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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 21, 1961
Page
3
A Mars mission reports its undercover visit to Earth during Christmas. Operative ZY-125-X describes Santa as a godlike figure, shopping rituals, and romance with Josephine, but returns to Mars claiming Earth culture turns hostile and chaotic. The Mars council then decides Earth may need centuries to mature before any contact.
Des Moines Gov Norman Erbe delivers annual Yule message urging Iowans to discharge their debt of good fortune with generosity to the less fortunate. He emphasizes not taking Christmas for granted and asks that mental institutions county homes and hospitals feel remembered as individuals.
Nagasaki A P report on an eighth salvage attempt to locate the Madre de Dios sunk 353 years ago with silver bullion valued at about 1 million dollars. Director Naohide Imaki 55 leads the operation. Historians say the Portuguese man of war was sunk near Nagasaki harbor after disobeying a feudal lord’s orders.
A military court in Madrid sentenced 10 defendants to prison terms from four to 16 years for producing and distributing Communist propaganda. Two of the ten were women. The group possessed foreign and Spanish propaganda including an underground publication called Mundo Obrero, organ of the Spanish Communist party.
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