Carter plans quiet traditional Christmas at home in Plains
President elect Carter ends cabinet naming spree and retreats for a peaceful Christmas with family in Plains Georgia. He outlines a sober holiday with limited public statements and concentrates on a shared meal routine while his mother Ruth Carter Stapleton remains hospitalized through Christmas.
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Department of Health, Education and Welfare
Defense
James Schlesinger
Theodore Sorensen
John F. Kennedy
CIA
St. Simons Island
South Georgia
New York
Hugh Carey
New York City
Abraham Beame
Carters
Jimmy
Billy
Gloria
Lillian
Americus-Sumter County
Powell
Ruth Carter Stapleton
North Carolina
Rosalynn
Sniper Attacks Prompt Durham Residents to Stay Indoors
In Durham North Carolina police urge residents to keep windows closed and drapes drawn through the holiday season amid a string of sniper assaults that killed two and wounded two. The latest victim, Herbert Bradshaw, 68, a retired newspaper editor, was killed while standing at a kitchen window washing dishes. Police believe one shooter is responsible and that victims were not targeted for personal reasons.
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Durham
N.C
Herbert Bradshaw
Death Race game outrages safety experts in Family magazine
Safety officials condemn an electronic driving game named Death Race. Players earn points by running down pedestrian figures and are ranked from Skeleton Chaser to Expert Driver. Dr. Gerald Driessen says the game shifts viewers toward real violent action, making players actors in violence.
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Chicago, Ill
Family Magazine
National Safety Council
Gerald Driessen
Council
Sideshow atmosphere at San Francisco drive in shooting
Witnesses recalled spectators joking and eating as a man, Joseph Romero, 53, lay mortally shot on the Tic-Tock drive in. He died later at San Francisco General Hospital after a 30 minute wait for an ambulance while his wife watched.
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San Francisco
Calif
Joseph Romero
San Francisco General Hospital
Romero
Carol Peppars
Sparks Bomb Incident Raises Death By Own Action Question
Police in Sparks Nevada said they were unsure if Harley Moore a 62 year old ranch hand carrying three bombs died by his own action or in an attack on a municipal building. Moore once confined to a mental hospital and deemed mentally incompetent was upset over a $110 March fine after leaving a courtroom without paying another fine for driving without a license. His car had been impounded by a justice of the peace.
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Sparks
NEV
Harley Moore
Moore
ACLU to defend black Marines in Camp Pendleton clash
The American Civil Liberties Union offers to defend 13 black Marines charged with attacking white Marines at Camp Pendleton on November 13. The ACLU also backs Klan members who were targets of the assault and has sued the Marine Corps over harassment of Klan members.
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Camp Pendleton
Calif
The
American Civil Liberties Union
ACLU
San Diego
Corps
Family prays over dead infant in Miami home
In Miami the body of a year-old baby lay in a home for 24 hours as relatives prayed for a revival. Detective James McHugh said the family refused to believe the child was dead and wouldn’t explain the death, repeating that God would take care of them.
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Miami
Fla
Dade County
James McHugh
Couple Held in Counterfeit Case in Nebraska
A man and a woman from Sidney were held by Kearney authorities for possessing counterfeit bills valued at over $10,000, according to the Nebraska State Patrol.
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Kearney, Neb
Sidney
Kearney
Nebraska State Patrol
Twin streak twins for the Murphy family in Omaha Neb
Margaret Murphy gave birth to twins for the third straight time in Omaha Nebraska. Her husband Jim Murphy, an electrical lineman, said he is in seventh heaven. The doctor delivered the previous twins and did not anticipate more. The couple may be the first in both families to have twins. She noted the challenge of many children under eight but maintains a routine.
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Omaha
Neb
Margaret Murphy
Jim Murphy
Jim
Seventh Heaven
Socialists sweep Singapore election landslide win
SINGAPORE AP Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew's People's Action Party won all 69 parliamentary seats in the election, marking the party's third straight sweep. Yew called the victory a mandate to continue his policies, including controversial measures such as jailing pro Communist activists without trial.
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Singapore
Lee Kuan Yew
Yew
Socialist
People’s Action Party
Derailment blocks capital rail link to Washington
A 12-car Conrail freight derailment on the Potomac River Rail Bridge halted northbound Amtrak service to Washington. Passengers from Alexandria were shuttled to Union Station as crews reboarded trains, with no injuries reported and clearance time unknown. Amtrak referenced multiple affected trains and a peak holiday travel period, underscoring the disruption to the sole northern entry.
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Washington, D.C
Potomac River
Amtrak
Washington
Alexandria, Va
Brian Duff
National Passenger Train Corporation
Alexandria
Union Station
Conrail
Duff
Southern Railroad
Miami
Challenge to Army over Slovik case and death benefits
Philadelphia AP A lawyer for Pvt Eddie Slovik's widow asks the Army Board for Correction of Military Records to reopen the 1945 desertion case and award $61,000 in life insurance proceeds plus interest. The filing claims inadequate psychiatric evaluation and lack of trial records, and cites a commanding officer's pleas against sending Slovik to combat.
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Philadelphia
Eddie Slovik
Army
Slovik
France
Bernard Edelson
Army Board For Correction
Detroit
Edelson
Arnold Shaw
Lufkin
Tex
Shaw
Berrigan siblings mourn their mother Frida Fromhart Berrigan
Frida Fromhart Berrigan mother of antiwar priests Daniel and Philip Berrigan died Wednesday at Loretto Geriatric Center Syracuse after a long illness. She was 90.
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Syracuse
N.Y
Frida Fromhart Berrigan
Daniel and
Philip Berrigan
Loretto Geriatric Center
Ford Affection for Vail Masks President’s Declining Spotlight
In Vail Colorado President Ford worries fade from national headlines as staff face rent charges for borrowed skis and public attention shifts toward Carter. Reports say Ford’s skiing injuries slow him despite a holiday routine of church services and family gifts.
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Washington Post
Vail
Colo
Ford
White House
Ron Nelsen
Washington
U.S
Colorado
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