Nightclub Gunfight Kills Four in Newport Tennessee
In Newport at the Red Lantern Inn an early Christmas Day gunfight left four men dead and two others critically wounded. Sheriff Tom O'Dell identified victims Ricky Cochran of Dublin Georgia Jackie Mack Layman Gary Miller and Steve Valentine all of Newport. Layman an escapee from Brushy Mountain prison may have sparked the shootout with a carbine return. Police arrested six suspects though no charges filed immediately.
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Danny Davis
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Mandella Stinnett
White Christmas roils nation with snow and twisters
Much of the United States woke to a white Christmas as heavy snows from New England to Arkansas and Texas disrupted travel and toppled trees and power lines. Tornadoes touched down in Pensacola and Silver Hill with no injuries reported, while Arkansas saw road closures and blocked highways before warmer rains melted much of the snow.
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Pacific Coast
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Texas
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Pensacola
Alabama
Silver Hill
CAP searches Sierra for missing Beechcraft plane on Christmas
Civil Air Patrol, in bad weather and thick fog, flies 30 planes and nine ground units across a wide stretch from south of Sonora Pass to north of Beckwourth Pass seeking a Beechcraft Bonanza with four aboard missing since Tuesday. The craft, last seen at Nut Tree airport Vacaville, lacked a working emergency beacon and may have caused two fires near Carson City. Names listed include Ronald Wills, Linda Williamson, Gerald Clark, and pilot Roy Rose.
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frail Mao marks 82nd birthday in waning health
Hong Kong based upi reports Chairman Mao Tse-lung, frail and in failing health, celebrated his 82nd birthday with little fanfare in Beijing. Foreign leaders observed mixed impressions of his condition, noting possible strokes yet acknowledging continued influence and vigilance over succession and socialist mission.
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Quads for Christmas Born in London Hospital
A quadruplet birth reported in London by Marietta van Dorp, wife of a Dutch banker, delivered by cesarean section. The three girls and a boy weighed under four pounds each and were placed in incubators.
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Fr Marietta van Dorp
Lee
Anti-Soviet forces push in Angola despite losses
Union for the Total Independence of Angola leader George Sangumba says anti-Soviet forces press a major offensive to seize a railhead in eastern Angola with mechanized South African aid. Jonas Savimbi reports enormous casualties as Soviet rocket batteries aid the Marxist Popular Movement for the Liberation of Angola. The Kremlin defends involvement amid Kissinger warnings, while Izvestia urges continued support to the Popular Movement.
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Sangumba
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Henry Kissinger
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Izvestia
Eight Die On Christmas Day In Lebanon War
In Beirut and areas east of the capital sniper fire wounded at least eight people on Christmas day. Government efforts to restore peace made no immediate progress as fear kept residents home. Mortars and explosions echoed across Beirut and Ain Rummaneh and Ashrifiyeh as families sheltered in basements. Civil war since April has left thousands dead and wounded amid clashes among Lebanese groups and Palestinian guerrillas.
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Beirut
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