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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 24, 1965
Page
14
The family of Robert and Evelyn Snavely of West Liberty looks forward to Christmas. Children Mark 9 Barbara 8 Janet 6 DiAnn 4 Ruth 2. Mr Snavely has been West Liberty city manager since last August, Journal Photo.
Francis Cardinal Spellman, aged 77, arrived in Saigon to spend his 15th Christmas with American troops overseas and said the United States is fighting for peace in Viet Nam. He told reporters that every American soldier knows his aim, while six young members of the Korean Orphan Choir joined the visit, serenading with Silent Night and Jingle Bells.
In Tucson Art May or Lew Davis confronted a fruit vendor parked on a residential lot. After asking for the owner’s permission and being told yes, Davis revealed he was the owner. The vendor moved the stand following the exchange.
Mme. Chiang Kai-shek hosted a holiday party in New York on Wednesday greeting a select group of guests as she played hostess. The Associated Press notes the event featured a serenade while attendees included several notable figures.
The Snavely family, new West Liberty residents since August, eagerly await Christmas. City Manager Bob Snavely, his wife Evelyn, and children Mark Barbara Janet Diann Ruth 4 plan modest gifts reflecting local life. Bob, a former Guttenberg and Manchester official, praises small-town governance and community warmth while pursuing hobbies and civic ties.
Colmbus Ohio AP reports Postmaster Kenneth Bailey of New Albany offers free coffee to customers to spur early Christmas mailings. Bailey covered the expense himself.
Sen Robert F Kennedy and his wife Ethel send Christmas cards featuring nine children three dogs three horses an owl and a falcon Pierre Salinger includes French recipes in his card Elizabeth Carpenter jokes about a White House cooking career after the chef resigns at the time of Mrs Johnson's press secretary note
A list entry defines a counterfeit gift as spurious and not genuine. The term artificial is paired with false to describe the nature of the item.
Greenfield Massachusetts AP report notes Paul Gordon of Venice Florida sent the town a bill for 8.25 million dollars to compensate for inconvenience after he was detained three days following a stop for driving without a license. Town Treasurer John Kiley doubted the town would pay.
Sheriff Jim Willson received a Christmas card from an Arizona penitentiary inmate who wrote I’d sent you a check if I had one, a note tied to a case of bogus check writing. The card came with other fragmented notices and references to property transfers in Muscatine. The article also notes U S Navy officers’ helmets becoming status symbols in Palau as Americans left.
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