Olathe Christmas Homecoming Allows Enlisted Man to Fly Home
In Olath e Kansas ten minutes before Christmas Eve nine Vietnam servicemen from the town reunited with families after a two hour delay at O Hare. Captain James Smith gave up his plane seat to an enlisted man, nine returned home, eight arriving in Kansas City and one delayed by the Saigon jet. A KC utilities plane ferried seven home, while a commercial flight carried others. townspeople raised funds to bring them home, sharing far-reaching joy and pride as bands played and families embraced at the runway.
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Kenneth Allenbrand
Kansas City
Olathe
Kan
Allenbrand
Vietnam
Saigon
O'Hare
Chicago
Tome
James Smith
Kansas Utilities Company
Mike Bregarg
Curions
Infant killed by pet dog in Wisconsin
In CHENEQUA Wisconsin Keith Hale months old was mauled and killed by two family dogs while lying on a Davenport. One dog struck the infant about the head as the sheriff’s office described the attack. Police shot and destroyed the dog, previously regarded as gentle. The family includes five other children.
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Chenequa
Wis
Keith Hale
Emergency Call Sparks Cardboard Sound Control Postcard
The American Hardboard Association received a postcard with the message Please stand up the booklet on sound control Our key is taking drum lessons promptly mailed, an association spokesman said. The incident prompted a quick mailing of the booklet.
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Fhiladelphia
American Hardboard Association
Chuckie Ose Robin’s Spring-Butt Lark Incident Noted
A cryptic report mentions Chuckie Ose Robin and a spring-butt lark, with attributions to Caprelont Ailieahany. The item appears as a brief, fragmented note from a historical page, offering minimal context beyond the unusual phrasing and names.
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Ose
Pays Fare Home for Sailor He Never Met
In Albuquerque AP report J Vernon Harwell paid a sailor from New Mexico’s air fare and Christmas leave from Vietnam. Navy Storekeeper Tony Ray Davis 25 from Carlsbad flew home for holidays after Harwell offered $300 to help any eligible serviceman unable to afford the Vietnam Leave opportunity. Davis, stationed at Cam Ranh Bay, praised the gesture as the best Christmas present. Davis planned to visit Carlsbad and Port Lavaca before holidays with his family. Harwell, a peanut distributor, said he wanted the sailor to enjoy time with relatives and plans to take his son to the country club for dinner and provide spending money. He noted his own wartime Christmas service in the Pacific. Davis called Harwell the greatest in his dock, expressing disbelief at the anonymous generosity.
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Albuquerque
J. Vernon Harwell
Vietnam
Harwell
New Mexico
Navy
Tony Ray Davis
Cam Raph Bay
Davis
Carlsbad
N. M
Saigon
Heyoweek
Port Iavaca
Texas
Hawaii
Country Club
Pacific
Hanwell
Peanut
Lee
Guadalcanal
Tarawa
Saipan
Mr. Harwell
Coast Guard and Cubans Rescue Americans Off Cuba
Coast Guard and Cuban patrol boats cooperated to rescue seven Americans from the partly submerged Sea Rover off Cuba on Christmas Day. A Coast Guard aircraft and a St Petersburg helicopter aided, with six passengers evacuated by air and the seventh by Belgian freighter. Survivors reported generous Cuban help while efforts to free the boat initially failed.
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Castro
Cuba
Nicaragua
Miami
David Edwards
Stetesville
N. C
Coast Guard
Sea Rover
St. Petersburg
Nikola Severdija
Bil Fisher
Police and Firemen Rescue Children in South Side Fire
CHICAGO AP Police and firemen searched a burning three story storefront building on the South Side on Saturday and rescued 65 people including many children. Patrolman George Cartwright pulled nine children from a smoke filled apartment while Patrolman Karl Manuel led others to safety. Survivors were taken to Holy Angels school or relatives for temporary housing.
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Chicago
George Cartwright
Karl Manuel
Holy Angels School
Cartwright
Weaver saves family as house catches fire
In Orem Utah a man wakes to a cat nuisance and finds his home on fire. He escapes with his family but the cat returns inside and perishes while the house is destroyed. He recalls the cat jumped on his bed prompting him to throw it outside before fleeing.
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Orem
Utah
Weaver
Will
Aix
Tiger Hunting Ban in Nepal Slated for March 1
Nepal will ban tiger hunting starting March 1 to save tigers from extinction, government announces Friday. The move targets protecting wildlife and strengthens conservation efforts amid increasing poaching risks and habitat loss.
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Nepal
Peace Dividend Vanishes Under Inflation Pressure
Washington AP reports the peace dividend, once expected to fund education and beauty programs as Vietnam wound down, is eroded by inflation. Pentagon Comptroller Moot notes no real dividend, with inflation and pay raises consuming most gains. Defense spending rises next year despite war winding down, as savings shift into the economy.
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Washington
Robert Moot
Pentagon
Mit
Cps
Defense Department
Freed Kidnap Victim Reunited With Family In France
BIATLAITZ France AP two West German employees aided Eugen Beihl a kidnapped Basque separatist ETA victim. Beihl reunited Friday with his wife and 1 year old daughter at a resort after a Christmas Eve release and flew home on a West German air force plane. He will receive medical tests in Germany before returning to San Sebastian Spain where he was abducted December 2. He said the kidnapping fulfilled its purpose for the moment and ETA warned of harsher outcomes. ZUR officials arranged the release for the West German television network.
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Biatlaitz
France
Kib-Born
Daugh
Burgos
Delayed Verdicts in Basque Trial Spark North Spain Rumor
In Burgos an AP report says the verdicts for 16 Basques were delayed again amid speculation the news was softened by the release of a kidnapped West German diplomat. Defense lawyers expect announcements by Tuesday or Wednesday as families face Christmas apart.
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Burgos
Spain
West Germany
Protests erupt over Soviet death sentences in Leningrad
Worldwide protests surged Saturday over two Jews condemned to death in Leningrad for allegedly planning to hijack a Soviet jetliner. Israel demonstrated from Tel Aviv to Haifa calling for Soviet emigration rights, while Tel Aviv schoolchildren chanted Let my people go. In Jerusalem Prime Minister Golda Meir defended the defendants as seeking to join their people, not protest the Soviet state. Knesset adopted a resolution urging international intervention to free the condemned and others. Demonstrations also occurred in Washington New York London and beyond with calls to stop the kangaroo court and let the Jews go.
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Soviet Union
Leningrad
Israel
Moscow
Tel Aviv
Haife
White House
Nixon
Eilat
Sam Yorly
Los Angeles
Rakah
Communist Party of
Podgarny
Golda Meir
Knesset
Kremlin
Washington
New York
Women’s Zionist Organization
Hadassah
Seymour Graubard
Anti-Defamation League of B'nai B'rith
Anatoly Dovrynin
World Jewish Congress
Vatican
Paul VI
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Roger Jones
Gregg
Recon
Terry Welch
Dlsbe
Fred Clark
Clark
Cavalry
Chuckie
Caprelont Ailieahany
Edwards
Severuja
Ate
Nicaraguan
U. S
Defense
Laird
Mont
Pei
O F Zur
Beihl
Familly
Eugen Beihl
Associated Press
Britsh Red
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