Santa’s Belles capture crowds in Los Angeles charity drive
In Los Angeles volunteers of America tests female collectors named Santa’s Belles, five college-age women in red outfits raise donations for the charity, with earnings surpassing male counterparts. They expect to double their number before Christmas.
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Los Angeles
Volunteers
America
Paul H. Nolte
Yvonne LaRose
California State
Nolte
Yvonne
Weather Kicks Up Heels As Snowstorm Sweeps Kansas
A powerful north wind and a first major storm bring four to six inches of snow to Western Kansas, with four foot drifts at Goodland airport and hazardous travel. Eastern Kansas starts sunny in Topeka before a forecast of two to four inches tonight, reducing visibility and prompting warnings.
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NEW York
Atlantic Richfield Co
Sinclair Oil Corp
Sinclair
Atlantic Richfield
Gulf & Western Industries Inc
G&w
Topeka
Kansas
Goodland
Weather Bureau
North Central
November Election Expense Tallied by Neosho County
Erie Neosho County Clerk Virgil Lowe reports the November general election cost the county 8524.71 dollars with 7680 votes cast averaging 1.11 dollars per vote. Polls ran 12 hours from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. with 24 precincts and 240 workers paid 1.25 dollars per hour.
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Neosho County
Erie
Virgil Lowe
Apollo 8 Launch Date Stays As Leak Not Found
NASA reported no leak in the Saturn 5 first stage of Apollo 8 after overnight testing. The Dec. 21 launch date for the lunar mission with Frank Borman James Lovell and William Anders remains unchanged.
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Cape Kennedy, Fla
Space Agency Today
Air Force
Frank Borman
Navy
James A. Lovell Jr
William A. Anders
Space Agency
NASA
Intercepted Letter Dear Cha Mentioning Cuban Menu
A fragment notes an intercepted letter addressed to Cha mentioning Cuban servings and airline menus with a casual sign off Yours.
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Cha
Nixon to let cabinet choose top aides with White House input
President elect Nixon told his 12 designated department secretary candidates to seek their own undersecretaries and assistants, with final approval by Nixon. Herbert G. Klein said the cabinet will act with White House consultation but Nixon reserves ultimate authority over top posts.
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Washington
Nixon
Herbert G. Klein
Klein
White House
Ronald L. Ziegler
United Nations
Walter E. Washington
GOP
William P. Rogers
Defense
Melvin R. Laird
R-Wis
the Treasury
David M. Kennedy
John N. Mitchell
Ae Retween Hickel
Alaska
Clifford M. Hardin
Fighting Carries Into Buffer Zone
U S Marines clash with North Vietnamese for 12 hours spilling into the DMZ. Twelve Marines and eight North Vietnamese killed while 30 Marines wounded. Air and artillery strikes hit enemy positions along the southern DMZ edge. Fighting followed a patrol from The Rockpile as bombers and armor pressed the foe.
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Saigon
U.S
Demilitarized Zone
U.S. Command
Dmz
4Th Regiment
the Rockpile
North Vietnam
Crash Fatal To Local Man Everett E Grady Jr
Everett Earl Grady Jr 25 died at the scene of an auto crash near Ulysses. He lived at 214% E Main and worked for Cities Service Gas in Ulysses. Born January 29 1943 he was a United Brethren in Christ Church member and served in the Air Force. Survived by a sister Milo Kesner LeRoy maternal grandparents Ben and ____ Grogan and a paternal grandmother. Funeral arrangements to be announced by Johnson Mortuary.
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Everett Earl Grady Jr
Everett Grady
E. Main
Ulysses
Chanute
Cities Service Gas
Jan
Grady
United Brethren In Christ Church
Air Force
Milo Kesner
LeRoy
Ben Grogan
S. Western
S Rest Home
Plane Hijack Brings Stomach-Turning Inflight Feasts
Passengers aboard a Nashville to Miami Trans World Airlines flight were held for hours in Havana as hijackers and a companion rested. crew and most passengers were fed grapefruit juice beer steaks and sandwiches while Cuban authorities detained the pair. Tex Ritter and Mason Rudolph among returning travelers noted the nine hour wait and calm hijackers. FBI questioned travelers briefly. Eldridge Cleaver and wife Kathleen discussed on the sidelines.
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Miami
Fla
Cuba
Havana
Trans-World Airlines
Tex Ritter
Mason Rudolph
Ritter
Varadero
FBI
Eldridge Cleaver
Nashville
Cleaver
Kathleen
Manhattan
New York Times
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Robert Docking
Chicago
Docking
Ethel
Black Sea
Istanbul
Moscow
Turkey
United States
Russia
Dyess
Turner
U.S. 6Th Fleet
Mediterranean
Bosporus
Atty
Robert Sonderholm
Colorado Oil and Gas Co
American Oil Co
Shawnee County
CBK Industries
American Petrofina Co
Texas
Apco Oil Corp
Consumers Cooperative Association
Kansas Emulsions Inc
Phillips Petroleum Co
Skelly Oil Co
Union Asphalts and Road Oils, Inc
Socony-Mobil Oil Co., Inc
Wilshire Oil Co
State Highway Commission
Sonderholm
Vietnam
U.S. Comand
Main and Highland
Elmer Robison
Tribune
Floyd Yahns
Jim Haines
L. J. Brooks
Frank Tichenor
Richard Bailey
Avit
Colorado
Apollo
Yours
George Neely
Stark
Spurrier Water Service
Carl G. Abbott
Greensburg
Clifford Olson
Jean Baucom
Parsons
James Hernandez
Ramon Castorano
Michael Lohse
Eric
Lohse
Chanute Law
Henshall and Pennington
John Rubow
Hernandez
William English
Mission
Conterano
Robert Kaplan
Keith Anderson
Wichita
Santa Helpers
John Willcott
Santa’s Helpers
Willcott
BMA
W. Main
Edna Webber
First National Bank
Johnson Mortuary
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