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Bristol Phoenix

Location

Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America

Date

Dec 31, 1959

Page

2

Nixon Favored by GOP Ranks as Rockefeller Steps Aside

Editorial argues Nixon is the preferred Republican nominee by rank and file, noting Rockefeller’s withdrawal as practical, not personal. It rebuts claims of boss control and recalls past party nominating power. The piece stresses Nixon’s readiness to succeed Eisenhower if needed and asserts there is no bar to others mounting a bid.

Nelson Rockefeller Richard Nixon Rockefeller Nixon Eisenhower

Senior Class Play and Club Installations Week in Bristol

Readable entries list events from Bristol organizations across January 6 to 16. Includes senior class play The Man Who Came to Dinner on Jan 6 7, annual banquet by Hydraulion Engine and Hose Co, installation of officers for Portuguese Independent Band Club and Portuguese Beneficial Association, Don Lutz Filipe Society, and regular Bristol Garden Club meeting, a Mothers Club bridge party, and a Knights of Columbus annual dance at Midway House.

Portuguese Beneficial Association Don Lutz Filipe Society Bristol Council Knights of Columbus Midway House

New Year's Eve Across Cultures and Traditions

The piece surveys New Year celebrations worldwide and in historical terms, noting different calendars such as Chinese February observances and Islam moons, Julian dates in Russia and Greece, and India's varied calendars. It describes Chinese customs like the Kitchen God, bean-sprinkling to ward off misfortune, red gates, and the Lantern Festival, plus Scottish and London parlor rituals and the etiquette of first footing and ringing out the old year.

Russia Greece India Heaven Bonnie Scotland Sig London Paris Trorld

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