Pilgrims Arrive in Bethlehem for Christmas Celebrations
Thousands of Christian pilgrims travel to Bethlehem to take part in Christmas ceremonies amid tight Israeli security. Some 20 000 visitors expected on Christmas Eve, with the Roman Catholic patriarch Giacomo Beltritti leading a motorcade from Jerusalem to the Church of the Nativity.
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Bethlehem
West Bank
Christ
Elias Freij
Josph
Mary
Msgr
Giacomo Guiseppe Beltritti
Jerusalem
Rachel
Manger Square
Church of the Nativity
FAA OKs Midnight Sleigh Ride
The FAA grants top priority to a flight plan filed by S. Claus. The voyage begins at sundown Friday from the North Pole, cruising at 80 000 feet then descending toward Hudson Bay. After crossing the Canadian border he will pass Minneapolis and Chicago Air Route centers, including O'Hare.
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Chicago
Federal Aviation Administration
S. Claus
FAA
National Airways System
Claus
Point Barrow
Alaska
North Pole
Hudson Bay
Minneapolis
Carter completes cabinet picks plans quiet Christmas
President elect Carter settles at home for a quiet Christmas with family after naming his cabinet. Califano heads HEW, Schlesinger as energy adviser, Sorensen as CIA director. He schedules postholiday meetings on St Simons Island and hosts talks with New York officials.
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Department of Health, Education and Welfare
Carter
Defense
James R. Schlesinger
Theodore Sorensen
John F. Kennedy
CIA
St. Simons Island
South Georgia
New York
Hugh Carey
New York City
Abraham Beam
Lillian’’ Carter
Americus-Sumter County
Woman revisits Amazon Christmas drums in Peru trip
Bernice Jenson, 71, plans a return journey starting December 28 after a year in Peru. She recalls sundown Christmas Eve drums rising then fading, a mix of religions and rites among tribes. Her Peru visit followed by Explorama lodges near Iquitos, with memories of river life and jungle communities.
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Galesville
Wis
Bernice
Bernie
Jenson
Amazon River
Peru
Lewiston
Minn
University of Wisconsin-Stout
LeRoy ‘Stoney’ Jenson
Peter
Iquitos
Amazon
Atlantic
Action Against State Personnel Board Urged by Atty Gen
Wisconsin Atty. Gen. Bronson La Follette urged Gov. Lucey to resign or remove the five member State Personnel Board over possible criminal and civil service violations in their search for a new personnel director. He suggested a grand jury probe if board resignations are not forthcoming. three to five potential violations were noted.
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Madison, Wis
Bronson la Follette
Patrick J. Lucey
la Follette
Justice Department
Carl Wettengel
Lucey
Wisconsin
Wettengel
Vern Knoll
Knoll
Percy Julian
John A. Serpe
Kenosha
Serpe
Personnel Board
Bureau of Personnel
Bill Broydrick
Julian
Broydrick
Madison Law
Laurene DeWitt
Marinette
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Areve
Tribune
French Creek Lutheran Church
R. 2
Ettrick
Coulee
Carters
Indianapolis Center
Cleveland Center
Rudolph
Patricia
James Luehmann
Bernice Jenson
Steve Ny
Starr
Packer
Mitchell Hall
Mormon Coulee Road
Ann Lander
State Personnel Board
Susan Steininger
Janesville
Nellie E. Wilson
Milwaukee
Dale McKenna
D-Jefferson
McKenna
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