Families rejoice as POW list brings hope to homes
Cards from 131 American POWs in North Vietnam bring tears of joy as families learn loved ones are alive. Maj Donald Odell’s four children, who had gone caroling in Mount Clemens, learn their father is alive after 26 months missing. Air Force Lt Michael T. Burns, missing 18 months since being shot down, is also listed as alive.
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North Vietnam
Maj
Donald Odell
Mount Clemens
Mich
Shirley Odell
Air Force
Michael T. Burns
Warsaw
Ind
John B
Decatur Man Charged With Grand Larceny
A 21 year old Decatur man Henry Ray 21 621 Lafayette St NW has been charged with grand larceny. Police said he walked into the Wavaho Service Station on U S 31 around noon and handed a note asking for 150 dollars then took about 100 dollars and fled on foot.
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Decatur
Hartselle
David Sandlin
Henry Ray
Lafayette St NW
Ronnie Lee Williams
Morgan County
Wavaho
U. S
Williams
Four Birmingham children die in duplex fire
A deadly blaze swept through a north Birmingham duplex early today claiming the lives of four children. Authorities work to determine cause as families mourn.
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Birmingham
Ala
Candle burns in weightless orbit but flame dies without convection
Readers ask if a candle would burn in an orbiting capsule with breathable air. Marshall Space Flight Center officials say it would burn but only briefly because there is no convection to supply fresh oxygen and CO2 would smother the flame.
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A. D. Johnson
Decatur
George C. Marshall Space Flight Center
Christmas Letters Reach Families From Vietnam War Prisoners
Mrs Gwen Schweitzer of Lemoore California cried as she got a crude card from her husband Navy Cmdr Robert Schweitzer shot down two years ago. Women antiwar leaders mailed most letters from North Vietnam, claiming pilots praised the antiwar movement and denounced the war. They also visited a Hanoi detention camp with well treated prisoners, while American officials say prisoners cannot receive letters.
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Gwen Schweitzer
Lemoore
Calif
Navy
Robert Schweitzer
North Vietnam
San Francisco
United States
Cora Weiss
New York
Women Strike For Peace
Madeline Duckles
Berkeley Calif
West Coast
Committee of Responsibility
Vietnam Women’s Union
Hanoi
Christmas closures hit area offices and services
Area government and business offices shut for Christmas with Morgan County and Hartselle closing at noon until Monday. Decatur offices stay open Friday while Limestone County courthouses close until Monday. Post offices near Decatur close Thursday and Friday with special-delivery only. Salvation Army toy drive continues and Bowman Transportation workers adopt a Decatur family for Christmas shopping.
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Hartselle
Morgan County
Decatur
Limestone County
Athens
Highway Patrol
St. Ann’s Church
Salvation Army
Decatur Jaycees
I. E. Self
Bowman Transportation Co
Christman Tree Austin Coach Faces Eye Surgery After Hunting Incident
Charles Edward White, assistant football coach at Austin High School, may lose sight in his left eye after a Tuesday hunting accident near Heflin. White, 22, was bird hunting with two former teammates when pellets struck him at noon. He will undergo surgery at Stringfellow Hospital in Anniston.
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Charles Edward White
Austin High School
Heflin
White
Bobby Swafford
Billy Owens
Lowell White
Samfords University
Stringfellow Hospital
Anniston
Millions Prepare For Yale Holiday
Millions around the world make last minute Christmas preparations as peace on earth theme contrasts with ongoing wars in Vietnam and Nigeria. Bethlehem reports three explosions possibly from supersonic aircraft as Israeli security crowds fund the Church of the Nativity. Over 1,000 troops and police man the hill town. In Vietnam ceasefires ease fighting while Radio Hanoi airs prisoner messages. US troops hold Christmas events at hospitals and orphanages.
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Associated Press
Jesus Christ
Vietnam
Nigeria
Mideast
Bethlehem
Christ
Radio
Hanoi
Two Young Patients Know Santa's Near
Rebecca Clemons aged 9 and Curtis Lee Pickett aged 5 are hospital patients. Their parents strive to keep Christmas spirit alive as Santa is notified of their stays at Pineview Hospital and District I Tuberculosis Sanatorium. Rebecca arrived just before her birthday and may not know when she will go home.
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Pineview Hospital
Curtis Leon
Faye Brewington
Rebecca Clemons
Curtis Leon Pickett
Santa
Rebecca
T. D. Clemons
Hartseller
Curtis Lee
District I
Mrs. Clemons
Santa Claus
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Knoxville, Tenn
Tennessee Valley Authority
Saigon
Burns
Washington
Pentagon
Ronnie Williams
J. J
Decatur 2
Robinson Furniture
Wee
Christman
Austin
Tuberculosis Sanatorium
Lonnie McDaniel
First United Methodist Church
Lafayette
Canal Sts
Women’s Society of Christian Service
Billy Smith
Yale
U.S
Far East
Europe
Santa’s
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