Five Year Backlog of Gifts for POW Col. Ligon
Air Force Colonel Vernon P. Ligon, held as a POW since 1968 after his plane was shot down over Hanoi, says there is a five year backlog of gifts awaiting him and his family at Christmas. He plans a family celebration at Patrick Air Force Base near Cape Canaveral and a church visit with his wife and son.
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Melbourne Beach
Fla
Air Force
Vernon P. Ligon
Ligon
Hanoi
Billy
Patrick Air Force Base
Cape Canaveral
Bebe
Bethlehem
Manger Square
Shepherds Field
Jesus Christ
Elias Freij
Palace Hotel
Nick
Vietnam
Mideast
Northern Ireland
Kay
Arab oil price rise to lift U S fuel costs
Arab crude oil costs rise adds 3.96 per barrel to taxes and royalties, lifting Saudi light crude reference price to 11.65 and total cost to about 7.60 a barrel. Impact spreads to gasoline heating oil and industrial fuel, with unclear company responses. Bethlehem reports quiet Christmas amid Israeli occupation and tourism slowdown.
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New York
United States
Japan
Europe
Persian Gulf
Lawrence J. Goldstein
Petroleum Industry Research Foun
Father and daughter share Christmas memories on Fifth Avenue
A NY man and his daughter reflect on past Christmases while shopping and caroling. The piece follows their final moments together before the daughter boards a bus to join her mother and brother, ending with them waiting in a busy terminal.
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New York
Fifth Avenue
Daniel
Santa Claus
Father and daughter share silent goodbye at bus window
A father accompanies his daughter to the bus door and, after they struggle to read lips, she communicates love by a written note held to the window. The bus leaves as he finally understands. Scattered snow showers and wind chill for a colder Wednesday with a 30 to 5 forecast.
Santa Claus reports Christmas Eve duties from North Pole
Santa Claus at North Pole Alaska says he opened presents on Christmas Eve and aims for everyone to be happy with what was left. He notes 35 below temperature and busy elves and Mrs Claus giving orders while handling 100000 mails and calls from Bermuda Japan and South America.
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47Th Street
Santa Claus
Daniel
North Pole
Alaska
Santa Claus House
Santa
Bermuda
Don Miller
Christmas changes for rural America
In rural Illinois the Niestrath family reflects on Christmas amid national turmoil and economic strain. Pat and Oscar, with two grown children and a grandchild, describe higher prices, fuel shortages, and uncertainty about the future as they mark their 35th Christmas on a 120 acre farm while older traditions fade and new worries loom.
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America
Ill
Pat Niestrath
Oscar
Illinois
Pat
Oscar Niestrath
Nick
Kathy
Andrea
Niestraths
Miner Recovers Lost Christmas Cash From 1930s Mine
Idaho miner Tumelson receives $100 in $1 and $5 bills from a note allegedly left by a former coworker at the Black Lady Mine near Elk City. The money, lost in 1936 or 1937, had vanished from a bunkhouse suitcase, ending years of searches and a broken mine payroll. He plans to buy whisky and toast the selfless finder.
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Lewiston
Idaho
Nomer Tumelson
Tumelson
Black Lady
Elk City
Jaimelson
Christmas Traditions Evolve From Pagan Roots to White House Tree
Puritan New England once banned Christmas and Boston students attended school on Dec 25 in 1870. Prof. Coffin traces Christmas origins to Roman and pagan customs, notes Santa’s evolution from Saint Nicholas, popularized by The Night Before Christmas and cartoons. The first White House Christmas tree stood in 1856 under Franklin Pierce.
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Philadelphia
New World
New England
Connecticut
Boston
Tristram P. Coffin
University of Pennsylvania
Santa Claus
Nicholas
Santa
Strenia
Egypt
Christ
Coffin
Strasbourg
Germany
America
White House
Franklin Pierce
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Connie Carle
Mrs. Claus
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Gary Carle
Pine
Cliff Moore
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Msgr
Giacomo Giuseppe Beltritti
Church of St. Catherine
Middle East
Holy Land
U.S
Cil
The
New York Times
John Corry
Tallahassee
William Troelstrup
Florida Department of Law Enforcement
Florida
Colombia
Gulf County
Troelstrup
Butte Weather
Rudolph
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