Basket Appeal Fund Drive Nears Goal Shortfall
The drive for funds and basket deliveries runs from 2 p.m. to 5 p.m. at WCTT studios with public invited. Volunteers including Don Byrd and Alan Dizney will gather donations and begin packing baskets early in the week for Wednesday morning delivery as church and community members assist.
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WCTT
Don Byrd
Bill Brainaman
Burchell Martin
Jack Thurston
New Webb
Carl Jonts
Dave Huff
Alan Dizney
John Bill Black
Bill Hacker
Dotie House
Walt Saylor
Jack Meeks
George Baker
Bacon Creek Church Presents No Room in the Inn Play
Members of the Bacon Creek Baptist Church present the Christmas play No Room in the Inn Sunday evening at 6 30 under the direction of Mrs Betty Taylor and Mrs Ruth Ann Bayes.
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Bacon Creek Baptist
Betty Taylor
Ruth Ann Bayes
Old Woman Sold Heroin To Children
Justice Star sey sentenced 17 year old Minnie Townes to five years in prison after she pleaded guilty in State Supreme Court to selling heroin and barbiturates to Brooklyn schoolchildren. The judge rejected probation due to her age and past convictions for bookmaking, noting she began narcotics dealing for profit.
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New York
John R. Starsey
Minnie Townes
State Supreme Court
Brooklyn
Starkey
Townes
Sharkey
Eugene Gold
Five Persons Lose Permits To Drive Cars In Week
Five drivers from Laurel Knox and Whitley counties had licenses revoked for the week ending December 12. Four faced driving while intoxicated charges and one, Robert Johnson Long of Emlyn, failed to appear for a personal interview. Others losing permits include James Howard Gay Route 2 London Shelby Cook Jr Route 5 London Ovid Steward Route 1 London and Jerry Paul Baughman Baughman.
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Laurel County
Knox
Whitley
Department of Public Safety
Robert Johnson Long
Emlyn
James Howard Gay
London
Shelby Cook Jr
Ovid Steward
Jerry Paul Baughman
Baughman
Hannibal Brooks and If Its Tuesday It Must Be Belgium Schedule
Theatre schedule lists Hannibal Brooks showings at 12 50 4 25 and 8 00 and If Its Tuesday It Must Be Belgium at 2 45 6 20 and 9 30 for Sun Dec 21 through Tue Dec 23.
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Hannibal Brooks
Belgium
Variable skies and cold with light rain or snow flurries
The forecast calls for cloudy and cold today and tonight with a low between 25 and 30 degrees. Sunday turns mostly cloudy and a bit milder with a chance of light rain showers or snow flurries and a high near the mid 40s. Monday remains partly cloudy and elder.
Heavier Infiltration Signals Early 1970 South Vietnam Offensive
A White House official warned that continued Communist infiltration into South Vietnam over the next seven weeks could signal an early offensive. If the pace matches recent weeks, Washington would view it as Augmenting rather than replacing losses. The briefing also covered U.S. hopes for negotiations, Soviet relations, and the Nixon Doctrine’s global reach.
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White House
South Vietnam
North Vietnam
Nixon
Saigon
Hue
U.S
Vietnam
Middle East
United States
Soviet Union
National Security Council
Churches Plan Christmas Observances in Corbin Area
Several Corbin churches schedule Christmas programs this week featuring plays skits and cantatas. First Christian Church wilI broadcast Joy to the World at 10 40 AM on WCTT. Cantata soloists include Elmer Wilson Robie Thurmond and James L Crawford with Loren Hooker directing.
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First Christian
WCTT
Cheryl Neely
John W. Peterson
Clude
Elmer Wilson
William H. Parkey
Robert Thurmond
Robie Thurmond
James L. Crawford
Frank Gibson
Loren Hooker
Seventeenth Street Christian Church
Local Scout Earns Eagle Scout Award
David Triplett 14, son of Mr and Mrs Ernest Triplett, earned the Eagle Badge at Camp McKee during Honor Ceremonies led by Camp Director Gordon Campbell. Jimmy Turner presented the Eagle Certificate signed by President Nixon. David has a record in Cub Scouting Kawida Lodge Order of the Arrow Troop 526 and activities with the First Christian Church and local sports teams. He attended the National Scout Jamoree at Farragut Park Idaho with 37000 Scouts.
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David Triplett
Ernest Triplett
Scouting
Camp McKee
Gordon Campbell
Jimmy Turner
David
Nixon
National
Boy Scouts of America
Webelos
Kawida Lodge
Order of the Arrow
Farraguttate Park
Idaho
First Christian Church
Optimist Club
Realistic Tax Bill Cut By Congress
The measure would raise the personal exemption to 750 over three years and lift Social Security benefits about 15 percent for about 25 million Americans. It aims for a surplus in 1970 and 1971 but shows losses later, with reductions to college tax credits and other revenue features.
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Nixon
Senate
Senate House
House
Eugene Siler Named U S Attorney for Eastern Kentucky
Eugene Siler Jr of Williamsburg will be sworn in January 12 as U S Attorney for the Eastern District of Kentucky, succeeding George Cline of Morehead who has served since November 1963. Cline resigns January 9 to return to private practice. Siler is Whitley County attorney and son of a former congressman.
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Eugene Siler Jr
Williamsburg
U. S
Kentucky
George Cline
Morehead
Siler
U. S. Senate
Whitley
Congress
Corbin Daily Tribune
Steeles Chapel Christmas Program Planned for Sunday
The Steele's Chapel Christian Church will hold a Christmas program Sunday at 6 30 p m with worship songs and seasonal readings for the community.
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Steeles Chapel
Steele’s Chapel Christian Church
King Sr. says no bitterness over MLK losses
Rev. Martin Luther King Sr. tells AP he bears no bitterness despite the killings of his sons and says progress by Negroes is real yet white prejudice endangers the nation. He cites church segregation and warns of potential mass violence if bargaining with whites fails.
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Atlanta, Ga
Martin Luther King Jr
Martin Luther King Sr
America
Ebenezer’ Baptist Church
Martin
Memphis
Tenn
A.D. King
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