Diplomats Guarded After Assassination in Athens
Greek police tightened protection for American diplomats in Athens after the killing of Richard W. Welch a U S career diplomat. The attack followed a Greek newspaper disclosure naming Americans as CIA agents and 10 Russians accused of espionage. No suspects identified. Greece's premier condemned the murder and pledged to find the killers.
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Athens
Greece
CIA
Richard W. Welch
Jack B. Kubisch
Welch
Kubisch
Washington
Roland E. Estes
William Lofgren
James MacWilliams
John Palavich
Stephen Winsky
William Bright
U.S
Committee To Keep
Wave To Take Christmas Off
The Port Lavaca Wave will not publish a Christmas Day edition so staff may spend the day with their families. All departments will be closed Thursday and reopen at 8 a.m. Friday. Merry Christmas from The Wave and its employees.
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Port Lavaca
the Wave
Christmas Reunion for Vietnamese Refugee Family
The Duong family, recent arrivals from Vietnam, prepare for their first Christmas in the United States. Khanh Duong and his wife Khahn, along with relatives, reunite with sisters including Guong thi Phan who arrived this month for the holidays. A blend of Vietnamese ritual and American tradition frames their home as they await a new nephew or niece and reflect on uprooting and language barriers.
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Gueng Thi Phan
Khanh Duong
Duong
Duy Thi Phan
Little Chang
Guong Thi Phan
Port Lavaca
Vietnam
Guang Thi Phan
Khahn Duong
Red Cross
Utah
Giong Thi Phan
Khanh
Argentine Forces Battle Guerrillas Near Capital
Eight hours of clashes near Buenos Aires left at least 101 dead including 8 guerrillas and 10 civilians as security forces fought ~500 Montoneros and ERP attackers. Gen. Videla inspected the zone as violence raises pressure on President Isabel Peron amid wider Peronist and military turmoil.
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Buenos Aires
Argentina
Isabel Peron
Montoneros
People's Revolutionary Army
Latin America
Jorge Videla
Peronist
Juan D. Peron
Isabel
Air Force
Snow and rain sweep West Texas on Christmas Eve
The Associated Press reports a winter storm blankets parts of West Texas with up to six inches in Guadalupe Pass and five inches in Plainview. Snow fades to rain eastward as temperatures rise. travel advisories remain in effect in parts of Kansas and across much of the United States.
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Jasper Cuellar
Knights of Columbus Council
Christmas Drive
Alfred Ramirez
Knights of Columbus
KC Drive
Associated Press
West Texas
Big Bend
Panhandle
Plains
Guadalupe Pass
Plainview
van Horn
Midland
Amarillo
Abilene
Childress
Lubbock
Brownsville
Rio Grande Valley
McAllen
Kansas
Great Lakes
Ohio Valley
Christmas in Bethlehem Amid Occupation Tension
In Bethlehem, Israeli troops erect security booths outside the Church of the Nativity as pilgrims prepare for midnight mass. Local Arab leaders complain security dampens Christmas cheer while speculation swirls on Palestinian governance and future rule.
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Bethlehem
Jordan
Christ
Church of the Nativity
Palestine
Yasir Arafat
Palestine Liberation Organization
Weather outlook with clouds rain and cooler temps
Weather outlook calls for considerable cloudiness and occasional rain with a chance of widely scattered thundershowers today and tonight. Temperatures will range from the upper 60s highs to low 50s. rain probability 70 percent today and 40 percent Thursday with Easterly winds 8 to 16 mph. Boating threats noted with easterly winds 5 to 22 knots, seas 4 to 6 feet, and roughening into Thursday. tides and sun times listed.
Plane Vanishes in Snowstorm Near Plainview Texas
A twin engine Piper Cherokee piloted by Mack Ross of Brownfield disappeared during a snow storm near Plainview. Federal flight service workers in Lubbock identified the pilot and feared a crash as renewed snowfall hampered search efforts. Ross last spoke by radio at 3:28 p.m. Tuesday from west of Plainview asking about weather conditions.
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Plainview, Tex
South Plains
Federal Flight Service
Lubbock
Mack Ross
Brownfield
Ross
Plainview
Calhoun Sheriff Maurice Wood Seeks Re election
Maurice Wood announces he will run again for Calhoun County sheriff in the next general election with a May primary and a November vote. He has served as sheriff since Jan 1 1973 after defeating incumbent Homer Roberson and previously served 18 years as county clerk. He is a director of the Texas Sheriffs Association and vice president of the Coastal Bend Peace Officers Association. He cites campaign promises kept and calls for public support.
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Maurice Wood
Calhoun County
Wood
Homer Roberson
The
Texas Sheriffs’ Association
Coastal Bend Peace Officers Association
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Constantine Caramanlis
Corfu
Calhoun High School
Boy Scout Troop
Salt Lake City
State
Idaho Panhandle
Mississippi
Florida
Atlantic
Missouri Valley
Calhoun
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