Cyclone Tracy devastates Darwin Australia killing dozens
Sydney dispatch reports Tropical Cyclone Tracy hit Darwin with 125 mile per hour winds causing at least 40 deaths and widespread destruction. Thousands homeless as 90 percent of homes are damaged. Evacuations planned, naval ships and Red Cross aid mobilized to move residents and supply hospitals.
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White House breach as car rams gate and bomb threat looms
A man wearing an Arab headdress crashed a car through the White House gate early Christmas morning and threatened to detonate a bomb if detained. Marshall Fields Jr. spoke in Arabic, remained unyielding for hours, while President Ford was away skiing in Colorado. A bomb squad and police sealed the area as officers questioned a woman believed to be his mother.
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Angleton backs part of New York Times spying story
Former CIA counterintelligence chief James Angleton says he agrees with some charges of domestic spying by the agency though he calls the report exaggerated. He resigned after 31 years saying his usefulness had ended amid the CIA controversy.
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Confessed Plotter in L A Scheme Linked to Mafia
A Los Angeles court heard Bernard Howard and Morton Freeman plotted to loot the city treasury for about 9 million dollars with Mafia links. Investigators testified Howard confessed after arrest, and both men face 10 forgery and theft counts. Interpol identified an accomplice who laundered funds through foreign banks.
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Fire Damages Kress Facility At Quasqueton
A blaze gutted portions of the Kress Manufacturing Co. a mile north of Quasqueton on Christmas Eve. Russell Kress, alerted by ringing phones, contacted neighbors to summon Quasqueton and Winthrop firefighters. Firemen fought the flames for hours and were called back at dawn when they rekindled. The firm, employing 18 people, provides custom machine work.
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Chuckle Caption on Cost of Living and Taxes
A light jab notes that rising living costs could make taxes seem cheap. The quip frames tax burden as a future bargain as prices climb.
Food Up Blamed on Middlemen In Wage and Price Rise
The Agriculture Department reports the annual cost of farm groceries rose by 164 dollars in the last year with most of the increase due to middlemen. A theoretical family face 19 dollars more in November and the middlemen share rose 31 dollars while farmers’ share fell 12 dollars. Officials foresee continued price hikes through mid 1975. Separately the Labor Department notes unemployment benefits rose 0.3 percent in the week ending December 7 with 155,900 more claimants and a 4.8 percent rate for those covered by unemployment insurance.
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Pope Paul VI Calls Christmas Bright Flash of Hope
Pope Paul VI described Christmas as a bright flash of hope in a world torn by conflicts. He spoke to about 30,000 in St Peter's Square and noted the neo humanistic society poses clashes of nations races classes and personal interests. The pope led the Holy Year inauguration at midnight Mass and urged unity and reconciliation within the church and with non Christian peoples.
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Odd items found in Goodwill collection boxes in Houston
Goodwill Industries spokesman Dick Moore reports unusual finds during Christmas season in Houston collection boxes. Items include four 20 foot tall artificial trees a skin diver suit a complete electronic security system a mink store and a motorcycle.
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Goodwill Industries
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Hijacker Subdued On Air India Flight To Rome
An Air India Boeing 747 with about 140 aboard from New Delhi landed safely at Rome Fiumicino after a Czech Canadian hijacker, Josef Homolov aged 31, seized the cockpit for over two hours. He claimed a bomb but none was found and Italian police took him into custody.
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