Miracle at Derrick Tex Two Town Christmas Plot
In Derrick Texas a town oil magnate Gus Derek and building inspector Ed Grimes plot to condemn an orphanage and block their charity while locals discuss a miracle for Christmas. At the orphanage children prepare tin can stars and paper chains as they wonder about miracles and await a ten thousand dollar prize.
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Ed. Grimes
Skrind
Gus Derek
Gus
Derek
Fred Ketchum
Santa Claus
Main Street
G.D
Joe
Dotty
Ann
Heloise Candy Tree and Household Hints Featured
A collection of home hints from readers. Tips include using a candy tree to count days till Santa, a bedroom door ribbon counter with 24 balls, a dusting game with hidden buttons, concealing bandages to prevent misuse, starching sheets for freshness, iodine stain removal with starch, and storing emery boards in lipstick cases.
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Heloise
Santa Claus
Judith Young
Yorkshire comedians seek permission to use swear words on stage
SEEDS England reports that Yorkshire comedians ask authorities to allow profanity in live shows. They oppose laws permitting four letter words in productions like Oh! Calcutta! and Hair while warning of heavy fines for similar language.
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Seeds
England
Yorkshire
Calcutta
Major Consumer Bill Is Killed in Congress
Administration forces in Congress killed the consumer class action bill and other Nixon consumer proposals. Senate Republicans blocked the measure twice, citing need for notice to amend. Backers say it would grant FTC powers and allow damages suits. opponents fear small-claims courts and harassment of business.
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Washington
Congress
Nixon
Federal Trade Commission
Senate
Hugh Scott
Pennsylvania
Scott
Norris Cotton
New Hampshire
Commerce Committee
Consumer Protection Agency
House Rules Committee
Benjamin Rosenthal
D-N.y
Ginia Knauer
Knauer
House Commerce Committee
Woodson Indicted on Embezzlement Charges
Philip P. Woodson former Richmond police major and ex director of the Virginia Law Enforcement Officers Training Standards Commission has been indicted on embezzlement totaling 47605.41 from the Richmond Police Department Credit Union and the Police Benevolent Association. The indictments allege 35500 from the credit union and 12105.41 from the PBA in the past six years. Woodson, free on 10000 bond, left the police bureau in 1969 after 23 years and resigned the state post in October. The case may go to trial next month pending scheduling by Commonwealth's Attorney Jose R. Davila Jr.
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Richmond
Philip P. Woodson
Virginia Law Enforcement Officers Training Standards Commission
Woodson
Richmond Police
Mionday
Hastings Court
Richmond Police Department Credit Union, Inc
Police Benevolent Association
Richmond Police Force
Richmond Police Bureau
Virginia Law Enforcement Officers Training Standards
Richmond Ommonwealth
Jose R. Davila Jr
Farmington Man Awarded 250000 in Front Royal Crash
A US District Court jury awarded Farmington Missouri resident Dade Morton Farnham 250000 for injuries from a November 7 1968 two vehicle crash at a Norfolk and Western underpass on US 340 five miles south of Front Royal The verdict followed two days of testimony and two hours of deliberation Farnham suffered spinal cord damage recurring bladder problems pneumonia and skin ulcers and is hospitalized in St Louis Missouri The defendants included E Brooke Matlack Inc trucking firm Melvin J Baugher Jr Willie M Jenkins and Willard Cheaves with Jenkins driving the tractor trailer involved in the collision.
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Harrisonburg
Farmington
Norfolk & Western Railway
Front Royal
Dade Morton Farnham
Farnham
St. Louis, Mo
Veterans Hospital
E. Brooke Matlack Inc
Melvin J. Baugher
Kentucky cuts spending by four million this year
Kentucky officials say the state will trim spending by 4 million dollars to keep within the budget, reducing the total available for spending to 533 million dollars after revising an earlier optimistic outlook.
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Frankfort
Cash Register Robbed of $90 Here
A Town & Country department store cash register on Route 50 East was robbed of $90 around 2 p.m. Saturday. Store manager Dick Harper said a clerk left the register unattended, the key was hidden under papers, and a witness saw a man take the key and remove $10 and $20 bills. The thief fled before capture. no arrest had been made.
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Town & Country Department
Frederick County
Dick Harper
Sheriff Anderson
Fairfax to stricten enforcement of blue laws countywide
Fairfax County Commonwealth's Atty. Robert F. Horan said the office will continue strict enforcement of Virginia's Sunday blue laws where complaints exist. Four blue law arrests were reported in Fairfax and the county, with items sold including shoelaces, earrings, a paintbrush, patches, and kitty litter. Frank's Hardware Store was closed on warrants. defendants included nonresidents from Hyattsville and other nearby areas, and managers of People's Drug Fair and Dart Drug Stores were also arrested.
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Fairfax (Ap
Fairfax County Commonwealth
Robert F. Horan
Virginia
Horan
Fairfax
Fairfax County
Frank
Metropolitan
Washington
Hyattsville
Hechinger Building Supply Co
Maryland
Toronto wig seller urges women to wear their own hair
Jack Khor sandi, president of Classic Wig Center in Toronto, argues natural hair is still a basic adornment, urging women to wear their own hair as much as possible and describing wigs as a convenience rather than a sign of laziness.
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Toronto
Canada
Jack Khorsandi
Classic Wig Center
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