Deaf Couple Wins Adoption Fight For Deaf Child
In Torrance California Wayne and Madeline Christensen celebrate a judge granting their adoption of Scott a hearing child after a year long court battle. The couple once fostered Scott from one month old and will pursue schooling ambitions for Janett their 6 year old foster daughter who testified.
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Torrance
Calif
Wayne
Madeline Christensen
Scott
Christensen
Christensens
County Department of Adoptions
Ivan E. Lawrence
Janett
Los Angeles
Santa
Wayne Christensen
Torrence
Janet
Post Office To Close Monday for Christmas Holiday
Normal mail services were available Saturday at the Terre Haute post office. Monday December 25 is a recognized holiday and the post office will be closed to the public. There will be no mail delivery except for special delivery and perishables. No window services and all classified stations and branches will be closed. The lobby will stay open for box mail patrons to receive their mail.
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Terre Haute
Johnson outlines Vietnam policy during around world trip
President Johnson moves from Australia toward Rome while planning to explain U S strategy to Pope Paul VI. He visits Cam Ranh Bay and pins Purple Hearts on wounded GIs as he hammers home resolve, peace hopes, and a will to prevail in Vietnam.
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Australia
Harold KE
Holt
Washington
Ulysses S. Grant
Johnson
Air Force
Khorat
Thailand
Cam Ranh
Rome
Vatican
Paul
United States
North Vietnam
Pope Paul
Vietnam
Cam Ranh Bay
South China Sea
U.S
South Vietnam
Asia
White House
Nguyen van Thieu
South Korea
Chung Hee Park
New Zealand
Keith Holyoake
Thanom Kittikachorn
John McEwen
William C. Westmoreland
Ohio agency to be named Bureau of Employment Services
Ohio's Bureau of Unemployment Compensation said Friday it made one error in a release about its new name. The agency will be Bureau of Employment Services effective January 1, after initial reference to Bureau of Employment Security.
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Columbus
Ohio
Bureau of Unemployment Compensation
Bureau of Employment Services
Bureau of Employment Security
Browns town Post Office to be built in Indiana
Louis and Carole Sharp of Springfield Ohio won the bid for a new Brownstown Indiana post office outbidding three others The initial investment is 44000 dollars and the government will lease the facilities for ten years with renewal options for twenty more set by the Regional Post Office.
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Cincinnati
Louis
Carole Sharp
Springfield
Ohio
Brownstown
Ind
Warsaw court sentences engineer to death after plea
A Warsaw military court on Friday gave Jerzy Strawa a death sentence for allegedly spying for the United States. The 52 year old engineer urged rehabilitation and service to Poland before the verdict. The report notes his emotional plea and the court's ruling.
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Warsaw
UPI
Jerzy Strawa
Poland
United States
Sand Fire Threatens Los Angeles Oil Reserve
Lightning sparked a seven acre oil reservoir at Standard Oil in El Segundo California. Firefighters buried the burning area with sand after 300000 cubic feet of chemical foam failed to quell the blaze. Company officials say tests will determine by Sunday if sand cover can halt the fire.
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EL Segundo
Calif
Los Angeles
Standard Oil Co
Four Killed In Auto Crash At Evansville
A fatal crash near Evansville left four dead including Max Hammer 33 of Iowa and an Indianapolis driver 32 with icy roads blamed for the deaths. Another two-car collision on Ind 14 near Columbia City killed Penny Judd 16 and injured Terry Pettigrew 16 and Mark Leiter 18. Before the weekend Julia Bry ant 83 of Lawrenceburg died in a two car crash on U S 50.
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Mark W. Leiter
Silver Lake
Terry Pettigrew
Rt. 1
Columbia City
Pettigrew
Julia S. Bryant
Lawrenceburg
U.S. 50
Lumpy Socks Draw Loses for Atlanta Man
Detectives found lottery sheets stuffed in Ed ward Pierce Gay's socks under boots. He was charged with violating lottery laws. The article notes a separate historical patent for gold leaf by Walter Hamilton Coe in Providence, Rhode Island on April 5, 1892.
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Atlanta, Ga
Edward Pierce Gay
Gay
Walter Hamilton Coe
Providence
R. I
Ground War Stalemate As Christmas Pause Nears
Since the Buddha's birthday cease fire last May allied ground troops pull back toward bases awaiting a one day Christmas pause. Fighting continued with an American helicopter crew killed and others wounded after a clash 54 miles northwest of Saigon. Eleven enemy dead plus casualties on both sides were reported in multiple engagements across the region.
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Buddha
U.S
Saigon
Qui Nhon
U.S. 101St Airborne Division
Iron Triangle
Bastogne
Sadec
Announcer Hervey Beatty Dies in Texas
Funeral services set for Hervey Beatty 63 known as the Man From Mars a familiar voice to servicemen worldwide Beatty died Monday shortly after signing off a Christmas message to armed forces abroad Death believed due to heart attack
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Palestine, Tex
UPI
Hervey Beatty
Man From
Mars
Beatty
Sign controversy as Star of David appears on Merry Christmas signs
In Seattle two Merry Christmas highway signs drew attention after a volunteer painter added a Star of David in the lower right corner. Irving Bloom, a Jewish man, says he did the symbol in keeping with the season. Authorities report no official stance yet.
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Seattle
Highway Department
Irving Bloom
U S Says Progress In Vietnam War Is Being Made
Ambassador Bunker reports U S efforts to halt North Vietnamese infiltration by bombing and new ideas. He also assesses President Thieu's government as having a good program but notes concrete actions depend on organization and underway, with no clear timeline.
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North Vietnam
Nguyen van Thieu
Thieu
Heavy Holiday Travel Strains Major U.S. Hubs
Traffic swells on highways and rails over the holiday period. Nearly 500000 passengers are expected to pass through New York area airports from Friday through Tuesday, with 12400 airliners involved. California congestion surrounds Los Angeles and its freeways while Greyhound reports heavy bus traffic. The first Anti Sa loon League traces to Oberlin in 1893.
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New York Central Railroad
Empire State
New York City
Albany
New York
Chicago
O'Hare
Los Angeles International Airport
California Highway Patrol
Los Angeles
Greyhound
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