Santa Claus Lives Forever In Virginia O Hanlon tale
Mrs. Robert Temple, daughter of Virginia O Hanlon Douglas who inspired Yes Virginia there is a Santa Claus, says people still seek the familiar lines. She recounts public interest in her mother and the famous 1897 editorial, and shares the 1937 follow up letter urging belief in Santa Claus for all children.
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UPI
Robert Temple
Virginia O'Hanlon Douglas
Virginia
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Tempie
Church
Santa
Peter Pan
Peter
Virgina O'Hanlon Douglas
the Sun
Edward P. Mitchell
Friends of the Sun
Virginia O'Hanlon
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95Th St
Yule Slow To Return To Post War Lebanon
Beirut the scene shows a Santa halted by Arab troops asking papers while a Christmas Eve cartoon reflects Lebanon’s postwar fear and the struggle for normal holiday cheer. Shoppers fill daytime markets as inflation and insecurity damp Christmas spirit.
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NY Times
Beirut
Santa Claus
Lebanon
Iran
Anwar el-Sadat
Menahemen
Services Planned For Las Vegas Hotel Owner Michael Silvagni
Michael Silvagni 70 died Friday in Las Vegas. Mass will be at St. Anne's at 1 a.m. Rosary Monday 7:30 p.m. Palm Mortuary Chapel. Born in Trinidad Colorado, he moved to Las Vegas in 1929 and owned the Horseshoe Hotel and Casino on Fremont Street, leased to Benny Binion. Burial is Palm Valley View Memorial Park.
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Las Vegas
Michael Silvagni
St. Anne's Catholic Church
Palm Mortuary Chapel
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Trinidad
Colo
Fremont Street
Benny Binion
Palm Valley View Memorial Park
Three Children Die In Springfield House Fire
In Springfield Massachusetts three children Demetro Hutchins 16 Solobia Hutchins 8 and Edwina Hutchins 7 died in a house fire late Friday into Saturday A brother Lee 15 survived in good condition Four other people were hurt in a separate rooming house blaze where at least a dozen were rescued by ladder and stairways The four story rooming house housed about 40 residents Officials said smoke inhalation caused the Hutchins deaths and investigators continued.
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UPI
Demetro Hutchins
Solobia
Edwina
Hazel Hutchins
Lee
Wesson Memorial
Bay State Medical Center
Wesson
Raymond Cormier
Michael Rusin
Wendy Dewhurst
Willie L. Clark
Hutchins
Demetro
Power Out In North Las Vegas Area
A northwest Las Vegas Valley blackout hit about 8 30 a m affecting Las Vegas North Las Vegas and Tule Springs. A 69 kilovolt line near Smoke Ranch and Tonopah failed cutting two substations and knocking out TV radio power. Emergency power ran at fire stations while authorities investigate a transformer blowout.
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Las Vegas Valley
Las Vegas
Tule Springs
Smoke Ranch
Tonopah
Nevada Supreme Court rejects Hanley pretrial petition
The Nevada Supreme Court denied Andrew Grambyley’s pretrial petition challenging evidence at a preliminary hearing in the kidnapping and murder case of union leader Al Bramlet. Bramlet was abducted from McCarran International Airport in February and later found buried near Las Vegas with multiple gunshot wounds.
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UPI
Nevada Supreme Court
Andrew Grambyley
al Bramlet
Hanley
Supreme Court
Tom
Bramlet
McCarran International
Las Vegas
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