Christmas in Moscow a Soviet season of trees and cheer
Roy Essoyan surveys how Christmas is celebrated in atheistic Soviet Russia with New Year trees Grandfather Frost and widespread observances. Moscow’s streets and Kremlin halls glow with decorated firs crowds of children and festive songs while diplomats host quiet embassy gatherings.
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Tovarich
Soviet Union
AP News
Joe Cunningham
Santa Claus
Grandfather Frost
Russia
Roy Essoyan
Moscow
Soviet
iPs
Grandfather’ Frost
Stalin
Mascaw
Telail Hower
Hoviet Union
Kremlin
1956 Auto Sales Lag AMA Record Despite Big Year
Detroit based AMA reports 1956 factory sales of about 6.965 million passenger cars and trucks, down from the all-time nine million peak. Despite the dip, the year ranked as the fourth best in industry history with 65.275 million vehicle registrations and over eight billion dollars spent on highway construction. Predictions for 1957 range seven to eight million, aided by federal highway funding and new models like Mercury Turnpike Cruiser and Pontiac Star Chief Continental Safari. Chevrolet opens new engineering center near Detroit employing thousands to design and test future cars.
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Y Frank Snyder
Detroit
INS
U. S
Automobile Manufacturers Association
AMA
Chevrolet Motor Division
Chevrolet
Saint Nicholas Legend and Moore Poem Recall
A column reflects on Saint Nicholas legend linked to St Nicholas and Dutch customs, and CEO Clement Clarke Moore who wrote A Visit from St. Nicholas. It notes Moore’s poem popularized the modern Santa Claus image and its global translation and enduring impact on Christmas.
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St. Nicholas
Myra
Washington Irving
Diocletian
Moore
Troy
N.Y
Chapel of Intercession
Manhattan
Clement Clarke Moore
Santa Claus
New York
Milk and Insurance Cut Short Their Four Year Marriage
Denver divorce judge Rachel Allen won a divorce from Robert Allen a state Democratic representative on cruelty grounds after testimony. During nearly four years of marriage she sold pop bottles to get milk money while he let hospital and life insurance policies lapse.
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Denver
Ins
Achel Allen
Robert Allen
Yearly Heroin Bill for Addicts Exposed in Puzzle of Figures
A California attorney and Milwaukee figures analyze the so called yearly heroin bill for addicts. The disputed estimate reaches 2 737 500 000 dollars annually. The report links crime, narcotics and a nameless world syndicate with a controversial Indian count and a reference to Thomas Nast.
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Washington
Milwaukee
John E
Kalupa
World Crime Syndicate
Hed
China
Rom Raobi
A. Neeb
Beverly Hills
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