Joy of Christmas Observed Amid Global Tensions 1964
Christians celebrate Christmas as joy amid wars in Congo and Vietnam. Pope Paul VI calls for spiritual renewal. Johnson sends greetings to U S troops. Bob Hope entertains in Vietnam. Cross lighting in Korea. Berlin wall crossings. Jerusalem Mandelbaum Gate opens for Arab Christians. 4,500 expected to cross.
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Congo
Viet Nam
Christ
Pope Paul VI
Vatican City
Washington
Johnson
U.S
Bob Hope
Hope
South Korea
West Germany
William W. Quinn
7Th Army
Berlin
West Berlin
West
Israel
Jordan
Mandelbaum Gate
Johnson Ranch Home Decorated for Season
Johnson City AP report describes Christmas at the Johnson ranch with stockings marked Daddy Mother Lynda and Luci hung by the chimney. An eight foot balsam tree lights the President’s library as the family readies gifts and plans Friday morning openings. They will attend services at St Barnabas Episcopal mission in Fredericksburg and serve turkey for dinner.
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Johnson City
Tex
Lynda
Luci
Johnson
Seven Children In New Home For Holiday
Marine Maj Edward Backus and his wife Gertrude now host seven children for Christmas after adopting the Dorey siblings following a Vermont crash that claimed their parents and a daughter. The family, with a dog two Siamese cats and a squirrel, faces legal adoption petitions as they adjust to a large household.
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EL Toro Marine Air Station
Calif
Edward E. Backus
Gertrude
Paul
Dolores Dorey
Backuses
Pittsford
Coreys
Jana
Vermont
Duke Spends Quiet Christmas Day in Houston Recovery
The Duke of Windsor aged 70 rests at Methodist Hospital after surgery to remove an abdominal artery aneurysm. He spends time reading, walking, and sorting about 3,000 Christmas cards with progress described as excellent.
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Duke
Houston
Houston, Tex
Duke of Windsor
Methodist Hospital
Texas
I 70 Extended Topeka Opens To Westbound Traffic
Interstate 70 between K177 south of Manhattan and Ft. Riley opens at noon today. The 11.3 mile section adds 220 miles of four lane highway from Kansas City to Dorrance. Two interchanges remain to be completed.
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Topeka
Manhattan
Ft. Riley
Shooting Erupts After Argument on Drinks
An argument over a few drinks on a Salina northside led to a volley of shots at a nearby home. One man, Samuel Hunt, 64, was wounded by a .38 caliber bullet and released after treatment. Garfield Richmond Lynch, 81, was taken into custody. An 11 year old girl in an adjacent house narrowly avoided being hit by a stray bullet.
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ST. John's—Lawrence
Reuter Organ Company
Reuter’s
Salina, Kan
Samuel Hunt
Garfield Richmond Lynch
Definition of a hurricane as a tropical storm
A hurricane is a tropical storm defined by sustained winds exceeding 75 miles per hour. It describes the wind threshold that classifies a storm as hurricane rather than tropical storm or lesser tropical cyclone.
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Don Davis
Proctor Crow Jr
Crow
Journal-World Photo
THE
Associated Press
Johnson Ranch
Jim Clark
Wilbur Criss
Mgr
Night Stand
Downtown Furniture
el Cid
Culligan
Maxine Calvert
Dick & Lorene Calvert
Clyde Wagner
Emmitt Reed
Ernie Board
Liquor Store
Chittad Greilings
Don Bailey
Lonnie Johnson Smith
Stndard Service
Sandy
Thrift & Swift
Hillcrest
Merry Christmas
Delbert Reusch Lawrence Sale Barn
East 11Th Street
Agricultural Business Company
Lawrence, Kansas
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