A MAGIC TIME Christmas Across America
Edward Collier profiles Christmas across the United States highlighting festive displays from Chicago to New Mexico and New York. It notes the General Grant Tree as the nation’s Christmas symbol, living trees in Wilmington and Rockefeller Center, national trees in Montana and Washington, and seasonal pageants in North Carolina with the Star of Bethlehem program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward Collier
America
Fairyland Dent
Chicago
State Street
New Mexico
Wilmington
N. C
Manhattan
Maine
Rockefeller Center
New York
Channel Gardens
Fifth Avenue
Plush Park Avenue
Bronx Botanical Gardens
Montana
Washington, D. C
Alaska
Hollywood Boulevard
Santa Claus Lane
Filmland
Florida
Jacksonville
Orlando
Miami
Yale
Winter Park
Washington
Mt. Rainier
Oregon
Mt. Hood
Farmington
Minnesota
Michigan
Yellowstone National Park
Gardiner
Mont
Mammoth Hot Springs
Wyo
Cooke, Mont
Yellowstone
Bullocks Drive Indian Village Power Pump Pioneer
In Khanpur India a bullock powered pump generator lights 155 homes and runs water pipes for the village. Leigh Stevens of Yemasee South Carolina and Ford Foundation help, with Nehru praising the project as potentially revolutionary in the countryside.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Khanpur
India
Leigh Stevens
Yemasee
S. C
America
Ford Foundation
New Delhi
Nehru
Ford
Kenneth Evans
Hutchinson
Kan
Evans
Bargain Hunter Finds Christmas Cards In Knoxville
Mrs. John E. Sergent in Knoxville bought Christmas cards offered at reduced rates. She found cards marked from three people and bought them for sentimental value for her seven day old Pam, noting they dated from the holiday season.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Knoxville, Tenn
John E. Sergent
Pam
George Cherry Man With Big Problems
George B. Cherry 57 serves as general services officer for the state, supervising the executive mansion, Capitol telephones and heating, and the motor pool. He oversees cleaning 1 million square feet daily, plans air conditioning for most state buildings, and handles coal, fuel oil, water, and electric bills totaling over a dozen thousand dollars yearly. He recalls rounds up mules at the Capitol after a freight-train mishap and comments on his wife’s view of his work at home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raleigh AP
George B. Cherry
Cherry
General Services
Executive
Capitol
Education
Capitol Hill
Windsor
Board of Public Buildings and Grounds
State
Scott
Raleigh
Vanguard Rocket Display at North Carolina Planetarium
A 12 foot cut away model of the Vanguard rocket will be shown Sunday in the South Science exhibit room at the University of North Carolina Morehead Planetarium. The replica from The Martin Co. of Baltimore will illustrate flight path design and space exploration steps during the Star of Bethlehem program. The Vanguard three stage rocket launched a solar powered transmitter and a rocket casing into an orbit of 400 to 2 500 miles, expected to last at least two centuries. Open weekdays 1 to 5 and 7 30 to 10 p.m. Saturdays 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. Sundays 1 to 10 p.m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Mexico
Taos
Santa Clara
Jemez
Santo Domingo
Tesuque
America
Beacon Hill
Boston
Louisburg Square
Ind
Orlando
The
Sea
Florida
Sunshine State
Old Fort
Ozark
Noel
Missouri
Branson
Ozarks
Mount Branson
School of the Ozarks
Lake Taneycomo
Pennsylvania
Cits
Bethlehem
Nazareth
South Mountain
Williamsburg
Virginia
Palmer Lake
Colorado
U. S. Air
Chapel Hill
Vanguard
Morehead Planetarium
University of North Carolina
Martin Co
Baltimore
Star of Bethlehem
Prowler taunts Wichita Falls officers during laundry break-in
In Wichita Falls Texas police officers T E Lewis and Charles Trainham investigated a night break-in at a laundry. The prowler taunted them saying you didn't catch me. Nothing appeared missing according to the laundry owner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wichita Falls
Tex
T. E. Lewis
Charles Trainham
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King’s Canyon National Park
Calif
Christ
California
Santa
Naples
Long Beach
Joshua Tree
Ploripa
KMAS
Chaudhri Makan Singh
Bullocks
George Cherry
By Reese Hart
Petia
College Portes
Gilbert Optical and Hearing Aid Center
Camsheft
Chevy
Main Street
Chevrolet
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