A LaBarge-built cable assembly is installed in an Abrams M1 tank. LaBarge manufactures 15 different electrical cable assemblies for each tank at the company's Joplin, Mo., facility.
"A bench in Lafayette Park opposite the White House is the setting for a unique Thanksgiving Dinner Thursday. Washington's Community for Creative Non-Violence sponsored the dinner for homeless men, women and children from the community. After the dinner, the sponsoring organization intended to erect tents to shelter the homeless and to be a visible reminder of their protest of Reagan administration cutbacks in social programs."
"New York, Nov. 26 - Look, Up in the Air! - "Underdog," one of the favorites of the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade, descends toward the crowd as it approaches Herald Square during the 55th annual parade in Manhattan Thursday."
"Thanksgiving in Egypt: American soldiers dig in at a table loaded with food at the Cairo West Airbase in Egypt. They are in Egypt for the "Bright Star" military maneuvers."
"New York, Nov. 26 - Kermit Visits the Big Apple - "Kermit the Frog", a popular character from the television program "The Muppets Show," floats overhead near Manhattan's Herald Square Thursday during Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade. It takes 25 balloon handlers to manage the 24-foot wide, six-story-tall balloon."
"On Thursday, Nov. 26, Americans will be celebrating the Thanksgiving holiday. These people, below, are some of the newsmakers for the year that will be among those counting their blessings on the day Americans set aside for giving thanks. Top row, from left: President Ronald Reagan, Suzanne Somers, Gerry Faust and Dave Woodward. Bottom from left: Mary Gohlke, Dan Rather, Fernando Valenzuela and Moorhead Kennedy."
"Record Tree of Lights drive: David C. Farrell, campaign chairman of the 1980 Salvation Army Tree of Lights drive and president and chief executive officer of the May Department Stores Co., presents a plaque to Sue Ann Wood, assistant managing editor/administration of the Globe-Democrat. The Globe-Democrat was honored for helping to make the drive a success. A total of $613,878 was raised
SP 7321 East LAHOT passes Santa Fe train (lead locomotive numbered Santa Fe 3666) waiting for authority to enter and operate over Southern Pacific's mainline.