American Girl In Holy Land Loses Leg In Grenade Attack
A 16 year old Jacksonville girl on a Christmas Holy Land tour had her leg amputated above the knee after a guerrilla grenade attack on a tourist bus near Al Azharia. Doctors say the operation followed a 15 hour surgery to repair thigh and hip injuries. Her parents and boyfriend sent flowers to cheer her as hospital staff arranged housing near Hadassah Hospital.
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Jerusalem
API
Jacksonville
Fla
Florida
Meyer Makin
Hadassah Hospital
DeJean
Makin
Lucien Harris
Stephen Castilla
Harris
William Replogle
Main Street Baptist Church
Holy Land
Church of St. Lazarus and Mary
Al-Azharia
Stabbing Ends Christmas Choir Conflict at Chicago Church
Wesley Coleman a 19 year old intervened in a quarrel between choir members and ROTC ushers on church steps after a Christmas mass and was stabbed. A 16 year old ROTC student faced voluntary manslaughter charges.
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Chicago
UPI
Wesley Coleman
Precious Blood Church
Weather and notices from December 26 1974
Partly cloudy tonight with lows in the mid 20s and increasing cloudiness Friday with a 10 to 40 percent chance of showers. Winds SW to S 5 to 10 mph. Temperatures: 31 to 25. Births: Mr and Mrs Thomas Walcher North Fairfield a girl. Deaths: Albert G Probst 83 Milan Eva A Blair 80 New London Grace McCoy 63 Willard William Triplett 77 Willard Walter Lash 71 Willard.
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Thomas Walcher
North Fairfield
Albert G. Probst
Milan
Eva A. Blair
New London
Grace McCoy
Willard
William Triplett
Walter Lash
Christmas Eve House Fire Forces Norwalk Family Out
A Norwalk family lost most of the second floor in a Christmas Eve blaze at 16 Baker St started by two smoking boys. Fire damage reached about 7000 dollars to structure and 2000 to contents. The family moved to a temporary home and planned to return in months.
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Canton
UPI
Canton McKinley High School
Norwalk
Harold Goodsite
Baker St
Goodsite
John J. Warner
United Parcel Service
Julie
Evacuation Ordered for 10,000 in Cyclone Hit Darwin
Australian government launches large scale airlift from Darwin after Tropical Cyclone Tracy devastates the city. Death toll 44 with estimates up to 80 as 90 percent of the port area is damaged and thousands are left homeless without essentials. Rex Patterson says at least 10,000 will be evacuated to ease relief efforts.
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Darwin
Australia
UPI
Rex Patterson
Northern Development
Patterson
Northern Territory
Ford Embraces Skiing Fun Amid Busy White House Schedule
President Ford, visiting Vail Colorado, spent nine hours on the slopes despite freezing temperatures. Dressed in an orange parka and striped wool hat, he skied from the 11,000 foot summit on Christmas Day for 2 42 hours and joked that Scrooge arrived with Santa when his staff arrived with work.
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Vail
Colo
UPI
Ford
Donald Rumsfeld
Scrooge
Santa Claus
Rumsfeld
Zoning Board Meets Tonight in Council Chambers
Newark officials report the Board of Zoning Appeals will convene at 7 tonight in council chambers. At 8 tonight the Towne and Country Regional Art Center screens the movie Benji for local audiences.
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Board of Zoning Appeals
Council
Benji
Towne & Country Regional Art Center
Plans For Nixon Library May Be Shelved
Richard Nixon faces a push by eight of 25 Nixon Foundation trustees to dissolve the foundation. only five votes needed for a majority. Nixon has expressed no objection, while former official Patricia Hitt urged dissolution and suggested turning Nixon memorabilia to Whittier College. The trust includes Haldeman Ehrlichman and Mitchell amid officers connected to Watergate.
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Los Angeles
UPI
Richard Nixon
Los Angeles Times
Richard M. Nixon
the Times
Nixon
Patricia Reilly Hitt
Nixon Administration
Board of Trustees
Congress
Hitt
Whittier College
The
Times
Herbert W. Kalmbach
H.R. Haldeman
John Ehrtichman
John Mitchell
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Columbus
Thomas Dunham
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Sheldon Lynn Shreve
Terry Walter Smith
Mansfield
Richland County
Richland Trust Bank
FBI
White House
White House Gate
Marshall Hill
Fields
Treasury
William E. Simon
Secret Service
Executive Protective Service
Presidential Mansion
Simon
Treasury Department
Marshall Hill Fields
Silver Spring
Mtd
White House North
Ft. George Mead
Capitol
Washington Monument
Harry S. Truman
Blair House
Thom Steed
D-Okla
House
John J. Gilligan
Ohio
Terry L. Regula
Walter A. Radewonuk
Xenia
Bessie Ross
Hester Street
Newark
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