Christmas in Australia a warm Southern Season
In sweltering Sydney the heat hovers near 90 degrees as Christmas traditions adapt. Shoppers buy cooling meals and air conditioned stores replace frosted windows while children push for full holiday indulgence. Australians blend British and American customs with a growing push for unique local traditions. Bulgarian peasants keep Christmas Eve sparrows to nourish souls and wings.
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Sydney
Australia
Santa Claus
London
Space race fears and a divorce case swirl in the column
The column cites Soviet space inactivity and possible budget cuts in Johnson era America, suggesting Moscow may shift to military rocketry and question a moon race. It also covers Harlem Rep Powell and his third wife in Puerto Rico, with alleged misused salary checks and potential kickback charges, plus prior repercussions for Rep Thomas.
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Russia
Space Agency
Johnson
Washington
United States
Space
Adam Clayton Powell
Puerto Rico
Powell
Corinne Huff
Marjorie Flores Powell
San Juan
Rep
Parnell Thomas
New Jersey
New York
Story of the stockings and a JFK book dispute
The stockings tale recounts Saint Nicholas dropping gold to rescue a poor family’s daughters. A separate note reports Look magazine’s $650,000 JFK assassination book offer to cut passages disliked by Jackie Kennedy, with author Manchester objecting to edits.
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St. Nicholas
Saint Nicholas
Nicholas
Look Magazine
William Manchester
President Kennedy
Jackie Kennedy
Johnson
Dallas
Manchester
Mrs. Kennedy
Silent Night Origin From Obendorf Austria 1818
On Christmas Eve 1818 a church organ failed due to mice in Obendorf Austria Father Joseph Mohr wrote the words to Silent Night and organist Franz Gruber composed the music They performed the hymn with guitar accompaniment marking a new use of guitar in sacred music
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Joseph Mohr
Obendorf
Austria
Father Mohr
Franz Gruber
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Merry Christmas
Bill & Vi Coghill
Tibbens
Thrasher Trucking Co
Jingle Bells
Tommy McCones
Lower Broadway
Manhattan
N.Y
Ena dupraTuad
Cliff Browns
City of
David
Don Slape
Chevrolet
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