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Newspaper
Pecos Enterprise
Location
Pecos, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 24, 1970
Page
1
Charles Ruggles, 84, famed character actor with a career spanning silent and sound films, Broadway, radio and TV, died Wednesday of cancer. He was remembered as a warm grandfatherly figure in later years.
In TIFF CITY Missouri a yearly program led by Romero Darling Martin delivers toys and food to hundreds of impoverished Indians across miles around on December 23. The Potawatomi organizer is a 60 year old woman named Romero Darling Martin.
In New Orleans the riverboat Delta Queen will enter drydock Monday for a 250000 overhaul adding fire fighting devices. The 46 year old paddle wheeler, once doomed under the Safety at Sea Act, was granted three more years of exemption by Senate House conference accord allowing continued passenger service on the Mississippi and Ohio rivers despite safety exemptions. The Coast Guard cited the wooden super structure as a hurdle to full compliance, but public support kept the historic vessel afloat.
The U S Post Office reports 330 Americans in North Vietnamese POW camps mailed 2578 letters home in the first months of the year. Postmaster General Blount calls mail flow a marked rise over prior years total of 600. The Pentagon lists 378 Americans held in North Vietnam, Hanoi says 339.
The 1973 defense budget aims to move toward an all volunteer armed forces by mid 1973 with about 1.3 billion dollars. Pentagon sources say austerity will touch many areas while liberal measures seek to lure recruits including a 20 percent pay rise for the lowest ranked enlisted men and additional funding for recruiting and combat arm service incentives.
In Los Angeles the prosecutor in the Sharon Tate murder trial calls Charles Manson a cold blooded murderer who values no human life. He asserts Manson “loved people in the cemetery” as closing arguments enter their third day with Bugliosi reading transcripts from most witnesses.
A compact, reverent retelling traces Jesus birth from a slum setting to a life marked by mercy. It notes He faced mockery and betrayal yet vowed to aid the poor and oppressed, guided by parents who gave Him life and love despite poverty. The piece emphasizes universal compassion and divine purpose.
In Bethlehem, under a clear sky and armed Israeli troops, Christmas preparations begin with Bishop James Joseph Bertritti arriving at Manger Square. About 1,000 residents attend as Israeli police and a helicopter keep watch while visitors with permits pass checkpoints. The 70 degree warmth marks the warmest Eve since 1967. Four US youth choirs are to sing before midnight Mass in the Church of the Nativity.
Christians worldwide marked the season amid a fragile ceasefire in the Middle East with Bethlehem drawing 10 000 pilgrims while Arab guerrillas threatened. Nixon hosted a White House Christmas, Thieu sent messages to POWs and servicemen, and Viet Cong ceasefires held. Inflation hit Europe and Canada as sales lagged and shoppers faced higher prices with mixed holiday cheer.
U S and South Vietnamese forces join Viet Cong and North Vietnamese in a 24 hour Christmas cease-fire beginning 6 p.m Saigon time. Bombers continue in Cambodia and Laos where no truce. Casualties show lowest weekly toll in five years as Thieu urges restraint and prisoners of war seek freedom.
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