Topeka Santa gives out cash for Christmas spirit
A Topeka man Wendell D. Nixon 43 passed dollar bills to children in a downtown department store saying he did it in goodwill. He distributed about 100 of 500 dollars he carried and later visited the police station offering candy bars and tobacco to prisoners. He remarked that passing along more Christmas spirit would help everyone.
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Topeka
Santa Claus
Wendell D. Nixon
Nixon
ST. Louis
Police Board
Norman
London
Abduction and death shock Hillsboro area
In Otto Missouri a father Paul E Detring 32 died from head wounds after being abducted with his 9 year old son Randy Derring from a grocery. The son was pistol whipped but in satisfactory condition. two men and a woman drove them to a creek where the father was bound and shot. The boy summoned aid. Washington reports a wheat aid package to India valued at 145.2 million.
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Hillsboro
Paul E. Detring
Otto
Jefferson County
Sheriff's Office
St. Joseph’s Hospital
Kirkwood
Randy Derring
Highway 21
St. Louis
Pueblo crew returns home after Korean captivity
Cmdr. Lloyd M. Bucher led 81 Pueblo crew members into Midway Island for a refueling stop on the way to San Diego after 11 months of captivity in North Korea. He described torture and terror they endured while the crew voiced relief and pride in their perseverance.
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Midway Island
USS
Pueblo
Cmdr
Lloyd M. Bucher
U.S
United States
Bucher
Honolulu
Adm
John J. Hyland
Pacific Fleet
San Diego
Miramar Naval Air Station
Highland
Air Force
Duane H. Hodges
Creswell
Ore
Midway
Hodges
North Korea
Quartermaster J.C. Charles Law Jr
Tacoma
Wash
Hell
Lew
Bones
James Francis Keil
Polaris
USS Pueblo
Bucher War
Apollo 8 crew read Christmas prayer from lunar orbit
Apollo 8 commander Frank Borman delivered a Christmas time prayer of peace from around the moon as Frank Borman joined James Lovell and William Anders in a third lunar orbit. The crew described the moon’s far side and sent back dramatic images while looking toward Earth.
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Mission Control
Apollo 8
Space
Lovell
Anders
Earth
Allied Ceasefire Violations Reported Near Saigon
Allied and Viet Cong ceasefires faced early strain as first hours recorded multiple incidents. US forces reported seven mortar and ground attacks with casualties, while South Vietnamese troops claimed 159 enemy fatalities in an all day battle before the Viet Cong halt.
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U.S. 25Th Infantry Division
Saigon
U.S. 1St Infantry Division
City approves beer licenses at bobtailed meeting
The city commission approved 24 beer license renewals and one new application at a bobtailed Memorial Building session. A resolution on paying contracts was adopted for the Ard property extension. The new license was for Danny's Tioga Club in the Tioga Hotel operated by Daniel E. Sparks.
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Memorial Building
Melvin Ard
S. Lafayette
Danny’s
Tioga Club
Tioga Hotel
Daniel E. Sparks
Free Textbooks Debate Costs for Kansas Students
A Kansas proposal from the Governor's Committee on Education asks whether taxpayers should fund free textbooks for public school children. Estimates show state costs around 3.12 to 3.9 million dollars annually, depending on aid levels, with districts covering the remainder. The plan faces questions of who should pay while noting legal provisions for free books for the impoverished and rare district adoption.
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Topeka (Ap
Committee On Education
Kansas
Clifford Shenk
Clyde M. Reed
The
Parsons Sun
Reed
Docking
Education Committee
Shenk
Light Santa load seen from Chanute letters
Mrs. Florence Kelley, Chanute postmaster, reports only eight letters addressed to Santa. Read notes show requests for toys such as a camera, a gun, a drum set, a walkie talkie, a pool table, a Humpty Dumpty pillow and more. Ages range from 3 to 12 with heartfelt messages and P S lines.
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Santa
Chanute
Florence Kelley
Tribune
Santa Claus
Missy
Mrs. Claus
David
Evelyn
Peter
Jennifer
Gary
Mike
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Top Hat Club
N. Santa Fe
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American Legion
William Dever
Tyson’s Cafe
W. Main
Hazel M Tyson
Anderson Drive - In
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Eric D. Anderson
Donaldson’s Food Center
Florentine H. Donaldson
Fraternal Order of Eagles
F. C. Burtle
Elks Club
Ray L. Smith
el Ranchito
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Chester O. Bowman
G.i.forum
S. Forest
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