Christmas Cards Pour Into Tehran Embassy Holders
The Moslem militants holding 50 Americans at the U S Embassy in Tehran promise Christmas comforts but insist the hostages will not be freed until the shah is returned. Meanwhile American churches and shops in Illinois join a massive card campaign sending thousands of messages to Col Leland Holland in charge of embassy security.
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Riverside Church
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Detroit
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Princeton University
New York
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Lyndon Johnson
North Vietnam
Abolhassan Bani Sadr
Santa pays family a Christmas spree after arrest
In Darlington South Carolina Santa Claus surprised garbage truck driver Raymond Sansbury Jr and his family by granting a one hour shopping spree at Mason's Department Store in Rockingham North Carolina worth about 900 dollars. Sansbury who earned 112 dollars weekly was arrested for trespassing at a Cheraw dump last week and faces up to 100 dollars in fines or 30 days in jail if convicted.
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Weather outlook until Christmas with mixed rain chances
The National Weather Service forecasts cloudy and colder conditions tonight with a chance of rain or drizzle and lows in the mid-30s. Christmas Day will be partly cloudy and colder with highs in the upper 30s to low 40s. Illinois forecast shows fair, warmer conditions midweek, with lows in the mid-20s to mid-30s and highs low 40s to low 50s, then chances of rain Thursday and a colder Friday. current conditions updates via phone at 348 8432.
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Santa helper at SIU Carbondale shares jolly challenge
Jim Birkes 24 a Southern Illinois University Carbondale student serves as stand in Santa at University Mall Carbondale listening to children's wishes and keeping a cheerful mood. He notes the back aches the need to stay jolly and the occasional difficulty telling boys from girls. The most requested item is a choo choo train and one child even asked for real estate. He calms frightened kids with a frog joke and plans to pack away the suit after today awaiting Christmas Eve.
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Snowman footprints claim on Himalayan climb in Nepal
British climbers report finding 8 by 4 inch footprints on a 17 250 foot slope in Nepal's Hindu Kush Himalaya and hear a scream believed to be the Yeti. Expedition leader John Whyte says tracks resemble parent and young, weight about 160 pounds. Photographs shown on British TV.
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