Israeli Army Eases Bethlehem Clampdown During Christmas Return
The Israeli army relaxed security in Bethlehem on Christmas Eve, removing roadblocks and dismounted guards as pilgrims crowded the city. No incidents were reported locally, but fighting flared 20 miles east at Umm Shurat and saboteurs near the Gaza Strip wounded a soldier.
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Bethlehem
Christ
al Fatah Sabotage Organization
Holy Land
Jordan River
Umm Shurat
Dead Sea
Gaza Strip
Israel
al Fatah
North Korean Infiltrators Use Fast Boats To Aid War
North Korean infiltrators operate 80 foot fast boats resembling fishing vessels to land commandos on South Korea's coast. Western analysts say Pyongyang aims for a “porous war” to spark rebellion, with growing counts of boats and hardened cadres near the DMZ.
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Seoul
U.S
Charles H. Bonesteel
Pyongyang
South Korea
Ulchin
Bonesteel
Vietnam
North Korea
Demilitarized Zone
Civil Air Patrol Extends Search For Missing Plane
Laurel Mountain Civil Air Patrol units based at the county airport resume air searches Thursday for a private plane reported lost near Indian Head and Laurel Mountain. The finding effort follows Christmas Day sorties from Selma Alabama with three aboard.
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Civil Air Patrol
Laurel Mountain
Indian Head Airport
Selma
Ala
Apollo 8 Astronauts Fly Toward Earth After Moon Mission
Apollo 8 astronauts Borman Lovell and Anders narrated a 10 minute TV tour from the capsule circling Earth’s vicinity. They described food preparation in zero gravity and demonstrated on board exercises as they head home from the moon after a historic flight. They reported a mid course correction and said the return path is on target as they approach Earth. News from home brought Christmas wishes to the crew.
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SPAN
Manned Spacecraft Center
Houston
Tex
Borman
Anders
California
Lovell
Moon
Earth
Susan
Edwin Borman
Des Moines Abduction Case Deepens With Clues Found
The Powers family awaits word as bloodstained orange stretch slacks and white socks tied to Pamela Powers are found in a Grinnell waste receptacle. A green 1959 Buick matching witness descriptions is found abandoned in Davenport as police pursue leads in the Christmas Eve disappearance from the Des Moines YMCA.
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Des Moines, Iowa
Pamela Powers
Des Moines
Don Knox
Grinnell
Iowa
Knox
Anthony
Pamela
State Bureau of Criminal Investigations
Davenport
John Iverson
YMCA
Merlin Powers
Missouri State Hospital
John Knapp
Anthony Erthell Williams
Associated Press
Robert Anthony
Robert Anthony Williams
Robert Gene Anthony
Navy Arranges Christmas Day For Pueblo Crewmen, Families
The Navy organized a Christmas Day for USS Pueblo crewmen and families in San Diego after their return from North Korean captivity. The visit included a Post Exchange trip, religious services, and a large Christmas meal, with many avoiding talk of captivity while sharing family moments.
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Navy
San Diego
Calif
USS
Pueblo
Naval Hospital
Travis Dodd
2.C. Angelo
S.S. Strano
Hartford
Conn
Rodney H. Duke
Frederick Duke of
Fayette
Tragic Bradford Crash Kills 20 Relatives of Passengers
A Allegheny Airlines Convair 580 crashes near Bradford Regional Airport in Pennsylvania on Christmas night. Twenty relatives of passengers are identified as killed while 27 others are injured. Pilot Capt. Gary L. Mull and First Officer Richard B. Gardner die. hostess Rita Boylen survives. Rescue teams search through snow as families gather at a crash headquarters.
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Leonard Stahl
Norman Shanks
Eastern Aerospace Rescue and Recovery Center
Robins Air Force Base
Georgia
J. E. Creehan
Demopolis
Ala
Allegheny County
Pittsburgh
Creehan
Carol
Jack Creehan Sr
Alabama
Indian Head
Jennerstown
Stahl
Richard Gibbs
Bradford
Allegheny Airlines
Detroit
Washington
Kane
Pennsylvania
New York
Cyclone
Allegheny Flight 736
Erie
Harrisburg
Allegheny
Gary L. Mull
Fairfax
Richard B. Gardner
Springfield
Rita Boylen
Alexandria
Central Plains Snowstorm Buries Cities with Heavy Snow
A Christmas snowstorm swept from the Northern Rockies across the plains to the Central Mississippi Valley. Blizzard conditions formed in the Dakotas and northeastern Nebraska with subzero winds. Huron South Dakota and Sioux City towns received about 15 inches while Sioux Falls logged 25 inches as Pacific coast rain fell and Arctic air moved east.
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Rockies
Plains
Mississippi Valley
Dakotas
Nebraska
Huron
S.D
Soux City
Town
Sioux Falls
Pacific Coast
Cascades
Sierra Nevadas
27 Survivors Of Bradford Crash Identified
Washington AP lists 27 survivors of the Convair propjet crash on Christmas Eve at Bradford Pennsylvania. Names ages and current or intended routings include passengers from Detroit Harrisburg Erie and Michigans Wayne and Pottsville. Notable entries include Crew Hostesses Rita Boylen and Reba Freidrich and Captain Nevin Remally.
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Washington
Bradford
Allegheny Airlines and
Louis C. Dizio
Lawsen Ave
Detroit
Mich
Harrisburg
T. Haverstock
Gregory Tobin
Mt. Colt Road
Pottsville
Harold Smith
Wayne
E. Sloboda
Terry Gross
Sunnydale Dr
York
Janis Walze
Harding St
Erin Walze
Christine King
Camp Hill
R. van Pelt
Lewis Angel III
French St
Erie
Lewis Angel
Billy Goodmore
Rocovia
Calif
Timmy Goodmore
Rocoiia
Frederick Dankmeyer
Rochester
Betty Budr
Mentor
Ohio
Janet Byrd
John Brennan
Dallastown
R. Zimmerman
Lancaster
R. Brown
Lebanon
Richard Nasados
Mount Carmel
Nevin Remally
Washington, D.C
Rita Boylen
Alexandria
Reba Freidrich
Weather Summary for Western Pennsylvania
Western Pennsylvania reports fair and very cold conditions with a high near 15 degrees. Tonight will be mostly cloudy and colder with lows around 0 to 5 below. Friday brings more clouds and continued cold with snow likely late in the day and light winds.
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Pennsylvania
Pope Paul VI visits factory to appeal for class harmony
In Taranto the pope celebrated Christmas Mass with 15,000 laborers at a steel plant and returned to Rome to give the urbi et orbi blessing. He urged peace between workers and the Church and acknowledged a growing gap between work and religion. The visit marked a bold, unprecedented effort by a pope to engage the modern working class.
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Gerald Miller
Associated Press
Vatican City
Paul VI
Taranto
Rome
St. Peter’s Basilica
Paul
Florence
Guerrillas for Good Anonymous Teens in Ann Arbor
In Ann Arbor Michigan the Gillnet Gang calling themselves Guerrillas for Good acts secretly to cut red tape and fix local problems. About 55 current high school members and 40 to 50 former members pursue extralegal actions to improve conditions with a faint religious overtone.
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Ann Arbor, Mich
Gillnet
Ann Arbor
Huron River
Detroit
Paula Pyles Condition Unchanged After Kidney Transplant
Paula Pyle sixteen of Rockwood RD 3 remains in satisfactory condition at the Cleveland Clinic Hospital after receiving a kidney from her father John Pyle. Hospital spokesman says both are doing well after the critical 48 hour period. Friends and Pennsylvania groups have raised nearly twenty nine thousand dollars to help cover estimated thirty five thousand dollars in expenses.
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Paula Pyle
Rockwood RD 3
Cleveland Clinic Hospital
Paula
John Pyle
Friends of the
Pyles
Rockwood
Pennsylvania
Death Toll Rises To 173 In Holiday Travel
The Associated Press reports the holiday death toll reached 173 on national highways as yuletide visitors faced long drives home. The National Safety Council estimates 280 to 360 fatalities for the period from 6 p.m. Tuesday to midnight Wednesday.
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Associated Press
National Safety Council
Sidney C Brant Named City Editor at Daily American
Henry B Reiley Jr announced Sidney C Brant AD 1 will succeed Paul E Fuller as City Editor of the Somerset Daily American. Brant named wire editor earlier and joined in January after 13 years with the Somerset Bureau of Employment Security. Fuller resigned to take another county paper post.
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Somerset Daily American
Henry B. Reiley Jr
Sidney C. Brant
AD 1
Paul E. Fuller
Brant
the American
Somerset Bureau of Employment Security
Fuller
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Watoma
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Creedhan
Charleston
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Allegheny Radio
Paul Recer
Powers
Barry Kramer
Russell
Johnson
Sharon McCartney
la Canada
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University of Michigan
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