Christmas Across America and Overseas Highlights
A collage of holiday scenes: Bob Hope celebrates Christmas at home in Toluca Lake, Los Angeles, noting relief that wounded children may get medical care. Air Force POW veteran Arthur Black enjoys his first home Christmas in eight years in Bethlehem, Pa, while others like Chris Bochenek receive surprise calls from governors. Lisa Klingalsmith, a liver transplant recipient, spends Christmas weekend at home after outpatient release from Sloan-Kettering, enjoying a dancing doll and ice cream.
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Toluca Lake
Los Angeles
Asia
Bob Mopa
Hope
Air Force
Arthur Black
Vietnam
Bethlehem
Theron
Lisa Klinglasmith
Bruce Klingiesmith
Lisa
Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center
New York
Sunken ferry carries too many on Guayas river trip
Ecuadorian officials report the Jambeli carried more than twice its licensed 15 passengers when it sank in the Guayas River estuary. Drowning victims exceed 150 with 142 rescued or reaching shore. hundreds aboard including 600 drums of butter. The craft sank between Punta Mandinga and Isla Nueva. survivors reached land after hours adrift.
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Guayaquil
Ecuador
Guayss
Puerto Bolivar
Punta Mandinga
Isla Nueva
el Telegrafo
Stormy return ends Soyuz 13 eight-day mission
Cosmonauts Pyotr Klimuk and Valentin Lebedev landed near Karaganda after an eight day flight through a fierce snowstorm with strong winds. Tass reported the crew, both 31, remained in contact during descent and landed safely.
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Moscow
UPS
Earth
Pyotr Klimuk
Valentin Lebedev
Karaganda
Soviet Central Asia
Tass
Limuk
Vladimir A. Shatalov
Shalalov
Soviet launches Molnia 2 satellite for comms and TV
The Tass news agency reported a new Molnia 2 satellite was launched on Christmas day to aid telephone and telegraph links and relay television programs across the Soviet Union. The sputnik orbits Earth every 12 hours 17 minutes with a highly elliptical path reaching up to 24.519 miles in the northern hemisphere.
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Moscow
UPI
Soviet Union
Tass
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Daily Review of
Chris Bochenek
George Wallace
Cincinnati
Ohio
Alabama
Wallace
Red Wheelchairs
Rasy
WOW
Berkey
Oarland
Fremont Framant Hye Prone
Pi Jose Sera Pee
San Jose Wall
SAN Leandro Moring Sharong An Pane
Richmond
Mordensid
ALL Wards
United States
Soviet
Kazakhstan
California
Neil Diamond
Fils Hskidt
Jonathan Lvingston Seagull
Bel
Anth
Harmony Headliners Music
Jonathan Livingston
Seagull
Daly City
San Jose Capi Sauaie Ha Marta
Coal Pines
Roy Clark
Wvard
Pickwick Records
Lynn Anderson
Flower of Love
Columbia Records
Santana
Low
Harmony
San Ar USA
Corte Madera
Antioch
Dakland
Bey Hue Aie
Richmond Dubald
Hana
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