Families mail Christmas packages to POWs in North Vietnam
UPI reports families of U S servicemen held by North Vietnam mailed small Christmas parcels via regular mail. Pentagon officials cautious but interested as Geneva Convention rights for POW mail are debated. Hanoi cites war crimes as a barrier. Pentagon lists 226 service members captured, most in North Vietnam.
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Washington
UPI
U.S
North Vietnam
Defense Department
Pentagon
Defense
Paul H. Nitze
Department
Nitze
Harfoi
Hanoi
North
Harris County Republicans win big in Houston and Bellaire races
Houston voters approve 1 percent city sales tax 71 544 to 23 614 with Bellaire backing 1 977 to 676. Republicans Purcell and Jones win state representative seats in Districts 24 and 22, while H. W. Cullen remains on the school board. Grover is the other Republican in the county Senate delegation.
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Houston
Bellaire
Harris County
Houston School Board
Glenn Purcell
Edmund Jones
Purcell
Bill Wood
Lee Duggan
Ira Kohler
Kohler
Jones
Henry Grover
H. W. Cullen
John Coronado
Coronado
George Oser
Peter O'Donnell
Dallas
Texas
Doan’s Pills Backache Remedy Promoted in Ad Speech
An old newspaper ad touts Doan’s Pills as a non habit forming analgesic for nagging backache headaches and muscle pains caused by stress or overexertion. It claims the remedy has been used by millions for over 70 years and urges readers to buy the large size for convenience.
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Keen
Doan
Youths Play Drugs Roulette in Homes Florida
Miami AP report quotes Ray Bellinger of the Florida Bureau of Narcotics describing prescription pills common in home medicine cabinets as a major source for youths. He notes high school use from family supplies, new smoking asthma cigarettes, and widespread cough syrup abuse among minors.
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Miami
Fla
Florida
Sue
Ray Bellinger
Florida State Bureau of Narcotics
Bellinger
Ami
Mexico Shopping Inquiry Sought
Rep Eligio de la Garza urged the State Department to obtain a list of items travelers may carry from Texas into Mexico without heavy duties. He said many shoppers were stopped by Mexican customs and fined or taxed for goods crossing the border.
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Washington
UPI
State Department
Eligio de la Garza
D-Tex
Texas
Mexico
Parachute Ad Emerges During BART Construction
A San Francisco store affected by Market Street BART construction posted a witty newspaper ad urging customers to "Parachute" as the best way to drop in. The playful note reflects shoppers adapting to the maze of work near transit developments.
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San Francisco
Bay Area
Market Street
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Alina
General Electric
Catalina
INC
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Butyl Tubes
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White's
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