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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Dec 23, 1960
Page
6
The Lancaster report describes Pennsylvania Dutch Christmas Eve customs and superstitions. Farmers rely on dew soaked hay for luck and protection, while families share small gifts or none within strict Amish and Mennonite practices.
In divided Berlin two Christmases exist. West Berlin and West Germany celebrate with trees meals and gifts while the Eastern Sector under a dictatorship promotes a Fir Tree Festival with a political quiz for citizens instead of carols.
Cantinflas the Mexican star of Pepe mingled with socialites at La Zambra for George and Mrs Sidney. He joked about recognizing a party guest, while the column notes other gossip items from entertainment and East German Christmas life.
In Mobile Alabama eight young children were found alone in a two room dwelling during freezing weather. One two year old child was dead from exposure. Four children were hospitalized, three placed in a county detention home after feeding. The woman, Dorothy Thomas, 25, claimed the dead child and five others as her own. Police opened an investigation amid complaints from residents of a segregated apartment project near downtown. The two parents are named in official statements.
A mixed note item lists five year old Rita Ann Oden Somerville requesting a bicycle and a doll for Christmas, and four year old Melinda Jo Harville asking for a table and chairs, dishes, nuts, candy, and a baby doll. The entry also references a missing person case with a woman described as not located and identified as Fannie Harvest, noting a support case, hearing, and child care gaps.
Soviet Foreign Minister Andrei Gromyko told the Supreme Soviet that improved U S Soviet ties could come after Kennedy’s inauguration but offered no clear sign of policy change. He blamed the Eisenhower Nixon era and reviewed long standing Soviet positions during the four day session.
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