Poinsettia Fungus Warns Gardeners In Cold Weather
Gardners alerted to poinsettia scab, a white stem canker disease spreading with cool air. Texas A&M extension plant pathologist Jose Amador urges destroying infected plants or pruning and applying fungicide every 10 to 14 days to protect healthy tissue. The disease, first identified in Hawaii 36 years ago, has appeared in Florida Jamaica Brazil Guatemala and Puerto Rico. in Cuba poinsettias are called Flor De Fascitas for their festive red leaves.
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Texas Agricultural Extension Service
Amador
Florida
Jamacia
Brazil
Guatemala
Puerto Rico
Cuba
Aliens Urged to Report Addresses in January
District Director Joe F. Staley of the INS announces a January address reporting period for aliens in the United States with limited exceptions. Forms will be available at post offices and INS offices, and failure to comply may lead to serious consequences.
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San Antonio
Joe F. Staley
United States Immigration and Naturalization Service
United States
Staley
Immigration and Naturalization Service
$2000 Stolen From Lubbock Salvation Army
Thieves used a torch to cut open a large safe at the Lubbock Salvation Army headquarters on Christmas Day stealing $2000 intended for foreign missions and holiday gifts and food. Authorities described the case as a theft from a charity facility and are investigating leads.
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Lubbock, Tex
Five Alarm Blaze Destroys Scofield Memorial Church
A Christmas Day early morning fire in Dallas caused about 750000 in damage to Scofield Memorial Church on the near east side. The blaze started in the basement of the 1917 sanctuary. no one was inside and no injuries were reported. The church will be rebuilt likely on the same site, with heavy smoke and water damage to two education buildings.
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Dallas
Scofield Memorial Church
Near East Side
Neil Ashcraft
Vigil Continues for End of World in Grannis Arkansas
In Grannis Arkansas a 25 plus group keeps vigil since September awaiting the second coming. Children celebrated Christmas around a handmade tree while guardians say they are more sure now than at the start. Officials removed six school children from the vigil and there are reports of financial struggles and legal actions.
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Elizabeth Nance Bard
Grannis
Arkansas
Broken Bow Indian Reservation
Oklahoma
Gene Nance
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Christ
Vigil
Bard
Goldwyn Fire Destroys Two Sound Stages in Los Angeles
A Christmas day blaze at Samuel Goldwyn studios in Los Angeles destroyed two sound stages including the Cannon set. Estimated damage reached $3 million as more than 140 firefighters fought the blaze. One fireman was lightly injured. officials suspect camera equipment storage as the fire’s origin and consider arson unlikely but not ruled out. Quinn Martin Productions says interior sets for Cannon will take a month to replace, with shooting not yet affected.
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Goldwyn Studios
Los Angeles
Samuel Goldwyn
Ray Bartlett
Iacres
Jack Foreman
Quinn Martin Productions
Minimum Pay Hike To Lift Wages Next New Year
Washington AP reports the federal minimum wage will rise to 2.30 per hour on New Year’s Day, expanding coverage to about 4 million workers including farm workers domestics and local government employees. The amendment sets three wage levels reaching 2.30 by 1978 with 53 million already earning above the new minimums and 86,000 farm workers gaining to 2.00 then 2.20 and 2.30 by 1978.
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America
Labor Department
Congress
On This Date December 26 1975 Recalls History Highlights
On December 26 1776 Washington captured 1000 Hessians at Trenton New Jersey. Pressburg peace treaty linked Napoleon and Austria in 1805. A Russian army uprising failed in 1825. In 1865 Franklin mass patented first coffee percolator. In 1917 federal control of railroads began. MacArthur opened Manila in 1941. Scharnhorst sunk in 1943. Nixon expanded family planning in 1970s. Jack Benny died aged 80. Steve Allen and Henry Miller birthdays noted. Thought from Robert Frost. Continental Congress issued 3 million in bills in 1776.
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Henry Miller
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