Lisa returns home as father dies after plea for daughter
Lisa, a Chicago runaway, returns home for her father Paul Cruz's funeral after seven months away. His dying plea for Lisa was spoken by Christine, 21, as family members including Dorothy and seven siblings mourned. Lisa, six months pregnant, arrived with her Florida friend and boyfriend after Cruz's Thanksgiving hospital stay.
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Chicago
Christine
Paul Cruz
Cruz
Dorothy
Florida
Overeater Struggles Ends Up Living In a Bus
Greas Martin, a about 60 year old former construction worker, dug a hollow beneath an old bus near the Suwamish River south of Seattle to escape his life of overeating, drinking, and overwork. He now weighs 235 pounds, his blood pressure improved, and he lives on candles and propane with a water ration of about a gallon daily. He follows a vegetarian diet and has stopped beer, using the bus as a shelter with a soil-covered entrance and a vent and chimney above.
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Martin
Lin
Suwamish River
Sealle
Town evacuated after propane leak derails tank car
The northeastern Nebraska town of Battle Creek evacuated all 77 residents after a derailed tank car released propane gas. National Guard units guarded deserted streets as residents were woke and told to leave. Shelter and supplies were provided by Red Cross and local officials planned to allow return by morning.
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Nebraska
Nebraska National Guard
Norfolk City Auditorium
Red Cross
Maryland
West Virginia
Mistress wins right to home in social rights ruling
A five judge appeals court ruled that a mistress has the right to return to a government owned flat she shared with Nehemiah Johnson. Johnson was ordered to move out. Lord Denning stated social justice requires precedence of social rights over property rights and that protecting the woman, married or not, comes first.
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London
Jennifer Davis
Nehemiah Johnson
Johnson
Lord Denning
Wallenberg case seen alive in 1975 says Wiesenthal
Simon Wiesenthal told reporters in Rome that he has new information on Raoul Wallenberg. He claimed Wallenberg may have been alive in 1975 at Irkutsk Psychiatric Hospital in Siberia after disappearing in 1944 from Budapest while aiding Jews. Wiesenthal spoke after international hearings on human rights abuses in the Soviet bloc.
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Rome
Raul Wallenberg
Wiesenthal
Jewish Documentation Center
Vienna
Wallenberg
Irkutsk
Siberia
Budapest
Hungary
Soviet Union
Europe
Tony Bennett attends mother's funeral amid San Francisco singing stay
Entertainer Tony Bennett flew to River Edge on Monday for his mother Anna Benedetto's funeral after completing a weekend engagement in San Francisco. Bennett recalled his mother's support and canceled the final week of performances at the Fairmont Hotel's Venetian Room to attend the service on Wednesday. He said the decision honored her wishes and would not disappoint his audiences.
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Tony Bennett
Francisco
River Edge
Anna Benedetto
Bennett
San Francisco
Fairmont Hotel
Reindeer Gift Arrives at National Zoo From Finland
Four reindeer donated by Finland arrived at the National Zoo in Washington on Monday after a five hour drive from Clifton 2. They spent 30 days at Clifton Animal Center in Agriculture quarantine and were tested for hoof and mouth disease and tuberculosis. Edward Gierek, noted Polish Communist Party leader, arrived in Rome for a three day visit including a meeting with Pope Paul VI.
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Finland
Amy Carter
National Zoo
Washington
Clifton
Clifton Animal Center
Department of Agriculture
Edward Glerek
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