Mother Stole To Feed Baby
In Baytown Texas Leitha Roberts 21 faced a theft charge after breaking into a neighbor’s home to steal food diapers and Christmas gifts for her six month old baby. She was free over Christmas as church groups and locals donated money clothes sterilizers food and a turkey while the Goodwins asked the charges be dropped pending a Monday court decision.
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Baytown
Tex
UPI
Leitha Roberts
Gulf Coast
John
Florida
Roberts
James Goodwin
Mrs. Roberts
Goodwin
Harry Holmes
St. Mark’s Methodist Church
Houston
Goodwins
Peace Corps Volunteer Drowns Near Lagos Nigeria
UPI reports 24 year old Judith Ann Corley of St. Louis drowned while swimming off Lagos Nigeria. A strong surf swept her out. a companion could not rescue her. Her body was recovered about an hour later. Corley had been a Peace Corps volunteer since June and was visiting Nigeria from her teaching post in Cameroon when the accident occurred.
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Washington
UPI
Peace Corps
Judith Ann Corley
St. Louis
Lagos
Nigeria
Miss Corley
Cameroon
Noted Biologist Succumbs at 70 in New York
Dr. Herbert Ruckes, renowned insect biologist and professor emeritus of City College Baruch School, died in New York at age 70. He served as a research associate at the American Museum of Natural History after retiring in 1954.
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New York
UPI
Herbert Ruckes
Ruckes
City College
Baruch School of Business and Public Administration
American Museum of Natural History
Boy 4 Celebrates Christmas Three Times at Home
A blond four year old from Laketon Indiana Roger Zane Willston Stafford II celebrated Christmas thrice this year after recovering from open heart surgery on December 7 at James Whitcomb Riley Memorial Hospital Indianapolis. He enjoyed two parties at home and one before leaving for the hospital. Doctors now say his heart is normal and his wish to ride with his truck driver father and play with a toy wagon was fulfilled. His sister Helen seven eyed the attention but will have her tonsils removed after Christmas.
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Laketon
Ind
Roger Zane Willston Stafford II
James Whitcomb Riley Memorial Hospital
Indianaolis
Wabash
Roger
Helen
Sight Restored To Blind Man After Eighteen Years
Lloyd D. Johnson of Houston regained sight after 18 years when a final corneal transplant succeeded. He removed the bandage from his left eye and marveled at a Christmas tree and bustling downtown scenes. He had been blinded by sulphur dioxide in 1947 while repairing a refrigerator. prior operations failed.
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Houston
Tex
Lloyd D. Johnson
Johnson
Halt on Import of Foreign Newspapers in India
The Indian government halted the importation of foreign newspapers and magazines for newsstand sale as an economy measure. The ban excludes Time Life Newsweek New York Times Herald Tribune London Times and Guardian of London. Subscribers remain unfettered and schools fear impact on English textbooks.
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UPI
Time
Life
Newsweek
York Times
and Herald Tribune
London Times and Guardian of London
Christmas Gift Patrol Near Gaza Border
Indian and Yugoslav troops patrolled the Gaza border Friday night and today so United Nations Christian soldiers could take Christmas off. A Norwegian soldier dressed as Santa Claus rode a camel and handed out gifts to the troops.
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Gaza
UPI
Gaza Strip
U. N
Christmas Patrol Through Rubber Trees With Ben Cat Village
Maj John Efferson reports eerie quiet as 3rd Brigade cheered by Vietnamese children at a Ben Cat Christmas party. Soldiers in armored personnel carriers gave rides, while pilots grilled a 40 pound suckling pig for the village. The unit’s call sign Mike Charlies marked Merry Christmas as guards prepared for patrols with orders to avoid firing unless necessary.
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John Efferson
Centralia
Ill
Ben Cat
3Rd Brigade
Gus Bliss
San Diego
Calif
Charlie Smith
Tifton
Mike Charlies
Curiosity Draws Elk Hunters New Idaho Trick
In Wallace Idaho local hunters report a novel method to locate elk by hanging a portable radio on a tree limb and listening for the animals approach. The plan plays on elk curiosity, promising to bring game into gunshot range.
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Wallace Idaho
Robinson Scouts Collect Christmas Trees for Erosion Barriers
In Robinson Illinois Boy Scouts plan to gather discarded Christmas trees to use as erosion barriers on farm land and pastures. They will pick up trees from merchants Monday December 27 and from curbs around Robinson January 3, with drop-off at Community Grounds east of The Hut until January 3.
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Robinson
Greeneville man dies in Friday night vehicular crash
Howard Christmas of Greeneville was killed when struck by a passing car near Greenville on a Friday night. He was born Christmas Day, 1931.
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Greenville
Tenn
Howard Christmas
Greeneville
Here
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Catholic Digest
Pgauisotl Roofing Coo. Inc
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Don Bartholome
Bill Pearman
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Belgium
Europe
Santa Claus
Officer
Robinson Store
Scw. Ine
Optical Lab
South 7Th St
Cal
By Uy
Mia
Bagi Ae
Adkins Studio
David R. Bronson, Inc
Insurance
Hermermisch Cleaners
Hillman’s Jewelers
Hornung & Hahn Shoes
Hulen
THE
Kroger CO
Meadows Center
Poplar
Meadows Pharmacy, Inc
Mutual OF Omaha
INS. CO. Life Insurance
United of Omaha
Jerry Vartelas
C.L.A
J. C. Penney CO
Pentecost & Craft
ACE’ Hardware
Stewart Martin
Snap Shop
Terre Haute
First National Bank
Terre Haute Realty Corp
F. W. Woolworth CO
Terre Haute, Indiana
Indiana
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