Yes Virginia Santa Claus Letter Ends Skeptical Age
A historic 1897 exchange answers eight year old Virginia O'Hanlon with the Sun editors letter from Francis P. Church declaring Yes Virginia there is a Santa Claus. The message elevates faith, imagination, love, and childhood wonder beyond doubt.
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Virginia O’hanlon
New York City
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Virginia O’han
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Christmas Eve and the praise of free markets
The piece argues Christmas flourishes due to free market capitalism, contrasting rich displays and lights funded by merchants with dark, controlled economies. It asserts industrial growth spreads giving, boosts production, and raises living standards, urging readers to value private property and enterprise while appreciating the season.
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America
Russia
Salvation Army
Winter Trial of a Snowed Robin
A disjointed report traces a robin’s repeated refusals to dig for worms and a final exchange for a feather amid snow. The tale, framed as a Public Affairs Forum item, hints at deeper themes of desire, loss, and consequence in a bleak winter scene.
U S Campus Could Be A Hotbed
Washington based columnist recalls global student politics in Mexico Cuba Panama Saigon Japan and China. He notes campuses have sparked crises, mobilized action and even helped topple regimes, with students often willing to use violence despite leaders’ moderation.
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NEA
University of California
California
U.S
Mexico City
University of Mexico
Havana
Cuba
Castro
Panama
Panama Canal Zone
Saigon
Nguyen Khanh
South Viet Nam
Japan
China
Mao Tse-tung
Q and A quiz from a wartime wire service
A compiled Q and A page covers brief trivia on topics including why the Senate met briefly before Labor Day, the youngest English Channel swimmer Leonore Modell, the shrew as the hungriest mammal for its size, the meaning of picayune, lithology, earthquake science, crystal glass, and the Greek designation Hellenes tied to legend.
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Leonore Modell
Sacramento
California
United States
Greece
Hellen
Deucalion
Pyrrha
Vietnamese troops in Cuba linked to Moscow Hanoi plot
Western sources report hundreds of North Vietnamese troops arriving in Cuba aboard Soviet ships with tight security. Intelligence warns these forces may replace Soviet advisers, train with Latin American and U.S. Communist groups, and serve a broader Moscow Hanoi strategy against South Vietnam. The piece connects the Cuban buildup to past U.S. actions and FBI cases, noting possible espionage ties and political infighting over defense disclosures.
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The Pudgy Old Man and the City Council Encounter
A pudgy old man in a business confrontation with city council over property demands exerts bold lip service then collapses in defiance. A building inspector quietly escorts him out during a recess, returns, and the man’s demeanor shifts to meek obedience, leaving the observer to ponder pressure used to curb impudence.
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City Council
Crossword Puzzle Across The Gazette Style List
Crossword clues numbered 1 to 59 span topics from colors and cities to legal terms and sports teams. Readable entries include Blue pigment iodine dabber Saroyan's My Name Is and a mix of geographic, botanical, and economic hints, suggesting a themed word puzzle.
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Saroyan
Texas City
Job Corps Camps Hit Oklahoma Areas Under 1964 Act
The National Guard era plan expands under the Economic Opportunity Act of 1964 with Job Corps camps in Wichita Wildlife Refuge and Le Flore County Oklahoma and a companion Neighborhood Youth Project in Osage County. The program targets 16 to 21 year olds with low education. camps will house 100 to 200 trainees earning modest stipends and future benefits.
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Job Corps
Wichita Wildlife Refuge
le Flore
Osage County
Hubert Humphrey
Wichita and Hodgens
Oklahoma
Wichita
Sargent Shriver
CCC
Economy via Foreign Aid Shapes Europe Cuba Ties
Life Lines notes a rebuilt Europe strengthened by U.S. foreign aid while Cuba remains Soviet aligned despite aid. It cites artificial flowers valued at $1,000 sent to the Dominican Republic as another example of foreign aid impact.
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U. S
Europe
United States
U.S
Cuba
Dominican Republic
Can Small Business Survive by Retained Earnings Constraints
Industrial News Review summarizes Senator Proxmire’s assertion that postwar expansion via retained earnings has become harder for small businesses due to high taxes and rising equipment costs. Loans don't solve structural tax issues, and sustained profitability and traditional self-financing are required for growth.
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Sen. Proxmire
Alaska Transfer to United States in Sitka Ceremony
Alaska once used by Russia for fur and fishing was ceded to the United States in Sitka on October 16, 1867. The sale price of seven million dollars was paid as agreed, according to the World Almanac.
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Alaska
Russia
United States
Sitka
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