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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Press
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 22, 1969
Page
3
The Press publisher offered Mayor Donald Canney a chance to contribute a column. In two letters this week the Mayor expressed willingness to write irregularly. Readers will await his first article in a future edition.
Letters to the editor invite reader input while promoting holiday totes as ideal stocking stuffers. The copy touts rubber and ankle to boot styles for all ages, highlighting ease of wear, chlorinated lining, and flexible sizing from children to parents as the perfect family gift solution.
A reflective holiday piece asserts Christmas as a divine birthday and season of generosity. It contrasts modern cynicism with a childlike view of the star of Bethlehem, urging readers to give and aid others to keep the season bright.
The text notes that telephone circuits between Saigon and Hong Kong face interference for several hours daily. It lists rates: the first three minutes of a station call to Vietnam cost 9, a person call 12, with $3 for each additional minute for both call types. It also states the United States typically uses 40 percent of world nickel and tin, and 45 percent of chromium.
Read by lamps and fireside, winter months bring snow piled streets icicles and skating. Indoors a cricket chirps behind curtains while catalogs invite planning and a window garden glows with life and color in the home.
In a polar cabin we endure deadly cold as we improvise warmth and meals. We patch fixes, roast poultry in foil, note 48 degrees inside, and marvel at pristine white mountains before packing out as snow climbs to 18 inches and beyond.
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