wagon replica, a 99 year old seeks new teeth, Pope John Paul II calls for rejoice and healing, and Marines endure holiday service amid sandbags. Thousands attend St Peter’s midnight Mass while Beirut holds field observances and gift drives.
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Mississippi River
Jedd Cox
St. Peter's
Christendom
Poland
Earth
Jesus
Bethlehem
Rome
Jesus Christ
Kevin Anderson
Beirut International Airport
Anderson
Longview
Texas
Save the Children Federation
Explosion at Hamilton County veterinary hospital damages area
A gas explosion leveled an apparently vacant veterinary hospital in Hamilton Township New Jersey injuring at least nine. Windows shattered across a three block area as a department store and shopping area felt the blast. Three PSE&G workers had been investigating an earlier gas leak.
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Hamilton Township
N.J
Veterinary Hospital
Wood Veterinary Hospital
Dean Anderson
Bud DiDonato
DiDonato
Milton Rosenberg
Dunham's Department Store
Public Service Electric & Gas Co
FAA Director Resigns After Controller Crisis Recovery
Federal Aviation Administrator J Lynn Helms resigned accepted by President Reagan effective Jan 31 with regret. Helms credited with stabilizing air traffic and shaping a $10 billion modernization plan while praised for handling the 1981 controller crisis. He offered no reason beyond returning to the private sector.
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Washington
J. Lynn Helms
Reagan
Helms
Glenn Not Hopeful On Iowa Caucuses
Democratic hopeful John Glenn has all but given up on winning Iowa's leadoff caucuses but plans a vigorous campaign to avoid a third place finish. Private polls show him in second in Iowa behind Walter Mondale, with Mondale also leading in New Hampshire and several southern states. Managers say New Hampshire and the South voters may favor Glenn more, despite setbacks and Mondale endorsements from the United Mine Workers and black Democrats in Alabama.
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Washington
John Glenn
Iowa
Glenn
Walter F. Mondale
Mondale
New Hampshire
Ohio
South
United Mineworkers Union
Alabama
Eight Die In Home Fires Across Four States
ET reports eight, possibly nine, deaths from fires in Minnesota Nebraska and other states on Saturday. Two Minnesota blazes blamed on wood burning stoves killed James Bollig Rose Bollig and Frank Bollig 22 and Danny Fagen 12. a 2 year old Nicholas Niemala died from injuries in St Paul fire. A Lincoln Nebraska area blaze and other fires in the region added to the toll as responders battled cold winds. A truck driver from Beckley West Virginia was named a highway hero for rescuing soldiers from a burning car in Little Rock Arkansas. Goodyear awarded savings bonds and a Daytona Beach vacation.
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Associated Press
Little Falls
Minn
Fort Ripley
Morrison County
Paul Tschida
James Bollig
Rose
Frank
Tschida
Minnesota
Old Frontenac
Danny Fagen
Goodhue County
St. Paul, Minn
Nicholas Niemala
Nebraska
Lancaster County
Lincoln
Beckley
W.va
Raleigh
Little Rock
Ark
Stapleton
Goodyear Tire & Rubber
Daytona Beach
Fla
Fire kills two in mobile home fire near Bella Mina
A woman and her daughter burned to death and five others were injured Saturday when a fire swept through their mobile home near Bella Mina Alabama. The identities of the victims and further details were not immediately available.
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Bella Mina
Ala
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Sounds of Today
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Merry Christmas
Happy New Year
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Colonial Theatre Building
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Charbrook Medico
P.C
John Brookins Taylor
Charles Pruett
Michael Malamisura
Bluefield Community
Cherry St
Wartick
Raleigh St
W.yo
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