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Newspaper
Oswego Palladium Times
Location
Oswego, New York, United States of America
Date
Dec 12, 1963
Page
6
The editorial ridicules Alderman J B Kelly Jr for proposing an Oswego Fire Academy using 18 to 21 year olds at about $2,000 yearly to take Civil Service tests. It argues for hiring real, paid firefighters and rejects using the Fire Department as a youth training or employment program.
In three weeks under President Lyndon Johnson the nation sees a smooth transition, with foreign powers impressed by stability and civil rights advocates optimistic he will pursue Kennedy era goals. Business and labor back his economic restraint, while Congress and the public expect progress on unemployment and policy unity despite some protests.
Viewpoints weigh in on the 1963 Army Navy game a clash ending 21 15 Navy with Navy arguing the result should be the record and Army insisting on a morale win. The piece notes the wild finish and ongoing Pentagon discussions as spectators recall the clock stoppage and last line stand.
A Palladium Times health column discusses disease germs on money, stressing that infections like tuberculosis or measles spread mainly by respiratory droplets. It guides prevention through hand washing, avoiding finger licking, and ironing or disinfecting items, noting soap and water plus sterile gloves and masks in surgery.
The National Geographic Society notes royalty uses special plates as status symbols. The Maharana of Udaipur shuns numbers, adding a gold sun disk on his royal Rolls-Royce. In Sikkim the royal car tags simply read “Sikkim.”
Commercial printing department listings appear as a brief contact snippet for the Palladium-Times blog. The fragment notes dial numbers 3-3800 and 3-3801, indicating customer service or editorial contact channels within the newspaper’s printing division.
President Johnson faces a critical U.N. moment in New York where critics say the body has become a Moscow influenced political machine. The column argues U.N. actions on South Africa and Africa tilt toward Soviet interests while failing to defend Goa or Hungary, urging American withdrawal if principles vanish.
The Fifth District of the American Legion will meet at Beck's Hotel on Main Street in Mexico on Sunday after noon December 15 at 2 30 p.m. Commander John J Revoir will preside. The six counties Herkimer Jefferson Lewis Oneida Onondaga and Oswego will be represented. A lunch will be served after the meeting.
Swiss chefs will prepare delicacies like cheese fondue and fondue bourguignon in a chalet style restaurant at the 1964 65 New York World's Fair. The Swiss Pavilion features five buildings including the restaurant three peaked exhibit buildings for watch manufacturers and a boutique area selling Swiss products.
Hal Boyle profiles Tom Tryon as Hollywoods next big star. The Connecticut native, six four and Dutch English in descent, rose from journeyman actor to Otto Preminger’s pick for The Cardinal and five more films. He discusses fame, TV imitaton, religion, and a joking fan-magazine query about his childhood acne.
An editor calls for a renewal of Christmas virtues beyond a single day, urging that gift giving worship and hope become lifelong habits. The message frames Yuletide dedication as an enduring attitude shaping everyday conduct rather than a seasonal spree.
Rep. John Byrnes Wisconsin Republican and ranking Ways and Means member defended a $25,000 profit from MGIC stock bought after helping win a favorable tax ruling. The speech occurred the day before Kennedy's assassination and critics urge full disclosure of congressional holdings.
A devotional line from II Peter 1 5 to 7 urges adding faith virtue knowledge temperance patience godliness brotherly kindness and love to strengthen Christian character and conduct.
In a Hollywood high stakes game South opens 3NT and despite doubles to 7 clubs, achieves a remarkable grand slam in 6NT. The hand features a heart lead, a dramatic crossruff by South and a triumphant but costly result, leaving East-West unhappy with the miss. The writer notes the bidding flair and luck of the declarer.
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