Santa for hire prompts doubt to die in Christmas lore
Richard Fisher, a 250 pound Cleveland printer, offers to visit homes on Christmas Eve for 30 minutes at fifty dollars to convince skeptical children there is a Santa Claus. Other performers include Debra Sullivan of Charleston who forges letters from Santa and Indiana postal workers posting Santa letters. Rita Ratley of Baltimore debuts as woman Santa offering deep Ho Ho Ho for three dollars a shot, despite some callers balking at a female Santa.
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Richard Fisher
Fisher
Virginia
Virgil
Santa Claus
Cleveland
Santa
Rudolph
Clays
Debra Sullivan
Charleston
W.va
Indiana
Rita Ratley
Ms. Sullivan
Begin Survives Test On Abortion Issue In Israel Parliament
In Jerusalem the Knesset by 58 to 53 repealed the social hardship clause for legal abortions, averting a walkout by Agudat Israel and keeping a fragile coalition alive. Nine lawmakers were absent or abstained, and the four rabbis faced pressure as Begin invoked a cabinet-ejection law to enforce party discipline.
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Jerusalem
Menachem Begin
Begin
Knesset
West Bank
Jordan
Agudat Israel
Agudat
Shlomo Lorencz
Knesset Building
Rifka Bar- Yosef
Minnie Pearl Gifts Shoes and Yo-Yo for Museum
Nashville AP Minnie Pearl will donate battered shoes and a gold plated yo-yo to Roy Acuff for a country music museum at Opryland USA. Acuff will place the gifts in the museum named after him as part of a Grand Ole Opry appearance. Pearl said the worn pumps are precious to her despite their appearance.
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Nashville, Tenn
Minnie Pearl
Roy Acuff
Acuff
Miss Pearl
Opry
Santa Letters Mount Up in Indiana Town Post Office
Exasperated mother Ms Sullivan jokes about a $3 price to stop nagging for cookies. In Santa Claus Indiana the post office handles about 20,000 letters addressed to Santa by Christmas, with volunteers dubbed Santa's elves answering them. A Philadelphia shop markets Mrs Miss and Ms Santa outfits while Leroy Lambert recalls delivering two packages to a Shack house, a moment that moved a mother to tears.
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Saint Nick
Ms. Sullivan
Santa
Santa Claus
Ind
Mary Ann Schaaf
Leroy Lambert
Poca
W.va
Lambert
Pye
Youngster Earns Egypt Trip For Admiring Sadat
Sam Brown a 12 year old Easley South Carolina boy travels to Egypt with six pipes jars of honey and a scarf knitted by his mother gifts to thank Anwar Sadat for offering the expenses paid trip He was inspired by a TV program and wrote Sadat admiring his peace efforts He plans to meet Sadat though no firm arrangement exists and will return on Christmas Eve He will mail postcards to family and classmates and write a class report on his trip Funds were raised by Easley residents as the family faces illness and financial strain The Egyptian tourist office in New York arranged the itinerary Sam has become a local celebrity after writing to Sadat and appearing on national television
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Easley
S.C
Sam Brown
Egypt
Anwar Sadat
Sybil Brown
Sam
Sadat
Israel
Easley Junior High
New York
Rome
Athens
Brown
Greenville
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Oleg Cassini
Eveready
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