Almanac Facts for Dec 27 and Historical Highlights
United Press International notes today is Friday December 27 the 32nd day of the year with four to follow. It lists celestial positions Mars Jupiter Saturn and Venus and recalls history entries from 1932 Radio City Music Hall opening 1941 Manila bombing and wartime Korea governance plans in 1945.
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Mars
Jupiter
Saturn
Venus
New York City
Radio City Music Hall
Manila
United States
Russia
Britain
Korea
Grant
Gammpance Department
Plutarch
Modest Hero Rescues Woman From Fire in London
Mary Moxey, 45, yells from a window as flames scorch her home. A stranger carries a ladder through freezing air, enters, and saves her before vanishing in a T‑shirt, undershorts, and darkness. Local authorities request no identification.
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London
UPI
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High Notes
Chicago
Henry Hite
O'Hare International Airport
Hite
Dallas
Tell Rites Continued for Mrs. Tell Survivor List
In 1920 from Mena Arkansas to Tell community in Childress County. She belonged to Tell Methodist Church. Survived by three sons Gene Tell James Pasadena LaRue Plainview one daughter Mrs L P Malone Tyler fourteen grandchildren four great grandchildren one sister Mrs Mabel Everett Goshen California.
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Tell
Childress County
Mena
Ark
Tell Methodist Church
Gene
James
Pasadena
LaRue
Plainview
L. P. Malone
Tyler
Mabel Everett
Goshen
Calif
Nixon faces Okinawa decision amid Asia policy shifts
President-elect Nixon must tackle Okinawa's fate as part of Asia strategy. Ryukyu islands demand for return to Japan grows amid local elections led by Chobyo Yara and Ryosho Taira, while Japan hopes phased reversal with U.S. bases and nuclear limits. The 1970 renewal of the Japan-U.S. security treaty looms large.
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Richard M Nixon
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Okina
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China
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U.S
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Ryosho Taira
Naha
Fisaku Sato
Sato
Nixon
INDEXING BY MORRIS HIGLEY
A reader voices opposition to U S military policy in Vietnam criticizing Christmas truces as costly and calling for restraint from politicians The note includes a separate item about India removing British royal crown emblems on government buildings and another about Soviet escort ships passing the Bosphorus.
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New Delhi
Upi
India
Apollo 8 Returns From Lunar Flight With Historic Firsts
The Apollo 8 crew Borman Lovell and Anders completed humanitys first lunar orbit and return to Earth entering the Pacific splashdown near Christmas Island after a dramatic re entry. The mission yielded vast photo data and marked the nations advance toward landing men on the moon next spring.
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Space
Mankind
Earth
Moon
Apollo
Yorktown
Mid- Pacific
Christmas Island
Drkness
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Porson
Houston Control
St Nommnars Borman
Hawaii
Houston
Lovell
Anders
United States
Roger
Eastern
Pacific
Clifford Charlesworth
Services Held for Mrs Ira B Copelin at Newberry Chapel
Funeral services for Mrs Ira B Copelin mother of Cue Tod ge J E Copelin were held at 1 p m today at Newberry Chapel with Dr J F Sh officiating Burial followed at Childress Cemetery Pallbearers were C A Strickland W L Painter Chick Williams Harner Knight W M Watson and Jimmy Harmon Mrs Copelin died late Wednesday in Highland Hospital Lubbock She was a past matron of the Eastern Star a member of Del ta Kappa Gamma Society and of the First United Methodist Church Survivors include her son Judge Copelin two daughters two stepdaughters one brother one sister 14 grandchildren 31 great grandchildren and four great great grandchildren
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Ira B. Copelin
Cue Todge
J. E. Copelin
Newberry Chapel
J. FE. Sh
First United Methodist Church
Childress Cemetery
C. A. Strickland
W. L. Painter
Chick Wiliams
Harner Knight
W. M Watson
Jimmy Harmon
Rites Today For Four Month Old Infant Stacey Young
Funeral services for Stacey Janenne Young four month old daughter of Mr and Mrs Charles Young were held at 4 p m at Stamford Assembly of God Church officiated by Rev W L James and Dr J E Shewbert burial was in Highland Cemetery Stamford Kinney Funeral Home of Stamford handled arrangements The infant died Wednesday night in a hospital in Stamford where the Youngs were spending Christmas Survivors include the parents a sister and grandparents
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Stacey Janenne
Young
Charles Young
Stamford
Oklahoma State Bird Is Scissortailed Flycatcher
Oklahoma designates the scissortailed flycatcher as its state bird in a declaration noting the species’ distinctive tail and local significance. The choice reflects regional wildlife and cultural ties to avian symbolism.
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United Press Internations
Oklahoma
Investigations and military reviews dominate early reports
Reports indicate probes into a plot to detonate explosives in a Washington courtroom and a likely not guilty outlook for USS Pueblo crewmen facing court martial. AEC confirms eighth Chinese atmospheric nuclear test with three megatons yield, and government notes 1968 living costs jump.
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USS Pueblo
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San Diego
Atomic Energy Commission
Lon Nor
AEC
United States
Wall Street Signs Caution as Markets Edge Toward End-Year
UPI reports E F Hutton notes a dwindling selling urgency and a faint rebuff to the Monday slide while Walston foresees profit-taking ahead and no year-end rally. Dreyfus cautions investors amid tight money, urging patience until prices ease and new commitments form.
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