Bonfires of Cajun Christmas Fire Up Louisiana Nights
Cajun Christmas beliefs include talking farm animals blessing the Christ Child and cattle kneeling at midnight. Bonfires rise over the Mississippi River parishes from Ascension to St. John the Baptist, while Natchez Christmas Festival and Capitol decorations add modern flare to the observance.
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Louisiana
Ascension
St. James
St. John the Baptist
Baton Rouge
Bryce Moreland
Nova Scotia
Bethlehem
Robert’s Cove
Acadiana
St. Nicholas
Black Peter
Christ
Capitol Building
Mississippi
Capitol
Senate
House
Natchitoches
Cane River
Fifth five year plan falls short despite 1973 gains
The Soviet Union acknowledges that the ninth five year plan will miss its targets for 1973 and 1974, with the 1972 crop failure and centralized economic controls cited as factors. Yet 1973 saw a strong grain harvest and some targets exceeded as Baibakov signals a shift toward consumer production for 1974.
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Ray Moseley
Moscow
UPI
Supreme Soviet
Communist Party
Leonid J. Brezhnev
Nikolai K. Baibakov
Baibakov
Soviet Economic Organization
Desert Shadows Students Produce Own Filmstrips
Desert Shadows sixth graders, guided by Earl Bayless, create colored filmstrips using a half frame reflex camera and daylight developing tanks, producing reports with pictures at about ten cents a frame. The district notes ongoing activities from intramural volleyball to Scout and 4-H programs and upcoming events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Desert Shadows
Earl Bayless
Desert Shadows School
Irmgard Tietjen
Firemen free boy’s tongue from signpost
A 10-year-old boy named James Land had his tongue stuck to a signpost in Dover New Hampshire as he waited for a bus in 10 degree weather. Four fire trucks responded and firefighters freed him by pouring cold water on his tongue after the school bus driver triggered the alarm.
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Dover
N.H
UPI
James Land
Jimmy
Burglary trial delayed for Ehrlichman aides
The Ellsberg burglary trial of John Ehrlichman and two former White House aides is postponed to April 10 due to pretrial motions. Judge Gordon Ringer noted the case's importance but allowed more time for defense and prosecution preparation amid claims of extensive pretrial publicity that could affect fair proceedings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angeles
UPI
Ellsberg
John Ehrlichman
White House
Superior Court
Gordon Ringer
Ehrlichman
United States
G. Gordon Liddy
National Security Agency
David Young
Daniel Ellsberg
Liddy
Modern Apartments in Finest Adult Community at Apache Wells
Spacious living at Apache Wells with electric range and heating cooling. Fully furnished units with covered patios and custom features. Located at 2243 N 56th St Mesa AZ near South and McKellips Rd offering daily, monthly, and annual rates with resort style amenities.
29 Indicted in Harness Race Fix Scheme at Roosevelt Yonkers
Federal authorities announce indictments against 29 individuals including top drivers for conspiring to fix superfecta races from Jan 1 to Apr 13 1973 at Roosevelt and Yonkers Raceways. Defendants paid drivers about 1000 dollars per race to withhold money and bet all possible superfecta combinations, with profits rumored in the millions. Major figures named include Forrest Gerry Del Insko and Peter Vario along with a list of drivers from New York and Ohio.
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New York
UPI
United States
Roosevelt and
Yonkers Raceways
Forrest Gerry
Uniondale
N.Y
del Insko
National Association of Harness Drivers
Peter Vario
Brooklyn
Paul Vario Sr
Washington
Robert H. Bork
U.S
Edward J. Boyd
Insko
William “Bud” Gilmour
Westbury
Frank Popfinger
Ben Webster
Old Bethpage
Kenneth McNutt
Yonkers
Carmine Abbatiello
New Hyde Park
William Hudson
Copiague
Maurice Pusey
Plainview
George Folds
New York City
William Myer
Elden Turcotte
White Plains
Real Cormier
Port Jervis
Dale Ross
Vienna
Ohio
Press Won't Bring Press Pool on Nixon Florida Trip
Washington, (UPI) President Nixon is studying travel options for a post Christmas working vacation at Key Biscayne, Florida. A White House spokesman said no final decision on carrying a pool of reporters has been made and suggested travel by small plane could leave no room for a press corps.
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Desert Shadows
Desert Daisies
Nancy Rapseich
Washington
Nixon
Florida
Warren
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Chris Lebo
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International Liver
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