Date of Christ Birth In Doubt Across History
Piece traces the uncertain dating of Jesus birth from early calendar debates to Dec 25 adoption. It notes pagan roots of Christmas, bishops in Jerusalem, riots over sun worship, Puritan opposition in England and America, and eventual rise of Christmas in U S culture with immigrant influence.
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Christ
Herod
Judea
Juvenal
Jerusalem
England
America
Boston
Pig Crop Is Down During Past Year
The Agriculture Department reports the 1960 pig crop at 88,654,000 head, an 11 percent drop from 1959. The fall crop is estimated at 41,550,000 head, down 3 percent from 42,775,000 in 1959, reflecting lower hog prices last year and early 1960.
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Washington
Agriculture Department Today
Department
Huskies Scrimmage for Rose Bowl Game
Long Beach California AP Washington Huskies hold first scrimmage in prep for January 2 Rose Bowl against Minnesota in Pasadena Coach Jim Owens notes slow progress and plans two more scrimmages while USC predicts Minnesota victory based on defense and close Washington games.
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Long Beach
Calif
Washington Huskies
Minnesota
Pasadena
Jim Owens
Johnny McKay
McKay
Washing‘ton
Ann Landers Readers Share Travel and Kitchen Rules
Problem columns cover a San Diego trip request to meet a deployed husband and a dissuasion of a mother traveling, plus advice on fridge snacking and rent payments in a rooming-house scenario. The reader asks whether to spare feelings or insist on payment while Sonny weighs in on anti woman-driver stereotypes.
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Dear Ann Landers
San Diego
Ann Landers
Depletion Allowance Might Be Revised
Senator A S Monroney predicted in Washington that a strong effort will be made in the next Congress to reduce or revise the 27 12 per cent depletion allowance for the oil industry. He said it will be difficult for representatives from all states to defeat the move, noting Kennedy supporters may back changes in the special tax exemption.
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Washington
Congress
A. S. Monroney
D-Okla
President-elect favors study of tax loopholes Monroney says
Monroney reports the president-elect backs a special study of all tax loopholes and closing them. He clarifies that he did not say the oil depletion allowance is one of those loopholes. The remark comes amid discussions on oil industry policy.
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Monroney
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