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Newspaper
Independent
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Dec 22, 1971
Page
5
The Committee to Save Christmas reports over $5,000 raised for seriously injured children in Vietnam. Father James Purcell cautioned the largest gift was 33 dollars while the smallest was 15 cents from two young girls. Seventy five individuals and groups donated after pledging to spend less on themselves.
Larry the German shepherd valued at $15 000 and insured for $3 000 bolted from a kennel at John F. Kennedy International Airport while being loaded for a United Airlines flight to Seattle. For three days the dog eluded追 tracking dogs, Port Authority police and airline staff, with searches called off at night and resuming daily.
United Air Lines will assign one of its Boeing 747s to the San Francisco Los Angeles commuter route. The jet, usually used on transcontinental or Hawaii runs, will serve the busy one hour clocking, heavily traveled segment between the two cities.
LURNS Oregon Pearl Smyth left $100000 in her will to Harney County Hospital to build a new wing for aging cowboys. Smyth, widow of an eastern Oregon rancher, died last week at age 80.
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