Stay Of A Carol By Sister M Caro lissa Levi
The article presents a Christmas meditation on O Little Town of Bethlehem and Phillips Brooks as the author of the carol. It notes Brooks 1866 Bethlehem visit and his Philadelphia ministry plus organist Lewis Redner who set the tune. It closes with the carol lines and a reflection on Christmas as spiritual renewal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. Carolissa Levi
FSPA
Sacred Heart School
Lima
Wis
Bethlehem
Phillips Brooks
Holy Trinity Church
Philadelphia
Holy Land
Christ
Lord
Lewis Redner
Gift Horse Brings Hope of Walking to Disabled Girl
Debbie Cormier a 13 year old from Greentree Pa gains new resolve after a generous Christmas gift. Edward J DeBartolo of This tledown Race Track purchased a thoroughbred named Matey for Debbie following her wish to ride a horse. The horse arrives as Debbie begins first rides toward walking normally again.
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Pittsburgh
Debbie Cormier
Debbie
George A. Cormier
Greentree
Whirlaway
Matey
Whirlimate
Edward J. DeBartolo
Youngstown, Ohio
Thistledown Race Track
Cleveland
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
DeBartolo
Minnesota Records First Holiday Death
The state logged its first traffic fatality of the holiday weekend as Charles Wilhite 21 of Bird Island died in a two car crash about 12 30 a m five and a half miles north of Bird Island. Paul Ehlers of Hector was hospitalized. The year’s toll rose to 941 from 847 at the same point last year. Darwin Griffith 29 of Circle was killed earlier near Garrison.
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Associated Press
Minnesota
Charles Wilhite
Bird Island
Paul Ehlers
Hector
Circle Pines
Garrison
Darwin Griffith
Circle
North Vietnam Warns On Deeper Involvement In Vietnam War
North Vietnam denounces Thailand Australia and New Zealand for deeper involvement in the war. Nhan Dan claims Thailand hosts anti Communist forces and reports NZ plans to increase to a battalion plus a warship. Australia to send 12 jet bombers destroyer and two minesweepers with a 4500 strong force rising to about 6000. Malaysia notes Canberra jet bombers leaving for Vietnam early next year.
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Tokyo
North Vietnam
Thailand
Australia
New Zealand
Nhan Dan
Communist Party
Vietnam
Abdul Kadir Gin Shamsuddin
Kuala Lumpur
Malaysia
Weekend Weather Outlook With Cold Lows
Variable cloudiness with a chance of light snow or snow flurries Saturday night. Partly cloudy and cold Sunday with a low near zero and a high around 20. Monday remains partly cloudy with little temperature change and a low near zero.
Plane crashes into Lake Texcoco. 145 aboard survive
An Aeromexico DC8 carrying 145 people from New York to Mexico City splashed down in Lake Texcoco near the International Airport. 21 were treated at a Red Cross hospital, 16 released. radar concerns and a late-night departure cited as context. Captain Alfonso Breton piloted. Copilot Everardo Castro Aparicio assisted.
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Lake
Mexico City
New York
International Airport
Aeronaves de Mexico
Red Cross
U.S
Lake Texcoco
Alfonso Breton
Everardo Castro Aparicio
Leathernecks Reply With Artillery Fire
A US Marine company came under heavy small arms and mortar fire during the first day of a 48 hour Christmas truce. Marines replied with artillery fire in the Da Nang area with about 1,000 rounds of small arms fire and 20 mortars reported. Casualties were light. enemy losses unknown.
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Saigon
South Vietnam
5Th Marine Regiment
da Nang
5Th Marines
Binh Thuan
U.S. 1St Cavalry
U.S
U.S. 4Th Infantry Division
Phu Yen
Holiday Death Toll Rises As Travel Peaks During Holiday
Traffic deaths climbed to 153 as heavy travel began with a snowstorm spreading from the central states toward the Atlantic coast. A Greyhound bus overturn near Danville Virginia injured several, while a crash near Hannibal Missouri killed four. National Safety Council projected 650 to 750 deaths in the 78 hour holiday period. AP counted 391 in a nonholiday reference period.
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Associated Press
Arkansas - Oklahoma - Missouri
Atlantic Coast
Greyhound
Danville
Hannibal
National Safety Council
Storm Snarls South Heads Northeast Snowstorm Across Regions
A heavy Christmas snowstorm dumped up to 6 inches in the Northeast and South regions, with record cold in December. The system caused at least 16 traffic deaths across Kentucky Tennessee and Virginia, closed Charleston airport, and disrupted horse racing at the Laurel track in Maryland.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Atlantic
Pennsylvania
New York
New Jersey
Connecticut
Tennessee
Kentucky
Virginia
West Virginia
Charleston
Beckley
Laurel Track
Maryland
Springfield
Tulsa
Dallas
Mercury
Gilbert
Ark
Bartlesville
Oklo
Red Guards Rally Near Macao Border Demands Prominent Demands
Thousands of Red Guards and PLA troops massed two miles from Macao’s border shouting opposition to the Portuguese regime. They demanded expulsion of Nationalists, end to alleged brutality, punishment of army commanders, and crackdown on Taiwan refugee relief activities aiding refugees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
MACAO
Kungpeh
Red Guards
Peoples Liberation Army
Kwangtung
Jose Nobre de Carvalho
Nobre de Carvalho
Red China
Santa Claus Braces for Cold Christmas Eve Run
Winter chill hits Wisconsin with six below zero in La Crosse and subzero readings in Rhinelander Eau Claire and Lone Rock. Milwaukee edges above zero as Christmas Day and Monday bring little relief with near zero mornings. See Santa, Page 2.
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Santa Claus
la Crosse
Rhinelander
Eau Claire
Lone Rock
Milwaukee
Man Injured Walking to Accident Scene in La Crosse County
A 69 year old Stoddard area man Ray L Pfaff was struck on Highway 35 near County Highway K by Eve lyn Beggs 59 of 1654 Farman St while returning to his vehicle after an earlier crash. Pfaff survived with a broken leg and bruises and was listed in good condition at St Francis Hospital.
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la Crosse County
St. Francis Hospital
Ray L. Pfaff
R. J. Stoddard
Evelyn M. Beggs
Farnam St
Pfaff
John L. Bierman
Bloomington
Bierman
Hartford Student Held As Arsonist
Raymond Ekman a 19 year old night student at the University of Hartford was arrested in Hartford Conn on charges of arson and attempted arson bond set at 25000. He is linked to a two month arson series involving burning newspapers weighted with a stone thrown through windows or onto porches. On December 1 curtains in Police Captain Thomas J Hankard home caught fire before the fire could be extinguished. Hankard leads the detective bureau and worked on the case.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hartford, Conn
University of Hartford
Raymond Ekman
Thomas J. Mhankard
Hankard
Detective Bureau
Cargo Plane Crash Kills 60 Near Da Nang
A four engine C144 Flying Tiger cargo plane from Tachikawa Japan crashed while landing near Da Nang air base in heavy rain. Sixty Vietnamese civilians died as wreckage destroyed homes in the village of Bint Thai. at least 20 injured were hospitalized. The crew of four remains unaccounted for.
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DA Nang
South Vietnam
Japan
Tachikawa
da Nang City
Bint Thai
U.S
Military Airlift Command
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Bell
Minnesota Records
N.Z
Nancy Hancock
Pickway County
Ohio
Children’s Hospital
Alvin
Andy) Alltop
East Liberty
Leathernecks
Arkansas
Gulf States
Upper Midwest
Great Lakes
North Pacific Coast
Santa
Hartford
Santa KY
Nguyen Cao Ky
Eugene Blackwell
Long Binh 93Rd
UPI
S. Vietnamese
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