Christmas Play by Farmington Widows Honors Miner Families
In Farmington West Virginia 78 widows of Mannington mine disaster victims staged a Christmas observance for 121 children. The event included gifts turkey dinners and a $1000 gift to each widow while many beneficiaries said the holiday helped ease grief and maintain a sense of normalcy without their husbands.
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Farmington
W. Va
UPI
Mannington
Mannington Number 9
Appalachia
John Barnes
United Methodist Church of
Hartsel Mayle
Apollo Wives Send Yule Greeting To Pueblo Crew
Seabrook Texas UPI describes Christmas day shifting to homecoming as Apollo 8 wives send a Yuletide message to Cmdr Lloyd Bucher and the Pueblo crew freed by North Korea. The piece notes dinners at home and mission control greetings as the astronauts prepare for re entry.
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Apollo
Pueblo
Seabrook
Tex
UPI
Frank Borman
James Lovell
William Anders
Cmdr
Lloyd Bucher
Uss Pueblo
Bucher
North Korea
Service News USS Francis Marion Crewman Serves Aboard
Signalman Seaman Apprentice Frederick A. Smith of Willard is serving aboard the amphibious transport USS Francis Marion, a Task Force 140 unit for Apollo 8. The ship will stay in the mid South Atlantic to recover astronauts and cover the Atlantic landing area if Pacific landings fail.
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Francis Marion
Frederick A. Smith
USN
Gerald R. Smith
Willard
Atlantic
Pacific
Obituaries from Berlin Heights to Wakeman
Multiple obituaries across Lorain and surrounding towns for Kellie May Baker Glayden C Reed Louise Adesi Sophia M Logan detailing ages birthplaces and death venues. Services and funeral home arrangements listed for each, with surviving family and church affiliations.
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Berlin Heights
Kellie May Baker
Lorain
Lorain St. Joseph's Hospital
Texas
Henry
Hinman Funeral Home
Dale Turner
Louise Adesi
St. Mary’s Street
Fisher- Titus Memorial Hospital
Italy
America
St. Paul’s Catholic Church
Joseph
Toledo
Edward
Rose) Brutsche
Darl
Mary) Ely
Mary
Margaret
Heaston-Hile Funeral Home
Gerald Stein
St. Paul’s Cemetery
Sophia M. Logan Wakeman
Sophia M. Logan
Wakeman
Fisher-Titus Memorial Hospital
Wakeman St. Mary’s Church
Altar and Rosary Society
Blue Star Mothers
Catherine Pheifer
New London
Winifred Slev
Gerber
Maddox Merrily Rides Bicycle Backwards at Christmas
Gov. Lester Maddox celebrated his merriest Christmas by riding a bicycle backwards at the governor's mansion. He joined his granddaughters Tamara Densmore and Tanya for the spin, saying the act sets a good example despite highway dangers.
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Atlanta
UPI
Lester Maddox
Tamara Densmore
Tanya
Maddox
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