Irish mother wins 120 prize in Fairyhouse sweepstake
Margaret Cloonan of Pittsburgh and her husband Thomas, natives of Ireland, won 120 dollars after their Ireland bound tickets beat Orienta War in the Fairyhouse Christmas hurdle race. The Cloonans bought two tickets for 3 dollars, one in their daughter Patricia Anne’s name. The couple, not yet citizens, plan to decide how to spend the prize while considering citizenship. They live in Pittsburgh with their month old daughter.
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Family Endures Five Hour Home Invasion in Grand Prairie
Don W. Scott and his family faced a masked gunman who tied them up and ransacked their Grand Prairie home for five hours. The intruder, armed at first and later using a claw hammer, stole $168 in cash and jewelry. He wore a ski mask, needed to breathe, and ate once during the ordeal. Scott estimated the suspect was in his early 20s, about five foot nine.
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John Ray Named Scout Leader in Haynes District
John Ray of Plainview named chairman of the Haynes District of the South Plains Bay Scout Council. He succeeds Robert C. Davis who has moved to Lubbock. The district spans Swisher Briscoe and Hale Counties and parts of Floyd and Lamb counties with over 1400 active Cub Scouts Boy Scouts and Explorers. Ray has served as a Cubmaster and neighborhood Scout Commissioner.
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Soviet and Japanese Airlines to Run Siberian Route to Tokyo
Moscow reports a new air agreement with Japan will place the first non-Soviet airliners on the Siberian route to Tokyo starting March 28 Tass says.
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Transplant Patient Rebounds After Heart and Lungs Surgery
Betty Lou Falk reports her husband Edward Falk 42 is recovering in New York Hospital after receiving a heart and two lungs in a Christmas Day triple transplant to treat emphysema. The operation lasted 3 hours 15 minutes and was led by Dr. C Walton Lillehei. Falk asked his wife not to tell their six children about the surgery to keep Christmas normal at home.
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Dward
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Sussex County
New York
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Sofia Exports More Wine Than France and Italy Combined
Bulgaria exported more bottled wine in 1969 than France and Italy together, according to the Bulgarian news agency BTA reported Saturday.
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Italy
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