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Christmas Joy Spreads Across Hearts and Borders
A diverse group from rabbis to Air Force colonels aid Christmas cheer. Rabbi Philip Weinberg filled in as Reno police chief, and 80 Jewish volunteers aided Hartford hospitals. In Louisville, James and Dele Thompson celebrate 70 years of marriage. In Long Beach a newborn christened Christy Car joins Christmas joy. In Tokyo Louis Armstrong enjoys his wife Lucile’s tree ritual. Lithuanian émigré Stefanija Rukas reunites with family in New York Hartford. Two Air Force officers in Vietnam, Allison Brooks and David Fleming, flew a Christmas Eve mission in Linda to support troops as Vietnamese fighters attacked.
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Associated Press
Lowshmo Armstrong
Tokyo
Noel
South
Viet Nam
Philip H. Weinberg
Reno
Nev
Elmer Briscoe
Weinberg
Hartford
Conn
Aoe
James W. Thompson
Dele
Louisville
Thompsons
Thompson
Michael Noel
Long Beach
Calif
Christy Car
Louis
Satchmo) Armstrong
Lucile
Armstrong
Stefanija Rukas
New York
Air Force
South Viet Nam
Allison Brooks
David T. Fleming
Air Commandos