Americans Help Each Other During Christmas Observance
Americans join holiday charity and solidarity efforts from prison meal programs to free calls for the elderly. In Seattle, a 31 year old counselor and group We the People tie red ribbons for Poland as martial law and Solidarity face crisis. Polish crewmen spend Christmas in Anchorage with families. Cardinal Cooke and church figures urge prayers as Polish tensions persist. Cities dim holiday lights in sympathy. Meals for the elderly and charity dinners highlight varied observances.
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Prince of Peace
Reagan
Seattle
Poland
Independent Union
Solidarity
James Vollbracht
Vollbracht
Kodiak
Alaska
Anchorage
Francis Hurley
St. Patrick’s Cathedral
New York
Terence Cooke
Chicago
Lech Walesa
Los Angeles
Tulsa
Okla
Austin
Texas
Metro Patrol
Kansas City
Israeli defense chief accuses U S of impotence over Middle East
Israel's Defense Minister Ariel Sharon blasted U S policy as impotent amid Poland and Golan Heights row. He defended the US Israel cooperation pact but warned of further blocking actions if Washington presses Arab territories or Soviet expansion. Prime Minister Begin and others criticized U S censure of Israel.
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Tel Aviv
Israel
United States
Defense
Ariel Sharon
Yedioth Ahronoth
Sharon
Menachem Begin
Golan Heights
U.S
Mordechai Gur
Labor Party
Sinai Desert
Washington
Middle East
Africa
Reagan administration hints at 1983 food stamp cuts
The Reagan White House considers up to 2.8 billion dollars in cuts to food stamp and child nutrition programs for fiscal 1983. The Washington Post cites unnamed sources reporting reduced subsidized housing units and limited new housing for the year. A White House spokesman declined comment as a final decision awaits the president.
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Washington
UPI
Reagan Administration
The
Washington Post
Office of Management and
White House
Tanker Burns on St. Lawrence River Killing Four
A Canadian oil tanker Hudson Transport erupted in flames on the St. Lawrence River killing at least four crewmen. Thirteen survivors were rescued from life rafts while four crew members remain missing. A body was found adrift downstream and investigators weighed causes and possible oil on board as flames burned for hours.
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Matane
Quebec
UPI
St. Lawrence
Canadian Coast Guard
Hudson Transport
Transport Canada
Armand
Coast Guard
Patrick Rivers-Bowerman
Halifax
Poles pack churches as Solidarity holds line after Christmas
Poles filled churches in somber Christmas services while Solidarity holdouts urged continued resistance to martial law. In Katowice 1276 miners remained holed up at Piast colliery as troops guarded the nearby foundry after riot police dispersed a strike. Pope John Paul II appealed for peace and liberty for Poland and a better future in St. Peter's Square.
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Solidarity Union
Warsaw
Poland
Jozef Glemp
Silesia
Piast
Katowice
Warsaw Radio
Vatican
John Paul II
St. Peter’s Square
Family Man Replaces Currency With Snapshots In Billfold
A family man replaces cash with photographs, storing memory through images instead of money. The habit reflects a personal valuation of moments over monetary value, illustrating a portrait of frugal nostalgia and sentiment.
Accidents Take Lives of 3 Eastern Iowans
Three Eastern Iowans died in separate traffic crashes over the Christmas weekend. In Linn County, Mark Ternus and Paula Cook perished when their car left Iowa 150 near Walker and overturned after striking a culvert. In Clayton County, Alma Gerloff died from head injuries after a collision on Iowa 13 near St Olaf involving a parked pickup during a roadside extraction.
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Iowa
Illinois
Monmouth
Mark Ternus
Vinton
Paula Cook
Walker
Ternus
Iowa 150
Linn County
Alma Gerloff
Garber
St. Olaf
Clayton County
George Maier
Gerloff
Maier
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Associated Press
Santa
Joann Hazleton
Pine City
Minn
Ms. Hazleton
Gazette Wire Services
Begin
Cloutier
Montreal
Mont Joli
Canada
Maine
Augusta
Union
Moscow
Communist Party
Pravda
Hungary
Czechoslovakia
Ursus
Marion
Cedar Rapids
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