Emperor Hirohito to receive larger living allowance
Tokyo reports the government will raise the annual living allowance for Emperor Hirohito and his family by 23.5 percent to 233,333 dollars, justifying the rise by higher commodity prices. The increases also cover three brothers of Hirohito and the widow of a fourth, totaling 122,000 dollars higher per year. Chiang Kai-shek claims Red China deteriorates and vows to strike the Chinese Communists when opportune.
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Flowers in cooking offer new life after retirement
The article argues women adjust more easily to retirement, but many couples face changes. It highlights a husband’s kitchen interest as a shared hobby and notes flower-based cooking spans cultures. Mary MacNicol promotes flower recipes, mentioning rose hip tea and 40 pages of rose dishes as examples.
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Mary MacNicol
Mexico
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Slaughter
Retirement meals as shared activity for couples
The piece argues that cooking and dining together makes retirement more fulfilling for both men and women. It emphasizes that everyone buys and prepares food, so sharing the process doubles the enjoyment.
PLO Holds Secret Cairo Meeting As Shukairy Ousted
The PLO meets secretly in Cairo with Arab guerrilla reps to coordinate armed resistance. Ahmed Shukairy resigns amid intra group criticism. Yehia Hammouda becomes PLO leader pending election. Israel census: Arabs 1,382,300. Jews 2,371,100. West Bank 559,000. Sinai Gaza 389,000. Golan Heights 6,400.
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Even South Shivers As Mercury Drops
A powerful cold front sweeps the nation with subzero readings from the Dakotas to the Great Lakes and down to Iowa Nebraska. Temperatures fall into the 30s across the South from Texas to Georgia with light rain and snow moving eastward. Snow blankets upper Midwest to New York and Pennsylvania while rain impacts the coast from New England to Virginia. Hazardous driving warnings issued for western upstate New York as snow and cold create slick roads. Key West records 69 degrees as dawn temps plunge elsewhere.
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Waste Collection Schedule Changed in Biddeford
Waste collections in Biddeford moved from next Monday to Saturday, December 30, per street commissioner Esdras Goulet. No collections will occur on New Year’s Day. Flora is the term used for plant life of a place or time.
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Esdras Goulet
Chanukah Observance Begins Today
Today marks the start of the Jewish Chanukah festival commemorating Maccabean victory and temple rededication. The eight day celebration lights a candle each evening. stories recall the oil miraculously lasting eight days. Rabbis draw parallels to Jerusalem reunification and worship at the wailing wall.
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Two-Alarm Fire Drives Families Out in Auburn
A basement start sparked a two-alarm blaze in a 15 unit three story Main Street building forcing 25 residents to evacuate into the rain. Firefighters from Auburn Lewiston and Mechanic Falls battled the flames with two firefighters slightly injured. The fire was under control about two hours after midnight with trucks clearing by 6 a.m. No loss estimate or cause is known.
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All In Birds Spend Holiday At Block Island
Block Island RI hosts the Christmas bird census with 3 349 birds of 51 species observed. Merrill L Slate, an ornithologist, led the all day survey noting several species were unusual for Block Island.
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Final Santa Claus judge Corbally retires at 87
Great Falls, Mont. AP says Justice of the Peace Tom Corbally, who for 50 years played Santa for generations of children, has turned in his pillow at 87. He first donned the beard in 1917 and used sleigh bells bought in Fort Benton by his father in 1877.
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Birds Sightings Range From Mocking Birds to a Heron
The report notes a variety of species including mocking birds hobris yellow shafted flickers mourning doves and a single great blue heron observed in the area.
Philharmonic Orchestra Time Slot Pleases Viewers
The New York Philharmonic Young People's Concert conducted by Leonard Bernstein drew solid appreciation in a CBS afternoon telecast. The program mixed Mozart Mahler and Strauss as Bernstein framed it as a birthday present to Vienna’s 125 year old Philharmonic and to audiences both young and old.
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Salt Shaker Seating Denotes Diner's Place at Banquets
At medieval English banquets diners were seated in a position relative to the central salt shaker. The seat above or below this ornate centerpiece signified the diner's social or ceremonial status during the meal.
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