Ding Dong Seeks Witches Threads To Break Santa Spell
In a fairy tale twist Ding Dong and Edgar travel from Hippieville to Butterfly Kingdom to seek the Butterfly Queen. She explains three colored threads held by witches must be woven to break Hesekiah’s spell turning Santa and his land into tops. The Queen offers to go herself, but Edgar fears her departure. Ding Dong volunteers to face the danger.
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Edgar
Santa
Ding Dong
Butterfly Kingdom
Jessamine
Hawthorne
Elf
Santa Claus
the Black Witch
Brazil Armed Forces Put On Alert Amid Government Rift
Brazil faces a military political crisis as the armed forces go on alert after Congress rejects a motion to lift a deputy immunity and protests erupt over deputy Marcio Moreira Alves calling the army a nest of torturers. President Costa Silva consults aides as divisions widen. New roads and harbor projects are noted for Crete in a separate report.
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Rio DE Janeiro
Brazil
Congress
Arthur da Costa Silva
Chamber of Deputies
Marcio Moreira Alves
Army
Navy
Air Force
Moreira Alves
Barbara Gives Birth After Mannington Mine Tragedy
Barbara Toler delivered a 7 pound 11 ounce boy at Fairmont General Hospital after ten days of mine rescue efforts at Mountaineer No. 9 near Mannington left 78 miners sealed in. The birth increases the disaster’s dependent count to 200, with 125 children among them.
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Fairmont
W.va
Barbara Toler
Barbara
Dennis
Mountaineer
Mannington
Thomas Evans
Evans
Fairmont General Hospital
McPherson Man Makes Friendly Light To Train Crews
Robert Gray of McPherson Kansas lives 100 feet from the Rock Island main line and became a railroading enthusiast after helping his father a long time station agent. He signals trains with porch lights sparking friendly toots and a bond with crews from Pratt to Kansas City. A railroad lantern was left at the station as a Christmas gift in appreciation.
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Western Union
Pratt
Kansas City
Gray
Mrs. Gray
Chicago
Rock Island
Kansas
Census reveals high ownership of TVs fridges and washers in 1967
In 1967 the Census Bureau reports 93 percent of U S households owned at least one television set, 85 percent owned a refrigerator, and 72 percent had a washing machine, highlighting wide adoption of home appliances.
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U.S
Census Bureau
Cunningham says U S will top Soviets in moon flight
Astronaut Walter Cunningham told students in Santa Monica that the Russians missed a chance to beat the United States in a manned lunar flight. Apollo 8 is set to begin December 21. Cunningham, with Eisele and Schirra, orbited Earth on Apollo 7 as a prelude to the moon mission.
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Santa Monica
Calif
Walter R. Cunningham
United States
Moon
Cunningham
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