Santa Claus Busy Making Last Minute Preparations
Interview with Santa details top gift requests from children including a 20 speed bicycle and bicycles for boys and girl dolls like Hush Little Baby. He notes reactions to visits with children from ages one to six and jokes about the hazards of toy photography and candy canes. All at the North Pole report smooth workshop operations and readiness for Christmas Eve as Mrs Claus joins movement for women’s liberation.
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Jayne Hillegass
Santa
Sant
Game
Batman
Superman
Hush Little Baby
Santa Claus
North Pole
Mrs. Claus
Women’s Liberation Movement
Rudolph
Reindeer
Couple Guilty In Child Abuse Trial
Richard and Florence Morrison were found guilty of aggravated assault, recklessly endangering another person, and endangering the welfare of their six year old son John. Judge Charles H. Coffroth ordered a presentencing investigation and set bond at $5,000 each with no sentence date yet.
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George Lear
American County
Richard
Florence Morrison
John
Charles H. Coffroth
Coffroth
Florence
Ursina
Wilbert H. Beachy III
Sandra W. Uper
Morrisons
County Probation and Parole Department
Mrs. Morrison
Mr. Morrison
Child Welfare Agency
French Polio Kills State Man
Albert McKlwain a 65 year old East Butler Pennsylvania man who had received a swine flu shot died from Guillain Barre syndrome at Butler Hospital after entering on November 8 He died December 19 becoming Pennsylvania s first fatality from the syndrome Health Secretary Leonard Bachman said national health authorities halted the flu shots while investigators probe a link between the vaccine and the syndrome
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Harrisburg, Pa
Pennsylvania
Leonard Bachman
Albert McKlwain
East Butler
Butler Hospital
White Christmas Expected Across Western Pennsylvania
A weather outlook predicts snow in western Pennsylvania with a white Christmas for some. Oversize and overweight vehicle bans run on state highways from sunset Thursday to sunrise Monday during holiday weekends, with similar limits for New Year’s weekend.
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Associated Press
Turnpike Commission
Death of Chicago Mayor Daley Buried After Funeral Mass
Chicago mayor Richard J Daley, in office for 25 years, was buried after a funeral Mass at Nativity of Our Lord Church. President-elect Carter and other leaders attended the service where Daley was described as a religious family man who placed politics low on his list of priorities. Daley, 74, died Monday of a heart attack at his doctor’s office.
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Chicago
Richard J Daley
Carter
Daley
Bridgeport
Nelson A. Rockefeller
National Democratic Party
Robert Strauss
Edward M. Kennedy
D-Mass
Thomas Donovan
County To Move Somerset Home Patients Ahead Of AFSCME Strike
Somerset County will start relocating patients from the County Home for the Aged in Berlin as a contract deadline nears with AFSCME. Families are asked to remove relatives, while the county studies foster care options to ensure lodging if a strike occurs.
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George Bashur
Whier
Somerset
Berlin
American Federation of State County and Municipal Employes
Afscme
Argo Merchant Sinks After Nantucket Oil Spill Widens
The 640 foot Argo Merchant broke up off Nantucket in 10 to 15 foot seas and spilled 7.6 million gallons of No 6 oil, creating a 100 mile slick toward Georges Bank. Coast Guard officials say the bow tanks still hold oil and the wreck will not be salvaged. a caller claimed deliberate grounding.
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Nantucket
Mass
Argo
Nantucket Island
Coast Guard
Georges Bank
Cmdr
Barry Chambers
Washington
New York
Snow Flurries Forecast For Laurel Mountain Area
Snow flurries likely Thursday and Thursday night with highs in the 20s and low temperatures around 8 to 15 degrees. Winds westly 12 to 22 mph. Snow chances about 60 percent Thursday and Thursday night ending Friday with highs in the upper teens to low 20s.
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Laurel Mountain
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