Young bank robber sought after $17296 heist at Fairmount branch
FBI agents and sheriff's deputies hunted a youthful bandit described as white around 20, five eight with brown hair and a striped suit who passed a note and used a toy gun to take 17296 from Merchants National Bank & Trust Co. after 5 40 p.m. He fled in a 1965 grey Chevrolet, dropping 2000 along the way.
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FBI
Sheriff's
Fairmount
Merchants National Bank & Trust Co
Samuel Nappi
Nappi
Chapel Drive
Christmas Weather Preview Cites Snow Then Rain
Forecasters expect white ground for Christmas with seasonal snow in parts but warn rain in the air across the region. Temperatures should stay above freezing in many areas, keeping snow from sticking in some locales while light showers may affect travel.
Road Toll Rises During Christmas Weekend
Traffic accidents claimed more than 75 lives in the early hours of the Christmas holiday weekend as deaths rose since 6 p.m. yesterday and will end at midnight Monday. The Hancock Airport weatherman forecast mild Christmas Day with a high near 45 and showers possible. Clouds tonight and tomorrow bring 30s to 40s with 20 to 36 percent rain chances. Fog and drizzle affected the eastern half of the nation.
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Associated Press
Ation
Hancock Airport
Nicaragua Earthquake Devastates Managua Amid Inconclusive Toll
A 6.5 magnitude quake hit Managua early causing extensive damage with fires, collapsed buildings, and no power or water. Reports say hundreds dead and thousands injured. United States aids with medical teams and supplies. Rose Marie Orlich, a 36 year old embassy secretary, is confirmed killed.
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Mexico City
U.S. State Department
U.S
State Department
Rose Marie Orlich
Philadelphia
Turner B. Shelton
Department
Managua
Guillermo Lang
Nicaragua
United Nations
New York
Balmoral
Avenida Bolivar
Lang
United States
Panama City
POWs injured in Hanoi air raids, Hanoi says
North Vietnam radio said U S pilots held at Hanoi were wounded in a December 20 air strike and more damage was caused the detention camp on December 21. The claim followed a U S antiwar group visit to the camp, while the Defense Department rejected the accusation.
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Washington
North Vietnam
U.S
Hanoi
Hanoi Hilton
Noi
Defense Department
Reds deny Giap death report at Paris talks
The North Vietnamese delegation at the Paris peace talks denied a report that Defense Minister Vo Nguyen Giap was killed in Haiphong. A spokesman called the claim a product of American psychological warfare and puppets.
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Paris
Technicians Walk Out of Talks Over Vietnam Bombing Protest
North Vietnamese delegates at the technicians talks with the United States walked out of a scheduled session after reading a protest against the bombing of North Vietnam.
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Paris
United States
North Vietnam
Santa Delivers Early Christmas to Arctic Village Alaska
A C130 cargo plane with a drone over Arctic Village 160 miles north of the Arctic Circle drops 7300 pounds of toys clothes and food. Paratroopers in red jump suits greet nearly all 103 villagers as Santa Claus frosts his ear yet the children cheer. The aid mission by the 17th Tactical Air Lift Squadron from Elmendorf AFB ends with a village feast and a hopeful poster reading Santa Claus, come back next year.
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Arctic Village
Alaska
Actic Circle
Santa Claus
17Th Tractical
Elmendorf Air Force Base
Anchorage
Max
Plane losses mount as bombing continues over North Vietnam
Chicago dispatch reports U S warplanes strike Hanoi and Haiphong on the sixth day of raids while U S Command confirms the ninth and tenth B 52s lost this week. Missing airmen total rises to 55 as Nixon ordered the raids. Hanoi denounces the bombings as targeting densely populated areas and hospitals. South Vietnam announces a 24 hour cease fire.
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Larry Green
Chicago Daily News Service
SAGON
North Vietnam
U.S
Hanoi-Haiphong
Nixon
Hanoi
Haiphong
U.S. Command
Pentagon
Truman in critical condition as health declines
In Kansas City on Sunday Harry S. Truman, 83, remained in critical condition with an erratic heartbeat, increased lung congestion, and dropping blood pressure. Doctors administered medicine to raise his pressure while noting only slight further decline in kidney function.
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Kansas City, Mo
UPI
Harry S. Truman
Truman
Big Smash Attains $22,500 Prize in Moneyword Puzzle
The upcoming moneyword contest promises a $22,500 award for the solver. Organizers urge puzzle fans to prepare for tomorrow’s challenge and submit entries by the stated deadline.
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Harrison H. Schmitt
Taurus-Littrow
Moon
Earth
Federal Space Agency
AP Wirephoto
Red Cross
Tegucigalpa
Honduras
Reds
Giap
Bien Phu
Nguyen van Thieu
Saigon
Telephoto General
Ann Landers
W Sports
Io Women’s
Santa
Old Saint Nick
John Wheeler
Louisville
Santa Maria Catholic
50Th Air Wing
U.S. Air Force
Erecy
South Vietnam
Cottel
Cary
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