Holiday spree boosts merchants with double digit sales rise
Associated Press reports retailers nationwide posted healthy Christmas season gains with increases from 10 to 45 percent in cities such as Washington Richmond Milwaukee and San Francisco. Luxury goods jewelry and electronics sold well while heavy post holiday crowds faced weather slowdowns. Authorities investigated a New York City homicide involving two young children found dead in a vacant East Harlem lot amid a mother and boyfriend charged in their deaths.
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Ford orders Kissinger to fight Mexico drug traffic
President Ford declares drug abuse a tragic national problem and directs Secretary Kissinger to press the Mexican government to curb heroin and other illicit drug flow across the border. He urges Congress to pass mandatory minimum sentences and ratify international drug controls, while outlining a broad governmental framework to tackle the issue.
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Ford spills again on ski run at Vail in new stumble
President Ford slips during a Friday attempt at the Bwana run an intermediate course at Vail Colorado and struggles to rise while U S Olympic skier Susie Patterson smiles. The incident comes after a prior spill on Christmas with AP Wirephoto.
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L A Woman plot figure gets 94 year term
Joyce Lewis, 44, motel operator, sentenced to up to 94 years for a Los Angeles city check fraud scheme totaling more than 3.5 million dollars. Judge E Talbot Callister warned she may aid authorities in identifying city employees involved. Co-defendants include Morton Freeman, Bernard Howard and Richard Keats who faces state charges as the alleged mastermind.
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Mercenary Recruiting Flourishes in Southern California
An investigative report in The San Diego Evening Tribune finds Southern California a major mercenary recruiting hub for conflicts in Angola and the Middle East. San Diego ranks near New York City in veteran population, with recruiters like El Kamas Enterprises seeking trained soldiers such as demolition experts and commandos.
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Fog shuts down airports for second night
Heavy fog hit the Southland for a second straight night halting all arrivals at Los Angeles International and Orange County airports while some departures continued. Long Beach Airport stayed open but with restricted visibility as the fog reached north to San Francisco and Sacramento causing flight interruptions. Traffic dropped with weather hazards possibly lowering holiday tolls. a 58-year-old Santa Monica man died after being struck while jogging on San Vicente Boulevard near 19th Street.
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Socialite says she dated JFK for years in Senate days
Joan Lundberg Hitchcock, a San Francisco socialite and former board of supervisors candidate, says she had a three year affair with John F. Kennedy when he was a senator. She portrays Kennedy as a “ladies man” and says she will elaborate in an autobiography.
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North Vietnam plans elections for central government
The report notes that North Vietnam intends to hold elections next year for a single central government. This brief item appears on page A-2 and summarizes the governmental move without further detail.
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