Where I Stand by Hank Greens year continued
The columnist wishes Merry Christmas to bankers and families of First National Bank and praises Senator Alan Bible for service. He notes the SUN’s need for new equipment after Bible’s criticized AEC analysis and jokes about Wilbur Clark and Toni, hoping for health, wealth, and a golf-filled future.
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SUN
Harold Gorman
Jordan Crouch
Thayer Bigelow
Reed Whipple
First National Bank
United States
Alan Bible
Washington
Nevada
Alan
Senators
AEC
Wilbur Clark
Toni
Wilbur
Odd Letters Get Through Christmas Coconuts
Postal workers in Britain processed unusual letters shaped as coconuts bearing Christmas greetings. The items were mailed through open post by British airmen stationed in Labuan North Borneo during the holiday season.
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London
UPI
Britain
Labuan
North Borneo
Bethlehem Nativity Grotto and Pilgrim Processions
The article surveys Bethlehem historic sites along with the Grotto of the Nativity. It notes Mary’s birth cave beneath the Church of the Nativity, Helena’s founding, later restorations, and joint custody under churches and Jordan. It describes Christmas processions, diverse pilgrims, and Jordanian guards, with annual rites from December 24 to January 19.
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Bethlehem
Mary
Jesus
Rhea
Zeus
Crete
Helena
Constantine the Great
Adonis
Former Governor Pittman Hospitalized Near Holidays
Former Nevada Governor Vail Pittman 79 was reported in satisfactory condition at St. Marys Hospital in San Francisco. He is undergoing treatment for an undisclosed illness and remains hospitalized through the holidays, with a spokesman noting his condition has improved but he is still very ill.
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San Francisco
UPI
Vail Pittman
Nevada
St. Mary’s Hospital
Pittman
Crash Kills Passenger in Two-Car Reno Collision
Joseph Flaster, 62, of San Francisco, was killed when ejected from a taxi in a two-car crash in Reno. Taxi driver Henry B. Harkins, 46, and Delores G. Reed, 32, in the second car, were not injured. Washoe County Sheriff's Office continues investigation. The death raises Nevada's 1963 traffic toll to 189.
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Reno
UPI
Joseph Flaster
San Francisco
Washoe County
Sheriff's Office
Henry B. Harkins
Delores G. Reed
Nevada
Chicken returns home lays giant eight ounce egg
A chicken that wandered from a farm in BIARRITZ FRANCE returned to its owners and delighted them by laying an unusually large egg weighing eight ounces at the farm.
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Biarritz
France
UPI
Beard singed as Santa Claus lights up street corner
In Minneapolis, a volunteer Santa, Robert Arzona, had his beard singed when a passerby used a cigarette lighter on his false beard during a charity bell ringing for the Volunteers of America. The incident occurred while Arzona collected contributions.
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Minneapolis
Minn
UPI
Santa Claus
Robert Arzona
the Volunteers of America
Arzona
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Anni
Bank OF Las Vegas
Erry Christmas
Rie
Eason
Plendid
By Hank Greens
BES
1St National Bank
P.O
Las Vegas
Dale Carnegie
Raymond L. Parker
Holy City
Rachel
Solomon
Jerusalem
Pontius Pilate
David
the Garden Center
L.V. Bivd
Riviera
Palm Springs
Palm Springs Riviera Hotel
Los Angeles
Seattle MA
Merry Christmas
Charleston
ChArleston Plaza
City Laundry & Cleaners
13Th & Carson
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