Santa’s elves answer mail from children worldwide
About 40 Finnish Tourist Board elves will spend Christmas delivering personal letters from Santa at Korvatunturi Mountain in Lapland. Santa will write in English, Swedish, French and German to a record number of children, with letters sent on festive stationery.
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Philip M. Stone
Helsinki
UPI
Santa Claus
Korvatunturi Mountain
Arctic Circle
Santa
Finnish Tourist Board
Rudolph the Reindeer
Korvatunturi
Finnish
Lapland
Bengt Pihstrom
Tourist Board
Britain marks Churchill centennial with private Blenheim luncheon
The Churchill centennial observance in Britain included a private lunch at Blenheim Palace attended by Clementine Churchill and other family members. Remembrances spanned memorabilia displays, memorial dinners, a BBC dramatization, and various Churchill items for sale nationwide.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Blenheim Palace
London
Churchill
Bladon
England
Parliament
Probable citation in Phoenix bus-truck wreck
A traffic citation likely will be filed against Glenn Crandall 68 after a camper rear ended a Cocopah School bus on Shea Boulevard near 110th Street. His wife Catherina 73 died. Crandall suffered minor injuries and no one else was hurt. Authorities expect a coroner report and speed details before charging.
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Glenn Crandall
Phoenix
Scottsdale
Maricopa County
Stan Danals
Cocopah
Catherina
Shea Boulevard
110Th Street
Crandall
Phoenix man faces DWI after canal crash on Oak Street
Paul Schulz was arrested on suspicion of driving while intoxicated after a crash near 66th Place and Oak Street. Witnesses said his vehicle tore through a chain link fence and landed in a canal after vaulting into the air. He was cited for speeding with an estimated 50 mph in a 25 mph zone.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Phoenix
66Th Place
Oak Street
Paul Schulz
Schulz
Stolen blank checks from TransAmericard Corp. complex
About 2,500 blank company checks were stolen from TransAmericard Corp. at 2940 N. 67th Place after a break in through a rear window. The burglar rifled desks and doors, tore hinges, and pulled paintings to search for a hidden wall safe. Approximately $150 in cash was taken. three check types from Valley National Bank and First National Bank were among the loot.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
TransAmericard Corp
John Cadwell
Caldwell
Valley National Bank
Valley Plaza
First National Bank
Fashion Square
Auto autopsy ties judge's son death to morphine alcohol mix
An autopsy shows Timothy Dexter LaPrade died from a combination of alcohol and morphine. Police found a spoon and syringe near his body in a guest house behind his grandmother's home. Investigators note morphine in the bloodstream and suggest opium-based drug use.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Phoenix
UPI
Maricopa County
Timothy Dexter LaPrade
Paul LaPrade
Don Lozier
Richard Twitchell
Twitchell
LaPrade
APS to Pass Gas Cost Hike to Customers in January
APS announces a penny-for-penny pass through of a wholesale natural gas cost increase effective with January meter reads, adding about 7 cents to the typical residential bill. The change follows El Paso Natural Gas Co. price hikes and is filed with the State Corporation Commission. Also, APS curtailed gas service for 24 large industrial customers for 24 hours, totaling 6,642,000 cubic feet, affecting firms in Phoenix, Yuma, Miami, and Buckeye.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Phoenix
APS
Arizona Public Service Co
el Paso Natural Gas Co
State Corporation Commission
Phoenix-area
Phoenix Brick Yard
Building Products Co
Reynolds Metals
Marathon Steel
AiResearch
Thompson Industries
T&c Cattle Co
Maricopa By-products
Arizona Agro-Chemical Co
Goldmar, Inc
Anderson Clayton & Co
Anaheim Citrus and Loudon Milling
Yuma
Ranchers Exploration and Development Co
Carley Moore
Cities Services
Miami
Kennecott Copper Corp
Kearney
Circle One Livestock
Beardsley
McElhaney Feeds
Wellton
Fila Feed Yard
Gila Bend
Harquahala Cotton Co
Buckeye
Samaritan Health to Raise Rates Despite State Ruling
Samaritan Health Services will increase rates by 9.6 percent at its six hospitals even after the Arizona State Department of Health Services recommended against the hikes. President Steve Morris called the state action surprising and said the new rates take effect Sunday. The health department said the hikes reflected anticipated inflation.
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Phoenix
UPI
Samaritan Health Services
State Department of Health Services
Samaritan
Steve Morris
Morris
State Health Services Department
Department
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Chad
Shannon Desborough
New Brunswick
Canada
Britain
Winston Churchill
Statesman
Clementine
The
British Broadcasting Corp
Vental Ty Clinic
Eee L. Larson Jewelers
Pete L
Progress
Eldon Drapery
E. Belleview
Servin
St. and
Scottsdale Road
Southwestern Professional
MNDAY
Sheraton
Scottsdale Inn &Villas
Lincoln Drive
Sheraton - Scotts
Dale Inn
MR. Anderson
Scottsdle
Arizona
Brass Pony
SunBurst Hotel
Camelback Road
Neptune East
Maine
California
West Camelback Rd
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