Christmas Rush Across World From Paris To Philippines
Parisians flee the City of Light for the Alps and coast as Americans swarm airports and highways for holiday visits. In Paris Gare de Lyon crowds rush onto trains, while 360 extra trains speed vacationers outward. Across Asia, the Philippines plans Christmas under martial law with a curfew from midnight to 4 a.m.
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United Press International
City of Light
Alps
Paris
Gare de Lyon
Philippines
Asia
United States
Chicago
O Hare
Christmas miscellany fills letters and greetings across towns
Readers share humor and notes from Cecil Norris on a broken arm, Buford family travel, church events, and New Year plans. Christmas themes span national travel, relief programs, and peace protests as a wide range of local voices, from Camp Fire and Lions Club to international greetings, weigh in on holiday life.
Hanoi Hints Giap Killed
South Vietnamese intelligence sources said they intercepted a North Vietnamese radio message claiming Gen Vo Nguyen Giap was killed Friday in Haiphong by a time bomb. Radio Hanoi offered no confirmation as of sundown Saturday amid Paris talks.
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UPS
Vo Nguyen Giap
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Haiphong
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U S
Paris
Giap
U.S
Dien Bien Phu
Truman Slipping Toward Critical Condition Declines in Blood Pressure
Former president Harry S Truman, 88, showed heart beat irregularities, increased lung congestion, and falling blood pressure on two occasions. Doctors report normalizing blood pressure with treatment, while kidney output and overall condition remain weakened. The report notes changes in condition with continued medical management.
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Kansas City
APD
Harry S Truman
Truman
Research Hospital
John Dreves
Christmas antenna repair brings joy to Stowe family
Mrs Grace Stowe and her five children moved from a Bonham housing project and lost their TV. Flo Martin circulated a call for an antenna, Thad Finley offered one, and Bondi vocational school’s Bob McAlister class retrieved and reinstalled it. Members Tim Cooper Leo Nowak Henryoe Randy Davis Kenneth Kennedy Charlie Turman Harold Snuth Floyd Backus helped.
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Bonhi
Bonham
Tim Cooper
Leo Nowak
Henry Graham
Randy Davis
Kenneth Kennedy
Charlie Turman
McAlister
Harold Smith
Floyd Backus
Grace Stowe
Bondi Vocational School
Henry Oe
Harold Snuth
Surviving Uruguayan Rugby Team Members Signal From Andes
In the Andes crash of Oct 13, Canessa Urta and Fernando Partade Dolgay, weak from hunger, described tossing a note to a farmer after 10 days of starvation. Helicopters rescued six more survivors. 45 perished, including five women.
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Chile
Roberto Canessa Urta
Fernando Parrada Dolgay
Canessa
Partade
Thea
Andes
Cuolahaga Army
Tvel
Uruguayan Air Fource
Fudt
Christian Brothers
Montesideo
Pasies
Cattesida
Partady
Kalled Partady
Fee Meotre
Bog
Ning Et
Bombs May Halt During Christmas
North Vietnam intensifies air war with six straight days of strikes deep in the country amid talk of a 24 hour Christmas pause by Nixon officials. South Vietnamese sources report the death of defense minister Vo Giap, a major figure in the Hanoi leadership, while U S bombers suffer two more losses as raids continue at a high tempo.
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Los Angeles
U.S
Vietnam
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Joan Baez
Bully Graham
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Demetrios 1
Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople
North
South America
Saigon
UPD
Vo Nguyen Iap
Giaiap Wo Kalbe
Giap
Dien Bien Phu
Stuart
What Is the Hope for the Alcoholic
The Favorite newspaper postpones the final in a four part series on alcoholism by Res Paul O Cardwell to next Sunday. The article will address the hopeful outlook for the alcoholic and related treatment debates.
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Paul O Cardwell
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