Dead and 33 Hurt In Fall Of Christmas Tree Stage
A six tier wood frame tree collapsed at Bethel Assembly of God in Wichita injuring 33 and killing 42 year old Stanley Bistline. Harold Fechter was hospitalized with pelvic injuries. most victims were treated and released. The scene included a Nativity tableau with live animals on the church lot.
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Wichita
Kan
Stanley D. Bistline
Osteopathic Hospital
Harold Fechter
Fechter
Rick Kensen
Old Christmas Card Loops Through 34th Year
Pass Christian resident E A Harris mails the same Christmas card to his uncle in Louisiana for the 34th consecutive year. The card records every new family member since the first 1942 exchange and may be retired and framed in a couple of years.
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Pass Christian
Miss
Harris
Hogan
E. A. Harris
W. A. Hogan
Epps
Moise D. Harris
Gulfport
Moise Harris
North Pole Santa Has Busy Telephone
Don Miller, self proclaimed Santa of North Pole Alaska says the phone has rung constantly since December first. Calls come from all over including Hawaii and Japan. Santa stays in good humor but sometimes takes the line off after late night requests for toys.
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North Pole
Alaska
Santa Claus
Old St. Nick
Don Miller
Santa
Fairbanks
Miller
Hawaii
Japan
LaCrosse Tribune Classifieds and Rates Notice
The LaCrosse Tribune lists contact numbers for missed papers and classified ads. It provides publication details, office address, mail rates, carrier price, and subscription price within 75 miles of La Crosse.
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Tribune
N. 3Rd St
la Crosse
Wis
Congress Keeps 1976 Spending Under Ceiling So Far
Congress has kept spending within a $374.9 billion limit with a $1.7 billion cushion at adjournment, but early 1976 proposals may erase the margin. Debates center on grants for distressed states, public works, jobs, energy research, and rail aid, amid a higher measured budget by Muskie.
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Washington
Congress
Midwest
House
Senate
Ford
Edmund S. Muskie
Maine
Libyan hostage crisis ends with release of captives
Five oil ministers remain captive as terrorists surrender after negotiations with Libyan officials. Abdessalam returns to plane as a hostage to show solidarity. Grievances center on Arab oil revenue allocation for Palestine. Libyan authorities confirm freed ministers and some officials after a flight to Algiers. Yousuf Izmirli among Libyan staff killed in Vienna attack. his wife Melvina Shore, a former Cudahy, Wis. resident, is American.
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Ter Jamshid Amouzegar
Iran
Abdessalam
Abdelaziz Bouteflika
Tripoli
Bouteflika
Algiers
Yamani
Amouzegar
United States
Palestine
Israel
OPEC
Vienna
Yousuf Izmirli
Libyan Petroleum Ministry
Melvina Shore
Cudahy
Wis
Unusual Christmas Gifts Found In Iowa
In Des Moines a list of gifts for offbeat shoppers includes a $180,000 Hell-Home helicopter camper, a parking meter without its post for $15 each from Red Oak, and a $25 noncredit course gift at Coe College Cedar Rapids. Red Oak sold 300 meters with 20 percent as gifts while offering 50 courses from art to sports.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Red Oak
Coe College
Cedar Rapids
Clay Wetzel
Coe
Weimar Germany
Church leader defies move to remove district president
In St Louis, Lutheran Church Missouri Synod President Rev Dr Jacob A O Preus says he will not oust Southern Illinois District President Rev Herman F Neunacher. He cites peace and harmony as his aim while conservatives may turn against him over the Seminex dispute and calls to declare the office vacant.
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Synod
Preus
Seminex
John Tietjen
Concordia Theological Seminary
St. Louis
Neunaber
Sinois
Presi
Two Firemen Die In Dallas Highrise Fire
A dawn blaze on the 14th floor of a 20 story Athene building on Northwest Highway in Dallas killed two firefighters and injured two others and two residents. About 300 residents were evacuated as flames and smoke trapped people on balconies in 32 degree air before rescuers freed them. The fire was contained within two hours with no cause or damage estimate yet released.
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Dallas
Athena
Northwest
Parkland Hospital
Obsolescence Is Not Haphazard
Washington AP reports Agriculture Secretary Earl L. Butz issued Secretary Memorandum No. 1889 declaring several memoranda obsolete. The order notes a review showing certain memoranda are obsolete, led by Memorandum No. 1880 from Aug 28, 1975, and a spokesman says a future memo may render this one obsolete too.
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Washington
Earl L. Butz
Agriculture Department
Wisconsin student wins Rhodes scholarship 32 named
A Wisconsin student, William J. Cronon of Madison, was named among 32 Rhodes scholarship winners for study at Oxford University. The awards, valued around $5,500, are announced by William J. Barber of Wesleyan University and await Rhodes Trust ratification after Oxford college acceptance.
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Middletown
Oxford
William J. Barber
Wesleyan University
Rhodes Scholarship Trust
Rhodes
College of
Indicted Manson follower linked to threatening letters
Sandra Good 31 and Susan Murphy 28, former associates of Manson followers, were indicted in Sacramento on conspiring to mail 171 threatening letters to business and government leaders. Lynette Fromme named as unindicted co conspirator. FBI arrested the pair at Miss God’s apartment.
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Sacramento
Calif
Charles Manson
Sandra Good
Lynette
Squeaky” Fromme
Ford
Susan
Heather’’ Murphy
Miss Fromme
FBI
Miss Good
Miss Murphy
Miss God
Winter Wheat Forecast Bright
The Agriculture Department said the 1976 winter wheat harvest could be the second-largest ever with about 1.5 billion bushels projected after Dec 1 surveys. If realized, the crop would be 9 percent below this year's record yet 8 percent above 1974.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
U.S
Great Plains
Texas
Montana
Soviet Laser Beams Not Culprit
Pentagon sources say a mysterious phenomenon that sparked fear of Soviet laser attacks on U S early warning satellites came from flames in a ruptured Russian gas pipeline. A study convinced U S experts the Soviets did not target a stationary American satellite with laser beams. Secretary Rumsfeld said he is satisfied the Russians have not been experimenting with blinding U S sensors.
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Washington
Pentagon
U.S
Russia
Donald H. Rumsfeld
Castro signals no U.S. ties while Angola aid remains
Cuban Prime Minister Fidel Castro says he will not withdraw troops from Angola or renounce support for Puerto Rican dissidents for better U.S. relations. President Ford had said Cuba's aid to Angolan rebels destroyed any chance of renewal, and both sides appear to halt efforts toward improved ties.
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Miami
Fidel Castro
Angola
U.S
United States
Castro
Havana
Ford
Cuba
Weather Outlook: Mostly Fair With Snow Flurries in Northwest
Most of the United States will experience fair conditions today. Snow flurries are expected in parts of Montana Idaho and Washington. Snow and rain are slated for parts of Arizona and New Mexico.
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U.S
Montana
Idaho
Washington
Arizona
New Mexico
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Bethel Assembly of God Choir
Schumacher
Don Kish, Jr
Roy Tichenor
Stephen J. Buch
Alan L. Ward
Jim Kirchoff
St. Lacrosse, Wis
LaCrosse Tribune
St. James Catholic Church
Caledonia
Onalaska
Wisconsin
Onalaska City Hall
Manson
Peron
Buenos Aires
Argentina
Isabel Peron
Juan D. Peron
Air Force
Kennedy
New York
John F. Kennedy
White House
Time Magazine
Secret Service
Nassau
Harold MacMillan
Yosemite Park
Palm Beach
Time
Hope Dim
Tri-State
Minnesota
Ay Sheree
Dresbach Lock & Dam
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