Americans Escape Ulster Gunmen In Belfast Home Raid
Gunmen armed with automatic weapons burst into a Belfast Catholic home early Saturday and opened fire while a visiting American woman and her daughter slept in a bedroom. Police said several bullets splintered the room as the assailants fled.
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BOAC offers to fly 190 back to U.S. for Christmas
BOAC proposed to fly 190 stranded Americans home on a fly now pay later basis for Christmas. British residents offered free lodging and Christmas meals to another 100 Americans who could not make the United States in time. The group was blocked due to charter list discrepancies amid a crackdown on trans Atlantic charters.
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Berlin Wall opens for Christmas travel as 500,000 cross
West Berliners begin holiday visits to relatives in East Germany under the Berlin agreement. Authorities expect up to 500,000 to cross by New Year’s Day, the first Christmas since 1965 families separated by the wall can be together.
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