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Christmas In U S A in 1969
Americans celebrated Christmas with trees and turkeys, church carols, and family gatherings. In Washington the President and family had a brief White House visit by Mamie Eisenhower, while New York fed 1,000 at a Salvation Army meal and hosted a party for Bowery derelicts. In Los Angeles protests at a midnight Mass led to arrests, and in Mississippi Bishop Brunini urged unity against racial hatred. At Tucker Prison Farm inmates funded gifts for 250 children. Honolulu reunions followed a Navy man’s rest, and Willie Sutton spent Christmas in seclusion after release from prison.
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Associated Press
Washington
Nixon
White House
Mamie el
Eisenhower
G. Gordon Moore
New York
Salvation Army
Bowery
Don Edeen
Los Angeles
California
St. Basil's
James Francis Cardinal McIntyre
Jackson
Miss
Joseph B. Brunini
Brunini
Mississippi
Tucker Prison Farm
Ark
Honolulu
James F. Armpriest
Navy
Cam Ranh Bay
Vietnam
Armpriest
Cathedral City
Calif
Willie
Sutton