Cuban prisoner Frank Emmick to be released before year end
Thomas Emmick says the family calls the news a Christmas present after 15 years in a Cuban prison on spy charges. Frank Emmick, 63, was arrested in Havana in 1963 as head of the American CIA in Cuba and later sentenced to 50 years. The State Department notified the family of an imminent release.
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Thomas Emmick
Frank
State Department
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Toledo
Cuba
Havana
CIA
Richard Helms
Christmas Tale as FONS to Release Him for Health
Emmick announced FONS will release the man due to ill health as a goodwill gesture. He noted the father has suffered heart attacks in Cuba and hopes the trip is possible. No definite date was set, but plans suggest within a week or two. He called it a Christmas story.
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Carolyn Scheaffer
Defiance
Ohio
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Make Your Own Decorative Soap
Decorative soaps add a festive touch to the bath or gifts. Two or three soap bars, scraps of gift wrap, and a small amount of paraffin are needed. Apply dampened wrap, then dip the designed surface in melted paraffin to seal it. Wrap the bar to finish the gift look.
Glider distance record set at 644 miles
UPI reports a single seat glider flight spanning 644 miles, achieved on July 31, 1964, by pilot Alvin Parker.
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Alvin Parker
Massachusetts judge pushes for encyclopedia of alternative sentences
West Springfield reports that Judge Paul Chernoff chairs a committee cataloging offbeat punishments used in district courts. He cites tutoring a disabled child and making a lobster thief cook and serve a meal to seniors as examples and aims to publish guidelines and an encyclopedia next year.
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West Springfield
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Paul A. Chernoff
Massachusetts
Chernoff
State Parole Board
Sumner
Boston
Marine Corps Rescue Fails to Free Tow Truck in Mud
In Coronado California a towing job goes wrong as a car sinks in a San Diego Bay mud flat. Larry Kavner loses sixteen thousand dollars after his winch breaks and a second tow truck sinks. Marines arrive with amphibious vehicles but can only free the second truck, while Kavner waits for low tide to try again.
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Calif
UPI
Marine Corps
Larry Kavner
San Diego Bay
Kavner
Ravner’s
Flavor Twist for Mashed Potatoes Sour Cream and Cream Cheese
To create a richer twist, swap butter for sour cream and cream cheese in mashed potatoes. This yields a tangy creamy texture and enhanced depth without melted butter.
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