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Newspaper
Daily Review
Location
Hayward, California, United States of America
Date
Dec 19, 1961
Page
2
Santa and King Kenna tangle with a haunted palace and a missing wing as lights fail. The king emerges from a clothes hamper while Santa and the pair plan disguises to quell angry townsfolk and recover the royal lost item.
A fragmented tale describes a group escaping a fire by ropes and trees. figures named Snail Santa and a king endure hunger while hiding in bushes. they lift a rope and move across a plain toward safety as night turns to dawn.
Laura Virginia Douglas, aged 72, a New York educator, expresses belief in Santa Claus and the spirit of giving. She references a 1897 Sun letter praising Santa and the joy of sharing, noting her lifelong belief in the cultural Christmas message.
Hollywood star Rosemary Clooney contracted influenza and laryngitis delaying her Christmas Sing with Bing Crosby program taped Sunday for CBS radio. Friends report her illness not serious, though she was unable to perform and was replaced by Stafford for the recording session.
Brownie the setter hound, missing for nearly two months, was located in a mine shaft in Gilbert West Virginia after a bulldozer uncovered the shaft. The dog, emaciated with protruding ribs, was brought to his master Richard Matfield as neighbors rallied to the rescue.
The memo argues that a child from a white and a colored parent would be a mulatto or intermediate color, describes near whites from two white ancestors and notes color tends to stay light with near-white unions. It contends two near-whites rarely produce darker children and that two whites or near-whites produce white offspring, asserting no evidence for very dark children from white parents.
Richard found Brownie trapped in a narrow break in a stony mountainside. After days of fading light, Brownie slowly recovered with water and food provided by locals. The dog lost weight from 45 to around 20 pounds over 32 days but wagged its tail upon emergence, signaling resilience.
CHICAGO AP The AMA warns of Christmas tree hazards as families decorate for the season. Advice stresses placing the tree away from heat sources and checking lights for safety. A Harrisburg AP report notes President Eisenhower and Mamie traveled by train to Palm Springs with their young granddaughter and dog, and an aide said the president may stay away longer or return by March.
Cape Canaveral staged a Minuteman launch while holes are dug in central Montana for a system of underground launching silos. The non intercontinental missile will be installed across Montana and neighboring states, with silos in a 2 1 2 mile pattern. The first Minuteman is expected next July, delivering a warhead of about one million tons of TNT compared to Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
In New Orleans mass protest planned at the registrar office after 290 Negroes and nine white youths were arrested amid alleged vote discrimination. The Consumers League of Greater New Orleans urged President Kennedy’s protection. Police said demonstrations may be halted under a city permit law.
SACRAMENTO AP The board approved 65000 for preliminary plans and working drawings to build four armories in Roseville Ventura Turlock and Stockton The Public Works Board estimated total cost at 400000 with the federal government paying half.
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