Hope deprecates Nixon at White House party before troop tour
Bob Hope’s Christmas show at the White House delighted President Nixon and guests including Vice President Agnew. Hope joked about Agnew and Mrs Mitchell while the veteran entertainer prepared to take the troop show overseas. The East Room event featured a silver lame dancer, a Hair ballad, and Les Brown and his Band of Renown among prominent attendees such as Al Capp, Henry Ford II, Linda Bird Johnson, and Westmorelands.
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UPI
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Duke University
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al Capp
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Christina
Three Arrested in Local Drug Raid at Motel
Police traced suspects to a motel room after a tip. Torres resisted a search, then authorities found six bags of marijuana and a clothing bag stash. Motel desk clerk noted Torres kept others out and paid through next Saturday. A second item reports Pentagon plan to remove 36 obsolescent Mace B missiles and a 722 man crew from Okinawa.
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Clinton Fossett
Hazell Heilmann
Fossett
Anderson
Ehrman
Jones
Merante
Washington
UPI
Pentagon
Okinawa
Grain Market Notes From Elyria
Elyria price snapshot shows wheat at 135, corn at 114, oats and soybeans advertised with soybeans at 2.28 per bushel. Services and traders list grain values for local farmers and merchants.
Informer in Tate case joins in clothing hunt
Two dozen policemen assisted by Susan Atkins searched the Hollywood hills for bloodied clothing from the Tate slayings. A rusty pistol was found while authorities kept details secret and used a helicopter and 80 Explorer scouts in the six hour operation tied to the Sharon Tate case. Atkins, tied to seven murder charges, was to enter a plea Tuesday.
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UPI
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Hollywood Hills
Brand Institute
Miss Atkins
Sharon Tate
Robert Helder
Leno LaBianca
Panama Braced as Torrijos Overthrown by Subordinates
Brig. Gen Omar Torrijos, Panama’s strongman, was toppled by Col Amado Sanjur and Col Ramiro Silvera while Torrijos was in Mexico for a pleasure trip. Sanjur claimed they are protecting Torrijos’s family and that power has shifted upward, not in rank, with Silvera in charge. Torrijos had seized power in 1968 from Arnulfo Arias after an 11 day rule.
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UPI
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Panamas
Torrijos
Mexico
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Sanjur
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Ramiro Silvera
Panama
Pan Am
Arnulfo Arias
Qet
Aras
California surf lifts home off its foundation
Heavy Pacific surf batters Southern California coastal communities with breakers up to 24 feet. A two story home valued at $50,000 was lifted several inches off its foundation by a giant wave. Four people killed and over $1 million in damage reported.
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Oxnsad
Calif
UPI
Harry Decter
Pacific
California
Washington-Oregon
Apollo 13 Rockets into Final March Mission Tests
Apollo 13 moves to the launch pad at Cape Kennedy for final March 12 launch tests. Commander James Lovell leads astronauts Thomas Mattingly and Fred Haise in the Saturn V mission toward Fra Mauro highlands for lunar sampling and exploration.
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UPI
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Thomas K. Mattingly
Fred W. Tlasse
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Haise
Fra Mauro
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Hassé
Moon
Midway hero Spruance dies at 83 in California
Retired Adm Raymond A Spruance who led US forces at Midway in 1942 has died at 83 at his Pebble Beach home due to arterial disease. He succeeded Nimitz as Pacific commander in late war and retired in 1948.
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Calif
Raymond A. Spruance
Midway
Spruance
Pebble Beach
Chester W. Nimitz
Pacific
Navy
Scouts to Meet in Florence for Christmas Pack Meeting
Cub Scout pack 435 will hold a Christmas pack meeting at Florence Elementary School tomorrow at 7 20 PM. Bob Cat pins will be awarded and Santa Claus will bring gifts for everyone.
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Birmingham
Santa Claus
Florence
Meir accuses Soviets of arming Arabs in Middle East war
Premier Golda Meir presented Israel’s new coalition to Parliament and vowed to hold occupied lands until peace arrives. She condemned the Soviet Union for arming Egypt, Syria, and Iraq, alleging $2 billion plus in military equipment, and criticized France and Britain over arms deals.
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Middle East
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Syria
Iraq
France
Britain
Motorist foils robbery bid on 19th Street
Three youths attempted to rob 31 year old Charles Bolger on an eastbound drive near 19th Street and Wachineton Avenue. A youth tried the car door, another showed a pistol and threatened to shoot, but Bolger reversed and drove away as the trio fled in a station wagon.
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Lorain
Charles Bolger
Oberlin Ave
19Th Street
Bolger
Wachineton Avene
Three Hurt in Lorain Route 21 Underpass Crash
An accident on the 21st Street underpass Saturday at 11 p.m. injured three Lorain residents. Janie McPeek, 23, suffered a broken wrist, neck strain, and facial bruises and was in good condition at St. Joseph Hospital. Warren Binion, 22, faced charges after losing control on a slippery spot, colliding with a vehicle driven by Sarah Justice, 47. Both McPeek and Justice were treated and released. Binion also received treatment.
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Lorain
21St Street
St. Joseph Hospital
Janie McPeek
Reid Ave
Warren Binion
Colorado Ave
Binion
Sarah Justice
Elyria man to lead Ohio Ready Mixed Concrete meeting
George F. Persons of Elyria will chair the two day annual meeting of the Ohio Ready Mixed Concrete Association in Columbus. He is president of The West Side Lumber and Concrete Corp and will be joined by his son Charles A. Persons, the Elyria concerns board chairman. The 164 member firms produce most of Ohio’s ready mixed concrete and 65 associate firms will attend, along with industry representatives.
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Ohio Ready Mixed Concrete Association
Columbus
George F. Persons
West Side Lumber and Concrete Corp
Elyria
Charles A. Persons
Sheraton- Columbus
Ohio
School Board Plans October Meeting Earlier Than Usual
The Elyria Board of Education will hold its regular monthly meeting tonight at 7 30 in the Garford Central Service Annex Building. Last month the meeting was at the Roosevelt Resource and Research Center for a special slides and video presentation. The group usually meets on the fourth Monday but shifted this month to avoid a holiday conflict.
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Elyria Board of Education
Garford Central Service Annex
Roosevelt Resource and Research Center
Store Burglar Steals 140 Dollars From Confectionery
A burglar pried open a cash register at Rosa Lanza's confectionary on 1836 Broadway and stole 140 dollars. Police were notified at 5 08 p m and found the front door pried open.
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Lorain
Rosa Lanza
Broadway
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