California Santa Claus rancher travels for 33 years of gifts
Roy Loftis of Coalinga, known as Santa Claus, has spent 33 Christmas Eves delivering toys and food to rural families. He began as a boy asked by a justice of the peace, and now, aided by his wife, funds gifts through donations. He aims to continue as long as he can travel and children believe.
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Coalinga
Calif
California
Santa Claus
Santa
Roy Loftis
Loftis
Justice of the Peace
Rae
TV wise kids still believe Santa Claus in recession era
Ben Duckett of Trenton, a Westinghouse employee, reports booming Santa business. He books from 3:30 p.m. to 11 p.m. on Christmas Eve, up from earlier years, and believes today’s children remain convinced. He started as a store Santa at Hill’s and may launch Holiday Effects to supply characters for events.
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Ted Pollard
Santa Claus
Santa
Ben Duckett
Trenton
Duckett
Hill’s Department Store
Cat Eee Bengy
Tami
Westinghouse Electric Supply Co
Yankee Road
Hill
Daphine
Bengy
Dad Duckett
Holiday Effects
Christmas in Bethlehem Under Tight Israeli Security
Bethlehem, then under Israeli control, tightened security with roadblocks into the town and limited entry to pilgrims and tourists with government passes. Armed troops guarded the Church of the Nativity as church bells rang and prayers continued on Christmas Eve amid patrols and search booths near the Palace Hotel.
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Bethlehem
Jordan
Christ
Jesus
Palace Hotel
Bethlehem Faces Tight Christmas Security Amid Threats
Bethlehem braces for Christmas as guards check for guns or explosives after a grenade attack in East Jerusalem. Mayor Elias Freij and local Arab merchants complain security hampers tourism while an aide to Prime Minister Rabin notes PLO links may raise terrorist activity. Tourism officials predict 15 000 visitors, but hotel bookings are light.
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Bethlehem
Israel
Jordan
East Jerusalem
Airl
Party of
Florida
The
Palestine
Ministry of Tourism
Palace Hotel
Chimney finished in time for Christmas at Mentor home
Johnny Potpan, a three year old in Mentor, woke on Christmas Eve assured by bricklayers who finished a chimney and fireplace late October to early morning. Rain snow and cold slowed the work but worker Norman W. Peck slid down the completed chimney to show Johnny how Santa would enter, ending the countdown with a smile.
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Cleveland, Ohio
Johnny Potpan
Santa
Norman W. Peck
Johnny
St. Nick
Missing sister found after 45 years reunion in Rhode Island
Barbara Cartwright, adopted in 1929, learned she had four brothers and a sister in Rhode Island and Nova Scotia. The Cartwrights travel to Chepachet Rhode Island for their first full family gathering since she was an infant, after years of searching led by Alan Roper.
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Chepachet
R.I
Barbara Cartwright
Barbara Tower
Barbara
Lionel Foyster
Church of England
Sackville
Foysters
Borley
England
Tower
Wallace Tower
Alan Roper
Eccles
Lancashire
Partial Rollback By U S Bethlehem Steel
Ford administration trims U S Steel price rise by about 20 percent as U S Steel Corp faces scrutiny over inflationary increases. Bethlehem Steel Corp lifts prices about 2 percent to align with rivals, Wheeling Pittsburgh Steel up 5.5 percent on portions of its range. New prices mainly affect structural steel for skyscrapers and bridges and industrial steel products.
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Washington
Ford Administration
U.S. Steel
U.S. Steel Corp
Ford
Bethlehem Steel Corp
Bethlehem
Angleton resigns as CIA counterintelligence chief amid spying probes
CIA counterintelligence head James Angleton announced his resignation ending 31 years with the agency. President Ford ordered a CIA report on domestic spying while Kissinger and Congress plan inquiries into the matter. Colby is said to favor the resignation and to believe Angleton was not involved in illegal activities.
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Washington
James Angleton
CIA
Associated Press
Angleton
Ford
Henry A. Kissinger
Congressional Committee
Congress
Zens
Kissinger
National Security Council
United States
The
New York Times
William E. Colby
Colby
Middletown Weather: Rain Lows Near 40 Ahead of Christmas
Rain remains likely in the Middletown area tonight with temperatures dipping to the upper 30s. Christmas Day features cloudy skies and highs in the low 40s. An extended outlook shows continued cloud cover with chances of rain Thursday through the weekend.
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Middletown
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Wheeling Pittsburgh Steel Corp
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