Oklahoma City Times (Oklahoma City, Okla.), Vol. 89, No. 263, Ed. 2 Monday, December 25, 1978 Page: 2 of 32
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If Santa goofed on your Christmas
gift, bring it to Anthony’s!
We’ll exchange it for another Item
of equivalent value. And it
doesn’t even have to be from
an Anthony’s store. During
this week, we’ll exchange
your gift, NO MATTER
WHAT STORE IT CAME
FROM, as long as it is
similar to Anthony's
merchandise.
ALL BY OUR FAMOUS MAKERS,
GRIFFON, KINGSRIDGE and SOCIETY BRAND
Cars carried “Yaakee Go Home” bsaaers aad groups chaated stogans
against President Carter.
two girls, aged 3 and 7, died from
smoke inhalation in a fire that may
have started when a shorted-out
lamp fell on a mattress in a room
where the girls slept Sunday.
Police identified the children as
Alphonia Easley, 7, daughter of Al-
phonso Easley, and Latone Ba bet
Patterson, 3, daughter of Brenda
Watson.
The bodies of three members of a
Georgia family were found Sunday,
victims of a fire that destroyed
their rural home near Barnesville
late Saturday.
Also on Saturday, 69-year-old Lu-
cy White of Charlotte, N.C., died
from burns after her clothing appar-
ently caught fire as she prepared a
turkey, police said.
Seventy-one persons in Lowell,
Mass., were evacuated without inju-
ry Saturday as a fire destroyed
their tenement. Last year, the same
three-story wood building was evac-
uated on Christmas Eve when the
Three firemen were slightly In-
jured and 79 guests were evacuated
from a Miami Beach, Fla., motel
during a fire late Saturday. They
were allowed to return to the hotel
Sunday. Authorities said no one was
injured in the blaze that caused an
estimated 1175,000 damage.
not have prison records. However,
Martinez said the pair was recog-
nized by Richmond police as "indi-
viduals they had dealings with in
the past."
Lt. George Freitas of the Rich-
mond Police Department said Ro-
driquez and Ms. Klaess may have
been arrested within the last two
weeks" in Richmond and released,
but he would not elaborate.
It was believed they were per-
forming a routine traffic check be-
tween 3 and 4 a.m. when they were
shot.
Rewards totaling $16,000 had
been offered for information leading
to the conviction of the killers.
Blecher, who was handcuffed, was
found shot once through his head at
point-blank range. Freeman was
shot once through the head, three
times in the back and once in the
elbow.
Both men were married and
fathers.
carried by other protesters said sev-
en were slain.
The demonstrators set fire to ar-
my jeeps and trucks, smashed shop
windows, started trash fires to block
traffic, spray-painted anti-shah slo-
gans on cars, and covered expensive
foreign sedans with handbills read-
ing, "Go Home Yankee" and "Death
to the American Shah."
mous call led them to
the automobile with
which he allegedly
struck the family.
He was taken into
custody and underwent
tests for Intoxication,
police said.
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An estimated 1,400 persons have
died since January in protests
spearheaded by Shiite Moslem lead-
ers who view the shah's Westerniz-
ing reforms as eroding traditional
Islamic values and by political ac-
tivists who want an ehd to 37 years
of iron rule.
Mrs. Smith and a first-round ex-
change of Christmas presents.
He planned to continue the holi-
day celebration with his mother,
"Miss Lillian," at her house and
then return to his mother-in-law's
modest frame bungalow for Christ-
mas dinner.
The first lady said she and other
members of the Smith and Carter
families plan to bring various food
specialties for the dinner.
The president attended the men's
Bible class at Plains Baptist Church
Sunday and also went to services at
ed much of the small-town peace of
Plains during the president's holi-
day visit were gone by Christmas
Day. But farmers left about 20 giant
tractors scattered around town in
silent protest of their anger over
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Bell, 31, a black entrepeneur in
Oakland, is owner of Genesis Cards,
a firm he says has sold 1 million
Christmas cards featuring black
models to retailers this year. Blacks
are featured in- every type of holi-
day motif oh the cards, from Santa
Claus to Nativity scenes.
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But Genesis isn't limited to just
NEW YORK (UPI) —
Six members of a fami-
ly leaving a Christmas
party were struck and
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OAKLAND (UPI) - Larry Bell
says black is just as beautiful on
Christmas as it is the other 364 days
of the year — aad the brisk sales of
his special brand of greeting cards
proves it.
of a car."
The victims were not
immediately identified.
Police said the sus-
pect was arrested at
his home about two
blocks away about 4:30
a.m.,- after an anony-
A fire in Central Islip, N.Y., killed
a woman, her husband and her 90-
year-old mother. Authorities said
the blaze appeared to have started
near a Christmas tree.
A young Baltimore woman, her
18-month-old daughter and a house
guest were killed Sunday when fire
destroyed a three-story home.
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a.m.
The car was going at
least 60 mph, authori-
ties said.
"I’ve never seen any-
thing like it." said a po-
liceman who was at the
scene following the
accident. "They were
scattered from 43rd
Street to 44th Street on
both sides of the road.
They looked looked like
they were dumped out
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Police said Easley told them he
took Miss Watson to work late Sun-
day and then went to a tavern, leav-
ing a <Jog to protect the children.
•l*dlice said the question of the
Children being left alone will be tak-
Cn up Tuesday by the department's
child-abuse branch.
Iran
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20 demonstrators in the city Satur-
day. The mob dispersed and no inju-
ries were reported. Another anti-
shah protest was broken up in the
northwestern city of Tabriz by
troops firing tear gas.
Black greeting
cards sell well
: on time
‘. Clear skies and a killed by a car early to-
• bright sun unwrapped a
pleasant Christmas
Day lor Oklahomans
loony, but forecasters
say nature's gift to
I to-
building across the street burned
down.
In the northeastern city of
Mashhad troops fired over the
heads of thousands of marchers pro-
testing the army's killing more than
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• 'before dropping to a
low near 20 tonight.
I Tuesday's high will just
’ top the 40-degree mark.
- Forecasts indicate no
1 precipitation in the
; state through Friday.
' ' Brisk readings and
• fair skies will accom-
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the illness of "Miss Allie" Smith,
mother of first lady Rosalynn „
Carter.
Mrs. Smith was released Sunday
— her 73rd birthday — from the
hospital where she had been under-
going treatment for a stomach dis-
order. Mrs. Carter said her mother's
physicians have told her she has
ulcers.
The president planned to start his
that culminated in a grsnp of protesters trying to storm the UA embassy, the new Maranatha Baptist Church,
. . .---- which was formed by members of -
Plains Baptist who broke away after
squabbles over admitting blacks to
membership.
At the Bible class, Clarence Dob-
son, the teacher, told Carter he had
constantly been remembered in the
prayers of each class member.
He said Carter, was more than
welcome in the class, which the
president himself often has taught.
"But I think that if I were president
I'd rather spend the holidays at ’ *
Camp David," Dodson said. But Genesis isn't limited to just
The demonstrations that disrupt- black Christmas cards. Bell said the
* firm sold another 2 million cards for
other occasions during the year.
Thanks to the Christmas cards, how-
ever, Bell said 1978 will be the
company's first profitable year in
its short history.
children, were appar-
ently killed instantly
when the car smashed
into them as they
crossed a street in the
Borough Park section
• With highs later today of Brooklyn about 3:30
1 ;|o rise into the 50s
J statewide.
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day in a hit-and-run ac-
cident in Brooklyn, au-
thorities said.
Ah unidentified
Brooklyn man was ar-
rested in connection
with the accident about
an hour later.
Police said the fami-
ly, Including the par-
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PLAINS, Ga. (AP) — President low farm prices.
Carter is celebrating Christmas The president, members of his
Day with presents and family visits family, and many Plains residents
and a pot-luck dinner at his mother- are known to be unhappy about the
in-law's home. demonstrations which have followed
The traditional routines of the him home from Washington on near-
Carter family Christmas have been ly every visit since the beginning of
slightly upset this year because of his presidency two years ago.
Billy Carter told reporters he
definitely" believes the demonstra-
tions have limited his brother's vis-
its to Plains.
While at Plains, the president
kept track of negotiations at Gene-
va aimed at concluding a strategic
arms limitation agreement with the
Soviet Union.
— -------------------------- At a flsh {ry Saturday, he took a
day with an early morning visit to telephone call from national securi-
ty adviser, Zbigniew Brzezinski, who
advised him the SALT talks had hit
a snag and would not produce imme-
diate success.
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