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Newspaper
Lubbock Avalanche Journal
Location
Lubbock, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 25, 1956
Page
5
Moscow shoppers count Christmas in January as Orthodox tradition keeps date 18 days after Western Christmas. Grandfather Frost replaces Santa, bringing gifts and vodka for adults, while big shops glow with lights, fir trees, and holiday displays.
East Germany denounces West Germany’s plan to seek UN involvement in German reunification. Vorwaerts, the official SED paper, says the UN has no jurisdiction over the German question and accuses Adenauer of stalling to grow West German military power. Unification should come through talks between East and West German governments.
Roy Parish, 35, was found dead in a parked car with bullet wounds. Police say he forced entry into his former wife’s home, attacked her, and was shot by her son, who later fired additional rounds as Parish entered a car where another man waited. Parish had been released from jail days earlier on prior charges.
A question to hundreds by Radio Paris asked what people listen to after 9 p.m. Eighty percent of responses were a single phrase: To my wife.
Milwaukee man who attended the annual parade for years was blind until a cornea transplant, donated by a New York man who died of cancer, restored his sight. He says he feels 15 years younger and that every day feels like Christmas Eve.
French and Israeli engineers began a preliminary survey for a 32 inch pipeline from Elath on the Gulf of Aqaba to the Mediterranean to carry 25 million tons of oil annually. Financing and construction timelines are undecided. several West European nations have asked for an immediate survey and France is said to be willing to fund part of the project.
Fort Worth police investigator A L Neal had ticketed a man for leaving the scene of an accident two weeks earlier. The man then reported over the weekend that he had been the victim of a hit and run, and Neal was assigned to locate the motorist.
Miami forecast says Florida will have a typical green Christmas with rain rather than snow. The Weather Bureau projects a tenth to a quarter inch of precipitation tonight and Tuesday, keeping the state free of a white Christmas.
Alex C. Ortiz, manager of the Academy Army Surplus Store at 619 Broadway, will give away leftover Christmas toys to Lubbock children today. The store opens at 8 a.m. and stays open until all toys are distributed, with each child needing an accompanying adult. Toys range from 50 cents to $5 as thanks for past patronage.
In El Segundo a gunman steals 2000 dollars from a market manager. In Pasadena another gunman takes 75 dollars from a liquor store clerk. Each exits with a cheerful Merry Christmas. Police hunt suspects as cases unfold.
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