Motor Vehicle Inspection Stations Announced in Texas
Austin Texas Public Safety Director Homer Garrison announced the first certificates for authorized motor vehicle inspection stations under the new law. About 300 applications were approved with 200 more in process. inspections to begin during Christmas week ahead of the April 1 1952 registration year. George Busby urged motorists to pre check safety features with their regular mechanics since about half of new cars may fail the test without minor adjustments.
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Austin Homer Garrison Jr
Texas Department of Public Safety
Clarkson
George Busby
The
Public Safety
Busby
Nations Customs Varied On Christmas Day Worldwide
Christmas customs differ across nations and faiths. Scandinavia uses a wheat sheaf tree for birds. Norway serves rice pudding with an almond tied to marriage luck. Chinese children sew muslin stockings for Lan Khoong Khoong or Santa Claus. The American Christmas echoes English traditions with plum pudding and carols.
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Civilized World
Christ
Norway
Lan Khoong-Khoong
Santa Claus
Countries
Santa Claus Indiana Receives Its Famous Name in 1882
The town of Santa Claus Indiana nearly kept the name Santa Fe but officials in Washington advised against it due to another Santa Fe. On Christmas Eve 1882 a mass meeting failed to settle on a name until Santa Claus arrived in costume to seek warmth, inspiring the final choice.
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Santa Claus
Indiana
Santa Fe
Washington
New Mexico
Lutheran Hour Plans World Wide Christmas Broadcast
The Lutheran Hour announced an international Christmas Eve broadcast in English Latvian French Dutch German Norwegian and Swedish with plans backed by Pan American Broadcasting and Voice of America to reach Formosa and China. The program will feature diverse carols songs and a gospel message proclaiming For unto you is born this day in the city of David a Savior Christ the Lord.
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St Louis
Lutheran Hour
Eugene Bernard
Pan American Broadcasting Co
Radiodiffusion Francaise
British Broadcasting C Corporation
Voice of America
Bernard
United States
Eugene R. Bertermann
David
Christ the Lord
Formosa
Voice of Free
True Light
Newark City
Christmas Carols Through the Yuletide Tradition
A brief overview explains how Christmas carols mark the Yuletide season with religious and convivial songs. It notes many lull in history due to lost oral traditions and highlights enduring favorites like Silent Night It Came Upon the Midnight Clear and O Come All Ye Faithful as timeless standards.
Adoration of the Shepherds sculpture by Verrocchio
The passage notes Andrea del Verrocchio's Adoration of the Shepherds, a Florence born sculptural work housed at the National Gallery of Art in Washington. It mentions holiday gift ideas from the pantry and kitchen and promotes home safety as a shared responsibility during the 1951 season.
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Andrea del Verrocchio
Florence
Italy
National Gallery of Art
Washington, D.C
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