Retiring writer of Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer still writes
Johnny Marks, Brill Building songwriter of Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer, remains active at 63. He recalls nearly discarding the tune before a publisher and Gene Autry helped launch a Christmas staple now tied to NBC’s decade‑long TV special.
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British Prepare For Offensive By IRA Rebels
British troops in Northern Ireland brace for a potential IRA offensive within two weeks before Christmas. Intelligence suggests the Provisional wing could wield up to 20 Soviet RPG7 rocket launchers. A soldier died Sunday while inspecting a rocket found with a comrade as RPG attacks continue, lifting the toll to 659 over three years of conflict.
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Kansas Soldiers Home Denial of Criticism at Fort Dodge
The Kansas Veterans Commission director Wayne Garrett disputed recent letters from former employees alleging poor meals recreation and care at the Kansas Soldiers Home in Fort Dodge. Garrett praised Superintendent L H Johnson and noted a full time recreation director and daily shopping trips to Dodge City. He cited a Dodge City clinic physician visiting twice weekly and said all 131 staff have Civil Service exams.
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Armed Chinese Kill Shepherds On Soviet Soil
A band of armed Chinese entered Soviet Kazakhstan from Sinkiang last month to attack Soviet shepherds, killing five Russian soldiers and an unknown number of shepherds, and escaped with a large herd of sheep. One Chinese was captured. Peking rejected a Kremlin protest, calling the raiders bandits. This marked the first bloodshed on the frontier since 1969.
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Kremlin to offer prizes to boost Russian farm output
The Kremlin will grant cash and autos to outstanding Russian farmers to lift 1973 grain production, but the Agriculture Department warns shortages will persist. Foreign Agricultural Service says even with average weather the USSR faces a sizable 1973 grain deficit, as much as several million tons.
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Prisons Declared Schools of Crime by Hodges
Dr. Bruce E. Hodges former Johnson County Health Director who served a three month federal prison term for illegal drug sales calls prisons schools of crime He spoke at United Methodist Church Lenexa urging rehabilitation distinctions between noncriminal offenders and habitual criminals and noting probation and fines after his conviction
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