Immigrant Wins Mother's Visit in Rigged Fort Wayne Draw
Teresa Page, a 24 year old immigrant from England, opened a refrigerator sized package at a Fort Wayne holiday party to reveal her mother, Emma Minett. Airline staff arranged for Mrs Minett to be flown in for a three week vacation. Page has been in the United States about a year and returned to England last March after her father’s death. Minett lives in Solihnll, Wanwick shire.
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Baba Santa Introduces Afro Christmas in Detroit
Henri Ambaji King of Detroit and his brother unveil Baba Santi a yellow robed Santa with Afro themed gifts and Swahili Yoruba language. He greets children on a store throne offering lions and tigers as Christmas helpers while promoting African heritage against a backdrop of interracial doll sales.
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Epidemic Strikes Archie Young Home In Smithtown NY
Ten children aged from months to years in the Archie Young family in Smithtown suffer flu after four bedrooms and the front porch were converted to infirmaries. Mrs. Young, a longtime Long Island housewife, notes a recurring illness pattern with past outbreaks of measles, then chicken pox, while the father Nigel keeps clear so far.
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Tax lien filed on Cleaver to deter unpaid U.S. taxes
The Internal Revenue Service filed a $59,715.12 income tax lien in San Francisco against Black Panther Eldridge Cleaver, sought since November 27 for parole violation. IRS notes he earned $200,000 plus this year and that his wife Kathleen withdrew about $33,000 from their joint account. Cleaver faces a November 27 surrender order and a bail forfeiture risk if he fails to appear in Oakland court next week for assault related charges.
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May Britt Divorces Sam Davis
SANTA MONICA UPI Hollywood's first interracial marriage ends in divorce after eight years. May Britt testifies that he repeatedly stayed away. Superior Court Judge Laurence J. Rittenband grants divorce and awards Britt custody of three children. Davis pays $3000 monthly alimony and child support.
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Eisenhower Grandson Wedding Nears as Mamie Eisenhower Improves
Mrs. Mamie Eisenhower, 72, hospitalized at Walter Reed Army Medical Center, is improving after an infection and asthma scare. Doctors hope she will be well enough to attend the Sunday wedding of her grandson to President-elect Richard Nixon’s daughter Julie. A hospital spokesman said she has been ill for about a week and doctors do not believe she has the flu.
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Eleven U S prisoners freed by Cambodia reach Bangkok
Eleven of twelve American prisoners released by Cambodia's Prince Norodom Sihanouk arrived in Bangkok to begin their journey home for Christmas. They received back pay, vaccines, and holiday gifts. one airman remained hospitalized in Phnom Penh for wounds. The group, captured July 17 on the Mekong, traveled via Air Vietnam and Vietnam, then Philippines, ending at Andrews AFB.
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Local Long Beach Paper Reads Like Vintage Gazette
The fragment from a Long Beach newspaper dated December 29 1753 shows a small town press layout with delivery notes Sunday only and post office stamping. It references the Audit Bureau of Circulation and a Superior Court adjudication in Lavoles County with a 195 Desree number.
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RTD Chief warns of cuts or fare hikes without more funds
RTD general manager Samuel B. Nelson warned the Assembly Committee that the Southern California Rapid Transit District faces service cuts or higher fares next year unless the state provides financial relief. He blamed rising costs and debt service totaling about 3.1 million dollars yearly and urged state action including bond relief, local property taxes, charter bus operations, and expanded cargo use to stabilize the district's finances.
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Troubled Mateo College Closes Early for Holiday
San Mateo College shut down Thursday night for holidays delaying Friday classes. Negro leaders planned a protest march over alleged downgrading of aid programs for minority students. Protesters demanded Robert Hoover and white assistant Jean Wirth be reinstated after a campus incident left 12 injured and caused over 5000 in damages.
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