Wealthiest American widow Ailsa Bruce leaves vast estate
The will filed for probate in Manhattan details Ailsa Mellon Bruce widow of Bruce and heir to a fortune of 570.6 million dollars with 556.6 million left to charity and the Andrew Mellon Foundation. Bruce died August 25 1969 and was divorced from David K E Bruce former ambassador. The article also notes Kate Webb honored as a leading journalist for Cambodia and other contemporaries.
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David K. E. Bruce
U.S
London
Bonn
Yank jets hit N Vietnam radar site
U S planes struck a North Vietnamese radar site near Hanoi as fighting persisted in Laos and Cambodia amid a fragile Christmas cease fire. Gen Abrams urged self sacrifice, while Laos recaptured Sara vane with heavy air support and government troops reported casualties and evacuees, with mixed reports of raids and shelling near Taing Kauk and Prakhma.
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Saigon
UPS
Atst
South Vietnam
U.S
Hanoi
Laos
Cambodia
Creighton W. Abrams
Vietnam
Vientiane
Saravane
Belovens
Sam Thang
Long Cheng
Ivat
Lost Plain of Jars
Taing Kauk
Phnom Penh
Prakhma
World War War Spots Ease Amid Christmas Cheer
Christians turn from turmoil to celebrate the Prince of Peace as Americans from Vietnam join families for a holiday. Planeloads of service members seek a safer, peaceful Christmas while tensions linger in Vietnam and the Middle East and in Ireland.
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Vietnam
Belfast
London
3000 Cars Jam for Gift Chicks at SFO Airport
Delta Airlines gave away 12000 chicks at San Francisco International Airport, triggering a 3000 car traffic jam. A 14000 chick shipment from North Carolina lost 2000 birds when storage failed, and survivors faced resale denial. Within 2.5 hours all chicks were claimed, with some 10,200. Arabs, Bethlehem pilgrims, and U S troops also figure in a broad Christmas scene across Israel, Vietnam, and London. President Nixon urged aid to the needy. Pope Paul VI called for unity. Bethlehem readied for 35000 pilgrims. police and soldiers increased presence amid a Christmas rush. In Rio, Parents and Children issued Bethlehem earth memento. Brazil urged world leaders to call for peace.
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San Francisco
UPI
Delta Airlines
San Francisco International
North Carolina
Hong Kong
Saigon
Delta
Church of the Nativity
Jesus
Nixon
Paul VI
Vatican
Indian Subcontinent
Northern Ireland
Middle East
Indochina
Attica aide in uprising to be eligible for parole
Uf Walter C Tuy Swift a convicted murderer who served as medical aide during the Attica prison uprising in September may be freed soon. Governor Nelson Rockefeller commuted Swift and six others in a Christmas clemency act, making Swift eligible for parole next month after six years as a prison hospital aide.
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Albany
Newark Teachers Spend Christmas in Jail After Court-Ordered Strike
More than 120 Newark teachers, who struck in defiance of a 1970 court order, began 10 day sentences at Essex County Jail while others completed terms. Several, including Marionist leader Carole Graves, face up to three months as loss of teaching days prompts holiday incarceration.
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Newark
N.J
UPI
Essex County
Carole A. Graves
Newark Teachers Union
Essex County Correction Center
Caldwell
Your Image With Two Snappy Sports Cars Ad
In today’s classifieds readers are urged to find a ready made image featuring two sharp sports cars. The ad promises a ready to use visual for personal or business needs and highlights quick access to the image via the classified section.
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