Christmas in Reeves County a Once Rich Yet Simple Season
Alton Hughes Allthorn recalls Reeves County Christmas history from the early days with no electricity or synthetic trees. The allthorn tree became a favorite by cranberries, popcorn and ribbons, and some lit candles on a fragile, local tradition. Community trees, church programs, Santa myths, and modest prices illustrate a hard but merry era.
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Reeves County
Santa
St. Mark's Episcopal Church
Ralph Landrum
The
Christian Church
Episcopal Church
First Baptist Church
J.C. Wilson
J.C. Brooks
Ruby Peer
Guy Walker
Beverly Vaughan
R.L. Fabrygel
Rotary Club
Earl Bell
Safeway
Mid 19th Century Christmas Stories Honor Classic Authors
The piece celebrates three enduring Christmas tales from the 1800s. Dickens’s A Christmas Carol remains powerful and popular, Henry Van Dyke’s The Other Wise Man offers rich Middle Eastern grounded fiction, and O Henry’s Gift of the Magi presents a brief poignant urban poverty tale.
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Bethlehem
Charles Dickens
Dickens
Scrooge
Henry van Dyke
van Dyke
Middle East
Henry
1974 Medical Scandal Rocks the Field
A major medical scandal in 1974 centered on Dr. William T Summerlin at Memorial Sloan Kettering. He was dismissed and given pay with psychiatric counseling after allegations of falsifying data and altering mouse skin to simulate grafts. The episode, likened to a medical Watergate, sparked widespread debate and calls for stricter scientific integrity.
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William T Summerlin
Memorial Sloan- Kettering Cancer Center
New York
Summerlin
Institute
Robert A Good
Good
American Cancer Society
Environmental Cancer Research Project
FE. Cuyler Hammond
Irving Selikoff
World Health Organization
On This Day In History December 24 1974
Highlights include the 1814 Ghent Treaty ending the War of 1812, the death of Vasco da Gama in 1524, Edinburgh Castle’s 1650 surrender, the 1865 origination of the Ku Klux Klan in Pulaski Tennessee, Darlan’s 1942 assassination, Eisenhower named to lead invasion forces in 1943, Apollo VIII’s Christmas Eve broadcast in 1968, and recent notes on Saigon bombing, Armenia bus tragedy, and Ford’s energy speech. Also quotes on acupuncture’s limited medical support and expert Dr. Rosen’s findings.
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Associated Press
United States
England
Ghent
Belgium
Vasco da Gama
India
Edinburgh Castle
Scotland
Forrces
Oliver Cromwell
Pulaski
Tonn
North Africa
Jean Darlan
Algiers
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Europe
Saigon
Armenia
Yerevan
Gerald Ford
93Rd
Congress
Christmas Traditions Meet Mary and Jesus in Mexican Peasant Art
In a Mesilla Park retreat, a textile portraying Mary and Jesus highlights devotion in Advent. The piece by Jane Adams of Las Cruces, NM, emphasizes Mary’s strength and determination, contrasting secular Santa and shopping with Christ’s coming. The text cites Thurman on Christ’s birth and the gospel message that God aligns with the poor.
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Credit Bureau
Mary
Madonna and Child
Holy Cross
Mesilla Park
N.M
Christ Child
Jesus
Jane Adams
Las Cruces
Herod
Howard M. Thurman
Jesus Christ
Christ
Call for longer lasting goods to curb inflation
A columnist argues that consumer costs rise from recalls and breakage and that products could last 10 to 50 percent longer with minimal extra upfront expense. He urges private impartial testing groups, funded by free enterprise, to publish spot tests of major producers.
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Washington
Nea
America
Ford
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
National Science Foundation
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Musin
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Allthorn
Clarke Furniture Co
Howard
Pecos Dry Goods
Fort Worth
Kditorials
the Owls
Pecos Entferise
Ana
Texas Press Association
Medical World
David Hendin
Newspaper Enterprise Ass
B.F Goodrich Plastics
Louisville
Texas
West Virginia
John Bonica
National Institutes of Health
American Society of Anesthesiologists
China
Bonica
Samuel Rosen
Rosen
David Poling, D.D
Ray Cromley
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