Johnsons hear carols on porch in Johnson City
President Johnson and his family welcomed about 100 choristers from local churches for a Christmas carol concert on the porch of Johnson's boyhood home. Mrs. Johnson handed out candy and cookies as Johnson sampled treats, while Lynda Bird and Luci joined the singers.
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Tex
Lucia
Lynda
UPI
Johnson
Lynda Bird
Luci
Carl Taylor
First Methodist Church
Johnsons
LBJ
Traditions Prevail Amid Global Tensions This Christmas
Associated Press reports war and tension mar Christmas as ceasefire talks surface in Viet Nam while India Pakistan border clashes, Rhodesia fears, and Iran Iraq skirmishes persist. Pope Paul VI appeals for peace, troops distribute greetings in Da Nang, Bethlehem hosts pilgrims, and amnesties and pardons echo worldwide.
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Associated Press
Viet Nam
United States
U.S
Tali
India
Pakistan
Kashmir
China
Iraq
Pope Paul VI
Heavy Snow and Rain Embroil Nation at Christmas Eve
A winter system swept the Northwest with heavy snow from Seattle to the Cascades as another storm stretched from Texas to the Great Lakes. Central Plains and upper Lakes faced 2 to 7 inches of snowfall with subzero Arctic air building in the west and north. Oregon and Washington logged substantial precipitation while Gulf Coast warmth met cold fronts further south.
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Associated Press
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Pacific Ocean
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Ore
Eugene
Spokane
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Canadian Rockies
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Alaska
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Hanksville
Utah
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Tulsa
Tinker Air Force Base
Oklahoma City
Joplin
Towa
Wisconsin
Guymon
Oklahoma Panhandle
Cimarron County
The
Mississippi Valley
City Host To Millionth U.S. Visitor
Anthony Howard 27, of St Margaret's Bay Kent England and his wife Elizabeth will be the millionth overseas visitors to the United States this year. The Howards, a producer with Southern Television, arrive in Tucson today at 1 15 pm and will spend Christmas there before a Los Angeles wedding. The Commerce Department notes this is the first year with over 1 million overseas visitors, with plans for possible return to Tucson after the wedding.
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Tucson
Anthony Howard
St. Margaret’s Bay
Kent
England
Elizabeth
Howard
Southern Television
U.S. Department of Commerce
Howards
Los Angeles
Commerce Department
Department
Local Seabee Awarded Purple Heart
Tucsonian Sidney Sutton a 24 year old Navy Seabee in Viet Nam received the Purple Heart for wounds on October 28 his construction battalion camp south of Da Nang Air Base was attacked Sutton son of Mr and Mrs Bert Blom of 234 N Flanwill Blvd lived here six years and is a Pueblo High School graduate He joined the Navy two years ago and expects to be home by February
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Pueblo High School
Navy
Viet Nam
Yale Gifts Stolen Daylight Burglary Report
Detectives hunted a daylight burglar who stole more than 1400 dollars of Christmas gifts and personal belongings from Darrell Jackson at 2213 East 17th Street yesterday. The investigation aims to locate the suspect and recover the stolen items.
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Darrell Jackson
17Th
Helping Hand After Ice Overpass Crash On East 36th Street
Mrs. Sarah Fuchs, 43, and Mrs. Gloria Mikus, 34, were injured in a crash on the Palo Verde overpass when Mikus lost control in the southbound lane. Both were treated and released from local hospitals. Mikus faced a citation for failure to control her car.
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Sarah 8. Fuchs
W. Century St
Palo Verde
East 36Th Street
Fuchs
Gloria Faye Mikus
E. 18Th St
Mikus
W. L. Barber
Boy regains life after Christmas amputee tale
Ronnie Baker 16 fled last Christmas to avoid surgery for cancer in his left leg. He returned, underwent amputation above the knee, and now walks with a prosthetic, gains weight, plans New Year celebrations, studies horticulture, and aims for Pierce Junior College.
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Ronnie Baker
van Nuys
Calif
Arizona
Dial Torgerson
Associated Press
Ronnie
Flagstaff
Ariz
Pierce Junior College
Canoga Park
Rennie
Panorama City
Disciplinary Threat Cited At Magma Copper Co
Forty Tucson employees of Magma Copper Co in San Manuel say they faced disciplinary action for forming car pools instead of taking the bus. In a letter to the Interstate Commerce Commission they allege Evelyn Bus Line provides inadequate service. Arizona Corporation Commission officials said the letter should go to them and offered no comment until ICC forwards it.
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Magma Copper Co
San Manuel
Interstate Commerce Commission
Evelyn Bus Line
Arizona Corporation Commission
ICC
State Commission
Bank Debits Rise in Tucson Week
Tucson banking data shows a 10.2 percent gain in debits for the week ending Wednesday, reaching over $82.9 million. Compared to a year earlier, totals are 1.2 percent higher, while the figure twice a decade ago stood at $43.9 million, according to the Tucson Clearing House Association representing 41 banks.
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Tucson Bank
Tucson Clearing House Association
Tucson
Tucson Obituaries Funeral notices crowd local listings
Multiple obituaries and death notices from Tucson area, listing names ages addresses and survivors. Samuel Cox 53 Tucson wife Pearl son Thomas daughter Peggy. Llewellyn Duffield 51. Raleigh Ford Jr. 43 Benson. Edwin Gascoigne 64 Tucson. Agnes Hoyt 75 Tucson. Walter Jordan 52 Tucson. Antonio Montano 60 Tucson. Vivian Peterson 50 Tucson. Walter Ross d with Tucson survivors. Edwin Stahl 58 Tucson. Eugene Weinsheimer 36 formerly of Tucson. Services arranged by Adair Bring's Arizona Mortuary. Burial in Evergreen South Lawn Oakwood and other local cemeteries.
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Adair Funeral Home
Dodge and Speedway
Ford
Raleigh B., Jr
Benson, Ariz
Raleigh Sr
Omega Pearl Ford
Lillian Ford
Andre E
Karen F. Ford
Benson
Ronald L
Vestal
N.Y
Arnold D
Tulsa
Okla
Albert
Germany
Carthage
Bring’s Funeral
Gascoigne
Edwin W
Euclid
Amy Swindle
Tucson
Donald Swindle
Upland
California
Adair Chapel
Richard Beal
First Baptist Church
South Lawn Memorial Park
Dodge and
Speedway
Jordan
Walter B
S. Lundy
Estelle
Elmer
Zelma Mason
Oklahoma City
Arizona
Stone and
Third St
Ross
Walter R
N. Jerri Blvd
Howard
C. H. Ross
Alice Hughes
Sydney Merritt
Phoenix
Palms Chapel
Stahl
Edwin L
E. Bellevue
Kathryn
Emily Heintzleman
Pennsylvania
Leon Snyder
Charles
Winds
Chester
Richard
Glenrock
Weinsheimer
Eugene H
Merritt Island
Florida
Betty
Kimberly
Chris
Grantwood Memorial Park
Arizona Mortuary
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