Melinda Darnell Family Faces Loss and Generosity
The Douglas Darnell family of Alexandria Virginia faces the death of Melinda a brain tumor. Generous strangers sent food clothing and money after Washington Star stories sparking an end of welfare benefits due to added income. A Melinda Day benefit is set at a local high school and Gov Mills Godwin proclaimed it.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Douglas Darnell
Alexandria, Va
Melinda
Wid
Mary Darnell
Washington Star
Focal High
Virginia
Mills Godwit
Mondale Family Keeps Teens in Private Schools
Vice President elect Walter Mondale and wife Joan said their three children will continue in private schools after two years in public elementary and junior high settings in Washington DC. They cited concerns about one son's need for closer supervision.
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Walter F. Mondale
Joan
Mondale
Publi
District of Columbia
Renee
Monale
Peddy
Fibber McGee star Jim Jordan hospitalized after fall
Jim Jordan known as Fibber McGee was hospitalized in Santa Monica with possible hip fracture after a fall at home. St. John's Hospital said X rays would determine injury extent as the year old actor received treatment.
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Jim Jordan
Fibber McGee
St. John’s Hospital
Santa Monica
X Ray
Fords pay farewells at Yale party
President Ford and Betty Ford hosted a White House Christmas party for Congress with about 800 guests. Carter, visiting Blair House, prepared for an incoming administration while lawmakers praised Ford for restoring decency and integrity to the White House.
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Washington
Ford
White House
Congress
Betty
White Hose
Jimmy Carter
Blair House
Rep
Brock Adams
D-Wash
Carter
John Buchanan
R-Ala
Senate
Mike Mansfield
Carl Albert
Ford and Betty bid fond farewell after long White House era
Mrs. Ford hosts a final party while former President Ford shakes hands with colleagues and their spouses. He recalls 26 years in Congress as the happiest, and Betty Ford signals plans to press on with ERA advocacy and Equal Rights Amendment ratification efforts.
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Ford
Congress
Betty
Betty Ford
Mrs. Ford
Bella Abzug
D-N.y
Margaret Heckler
R-Mass
West Point scandal general reassigned to Texas post
Brig. Gen. Walter F. Ulmer Jr announces reassignment to join the 2nd Armored Division at Ft. Hood Texas. Cadet vote on abolishing mandatory expulsion for honor code violators narrowly failed by 2 votes, not reaching a two thirds threshold.
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Washington
West Point
Texas
U.S. Military Academy
Walter F. Ulmer Jr
Ulmer
2Nd Armored Division
Ft. Hood
Tex
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Jagger
Mick Jagger
Rolling Stones
East Woodhay
England
Hank Snow
Cleveland
Tenn
Melisha Gibson
Snow
Andrei Sakharov
Soviet Union
Sakharov
Nu, 1
Bob Hope
Houston
National Airlines
National
Hugh Emmions
Los Angeles
L.B. Maytag
Hope
Asn
Dorothy Benhan
Liz
Elizabeth Taylor
U.S. Navy
Jet Warner
Tel Aviv
Variety Club
Yitzhak Rabin
Miss Taylor
Warner
Israel
Kent
Christias
Gstaad
Switzerland
Yale
Bob Keeshan
Speedee
Tampa
Fla
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Orig
Ind
Wam
Lakewood
Sun
Bullock's
Clark Ave
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