Christmas Parking Woes Grow Downtown Lorded by Shoppers
Christmas shopping enters the downtown scene as Main Street drivers face scarce parking spaces. Downtown workers struggle with meters and restrictions forcing use of four municipal lots or side streets near Hickory and Walnut. A Tuesday survey counted 328 cars parked on Hickory and Walnut between First and Fifth at 2 pm, just 15 more than at 11:30 am, with many cars left idle through lunch.
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Main Street
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Parking crowd reports detail Hickory and Walnut blocks
The article notes many people left for lunch or ate downtown, with the Hickory block between Third and Fourth being the most crowded. About 64 cars parked there in the afternoon, 10 more than in the morning, plus block totals for Hickory and Walnut streets show recurring high activity despite the three week pre Christmas timing. Side streets lacked meters and one hour limits, remaining crowded.
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Hickory
Walnut
Main
El Dorado Car Train Crash Injures Three Men
Three El Dorado men were injured when their car collided with a freight train at a crossing. The most severely hurt was 47yearold C L Cap Hagan who suffered compound fractures to his leg and hip plus facial cuts and hand injuries and was listed in fair condition at a local hospital.
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EL Dorado
C. L
Cap) Hagan
el Dorado Hospital
Nixon Urges British Aid At National Auto Show Dinner
Vice President Nixon urged financial aid to Britain amid the Suez crisis at the 42nd annual Automobile Show Dinner in New York. He said Russia's actions in Hungary mark a major defeat for world communism and noted the U.S. island in the Middle East has saved the United Nations. Nixon promised strong bipartisan congressional support for aid and urged avoiding recriminations, while Eisenhower’s Augusta vacation HQ said the president did not review the speech in advance.
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Nixon
Britain
Waldorf-Astoria Hotel
Russia
Hungary
United States
Middle East
United Nations
Congress
Augusta
Eisenhower
White House
James Hagerty
No Decision On States To Visit
President Eisenhower has yet to confirm the itinerary for a mid January tour to survey drought hit areas. White House secretary James C Hagerty said the decision will come in the next several days or weeks. An aerial survey of parched areas in Midwest and Southwest states is planned with further conferences to follow.
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Augusta
James C. Hagerty
White House
Eisenhower
Hagerty
Midwest
College Goes To Jazz and Pop Song Titles List
A streaming list of song titles including College Goes To Jazz Manhattan Tower-Gordon Jenkins Calendar Girl Julie London After The Lights Go Down Low Al Hibbler 1812 Overture with Bronze Cannon.
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Manhattan Tower
Gordon Jenkins
al Hibbler
Nativity celebration survives drought affected regions
The report notes drought impacts linger in southern Colorado, southern Kansas, Oklahoma, Texas, Arizona, Missouri and New Mexico. Despite hardships, Christmas traditions endure through art, music, painting, and Nativity stories that preserve the holiday’s spiritual character.
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Kansas
Oklahoma
Texas
Arizona
Missouri
New Mexico
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France
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Calendar Girl
Julie London
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Grover Knight
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