Chaplin Buried Quietly in Swiss Cemetery
Chaplin was buried this morning in Corsier-sur-Vevey Switzerland in a simple 20 minute ceremony he died Christmas Day at 38. About 140 reporters and locals watched behind police enclosures as Oona Chaplin and seven of eight children gathered with clergy to lead the service.
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Charlie Chaplin
Corsier-Surevey
Lake Ceneva
Alps
Chaplin
Oona
David Miller
Church of England
Lausanne
Richard Thorson
Thomson
Minnelli’s Broadway return in doubt after bronchial illness
A spokeswoman says Lisa Minnelli was resting at home after missing seven shows of The Act due to bronchial trouble and fever. Doctors examined her before last Wednesday’s performance. producers warn revenue loss and potential show closure if she cannot return. The Act top ticket price is 25 dollars.
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Lisa Minnelli
Minnelli
Afigs Minnelli
Miss Minnelli
Aet
Marine General Oliver P. Smith Dies at 84 in Los Angeles
Oliver P. Smith, famed Marine general who led a 70 mile trek to the sea in the Korean War and commanded the 1st Marine Division at the Chosin Reservoir, died Christmas Day at his Los Angeles home. A 1917 Marine veteran, he later retired in Texas and was granted a special promotion to general upon retirement.
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Oliver P. Smith
Los Allos
BA. Smith
Changjin Reservoir
Hungnam
Smith
Marines
Menard
Texas
Widow of Enrico Fermi’s Wife Laura Fermi Dies at 70
Laura Fermi, widow of physicist Enrico Fermi and author of Atoms in the Family, died at Billings Hospital in Chicago from cardiac arrest at age 70. Immigrating from Italy in 1919, she shared life with the man dubbed father of the atomic bomb and chronicled these events in several books.
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Chicago
Laura Fermi
Enrica Fermi
Billings Hospital
Nella Weiner
United States
Italy
Stagg Field
University of Chicago
Mussolini
Nabe
University of Chicago-run
Klan rally rammer escapes jail in Americus
Buddy Cochran the truck mechanic convicted of ramming four cars into a Ku Klux Klan rally in Plains escaped Sumter County Jail with another inmate around 7 45 am. The pair sawed their cell door lock and fled as authorities searched nearby woods. Cochran wife Mary Sue was being questioned after visiting the jail. He was sentenced to 12 years plus probation for eight counts of aggravated assault.
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Americus, Ga
Buddy Cochran
President Carter
Plains
Sumter County
Randy Howard
Cochran
Michael Practor
Mary Sue
Americus
Howard
KKK
Carter
Lillian
Red Adair Tames Wild Alberta Gas Well Fire
Edmonton report shows veteran oilfield hand Red Adair drove a bulldozer to the edge of a roaring gas blaze to tow a drilling rig clear near West Pembina 80 miles southwest of Edmonton. The well had burned since December 6. Amoco Canada officials praised his courage as crews planned water cooling and a dynamite charge to snuff the fire. Adair acted Christmas Eve to allow his men to return home.
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Edmonton
Alberta
Red Adair
Amoco Canada Petroleum Co. Ltd
West Pembina Field
Pembina
Adair
West Pembina
Amoco
Dave McAsey
Gewell
Amd
Georgee Originals Three Piece Pantsuit Set Debuts
New year promotion offers three piece polyester pantsuits in mint silver or rose floral prints from Georgee Originals. Pull on pants sleeveless shell in sizes 10 to 20, priced at 19.99. Sherwyn Casuals listed.
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Georgee Originals
Sherwyn Casuals
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Santa Monica
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Japan
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Russia
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Marine Hero
Claude &. Morris
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