Taft Museum agrees to pay ransom for Rembrandt painting
Taft Museum will pay 100000 to thieves holding a Rembrandt titled Man Leaning on a Sill to recover the artwork believed valuble. Negotiations led by realtor intermediary Jim Hough. painting sought within days as authorities weigh the risk and steps to exchange for the painting.
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Cincinnati
UPI
Taft Museum
Warrington
Texas woman 112 on Christmas lives alone in shack
Essie Swiney, 111 turning 112 on Christmas, lives in a two room cardboard shack in McKinney Texas. The widow of migrant cotton picker Jim Swiney celebrates independence with neighbors and occasional visits from her daughter Annie in New Mexico. She relies on a single light bulb and a wood stove with no gas or modern appliances, yet says she is content and wants to stay in her home.
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McKinney
Tex
UPI
Essie Swiney
Essie
Jim Swiney
Annie Jackson
Deming
N. M
Annie
New Mexico
Texas
Houston
Galveston
Drunk man confesses to killings in North Carolina
Lincoln County police detained Tommy York 28 after a public drunkenness arrest. He claimed to have slain six women and one man over 11 months, led investigators to Betty Parker Atwell’s body, but officers found no others. York cited family worries and a fall out as motives. He previously said he served in the Green Berets at Fort Bragg and graduated West Lincoln High in 1964. Authorities plan charges later and check for other cases in other cities.
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Lincolnton
N.C
UPI
Tommy York
York
Green Berets
Fort Bragg
Betty Parker Atwell
Catawba
Army
Ft. Bragg
Het
Harven A. Crouse
Mrs. Atwell
Crouse
Columbia
D.C
West Lincoln High School
Here
Bethlehem calm as Christmas nears
Bethlehem prepares for Christmas Eve Mass at the Church of the Nativity as 5000 pilgrims are expected in Manger Square. Arab workers finish renovations while a mosque call to prayer echoes over the town. A TV projected Mass will accommodate viewers outside. Greek Orthodox and Roman Catholic churches in Jordan align Christmas and Easter dates per Western and Eastern calendars.
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Bethlehem
UPI
Christ
Manger Square
Ie Square
Jesus
Jordan
Reporters Demand ATandT Stop Secret Phone Record Sharing
A coalition led by the Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press demanded AT&T halt secretly sharing journalists phone records with FBI and other law enforcement. A Washington firm warned legal action within 30 days if the practice continues. Thirty eight reporters from major cities joined the stance.
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Washington
UPI
American Telephone and Telegraph Co
At&t
FBI
Reporters Committee For Freedom of the Press
John DeButts
New York
Boston
Chicago
St. Louis
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By Steven R. Reed