Boys Town Opens Doors for NBC Crew in TV Feature
Boys Town development director William Ramsey says the Home for Boys gave NBC full access for a segment on Giving and Getting The Charity Business. Miss Furness described the facility as open but not filming inside the donated downtown building.
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Boys Town
Neb
UPI
Home For Boys
NBC
William Ramsey
Betty Furness
Omaha
Furness
Ramsey
the Sun
Miss Furness
Sun
Hupp
Nebraska seeks federal grant terms for juvenile program
Exon administration and the Unicameral want in advance what the federal government will require in return for a $200000 plan to prevent juvenile delinquency in Nebraska. Sen. Douglas Bereuter cautions this could signal a shift away from chasing federal dollars and asks if the state should commit.
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Lincoln, Neb
UPI
Exon
Unicameral
Nebraska
Douglas Bereuter
Utica
Appropriations Committee
Bereuter
The Real Santa Claus by Fred T Ferguson
Santa Michael Claus, 28, works as a switchman for NY Telephone in Hicksville. He and wife Joyce have daughters Danielle and Heather. He recalls boot camp, odd calls, and how locals now know him. He avoids wearing the suit except once in 1972 and keeps a light profile with family understanding the name shared with his daughter.
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Fred T. Ferguson
Hicksville
N.Y
UPI
Santa Michael Claus
New York Telephone Co
Claus
Joyce
Santa
Danielle
Heather
Santa Claus
Safita
84 year old woman robbed in Chicago
An 84 year old Chicago woman, Anna Emerich, was struck on the head and robbed while walking to a neighborhood grocery. A kindtruck driver helped, returning $15 in cash she had lost, then disappeared before police arrived. She was treated and released from Illinois Masonic Hospital. No arrests were reported.
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Chicago
UPI
Anna Emerich
Emerich
Kathleen Bradberry
South hush pup pies origin in fish fry kitchens
A traditional Southern dish, hush pup pies arise from a fish fry mishap where corn bread batter sizzled in heated fat and the fried cakes were given to hungry dogs to quiet their whining.
Redd Foxx Donates Car Turkeys and Cash to Taft Police
Taft Oklahoma police chief Redd Foxx provided a patrol car and Christmas gifts to residents. He appeared via attorney William White as his Tandem Productions funds of 4000 dollars were given for Taft youth programs. Foxx had been appointed in November 1974 becoming one of three black entertainers to lead police in Oklahoma towns.
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Taft, Okla
UPI
Redd Foxx
NBC
Sanford and Son
Foxx
Taft
Oklahoma
Sammy Davis Jr
Langston
Flip Wilson
Beley
William White
Muskogee
White
Tandem Productions
Arson suspected in South Omaha Sokol Hall fire
The three alarm blaze at the Sokol Hall, a Czech community hub, caused extensive damage and forced residents to evacuate. Arson is the probable cause, with investigators noting the fire began on the second floor. No serious injuries reported. about 200 children among 600 members affected.
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Omaha
UPI
South Omaha
Mickey Dalton
Sokol Hall
Robert Hunnicutt
Louise
Dalton
Robert Warsocki
Warsocki
Hunnicutt
Patricia Zdan
Sokol
Angelo Perry
Lincoln Humane Society director faces assault charge
Bernard L Patton the society director in Lincoln Nebraska is charged with assault after a Dec 18 incident described by employee Chris Hollers who says he pushed her through a doorway A city attorney spokesman said arraignment will be scheduled Hollers says the confrontation followed a discussion about pay and prompted by Pattons dispute over recording the meeting Patton denies the accusation saying someone is making trouble.
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Lincoln, Neb
UPI
Lincoln Humane Society
Bernard L. Patton
Society
Chris Hollers
Patton
ACLU Says 500 May 1971 Arrestees May Qualify for Damages
The ACLU states 500 people arrested during the May 1971 Capitol steps antiwar protest may be eligible for 10 000 dollars each for wrongful arrest. A federal jury awarded 1 318 protesters in the Mayday case last January, with 500 unlocated arrestees needing to appear by March 1976 to avoid forfeiting damages. Over 14 000 were arrested that week and under 1 percent were convicted.
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Washington
UPI
American Civil Liberties Union
Capitol
ACLU
Worst Christmas gifts draw laughs and nostalgia across stars
The UPI survey recalls famous givers and their worst presents including Bob Hope’s necktie from Crosby and Bill Veeck’s K ration dinner in World War II. Kent King recalls a shoe shine kit in muddy Pacific months, while Stanley Marcus recalls a live donkey gift.
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Patrick J. Killen
United Press International
Stanley Marcus
Bob Hope
Bing Crosby
Bill Veeck
Kent King
King
Mankato
Minn
Pacific
UPI
St. Nick
Valley Forge
Hope
Vietnam
Television
Carol Burnett
Earl Butz
Butz
David Niven
Santa
Niven
Chicago White Sox
Phyllis Diller
Neiman-Marcus
Dallas
Marcus
N-M
George
Martha Washington
Omaha businessman fined 500 dollars for firearms violation
Ronald A. Henningsen 31, managing editor of The Daily Record and part owner of the Douglas County Gazette, pleaded no contest to illegal possession of a fully automatic rifle. He received a 500 dollar fine with probation, while the rifle was seized near Fremont by Game and Parks officers.
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OMAHA
UPI
Ronald A. Henningsen
The
Daily Record
Douglas County Gazette
Waterloo
Henningsen
State Game and Parks Commission
Fremont
Douglas County
Nebraska
Daniel Wherry
U.S
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