Christmas Messages From POWs Broadcast From Hanoi
American prisoners of war in North Vietnam send taped Christmas greetings monitored from Radio Hanoi. The messages to families in Florida North Carolina and Illinois include personal pleas for care and gifts and plans for future education and reunion. The broadcasts run 1.5 to 4 minutes and feature notes on health daily exercise and longing to be home.
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NEAP
North Vietnam
Radio
Jean Carol McDaniel
Greensboro
N.C
Randy
Boy Scouts
McDaniel
Carol
Navy
William John Mayhew
Stewart Henderson Mayhew
New Manchester
W. Va
John L. Borling
Riverside
Ill
Mayhew
Edison Miller
Lindsay Miller
Tuston
Calif
Miller
Jeff
Craig
Pat
Matt
Dana
Borling
Barling
Hold Up Suspect Merriweather Faces Examining Trial
Wayne LeCroy set an examining trial for Virgil Lee Merriweather, 21, to determine probable cause in the $3,000 Levine's Department Store robbery on December 12. Merriweather and Donald DeBouse, 30, are charged with robbery by firearms. DeBouse remains at large. Merriweather, arrested by Lubbock police, posted no bond and awaits proceedings with attorney Minor Pounds representing him. Two gunmen terrorized eight employees at East 4th Street and Idalou Highway, binding six in the rear and escaping with about $3,000.
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Justice of the Peace
Wayne LeCroy
Virgil Lee Merriweather
Levine’s
Merriweather
Donald Everett DeBouse
DeBouse
Lubbock
E. 29Th St
137Th District
Holiday Inn Parkway
Minor Pounds
Levine
East 4Th Street
Idalou Highway
Misdemeanors Pleas Entered In County Court at Law
Sixteen persons faced misdemeanor charges after arraignments before Judge H Boedeker. Among defendants are Jeff Hill 25 and John Tovar 18 charged with aggravated assault and seven individuals including Harold Glover 18 Doming o Rangel 29 Betty Williams 31 and Paul Crow 50 charged with shoplifting plus others charged with passing a worthless check carrying a pistol liquor law violation and driving while intoxicated.
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Jeff Hill
Route 7
Lubbock
John R. Tovar
Harold Glover
St. James
Amelia Franco
Brownfield
Betty Williams
Lorenzo
Domingo Rangel
16Th St
Santiago Carrio
Albert Casias
Ralls
Nico Suniga
Fordham
Brazil offers to release 51 of 70 prisoners for ambassador
Brazil, in an official communique by Justice Minister Alfredo Buzaid, says 51 of the 70 demanded prisoners can be freed to aid the swap for Swiss Ambassador Giovanni Enrico Bucher. Nineteen prisoners are denied release due to murder, ongoing terms, or being nonidentifiable or already free.
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Rio DE Janeiro
UPI
Brazil
Giovanni Enrico Bucher
Alfredo Buzaid
Bucher
Rio
Buzaid
Nelson Gatto
Army
Sao Paulo
Rio Grande Do Sul
Bahia
Minas Gerais
Galeao International
Algeria
Ski-Masked Robbers Target Lubbock Resident in Driveway
In an early morning attack before 1 30 a m Mrs J lef a pickup and two ski masked gunmen confronted her in front of her home in Lubbock She kicked one man causing him to drop his weapon and the other struck her nose and grabbed her purse containing about 16 in cash and cards Both assailants were over six feet tall The incident followed a December 13 robbery at Toddle House No 2 where a shotgun wielding bandit netted about 150 from a register and wallets
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Lubbock
34Th St
Drive Off Ferry Fatal For The Los Ebanos
UPI reports a car rolled off the Los Ebanos ferry on the Rio Grande and sank with three Sullivan City family members aboard. Officials withheld identifications pending positive ID as investigators seek details of the crash.
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LOS | Ebanos
UPI
A. ‘Sullivan City
Amily
Los. Ebanos
Bevan Denies Key Role in Penn Central Mismanagement
Former Penn Central finance chairman David Bevan rebutted a House Banking Committee claim that he bore major responsibility for mismanaging an international charter jet service. The committee alleged continued funding to Executive Jet Aviation, which Bevan said was business justified and approved by the railroad’s CEO and board.
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Philadelphia
David
Bevan
Penn’ Central Railroad
Congressional Committee
House Banking Committee
Penn Central
Executive Jet Aviation Inc
Reaons
EJA
Stuart T. Saunders
Banking Committee
David Bevan
ROR 5
Ricciardi
Bruce. Sundlun
Columbus
Ohio
Executive Jet
Sundlun
Anne Prens
Detroit Bank
Mattel and Ringling Bros. Merge in merger deal
Mattel Inc officials confirm Ringling Bros Barnum and Bailey Circus has merged with the toy maker. Roy Hofheinz and associates will receive 47.6 million dollars in Mattel stock. Hofheinz remains chairman while Irving Feld becomes president and chief executive officer of the circus subsidiary.
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Houston
Mattel Inc
Toy Manufacturers
Ringling Bros
Barnum and Bailey Circus
Roy Hoftheinz
Irving
Israel Feld
Toy Company
Hofheinz
Circus
Irving Feld
Teen thief seeks revenge ends in self-inflicted gunfire
A 14-year-old robbery victim allegedly sought revenge in Seattle. Police say the unnamed youth armed with a pistol tracked down three men who had robbed him twice, but he was taken by surprise and robbed at gunpoint of $25 before he fired and wounded himself.
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Seattle
Wash
UPI
Local Delivery Notice From Lubbock Avalanche Journal
The Lubbock Avalanche Journal announces home delivery details and circulation information for Texas readers. Mailing and subscription options are outlined for city residents and surrounding areas.
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Lubbock
Alanche-Journal Morning Bastion
Avalanche Jornal
Prin’ Sigh
8Th
Avenue J
Ees
Texas
Home Delivery
Mona
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Lubbock Commandery
No. 60
Knights Templar
James B. Ward
Donald L. Smith
Harold A. Harrison
Albert Battiston
Fred G. Harbaugh
Delaware
Lassiter
California
Lassiter Aircraft Corp
Morocco
Relfs
Samsonite
Silhouette
Remington
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