Christmas Eve Tense Across World as Christmas Arrives
On Christmas Eve 1973 tensions rise as Bethlehem guards secure the birthplace of Jesus for fear of terrorist attack. In London and Buenos Aires, electric outages and security concerns disrupt daily life while New York streets close for the holiday. A jail disturbance in Rockland County, New York, leaves guards scrambling as inmates damage cells, with officials noting festive mood contrasts.
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Rockland County
New City
N.Y
Ossining
Pope Paul I to broadcast Christmas Mass on TV
Pope Paul I marks his 10th Christmas as pope with Midnight Mass in St. Peter's Basilica. The sermon from a throne in the nave will be televised worldwide, rebroadcast on Channel 2 at 4 p.m. On Christmas Day he will deliver the blessing from the basilica balcony.
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UPI
Pope Pauli
Eas
St. Peter's Basilica
Vatican
Channel 2
St. Peter's
Home
Sistine Chapel
Vatican Diplomatic Corps
Peter's Square
Respect Pays Back Harried Detroit Grocer Community
Joe and Margie Jeremias, Hungarian immigrants who owned a small northwest Detroit grocery store, sold last month. After word spread, former customers sent punch card tickets to Florida and over $1000 in spending money. They credit respectful treatment of customers for the outpouring while noting other nearby shops were burned in the 1954 riot. The donors asked for anonymity and numbers were not disclosed.
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Detroit
Joe
Margie Jeremias
Hewinter
Jeremias
United States
Florida
Worker shot three times yet reports to bakery
George Keller a year old baker in Queens was robbed at 4 am by five youths and shot three times. He still walked to the bakery and started ovens before seeking help at a police station according to his employer Leo Silverman. Keller was in fair but guarded condition at City Medical Center Elmhurst after emergency surgery for gunshot wounds to stomach chest and buttocks. He had never missed a day of work in 15 years and was late only twice.
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New York
UFI
George Keller
Hug
Keller
City Medical Center
Elmhurst
Queens
Polite
Leo Silverman
Silverman
Fearful should quit says California prisons chief
California prisons chief Hult Raymond Procunier said guards frightened on the job should quit. He noted prisons are safer now than three years ago and reacted to a guard’s interview claiming constant fear after a stabbing at the Devel Vocational Institute in Tracy on November 27.
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Sacramento
California
Raymond Procunier
State Department of Corrrections
Procunier
Devel Vocational Institute
Tracy
Procurier
Gas from dump powers lights and may heat 2500 homes
Palos Verdes, Calif. A lit Christmas tree atop a trash dump uses gas from decaying rubbish to run its lights. Engineer Edberg says the 8acre dump could supply 25,000 homes, possibly for 30 to 40 years, as methane and carbon dioxide are captured, cleaned, and sold to gas companies. NRG Technology plans three wells and a purifier, with 12 percent of income to the sanit District.
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Palos Verdes
Calif
California
Joe Rdberg
Edberg
Los Angeles
Phoenisy Ariz
NRG Technology, Inc
NRG
Arizona
Phnom Penh Battle Rages Over Rocket Attacks
Soviet built W2umau rockets hit Phnom Penh for a second day as both sides rush reinforcements. Rockets exploded near a water pump and the information ministry yard, windows shattered at Khmer Press. Government adds 900 troops to garrison posts along the Mekong as dawn evacuees flee Prek Thong outpost.
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UPL
Phnom Penh
Oth
Information Ministry
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Mekong
West Bank
Prek Thong
Holiday weekend gas and travel patterns across states
Sunday traffic mixed as many stations opened to aid Christmas travel while others planned to close. The Automobile Club of Southern California found about 90 percent of local stations open, higher than recent Sundays, with some motorists delaying homeward trips. Michigan and New York officials noted light Sunday or holiday traffic, while Maryland Delaware closeouts limited gas access. Airports, buses, and trains showed heavy departures in several cities, contrasting with crowded rail and air hubs and Amtrak’s full service in some regions.
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Los Angeles
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Pune
Bob Myers
West Virginia
Washington, D.C
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Dulles
Nashville
Albuquerque
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Indianapolis
Ind
Poll shows rising Israeli sympathy in U S
Gallup finds 54 percent sympathize with Israel in the Middle East crisis, up from October. Among 1,514 adults surveyed, Arabs garnered 2 percent in December, 4 percent neither side, and 14 percent no opinion. Awareness of the conflict has grown since the war began in October.
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Princeton, NJ
Middle East
Israel
Poor to pay most in fuel crisis plan
Washington report on the commission's criticism of fuel allocation plans. It states that poor and minority children and 2.7 million working mothers would bear the burden as plans fail to keep schools open and warm. Families headed by single parents, especially women, would be hit hardest.
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Washington
UJI
UG. Commission
Gil Eigils
Commission
Half-price Christmas fan sparks after-Christmas protest
In Key West Florida a couple plans New Year festivities after buying half-price gifts post Christmas. They aim to save about half the usual cost while maintaining present-giving for their children and grandchildren, joking Ebenezer Scrooge influenced by after-Christmas ads.
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Key West
Fla
Miums
Miami
Ebenezer Scrooge
Prisoners granted five days holiday from Logs County Jail
Circnust Judge Harvey Oakley released 16 inmates from Logs County Jail for Christmas observing five days off. The judge ordered them to return by Thursday to resume their sentences and housing.
Crash Kills Two American Pilots Near Manila
The Philippine News Agency reported two American pilots died in a light plane crash 30 miles southwest of Manila near Thornton. Names withheld pending relatives’ notification. The Cessna 150 was en route to Calatagan when witnesses heard an explosion and found the wreckage after returning to clear rice fields.
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Manila
API
U.S
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