Santa Claus girl aged 9 to hospital 73 years later
Virginia O'Hanlon Douglas, the girl who asked Is there a Santa Claus? in 1897, is 81 and hospitalized in Columbia Memorial Hospital Hudson New York since October with age related infirmities. The spokesman said she is unlikely to leave before Christmas. A repairman shows off a blowtorch used for hair styling in San Francisco despite safety questions.
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Virginia O'Hanlon Douglas
Virginia
Santa Claus
Douglas
Coluumbia Memorial Hospital
Hudson
N.Y
New York Sun
Francis P
Church
Blowtorch
Eckhard
San Francisco
Dames Aaruil
Karl
Indicted lame duck congressman on tax charges
Newburgh representative Martin McKneally, defeated in New York's 27th District, faces four counts for failing to file federal income tax returns totaling 70 515 for 1964 1967. The indictment cites unreported income by year and notes potential penalties of up to one year and 10 000 dollars per count. Separately Murray Chotiner tells a divorce court he is in debt and lists assets and debts including a 20 000 loan to pay taxes.
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New York
Martin Bo Me- Rueally
Newburgh
U.S. District Court
Albany
Harner
McKineally
John Dow
McKneally
American Legion
March of Dimes
Newburgh City
Vdames T. Foley
Nixon
Murray Chotiner
Chotiner
Santa Ana Superior Court
Amalia Chotiner
Hisband
Washington, D.C
Newport Beach
Fragmentary OCR News Card Seeks Coherent Summary
An OCR fragment from a press page shows garbled dates and names. It hints at a local event involving a person named Valena or Valenta and a person or entity connected to Par and Year. The readable parts suggest a brief item rather than a full report.
Pact With Hughes Claimed By Maheu In Nevada Case
Maheu accuses Howard Hughes of firing him from the billionaire's Nevada empire while asserting a personal, lifelong bond with Hughes. A proxy allegedly granted power of attorney to oust Maheu is debated as court hearings continue over the takeover bid and Hughes departure on Thanksgiving.
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Las Vegas
Robert Mahen
Howard Hughes
Nevada
Mahen
Hughes ‘Oula
Texas
Hughes
Bahamas
Mahen Pol
Maheu
Mr. Hughes
FBI
Mother Shot By Police Outside Courthouse After Son's Sentence
Minnie Jewel Johnson 39 opened fire with a .22 revolver during the aftermath of Leroy Moseley 18 being sentenced to 30 days for auto theft. Officer Norbert Smith was wounded. Johnson was fatally shot by Patrolman Francis Gallagher. Coroner to rule. judges plan firearm safety talks.
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Youngstown
Ohio
Norbert Smith Fleft
Francis Gallagher
Wornsn
Olio
Minnie Jewel Johnson
Leroy Moseley
Norbert Smith
Smith
Johnson
Moseley
Donald Baker
Extradite Fight Lost by Angela
NEW YORK The chief judge of New York state's Court of Appeals denied Angela Davis the stay of extradition to California to face murder and kidnapping charges. Judge Fuld noted Davis is the person named in the extradition warrant and remains charged in California. Davis, 26, is accused of buying weapons used in a San Rafael courthouse shootout that killed four people.
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New York
New York State
Angela Davis
California
Stahley H. Fuld
Court of Appeals
Miss Davis
Fuld
San Rafael
Guy Nelson A. Rockefeller
House OKs Food Stamp Expansion
The House voted to extend the federal food stamp program for three years with a work requirement and access limits. A separate liberal provision to broaden benefits failed, and the bill moves to a House Senate conference to reconcile differences with the Senate.
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Oks
Washington
UPI
Nixon
House
Thomas Foley
D-Wash
Albert Qule
R-Minn
Washington Post
Capitol Hil
Senate
House- Senate
Taillion Reedy Parsons
Medberry Named Bank Board Chairman in San Francisco
Chauncey J. Medberry, a 32 year veteran teller from Beverly Hills, is appointed Bank of America's new board chairman in San Francisco. He will succeed Louis B Lundberg upon Lundberg’s retirement on April 85.
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Chauncey J. Medberry
Beverly Hills
Bank of America
San Francisco
Medberry
Louis B Lundberg
Aprist
City Turns Prey Totung to Rubble Amid Bombings
Phnom Penh reports say Prey Totung, 44 miles northeast on Highway 7, is reduced to rubble by around the clock air raids. Newsmen describe constant overhead bombers from Cambodia South Vietnam and the United States, with Taing Kauk also heavily damaged on the northeastern front.
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Phnom Penh
Cambodia
U.S
Prey Totung
Te Newsman
Taing Kauk
Aing Kauk
Saigon Faces Christmas Terrorism Alert Amid Attacks
In Saigon the U S command boosts police patrols as threats rise amid Christmas terror plots. Air Force intelligence notes possible assassinations and kidnappings of U S servicemen with three Americans killed and 14 wounded in recent bomb and grenade strikes. A gunmen killed a South Vietnamese assemblyman while trying to extort money. Outside Saigon, an American died and eight were wounded in an ambush in the Central Highlands. Weekly U S casualty tally lists 29 killed in action and 32 died from accidents and illness.
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Saigon
U.S
Auericans
South Vietnamese National Assembly
Dovter
Highlands
Cambodia
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Sreda
Netherlands
Pieter van der Meer de Walcheren
Furs
Wes Rebedysey
Bullock's Lakewood
Luis Estévez
Stone Marten
Fur Salon
Heads Bank
Prey Totun
U.S. Air Force
Army
Lakewind
Clark Ave
Lakewood
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