Christmas card misdelivered sparks global goodwill
A misaddressed Christmas card to Linn Street Cincinnati sparked a tale of generosity as Mrs Noell and many others recall kindness. Birmingham officer Harry L. Jones used $6 to buy groceries for a needy family and has received more than $3,000 for the Fraternal Order of Police Fund. Messages from prison and from California express gratitude and aim to spread acts of mercy during the holidays.
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Ohio
Gera Id Novell
San Mateo
Athough
Linn Street
Iit
Cincinnati
Uta
Christus
Birmingham
Ala
Harry L. Jones
Jones
Fraternal Order of Police Fund
Lile
Jeffers
Marion
Mliceman
California
Judge Lowers Oswald Widow’s Claim by 444000
U S District Judge Joe B Estes in Dallas reduced the award for Lee Harvey Oswald’s widow to 3000 for personal effects including the marriage license seized after President Kennedy's assassination. He rejected higher claims of up to 447000 by private collectors, saying larger awards would incentivize future assassins.
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Dallas
Lee Harvey Oswald
John P. Kennedy
U. S
Joe BE. Estes
Matina Oswald Porter
Estes
Minneapolis prostitution ordinance ruled unconstitutional
A municipal judge ruled the Minneapolis prostitution ordinance unconstitutional for discriminating against women and for vague language. Judge Neil A. Riley said the law prohibits only women from indiscriminate intercourse and is vague by tying conduct to consideration. He noted intelligent citizens cannot see greater community risk from female than male conduct.
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Minneapolis
Neil A. Riley
Riley
Bob Hope
Uss
Coral Sea
U S planes strike near Hanoi in protective raid
U S Air Force F105 Thunderchiefs hit an antiaircraft site two miles from Hanoi marking the closest North Vietnamese raid in over a year. The strike accompanied broader U S actions in Indochina with B52s, jets, and helicopter missions targeting troop concentrations and supply lines in Laos, Cambodia, and South Vietnam. Maj. Gen. Vang Pao ordered evacuations at Long Cheng as government forces repel advances near the Plain of Jars.
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Saigon
UPS
Vanoi
North Vietnam
U.S
Indochina
South Vietnam
Cambodia
Laos
Gags
Long Cheng
Plain of Jars
Air America
Vang Pao
Het
Tanoi Mae
Ho Chi Minh Trail
Hanoi
United States
Son Tay
Hanioi
Hospital wing funded for aging cowboys in Burns
Harney County Hospital in Burns receives 100000 to build a new wing to care for aging cowboys. The grant comes from Pearl Smyth who died last week at age 40, widow of an eastern Oregon rancher.
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Burns, Ore
Harney County Hospital
Pearl Smyth
Oregon
POWs' Letters Shown From Paris Release
In Paris a group of North Vietnamese and Viet Cong representatives released a trove of letters and cards said to be from most of the 349 ILS prisoners of war in Vietnam. Rev Richard Fernandez of Philadelphia brought 1 001 letters, including the first mail from some American POWs in South Vietnam. Porter, U S delegate, noted only 50 families received mail this year, urging investigation into mail delays and releases.
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New York
Paris
Vietnam
Richard Fernandez
Philadelphia
South Vietnam
William J. Porter
U.S
South
Hanoi
Cardinal Cooke Plans Annual Christmas Holy Land Trip
Cardinal Francis Cardinal Cooke archbishop of New York leaves tonight for his yearly Christmas pilgrimage to the Holy Land. He travels as president of the Catholic Near East Welfare Association to aid refuges and camps in Palestine and will visit American troops as chaplain to Catholic service members.
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New York
Terence Cardinal Cooke
Holy Land
Cardinal Cooke
Catholic Near East Welfare Association
Palestine
Unclear notice fragment from press telegraph issue
Fragmentary OCR text references a second class notice, prices, and a Sunday and Monday schedule. It lists monetary amounts and page markers but lacks coherent events, names, dates, or locations to determine a clear news item.
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