Christmas Gifts Stolen in Mesquite Burglary
Mesquite police report a weekend burglary at 550 Highland Village where gifts under a Christmas tree were taken after a forced front door entry. One gift was left on the patio. Police warn of higher theft risk during holidays and advise extra caution with packages and gifts. Weekend crimes include seven thefts under 50 dollars, four vandalism incidents, two shoplifts, and multiple burglaries and auto thefts.
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Mesquite
Mark Craft
Highland Village
Cold wave grips East Texas as temperatures dip near freezing
A sharp cold spell hit Southeast Texas with overnight lows of 2 to 8 degrees in Beaumont and Port Arthur while areas in West Texas stayed warmer. Lufkin, Tyler, Longview, and Texarkana logged 26 to 27 degree readings as high pressure over the state kept eastern conditions frigid. West Texas saw a brief warm-up but a new wave from the north was forecast to bring colder air Tuesday.
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Port Arthur
Lufkin
Tyler
Longview
Texarkana
The
National Weather Service
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Coastal Plains
Red River
Midland
San Angelo
Lubbock
Abilene
West Texas
Marfa
McAllen
Brownsville
Rio Grande Valley
Smith Backed by SMU President Amid Payoff Probe
SMU President Dr Paul Hardin announced full confidence in football coach Dave Smith after apologizing for ties to possible illegal payoffs. Hardin emphasized the staff's integrity and focus on a successful 1974 season, returning from a Hawaiian vacation to state there is no plan to dismiss anyone.
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Dallas
UPD
Southern Methodist University
Paul Hardin
Dave Smith
Hardin
Christmas guilt thief dumps jewelry in mailbox
In Monterey California a man claiming Christmas guilt returned $10,000 worth of stolen jewelry by placing it in a street corner mailbox and signaling a local TV station. Police and postal officials recovered the jewels, noting they had been taken in a recent home robbery.
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Monterey. Calif
UPI
Post Office mix up puts engineer in Santa role
In Birmingham England UPIs report Eric Webbley a Post Office engineer spent hours telling callers he was not Santa Claus after the office gave his number by error for a dial a story from Santa service. The calls are now being intercepted and diverted to the actual Santa Claus.
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Birmingham
England
UPI
Eric Webbley
Santa Claus
Post Office
Mesquite Fire Fighters honor hero during charity meeting
C L Sharpe of 1228 Crest Park received the Heroism Award at a Mesquite Fire Fighters Association gathering in the County Subcourthouse. He helped rescue the Cox family after the September 2 gas explosion at 1207 Gate Lane, locating infant Christopher amid heavy flames. The event also presented a $1,914 fund for the Cox children and a new Zenith TV to Charlotte Alford, with Mayor Bob Beard and Fire Fighters President Richard E. Powell participating.
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C. L. Sharpe
Mesquite
Claude Cox
Richard Powell
Mesquite Fire Fighters
Charlotte Alford
Weldon Lacy
Sharpe
Miami City
Miami Naval Station
Cox
Carpenter
Ralph
Cox House
Karen
Shane
Christopher
Shane Cox
Coxes
Parkland Hospital
Fire Fighters Association
Richard E. Powell
Zenith
Moreland
Alford
Getty heir rests after five months in kidnap case
J Paul Getty III, freed after five months in captivity, rested at Rome's Villa Carla clinic and declined plastic surgery for his missing right ear. Medical sources say he is sedated and resting as relatives confirm the ear was removed by kidnappers following ransom balking.
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Rome
UPI
J Paul Getty
J. Paul Getty III
Villa Carla
Getty
Peggy Sue Wallace Weds Mark Kennedy in Candlelight Alabama
Peggy Sue Wallace daughter of Governor George C Wallace wed Mark Kennedy in a simple candlelight ceremony at St James Methodist Church Montgomery. Wallace, seated in a wheelchair, gave away his 25 year old school teacher daughter as her brother George C Wallace Jr escorted her to the altar. Nearly 500 attendees but few Alabama politicians attended.
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Montgomery
Ala
UPI
Peggy Sue Wallace
George C Wallace
Mark Kennedy
Wallace
Young Kennedy
George C Wallace Jr
St James Methodist Church
Alabama
Mesquite to Dismiss Early for Holidays and 2 Million Hospital Expansion
Mesquite schools will dismiss at 2 pm for Christmas and resume January 2. January 3 dismissals for a teachers meeting, with a holiday January 14 for in service training. At Mesquite Memorial Hospital a crowd attended groundbreaking for a more than $2 million expansion, tripling the 31 bed facility, with officials and designers present.
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Mesquite Memorial Hospital
Bill Short
Bill Ewing
Bob Beard
Mel Price
Richard Russell
Austin Company
Cleveland
Ohio
Arab guerrillas attack Italian airport and hijack jet
A deadly assault at Leonardo da Vinci airport in Rome left at least 21 people killed and many injured as Arab guerrillas attacked a Pan American jet, ignited a hazardous device, and hijacked a Lufthansa flight to Athens. Four Moroccan ministers aboard sparked international alarm amid calls for Geneva talks. The Lufthansa jet landed in Athens as Greece negotiated with captors and safety forces surrounded the scene. Weather outlook for North Central Texas reports fair and warmer conditions with Monday high in the mid 50s.
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Athens
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Leonardo da Vinci International Airport
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Tel Aviv
Israel Quarters
Olympic Village
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City Employes Complete Defensive Driving Course
City of Mesquiteem Clowes train 1S member class in defensive driving eight hour course. Certificates issued by City Safe Training Officer Parl House at a Friday library ceremony. Recipients include Michael J L Brewers Ronald Wal die Building Inspection. Billy Brown Sanitation. Cothran Griffin Johnson Randell Mewhourn Shires Street Division. Wood Waller Animal Control. Sund berg Haley Parks. Glenn locust. Lloyd McCullough Glenn Montgomery Nichols Pilcher Fire Department. Joe Harmon.
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Parl House
Ae Library
Spection
Billy Brown
Sanitation
R C Cothran
Clarence Griffin
Ronnie Johnson
Randell Mewhourn
Richard Shires
Glen Wood
Waller
Ie Ey Wood
Paul Sundberg
Don Haley
Parks Department
Glenn Locust
Lloyd McCullough
W Glenn Montgomery
Kenneth Nichols
Bob Pilcher
Fire Department
Joe Harmon
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