Windsor church fire spares charity box for Christmas
In predawn Windsor Vermont a fire gutted St Francis of Assisi church three days before Christmas. Pastor Rev Forrest Rouelle saved the Christmas food box, with local churches and organizations rallying to distribute the canned goods. The blaze caused extensive damage but the community plans to rebuild.
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Windsor
UPI
Forrest Rouelle
St. Francis of Assisi
Rouelle
Edward Clark
Methodist
Baptist
Episcopal
Congregational
State Agricultural Extension Service
Ralph Knight
Goodyear Tire and Rubber Manufacturing
Denied Cuban Visas Trim Havana Flight Turnout
About 180 Americans paid 519 each for the inaugural Havana bound Sunflight Holidays charter from O Hare. The Cuban government denied visas to several travelers at the last minute leaving some seats empty on the DC-8. Passengers denied visas were offered trips to Nassau Cozumel and Acapulco. The tour includes Havana Cienfuegos Varadero Beach with air hotel meals and beverages. Flights depart weekly.
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Chicago
UPI
O'Hare International
U.S
Cuba
Sunflight Holidays
Detroit
Havana
Cienfuegos
Varadero Beach
Parole Denied for Bank Robber From Dog Day Afternoon
John Wojtowicz, the Brooklyn bank robber whose siege inspired the film Dog Day Afternoon, was denied parole. The 32 year old, sentenced to 20 then 15 years, became eligible in November 1979 and will have an interim hearing in November 1979 with a full psychological and psychiatric report.
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Washington
UPI
Brooklyn
New York
John Stanley Wojtowicz
Salvatore Natorrale
Chase Manhattan
Avenue P
East 3Rd St
Flatbush
Wojtowicz
Ernest Aaron
Aaron
Kennedy
Naturrale
FBI
U.S
Salt water reverse osmosis could curb drought demand
Roy Dudley of Allied Water Corp demonstrates the SweetWater system that desalinates seawater from San Francisco Bay via reverse osmosis. The compact unit, weighing 85 pounds and producing 150 to 200 gallons daily, costs around 4700 dollars and runs on household power, with potential for wind energy.
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San Francisco
UPI
Roy Dudley
San Francisco Bay
Dudley
Allied Water Corp
Pier 42
Knievel seeks delay in jail term amid bankruptcy fears
Evel Knievel asks Superior Court for an eight to ten month postponement of his six month sentence after pleading guilty to beating former publicity agent Sheldon Saltman with a baseball bat. A hearing was set as Knievel cites risk of bankruptcy and plans for a risky stunt.
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Santa Monica
UPI
Evel Knievel
Daredevil
Superior Court
Edward Rafeedie
Knievel
Los Angeles County Criminal Justice System
North Hollywood
Ann Burnett
Des Moines Winner Faces Tax Bills and Legal Questions
Marjorie Marquette, a 59 year old Des Moines clerk, won 462500 in the Irish sweepstakes and faces possible taxes, plus potential Iowa law violations for buying tickets. An assistant AG questioned whether her ticket purchase was illegal and whether coworker Dennis Nordorft, who sold the tickets, could be implicated. prosecutors have yet to act.
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Des Moines
Iowa
UPI
Marjorie Marquette
Miss Marquette
Ireland
Richard Richards
Dennis Nordorft
Nordorft
Attorney General's
Polk County
Humphrey Spends Christmas at Home Amid Illness
UPI reports Sen. Hubert H. Humphrey, frail yet hopeful, returns to Waverly with wife Muriel, four children, and 10 grandchildren for Christmas. He dismisses resignation talks, plans rest and walks, then aims to return to Washington soon. Bob Hope is named an honorary Globetrotter. Henry Kissinger is the other inductee.
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Humphrey
Bob Hope
Henry Kissinger
Seattle man seeks full story of son's Hiroshima death
War Department telegram misled Theodore Atkinson about his son Sgt Hugh Henry Atkinson 25 killed in August 1945 over Japan. Japanese records say he was among 17 American POWs killed by the Hiroshima bomb. Atkinson, facing surgery for a lung tumor, wants clear details on his son's final days, captivity, and suffering.
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Seattle
UPS
War Department
Theodore Atkinson
Air Force
Japan
Atkinson
Hiroshima
Foreign Office
Hugh Henry Atkinson
Tokyo
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Robert C
Lilley Insurance Realtors
Dudley Sais
Hoopster Hope
Valley Florist
Son
Atkinsons
St Louis
Satoru Ubuki
University of Hiroshima
Village Pump Room Village
Pt LlGood
Jorgensen
THORS
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Omar
Carat
Ene
Ine
Ain
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Ring
Moore's
Moore's Department Store
Moores
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