Carter to receive grim CIA view of Soviet aims
President elect Carter will be briefed next month on an intelligence estimate that warns the Soviet Union seeks superiority over U S forces over the next decade. The report, produced with outsider input, notes signs such as new guided missiles and extensive underground shelters.
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David Binder
N.Y
Soviet Union
United States
George Bush
Central Intelligence
Bush
Howard Stoertz
Central Intelligence Agency
Northport Man Dies In Wreck
Funeral for 68 year old Leroy T Gray of Northport will be at Five Points Baptist Church. He died in a two car wreck 6.4 miles east of town en route to Huntsville for Christmas. Grandson Danny Brown of Huntsville is in serious condition. Norman and Genell McKinney of Florence are in fair condition with jaw and skull injuries. Funeral at 2:30 with Sunset Memorial Park Cemetery burial. Brown Service directing.
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Here
Five Points Baptist Church
Guy Holloway
Leroy T. Gray
Alabama
Gray
Holloway
Huntsville
Danny Brown
Hartselle Hospital
Norman McKinney
Genell
Florence
Birmingham
D. L. Livingston
Morgan, Limestone, Cullman
Lawrence County
Sunset Memorial Park Cemetery
Fountain Lawn Brown Service Funeral Home
Christmas Day Contrasts Amid Hope and Hunger Worldwide
Christmas 1976 brought global messages of peace from Pope Paul VI and Queen Elizabeth II while war and tension lingered in Jordan, Ireland, and South Africa. In the United States, tragedies and joy coexisted with weather disruptions and political transitions as Ford, Carter, and families observed the holiday.
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Associated Press
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Britain
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Illinois
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Bangkok
Thailand
Jet Hits Mill 69 Die in Thai Disaster
Rescue workers pulled charred bodies from a Bangkok textile mill after an Egyptair Boeing 707 jetliner crashed a mile from the airport and exploded. About 69 believed dead include all passengers and several mill workers. 40 bodies recovered as Egyptian aviation experts awaited the flight recorder. Witnesses described roofs torn off and explosions as foggy Christmas dawn turned tragic.
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Neal Ulevich
Bangkok
Thailand
Egyptair
Cairo
Illness Fatal To Mrs Chenault Funeral Set At Brown Chapel
Mrs Erskine Murray Chenault longtime Girl Scout leader and civic activist dies after lengthy illness at a local hospital. Funeral Monday at 2 p.m. at Brown Service Funeral Home Chapel with Rev Edwin Dalstrom officiating. burial in Decatur Cemetery. Formerly Julia Eleanor Blair daughter of John and Julia Blair of Nashville. lived at 1414 14th Ave SE. helped establish nurse training at Calhoun Junior College and led prenatal program with Morgan County Medical Auxiliary and Health Department.
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Erskine Murray Chenault
Brown Service
Funeral Home Chapel
Edwin Dalstrom
Decatur
Brown
Morgan County Medical Auxilliary
Morgan County Health Department
Two Men Wounded In Hunting Mishaps
Two hunters were treated for gunshot wounds on Saturday after Christmas Day incidents. Van Charest, 25, Somerville, was shot in the left thigh near Sharp's Ford Bridge around 4:30 p.m. and released with pellet in place. James Rogers, 24, Decatur, was treated at Parkway Medical Center at 4 p.m. and released. no further details available.
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van Charest
Somerville 3
Hartselle
Claude Ragsdale
Morgan County
Sheriff's Department
Charest
Sharp's Ford Bridge
Dean Charest
James Rogers
Decatur 1
Parkway Medical Center
Koreans Offer Rhodes Honorary Doctorate
A South Korean university offered House Republican Leader John Rhodes an honorary doctorate and said it would fund his trip to accept it anytime he chose. Rhodes initially accepted, postponed the October 1975 date, and last February declined both the degree and any subsidized travel to South Korea.
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Washington
John Rhodes
Rhodes
South Korea
Washington's Trenton victory nets 1000 Hessians
In a Daily On This Date in 1776, George Washington’s forces overwhelmed Hessian troops at Trenton New Jersey, capturing about 1,000 soldiers. The item also includes classified want ad contact numbers and a brief weather note with today’s highs in the low 40s and a low around the mid 20s.
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George Washington
Trenton
N.J
Predatory Birds Return To Wheeler Refuge Winter Roosting
Predatory birds have returned to Wheeler National Wildlife Refuge for winter roosting and feeding. Tom Atkeson, the refuge manager, notes golden eagles and many red tailed hawks, with two young bald eagles and a pair of peregrine falcons observed. He links declines to DDT and related pesticides, adds that the peregrine is near extinction in northern habitats, while red tailed hawks rebound. Hunters are urged not to shoot these protected birds and an injured owl illustrates ongoing risks from gunfire.
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Wheeler National Wildlife Refuge
Tom Atkeson
Atkeson
Sells 69 Pontiac in Daily Ad in Hartselle
Kurt Kuzdek, Hwy 31 South, Hartselle, advertises a 1969 Pontiac Grand Prix Model J fully equipped with best offer. He notes 7 additional responses and invites other buyers to place offers. Daily-Ad department details and open hours follow.
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Kurt Kuzdek
Hwy
Hartselle
Pontiac
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