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Newspaper
Las Vegas Sun
Location
Las Vegas, Nevada, United States of America
Date
Dec 25, 1976
Page
4
A Christmas Eve fire in a three flat Chicago building killed twelve people and injured eight, many of them children. Witnesses described flames from a grease pan carried by a man who fled as residents jumped to the sidewalk.
In Moscow 17 Jews under house arrest for attending a banned Jewish Culture symposium are freed. Authorities detained or jammed about 30 more activists seeking to mark the sixth anniversary of the Leningrad hijack trial with a protest vigil. A dissident described harsh questioning and a parasitism charge.
Clark County Health Department extended the pollution alert as winds were not expected to persist. Carbon monoxide readings neared the emergency threshold of 40 mg per cubic meter while officials urged reduced travel and extra care for those with breathing problems.
A trash fire set by a man burned through 25 houses a church and two businesses in Bartlesville Oklahoma on Christmas Eve. Winds of 40 mph fanned the flames damaging a low income area with cramped wooden homes leaving about 100 homeless. No injuries were reported but officials cited total area destruction and Red Cross shelters while the National Guard stood by.
Two officers on a quiet Christmas Eve spot a car going the wrong way. A routine license check escalates as the driver fights, yanks a officer’s tie, and lands in cuffs. The scene ends with the arrest and a disrupted holiday.
A 2.5 slander suit against Judy Garland's former husband Sid Luft was dismissed by a Los Angeles judge. The ruling found insufficient proof that a videotape distributor owned tapes of the Judy Garland Show.
A Friday afternoon crash at Rainbow Boulevard and Spring Valley Parkway left one man dead. Cathleen Phinney, 74, was injured and listed in critical condition at Southern Nevada Memorial Hospital. the other driver Robert Salzberg 26 and passengers Walter Harbert 24 and John Pasnik 29 sustained lesser injuries and sought private medical care. Investigators had not yet determined the cause of the 3 15 p.m. collision.
An Egyptair 707 crashed into the No 1 Thai Textile factory north of Bangkok Don Muang airport on Christmas morning. All 51 aboard were killed and there may be ground casualties as the plant runs 24 hours.
Freij expects 20 000 visitors in Manger Square for Christmas Eve rites as Msgr Bertritti arrives from Jerusalem with Israeli security. A 1 000 strong crowd enters St Catherine's for vespers while 4 000 mingle in the square amid hawkers and a band. Israeli troops guard routes to Bethlehem as patrols monitor the hills.
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