Christmas stowaways survive two week Atlantic container ordeal
Two AWOL soldiers, Pvt. Dennis Feather 18 and Pvt. Randy Boutain 19, hid in a cargo container for about two weeks during a trans Atlantic voyage. They were rescued in Houston and treated at Ben Taub Hospital with Feather later leaving. They had climbed into the Rotterdam dock container after leaving Crailsheim Germany.
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Dennis Feather
Randy Boutain
Ben Taub Hospital
Feather
Army
Feather Feather
United States
Memphis
Tenn
Boutain
West Germany
Rotterdam
Netherlands
Ft. Sam Houston
San Antonio
Crailsheim
Germany
51St Infantry
North Dakota
Good Will to All Men Taints Belfast Christmas calm
In Belfast Royal Avenue a store window displays a Good Will to All Men message while British soldiers on patrol pass by. After eight years of sectarian violence and a warning from the IRA that a Christmas cease fire may not hold, security forces stay on full alert as shoppers carry on with last minute gifts.
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Belfast
Northern Ireland
Royal Avenue
Royal Artillery
47Th Field Regiment
IRA
Provisional
Spirit of Scrooge Decor Tips From Ohio Department Of Natural Resources
Ohio readers are urged to decorate with backyard natural materials. The piece mocks the idea by noting costs of a Christmas tree, pine cones and other natural ornaments, then jokes about time constraints and holiday spending. It uses humorous contrast to a thrift approach.
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Columbus, Ohio
Ohio Department of Natural Resources
Ohio
Deep South
Mystery booms puzzle researchers across multiple regions
US Geological Survey experts say long reported booms heard from New Jersey to Connecticut and beyond lack a single explanation. They caution that such sounds are historically unexplained and not caused by earthquakes or military sonic booms, with no definitive cause in sight.
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Washington
New Jersey
Connecticut
Finger Lakes
New York
Florida
Australia
Camenas
US. Geological Survey
mid-Atlantic
James Devine
Devine
United States
Geological Survey
Parlor blast in downtown Pittsburgh kills one
The FBI joins the probe into a bomb blast at Gemini Spa that killed a female employee and injured four others. Authorities consider possible organized crime links and a power struggle over city parlors, noting the device was hidden as a Christmas gift.
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Pittsburgh
FBI
Vincent Ruehl
Ruehl
Stephen Joyce
Gemini Spa
Colorful yule pilgrimage to Bethlehem on Christmas
A rainbow liturgical motorcade from Jerusalem advances to Bethlehem for the Christmas rites at the Church of the Nativity. Patriarch of Jerusalem Msgr. Beltritti leads dozens of prelates as Arab and Israeli ceremonial guards watch along the five mile route under a sunlit December sky. choirs from South Africa Belgium West Germany Scotland England Israel Bethlehem and two Texas groups from Longview First Baptist and Baylor University will perform for the crowds.
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West Bank
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Msgr
Giacomo Guiseppi Beltritti
Jerusalem
Jesus
Suez Canal
Holy Land
Manger Square
South Africa
Belgium
West Germany
Scotland
England
Israel
United States
Texas
Longview First Baptist Church
Baylor University
Postal Service to test smaller stamps nationwide
The USPS will start a test of half size stamps next month to measure savings and customer acceptance. The experimental 1877 Indian Head penny design debuts January 11 in Kansas City with sales beginning January 12 in Hartford Richmond Portland and Memphis and later at 150 philatelic centers nationwide.
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Washington
Postal Service
Kansas City
Hartford
The
Social Security official admits complexity in new rules
Baltimore AP report notes Robert P. Bynum says federal officials can explain the new Social Security laws but not easily. He asserts the system finally removes any notion of public understanding, while SSA spokesman Michael Naver says he was joking and the audience laughed.
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Baltimore
Robert P. Bynum
Bynum
Michael Naver
Social Security Administration
Christmas Snow Flurries Expected in Middletown Area
National Weather Service forecasts showers tonight and a low near 20 in Middletown. Christmas day could see snow flurries with highs in the upper 20s to low 30s. Monday and Tuesday look fair but cold, with snow likely Wednesday and temperatures moderating.
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Middletown
National Weather Service
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