25 Dec 1959
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Newspaper
Daily Review
Location
Hayward, California, United States of America
Date
Dec 25, 1959
Page
1
Hal Boyle sketches a New York holiday vignette where a family scene around Christmas shifts from bustle to melancholy. A sleeping father, an angel atop the tree, and a mother covering him with a blanket reveal themes of memory, regret, and the ache of lost friends.
Washington reports on Christmas morning pledges from Eisenhower and party leaders as potential 1960 convention votes and policy hopes. The column notes mixed messages from Kennedy Humphrey Stevenson Symington and Johnson, with calls for tax relief and smaller government, alongside unwanted political notes from Hoffa and other quirks.
Washington Christmas at the Nixon Mixon home with early gift opening a waffle and sausage breakfast and carols. Vice President Nixon, Pat, and daughters Tricia and Julie enjoy a quiet Norman-style gathering with relatives and friend George Fuller, plus Donnie Nixon visiting.
A historical notice appears regarding postal classification and address instructions for the Daily Review in Hayward California. It mentions second class status under federal act details and directs communications to a specific Hayward address. The OCR text is fragmented but indicates regulatory filing context for the publication.
In Lafayette Indiana Ronalds Johnson reports two of four puppies born to his dog are light green. A veterinarian cannot explain the color but expects the puppies to shed color and become brown and white like their mother.
HOLLYWOOD DAP reports Edmund Goulding aged 63 died during surgery on Thursday. The British director, famed for Love and Grand Hotel among others, was noted for his flamboyant style and candid remarks about money and work.
Albert E. Lawrence a 33 year old Milpitas butcher was arraigned in municipal court on a threat charge after allegedly wielding a shotgun at a Denver Meat Co. driver on Nimitz Freeway. The driver said Lawrence chased him and displayed the gun during the incident earlier this week.
Chartes St Clark, 38, in the kitchen helping Lois prepare Christmas dinner, was shot by a sniper through a kitchen window and died later. The Clark children, Larry 13 Carol 12 Steve 9 and Terry 7, were nearby as the family ornamented their tree in Painesville near Mentor. Clark wore a Boy Scout uniform and planned to lead carol singing with his troop.
In Hiroshima Japan the Hiroshima Prefectural Assembly approved a Christmas present for themselves by raising their own salaries. Additional odd notes from UPI round up include a drunken disorderly fine and a Santa disguise misadventure in Pittsburgh and Gotland holiday customs with Christmas tree shooting.
Federal prisons report Christmas outreach by inmates, with thousands of toys and gifts prepared for children. Inmates across facilities assisted Salvation Army and Veterans of Foreign Wars repairs, funded gifts for prisoners’ families, and supported orphans in the United States and abroad.
A Christmas Eve radio message from Coast Guard radio station 260 miles north of the Arctic Circle reports a service party on Cape Christian, Baffin Island, with 17 dog sled teams. Despite winds up to 80 mph, 75 Eskimo youngsters carried away toys donated by a Coast Guard fund and St Paul's Church of Collingswood NH.
Belgrade Yugoslavia AP reports Christmas is not officially observed in Communist Yugoslavia but Eastern Yugoslavia with a predominantly Serbian Orthodox population continues Christmas on the old calendar. The business world continues normally as the regime limits religious recognition.
In San Diego Bay a harbor diver recovered Lennie Burt's fishing rod dropped during a Christmas fishing trip. The crowded scene included observers and relatives, with local officials noting the incident amid holiday bustle. Two divers searched the bottom, while Orr commented on the family presence.
Friday December 25 marks Christmas and the 359th day of 1959 with six days left in the year. History notes George Washington crossing the Delaware in 1776, Clara Barton born in 1821, Chiang Kai-shek freed in 1936, and Hong Kong fall updates in 1941. Washington’s celestial fire quote closes.
A statewide forecast shows lingering rain and mountain snow across Northern and Central California with below normal temperatures. Expect increasing clouds and rain late Saturday for many regions including Monterey Stockton and the Bay Area, with cooler nights, stronger southerly winds, and potential heavy snow in the Mt Shasta-Siskiyou range and Sierra Nevada by Saturday night.
CLIFFON FORGE VA E Phil Bradley only survivor of an airliner crash in the Blue Ridge Mountains Get 30 made it home for Christmas Thursday night but not without trouble The ambulance carrying him here from a Charlottesville hospital broke down two miles from his home The Clifton Forge rescue squad took him the rest of the way Bradley 33 suffered a dislocation a broken knee and bruises when the Piedmont plane crashed miles west of Charlottesville killing 26 of the 27 aboard He was found 36 hours later The Bradleys have no children just a great big old dog and plan a quiet Christmas Several more weeks of rest will be necessary before Bradley will be able to resume activities as a labor union organizer Mrs Bradley who was at her husbands bedside most of the time he was in the hospital said just being together and home will make it a wonderful Christmas for us Of Bradley received an estimated 6412 000 to 4 000 letters while he was capitalized most of them from WS strangers
In Philadelphia on Christmas Eve Joanne Francias and her husband Frank prepared gifts for their 10 month old son Jimmie. A eléctrica accident in the bathtub killed Joanne when a radio on a toiletries tray toppled and delivered a fatal shock as the family was decorating and awaiting Christmas morning.
In Huntsville Alabama a young mother awaiting transfer to a women’s prison after a forgery conviction received a baby shower inside the Madison County jail. A jailer said they felt sorry for the girl despite her crime.
BIGELOW KAN AP This will be the towns last Christmas as the Army Engineers order evacuation by December 33 to clear Turtle Creek Reservoir project. About 120 residents have already left for new homes while only a restaurant and a feed store remain open.
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