Christmas Peace and Bing Crosby Memory Highlight Faith
Our Daily Bread editor notes Christmas serves as a call to peace while noting global conflict and religious strife. He recalls Bing Crosby’s 100000 strong U S troops in France at Christmas and how his White Christmas brought shared sorrow and cheer, illustrating enduring Christian spirit.
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End of year meeting set by Hope City Board
The Hope City Board, in its last meeting, will not schedule another session this year but may address several items. Acting City Manager Jerry Keith cites urgent tasks before year’s end including approving contract 2 for the EPA sewer plant, purchasing new land for parks, and a building site approval for Laurel and Hazel Streets for the Housing Authority. The meeting, set for next Tuesday at 1 p.m., will also cover a rifle range grant request and mayoral authority to sign rent agreements with the Third District Livestock Association.
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Star to skip editions on Christmas and holidays
The Star will not publish on Saturday December 2 and will suspend for Fourth of July Thanksgiving and Christmas. Christmas falls on a Saturday so workers receive a paid day off next week on a department driven staggered schedule. President editor Alex H Washburn gave an operating bonus to all staff earlier this week.
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Bicentennial Delaware crossing reenactment at Washington Crossing
Washington’s Bicentennial return to the Delaware ends with a Christmas Day reeenactment expected to draw about 15 000 spectators. George Washington will be portrayed by St John Terrell in two crossings using Durham boats to tell the 1776 night march.
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Teens turn Santa letters into community aid in Oklahoma
In Midwest City Oklahoma Future Homemakers of America students collect and distribute Christmas gifts to needy families. Sixty two girls run the effort from a high school classroom, answering Santa letters and funding year round help for 16 then 20 then 35 families. Debbie nine writes asking for food clothes bedclothes and milk for her baby brother and prays for her uncle to come home.
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Bethlehem Christmas preparations amid security in Bethlehem
In Bethlehem the Church of the Nativity and Manger Square glow with lights as Israeli soldiers set up barricades for an expected 20 000 worshippers. Nine cruise ships arrive and El Al expands capacity for Yuletide pilgrims while Mayor Elias Freij pushes to beautify Manger Square.
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Ex CIA agent arrested on espionage charges
Edwin G. Moore 56, a retired CIA employee, was arrested in Bethesda Maryland as he arrived to pick up a package he believed contained money. The FBI says the envelope held copies of classified papers and a note offering to sell U.S. secrets to the Soviet Union.
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FBI
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Bethesda
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U.S
Oakhaven Holds Annual Luminary Nights
Oakhaven is hosting its Luminary on Thursday and Friday evenings with 1800 candles lit at six oclock each night. The public is invited to view the display by car, with lights dimmed and entries from the east end for best effect.
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Oakhaven
Reynolds to lay off workers at Benton plant
Reynolds Metals Co. plans to lay off 30 to 100 of its 1 100 Hurricane Creek employees starting next Monday. The cutback follows reduced production. Output will fall from 1.73 tons of aluminum per day to 1 250 tons.
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Benton, Ark
Reynolds Metals Co
Hurricane Creek
Hempstead County Schedules Two Public Hearings on CDP Amendments
Hempstead County will hold two public hearings to discuss amendments to the Community Development Program. The project total is 250000 dollars. The first hearing is December 29 at 10 a.m. at the Hempstead County Courthouse, with a second on December 30 at the same location. Citizens may attend either or both hearings.
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Hempstead County
Carter names Califano head of HEW department
President elect Carter selected Washington lawyer Joseph Califano Jr. to lead the Department of Health Education and Welfare. He also named James R. Schlesinger as energy czar and Theodore Sorensen to a top intelligence post. The announcements followed a news conference on Air Force One as Carter returned to Georgia from Chicago after attending Mayor Daley's funeral.
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Richard Daley
Union Baptist invites all to sunrise and 11 am services
The Union Baptist Church at Fulton invites everyone to worship during their annual sunrise service at 6 a.m. Christmas and the 11 a.m. service. A Saturday program will discuss the true meaning of Christmas. Deer hunting totals in Hempstead County reach 513 for open season with 424 killed between November 8 and 13.
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Fulton
Hempstead
Ben Gee Waller Jr
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