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Holiday Charity Lights 1972 Hope From Citizens
Hundreds gain better prospects in 1972 as Americans use the holidays to aid others. A Birmingham officer used his last six dollars to buy groceries for a needy family and raised over three thousand dollars for charity. An eight year old boy asked for a wheelchair for his cerebral palsy brother. Santa Patrols formed by off duty officers in Lynwood gave candy socks with a note of friendship. A Florence family sent gifts to 240 orphans in Vietnam. Seattle parcel post workers sped POW packages to their destination and volunteers paid postage. A Poplar Bluff city worker redirected funds to a kidney transplant fund. Jean Logan in Washington State built a neighbor aid drive feeding 3,000 families in three months.
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Associated Press
Pakistan
Northern Ireland
Harry L. Jones
Birmingham
Ala
Jones
Manhattan
Santa Claus
Seattle
Seattle Times
Lynwood
Calif
Santa Patrol
Florence
Mass
South Vietnam
Lucien Pepins
Bernard A. Pepin
Vietnam
Wash
Seattle Tacoma International
Poplar Bluff