Circle Tavern Gun Attack Leaves Seven Wounded in Deerfield Beach
Three white youths fired a machinegun from a passing car into the Circle Tavern crowd on Christmas Eve, wounding seven of about 20 patrons. Witnesses described rapid fire from a 45-caliber automatic weapon as deputies and the FBI investigate possible gang involvement.
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Deerfield Beach
Fila
UPI
Broward County
Thre Road
Circle Tavern
North District Hospital
Pompano Beach
Tornadoes Strike South and Midwest Souring Christmas Day
Tornadoes raked the south injuring five and causing heavy property damage. A snow and ice storm hit the Midwest and fog delayed travelers in the Northeast. A small tornado cut a mile long path in Niceville Florida injuring two and inflicting about 95000 dollars in damage. Other twisters damaged Alabama Georgia and Tennessee with warnings in Louisiana Mississippi and Arkansas. In Foley Alabama a tornado wrecked five planes and damaged a restaurant service station and houses while a Covington Georgia dairy barn was battered and a prize herd of Holsteins reduced by two.
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United Press International
Midwest
Seaboard
Niceville
Fla
Alabama
Georgia
Tennessee
Louisiana
Mississipppi
Arkansas
Foley
Highway Patrol
Covington
J. T. Pope, Jr
Holiday greetings and political notes from Nevada press
A holiday column by Phil Cummings reflects on local figures including Bud Albright James Slattery and Jack Laxalt. It recalls political races Storey County Virginia City and hopes for good government while sharing festive well wishes and family anecdotes.
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Storey County
Virginia City
Phil Cummings
Phil
Virginia
Sharon
Bill
Susan
Pamela
Christmas Comes to Vegas Quietly but Busy Hotels Report Full Houses
Las Vegas area shelters fed 100 plus, Elks served 300 families, and food baskets exceeded 200 as Christmas managers described a quiet but bustling holiday. The Clark County jails fed 400 plus inmates with turkey or ham menus, while Strip hotels reported sold out shows and record walkouts from guests and reservations shifting to New Year’s.
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Oren Cordrey
Elks Lodge
Las Vegas
Moapa
Elks
Clark County
Vivian Kelloge
Donohue
Thomas
Thousand Island
Milkman transfer triggers local protest in Wickford
Seventy eight housewives in Wickford protest the reassignment of their regular milkman Dick Rowlands aged 50 to a different route. One resident says he is "like one of the family" as the complaint spreads among neighbors.
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Wickford
England
UPI
Dick Rowlands
Kennedy Family Heads to Aspen in Kennedy Ski Trip
The Kennedy family plans to travel to Aspen by air and chartered plane with Mrs. Kennedy a novice skier and Mrs. Lawford's husband Peter Lawford not joining. Caroline John Sr Robert and their children will arrive by United Airlines and Trans World Airlines, then transfer to a Continental DC3 for Aspen. Secret Service will accompany the party at the 44 room lodge.
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United Air Lines
Trans World Airlines
Continental Airlines
Aspen
Kennedy
Northwest Flooding Strikes Portland and Surrounding Areas
Portland endures severe flooding with eight inches over streets near Union Pacific tracks. Willamette River breaches a dike at Havyder Island displacing 20 trailer families. Navigation closed. 7,000 homeless. 16 flood deaths statewide. many sheltered in tents. Washington and California report high waters and relief efforts.
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Portland
Union Pacific Railroad
Columbia River
Willamette
Havyder Island
British hotels faulted for poor bathroom facilities
A British Travel and Holiday Association spokesman said an investigation found British hotels have deplorable bathrooms. He added American visitors, used to higher standards, do not complain but consider Britain's plumbing quaint.
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London
UPI
British Travel and Holiday Association
Britain
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Decatur
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