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Newspaper
Press Telegram
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Dec 24, 1969
Page
3
Timothy Andrew Donley, 13 months, will await Saint Nick with his newly adopted parents, Clifford and Mrs Donley. The birth of the couple’s first child lends a bright meaning to the holiday season this year.
A reflective piece on losing the Christmas spirit as adults. It laments grown up routines and debt, urging readers to reclaim the childlike wonder, generosity, and joy of the season. It argues Christmas is about gifting, gratitude, and togetherness, not obligation or fatigue.
Abigail Van Buren collects letters from readers about underpaid sitters. A 27 year old mother recalls 25 cent hourly rates and offers 75 cents for tidier care, while another writer vents about sitters who empty fridges and ignore chores. A third recounts a high school sitter who let the house run wild, leaving doors open and a mess behind.
A bridge column discusses a difficult six clubs contract in a no-vulnerable deal. South, needing the queen of clubs to make a small slam, must lead trumps and assumes favorable or split trump cards. Despite tangled defense, South wins by force when West’s queen falls to the final trump. East then takes the last trick with ace.
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