Christmas Eve observances mark Bethlehem vigil amid peace hopes
The Latin patriarch Giacomo Beltritti led papal vesper prayers in Manger Square as 20 000 pilgrims gathered for Bethlehem’s Christmas program amid Begin and Sadat talks in Ismailia. Bethlehem Mayor Elias Freij, amid security and a Christmastree display, praised Carter’s peace efforts and a lasting Holy Land settlement. The midnight Mass at St Catherine’s Basilica was broadcast to a global audience via closed circuit TV.
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Bethlehem
Jordan
UPI
Jerusalem
St. Catherine’s Basilica
Church of Nativity
Family abandons Iron Age life after child falls ill
Ainsworth family from Market Drayton Shropshire quits a secret Living in the Past project after five year old Nicholas falls sick. The family had spent nine months living as 2 000 years ago for a BBC series with 12 films, chosen from over a thousand volunteers.
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Daily Telegraph
London
Peter Ainsworth
Ainsworth
Farmers Union
Market Drayton
Shropshire
Lindsey
Nicholas
Nick
Mrs. Ainsworth
Ainsworths
British Broadcasting Corp
J.C. Penney Offers 25 Percent Off Entire Toy Stock
J C Penney announces a sale on its entire line of toys with a 25 percent discount. The advertisement promotes reduced prices across toy categories. Customers are urged to visit stores for the limited time offer.
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J.C. Penney’s Co
Carter sympathizes with farmers while urging them to keep planting
President Carter told a delegation of striking farmers at his Plains home that he understands their concerns and urged them to keep farming while noting a new farm bill will help next year. The group pressed for 100 percent parity and immediate relief, and outlined five demands including stopping meat imports until parity is reached.
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Tommy Kersey
Unadilla
Georgia
Kersey
Harold Israel
Carl Hawkins
Lake Butler
Fla
E. E. Money
Dothan
Ala
Washington
White House
Capitol
Plains
Vietnam to release three Americans held off coast
The Vietnam News Agency said three Americans captured aboard a yacht off Vietnam on Oct 12 will be released. Names include Cornelia Dellenbaugh, Leland Dickerman, and Charles Affel. Officials cited a repentant attitude and ongoing normalization talks with the United States.
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Thailand
Paris
U.S
Cornelia Dellenbaugh
Vero Beach
Fla
Leland Dickerman
Flagstaff, Ariz
Charles Affel
Philadelphia
Southminster Candlelight and Sunrise Services Schedule
Southminster Church announces Christmas weekend services with Candlelight at 7 and 9 on Saturday and Sun at 10 only, including the 16 and Otoc.Adv. observances.
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Southminster
Sun
Sadat demands Israeli withdrawal from West Bank and Gaza
President Anwar Sadat urged Israel to pull out from the West Bank and Gaza Strip on the eve of a Christmas summit with Prime Minister Begin. He attacked Arab critics as Soviet puppets while backing a peace plan that envisions a joint council to administer the occupied territories.
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Freij
Menahem Begin
Anwar Sadat
Insmailia
Ismailia
Egypt
Jordan
West Bank
Gaza Strip
Suez Canal
Sadat
Gaza
Israel
Hussein
Jerusalem
Soviet Union
National Security Council
Begin
Jordan River
Likud
Democratic Movement For Change
West Bank-Gaza
Chinese Seismology Bureau Reorganized After Tangshan Warnings
The Daily Telegraph reports that China has restructured its seismological bureau after allegations that radicals within the agency disrupted earthquake forecasting and ignored Tangshan warnings. The Tangshan quake, blamed for massive casualties, prompted a leadership change, with the director replaced by a former deputy coal minister.
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Daily Telegraph
London
Peking
China
Tangshan
Governor rescues eight from Alaskan snowstorm
Governor Jay S. Hammond flew to Iliamna Alaska after a light plane crashed on a frozen lake. He transported two injured passengers and an infant to Iliamna while another pilot ferried the remaining passengers to Naknek and town.
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Iliamna, Alaska
UPI
Jay S. Hammond
Alaska
Lake Iliamna
Timothy LaPorte
Iliamna Air Taxi Inc
Lake Clark
Naknek
Hammond
LaPorte
Iliamna
Sonny Hedlund
District judge rules segregating mentally retarded people illegal
A U S district judge in Philadelphia rules it is discriminatory to segregate retarded persons from the general population by placing them in institutions. The ruling appears in the scattered items on page 3 with other notes including an editorial on Middle East hopes and weather outlooks for Sunday.
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U.S
Philadelphia
Journal
Mideast
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