POWs recall first Christmas at home after Hanoi prison
Nine American POWs celebrate their first Christmas home recalling shared mental gifts while in Hanoi. Lt. Cmdr. Michael Christian presents a desk nameplate to Lt. Cmdr. Porter Halyburton with the message Dream Action Reality. Prisoners recall missing Christmas trappings yet feel closer to loved ones. one pilot faces layoff from Eastern Airlines.
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Kathryn Johnson
Associated Press
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Italian tobacconists sell cigarettes and odd goods
Rome officials report tobacco shops stock cigarettes cigars and matches. They also sell shoalaces salt and playing cards and exclusively carta bellata stamped paper costing 80 cents for letters and applications to the bureaucratic system.
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