Fire guts three downtown Vermont Street buildings
A Christmas Eve fire thought to begin in an antiques shop gutted three downtown Vermont Street buildings, damaging Systems Integration Alley Cat Records The Chapman and Miller Printing Shop. Firefighters battled the blaze about two hours and one captain sustained a chest laceration from flying glass. Investigators planned to search for the cause the next morning.
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Alley Cat Records
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Harlan Miller
Miller
Jim McSwain
Stan Ray
Ray
Lawrence Memorial Hospital
McSwain
Chapman
Military urging Bush to delay combat action in Middle East
Pentagon officials told President Bush that the broad military view is U S troops in Saudi Arabia will not be ready for offensive action by January 15 and should wait until mid February at the earliest. Waller's remarks prompted a pushback from White House aides who stressed preparation and logistics for future operations.
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Iraq
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Waller
Bush Administration
Defense
Dick Cheney
Colin L. Powell
Joint Chiefs of Staff
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Saddam Hussein
Christmas in the gulf a subtle celebration
U S troops in eastern Saudi Arabia celebrate a muted Christmas Eve with Midnight Mass for small groups after renaming chaplains morale officers to avoid Muslim sensitivities. A Coast Guard petty officer dressed as Santa recalls Christmas noon Masses while reporters were barred from religious observances except aboard the Mercy.
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Ron Sayers
Rochester
N.Y
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Persian Gulf
Gifts arrive daily for Lawrence man in 12 days of Christmas
Lawrence resident Frank White has received anonymous gifts at his apartment for 12 days since December 14, each day bringing a new item from velvetine mice to jelly jars and a Santa candle. He has no idea who the benefactor is and expects never to know.
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