Northeast hit by heavy snow and travel woes
More than a foot of snow paralyzed large swaths of the Northeast with traffic snarls and numerous fender bender accidents. Sault Ste Marie and Buffalo reported heavy totals while Buffalo set a December record. Weather warns of up to six more inches near Lake Ontario as new storms form across the Midwest and Northwest.
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United Press International
National Weather Service
New York
Lake Ontario
Sault St. Marie
Mich
Carion
Maine
Buffalo
N.Y
New York City
Air Mexico
Kennedy Airport
Long Island
Westchester County
Greenwich
Marlene Dietrich turns 72 as birthday mystery lingers
UPI reports Marlene Dietrich, famed Berlin star of The Blue Angel and Morocco, marked a birthday listed variously as 1901 1902 or 1904. In frail health and reclusive in Paris she pursues autobiography drawing and remains a glamorous icon.
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Paris
UPI
Marlene Dietrich
Miss Dietrich
Berlin
Morocco
Avenue Montaigne
London
New York
Rudolf Sieber
Maria
Maria Riva
Central Park
Pollutants Enter Skin as New Front in Hazard Risk
Dr. Augustus B. Kinzel, former Union Carbide VP, warns the cosmetic industry faces a new threat as pollutants can be absorbed through the skin. He notes ingestion by breath or eating is settled, but dermal exposure presents fresh challenges for the U.S. chemical industry in the 1980s.
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Augustus B. Kinzel
Union Carbine Corp
U.S
Five East Germans flee to West Germany during Christmas
Five East Germans escaped to West Germany over the Christmas holidays. The group included two border guards in uniform with weapons, another East German man, and a woman with her daughter both ethnic Germans fleeing from Poland. The two guards abandoned their posts near the border and fled Sunday. an unnamed young man crossed a mined border stretch. The woman and her daughter reached Munich by air on Christmas Eve via an indirect route.
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Hannover
West Germany
UPI
Poland
Munich
Levi opposes death penalty as spectacle on TV
Attorney General Edward Levi said on NBC Meet the Press that he favors the death penalty as a deterrent in some cases but would abolish it if executions become flamboyant and macabre spectacles. He argued the U S would not accept the death penalty if every execution is publicized as such.
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Washington
UPI
Edward Levi
Levi
Nbc-Tv
Meet the Press
Cer
United States
Santa hospitalizes after lifting 15000 kids in season
Richmond department store Santa Arthur G. Hood, 54, spent Christmas in Richmond Memorial Hospital after 27 days of greeting children. Hood, who has played Santa at Miller and Rhoads for two decades, was exhausted by the holiday rush and missed Christmas Eve. He noted a woman flew from Houston with her children to visit him. Hood said the joy on children's faces made it worthwhile. Lantern fish identification appears unrelated.
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Max Reinhardt
United States
Paramount
MGM
Greta Garbo
America
Morocco
Gary Cooper
Nuremberg
Richmond
UPI
Arthur G. Hood
Balding
Santa
Miller and Rhoads Department Store
Houston
Hood
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