Christmas Memories Mark Phase II Holiday Weekend
Leftover trees and bills piled up as families faced four shopping days until 1977. Pope Paul VI urged compassion in a global Christmas broadcast while traffic crashes claimed about 400 lives nationwide during the three day holiday period. A Chicago fire killed twelve including ten children on Christmas Eve as a Fairfield Maine blaze injured a widow and claimed three young boys.
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National Safety Council
Chicago
Jesus Garcia
Fairfield
Maine
Cotton Maid Competition Ends Week in Memphis
Eighteen finalists from eleven cotton producing states compete in Memphis to crown the 1977 Maid of Cotton. The winner will be named Wednesday night and begin duties with a New Year’s Day Cotton Bowl appearance in Dallas before a six month world tour promoting cotton and its economic role.
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Memphis
Victoria Laughlin
Newport Beach
Calif
U.S
Dallas
Tex
Tennessee
Betsy Mercer Callicott
Teresa Ellen Crenshaw
Ellen Douglas Clark
Ann Marcelle Joiner
Lookout Mountain
Mississippi
Derrith Agnes Allgood
Nedra LaJean Allgood
Gulfport
Robin Suzanne Carr
San Gabriel
Laura Catherine Ariz
Lynne Lovelady
Cullman
Ala
Diana Lynn Moon
Aberdeen
N.C
Janet Virginia Stickley
Salisbury
Janis Lynne Nilsson
Los Alamos
N.M
Beverly Jean Pepple
Piedmont
S.C
Kimberlee Marie Ploch
Amarillo
Robin Marie Rainbolt
el Paso
Nancy Elaine Stanley
Jacksonville
Fla
Corrected Face Brings Girl Great Christmas in Oregon
Ida Hays, 16, underwent a rare 10 hour surgery at NYU Hospital to correct orbital hypertelorism by moving her eyes and filling gaps with hip bone. The $6000 operation was funded by local drives, raising over 10000, and changed how people treat her while her daily life and school schedule adapt to new sight.
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LA Grande, Ore
Ida Hays
Ida
New York University Hospital
Institute of Reconstructive Plastic Surgery
Oregon
Snow and Cold Persist Across North Carolina Fronts
The National Weather Service reports cold fronts sweeping through North Carolina bringing 1 to 3 inches of snow in the mountains and continuing brisk winds east of the range. A coastal small craft advisory remains in effect as another winter storm develops in the Rockies and threatens precipitation midweek.
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Associated Press
North Carolina
National Weather Service
Rockies
North Carolina Sees Sunny Yet Cold Tuesday
North Carolina's forecast called for sunny skies and cold conditions across most areas. The Triad region expected similar weather with cold temperatures and northwest winds reducing wind chill.
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North Carolina
Triad
North and South Carolina Weather Forecast Update
North Carolina shows partly cloudy mountains and mostly sunny areas with windy cool highs in the 40s and near 50 in the southeast. Tonight lows in the 20s to 30s, Tuesday slightly warmer, rain chances near zero to 10 percent. South Carolina expects sunny cool today and Tuesday with highs in the 50s and 60s along the coast, minimal tonight, then warmer Tuesday. Extended outlook through Friday calls for rain to coastal 60s and 50s inland with mountain 20s by week end.
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North Carolina
South Carolina
Snowy Northeast Roads Drive Fatalities Rise
Snowy weather slowed travel across the Northeast and Midwest as the Christmas weekend ended. The Associated Press tallies 398 traffic deaths from 6 p.m. Thursday to midnight Sunday, nearing early predictions by the National Safety Council of 460 to 560. The prior year four-day holiday saw 397 deaths.
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Associated Press
Midwest
National Safety Council
Prayers Answered Call for Help and Support
A visitor offers prayer over the phone at 454 4511 and invites written prayers to P O Box 154 Jamestown N C 27282. A recorder will respond, asking only for the caller's need and promising intercession.
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P. O
Jamestown
Gov Lightning Rod Post Burns Gene Anderson
RALEIGH AP Gene Anderson says he has been a political lightning rod for Gov Jim Holshouser and his reputation is permanently damaged by unfavorable reports He recalls being introduced at events with misperceptions formed by the press and broadcasts and laments the impact on his public image Anderson 38 served as executive director of the state Republican party and later as special assistant to the governor during Holshouser's tenure
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Raleigh
Gene Anderson
Jim Holfhouser
Anderson
Republican Party
Holshouser
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