Christmas Fires and Disasters Claim Several Lives Worldwide
Fires and disasters on Christmas Day kill and injure multiple people. A Christmas blaze at a trailer in Gibsonia Pennsylvania takes the lives of Leroy Crosby's family including three grandchildren. In Mississippi heavy floods force hundreds to flee in Hamilton Heights and Laurel. An explosion near Hootchie Metads damages a chemical plant while storms drive evacuation from Columbus and nearby towns. Survivors credit quick fire-rescue efforts as crews arrive within minutes.
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Gibsonia
Pla
Leroy Crosby
Therandfather
David Crosby
Deonthia
Lorina
Hamilton Heights
Vicksburg
Miss
Laurel
Gelamt
Horemen
Titan
Toulladbeena
Abnormally High Tides Predicted For Early 1974
NOAA forecast during January and February 1974 warned of exceptionally high tides along the East Coast and potential severe flooding from coastal storms. Officials cited unusual astronomical alignments and offshore winds to produce higher water levels, with risk greatest March 6 and 7. NOAA cautioned impacts could extend to other coastlines and Gulf waters, though precise storm predictions remained uncertain.
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Ashengton
Pos Iast
Oats
Silane
Apo Bose
Aundal
Cognereo Department
NOAA
Longshan
North Carolina
Nablonudalher
Woopesden
Phea S. Wood
United States
Gulf
New York Police Find Yule Not Time Of Peace
Christmas weekend in New York City police blotter shows five bank holdups, multiple shootings, and homicides. Detectives posing as receivers were robbed. two robbers killed in exchange of gunfire. A 14 year old was shot in a housing project elevator amid rising violence. A grocer shot a mentally troubled man in a cellar search. Over $150,000 stolen in a Chase Manhattan Bank night-deposit heist.
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New York
UPI
Ronald Kwocezka
William McDevitt
Queens
Kwoczka
Mahnatian
Fivo
Michael
Schuman
Mark Mollander
Angel Ortero
David Wade
Chase Manhattan Bank
Peaceful Succession in Spain After Carrero Blanco Assassination
UPI analysis outlines how the shooting of Premier Carrero Blanco threatens Franco's plan for a peaceful succession. It weighs potential shifts to Juan Carlos as king, Fernandez Miranda as interim head, or Franco returning as premier. It notes regional tensions in Basque Catalan and Falangist versus Opus Dei dynamics, plus U.S. base considerations.
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Phil Newsom
UPI
Adm
Luis Carrero Blanco
Francisco Franco
Spain
Tranco
Carrero Banco
Franco
Carrero
Juan Carlos
Juan Cartos
Carrera Blanco
Torcuato Fernandez Miranda
Fernandez Miranda
National Movement
Admiral Carrera
Plate
Madrid
Galicia
Barcelona
Falangists
Change
Opus Dei
United States
U.S
Garrison Seeks Court Victory Over Fraud Allegations
New Orleans District Atty Jim Garrison goes to court to challenge the Dec 15 Democratic runoff results claiming more than 7 000 voting irregularities. He lost by 2 200 votes and argues the election should be nullified with Judge Thomas A Early to hear motions and arguments from Harry Connick the challenger.
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New Orleans
Jim Garrison
Garrison
Thomas A. Early
Harry Connick
Connick
Rhodesia Closes Border With Zambia on January 9 1973
Rhodesia shut its border with Zambia citing rising tensions on January 9 1973. The move disrupts cross-border trade and travel as regional security concerns escalate between the two nations.
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Rhodesia
Zambia
Rescue After Death by Own Action At Waikiki Hotel
A 19 year old serviceman Gary Caudell climbed a 25 story Waikiki hotel under construction on Christmas Day and then a crane boom. Police say he stood with feet dangling over 400 feet when Sgt John Piper and Officer Donald Wong reached him. Firemen and armed services police assisted as Caudell was brought to safety and hospitalized. Authorities withheld his service branch and hometown and did not release the note contents or motive.
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Honolulu
Gary Caudell
Waikiki
Caudell
John Piper
Donald Wong
Piper
Wong
Armed Services Police
New York Area Gas Prices Surge Amid Holiday Shortages
Christmas chaos hits motorists as New York area gas stations face scarce supplies long lines and sky high prices. Brooklyn stations charged 99.9 cents and 79.9 cents per gallon with lines stretching five blocks. Frustrated drivers quarrel over spots while owners call the scene chaotic.
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New York
Brooklyn
Harvey Stashower
Robert Broadie
Mao Fears Heirs To Change Goals
Mao Tse-tung turns eighty amid warnings that successors may dilute his revolutionary goals. The aging leader sees class struggle as ongoing, seeks to perpetuate his communist programs through debate and possible violence, and questions who will steer China after his era.
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Mao
Communist Party
China
Confucius
Chou En-lai
Trudeau Welcomes Second Son On Christmas Day
Ottawa reports Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau and wife Margaret welcomed a second son born at 7 23 am EST in Ottawa Civic Hospital. The baby weighed 7 pounds 9 ounces and may be named Sasha. Mother and child in excellent health after a two week false labor spell.
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Ottawa
UPI
Margaret Trudeau
Pierre Elliott Trudeau
Trudeau
Sasha
Ottawa Civic Hospital
Mount Carmel
House of Commons
Justin
Kathleen Sinclair
Margaret Sinclair
Vancouver
B.C
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Raefs
New York Area
Charles R. Smith
Hong Kong
Mao Tse-tung
Ouachita Federal
Natchitoches
West Monroe
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