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Newspaper
Press Telegram
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Dec 25, 1961
Page
2
Former Secretary of State Dean Acheson or another official remarks on Christmas in Berlin praising Allied support and the airlift that broke the blockade. General Lucius D. Clay, Kennedy’s envoy, notes Americans stand with Berlin in the cause of freedom while acknowledging the city’s division by the wall and the sorrow of separated families.
Newport Ark. Poundmaster Johanie Cockrill faced a Christmas dilemma after a homeless red mongrel dog jumped into the pound truck to join him. Facing the dog’s possible death sentence, Cockrill decided he cannot send it to destruction and keeps the animal as a companion.
Two minor earthquakes rattled windows and doors in Greater Kansas City before 7 am. Seismographs at St Louis University and the University of Kansas in Lawrence placed the shocks near Kansas City. No damage reported. Rev William Stauder of St Louis University estimated magnitude 3.5 to 4 on the Richter scale. Shocks lasted about two minutes with a peak intensity of one to two seconds. Times were 6:20 and 6:59 am. The last central plains quake was in April 1952, with smaller events noted since then.
Aurora Illinois must be used as home scene after Philip Welles, 61, who suffered a brain clot on November 4, walked out of St. Joseph’s Mercy Hospital wearing a U S Air Force pressure suit. Doctors say he may eventually no longer need the suit.
Christmas observances continue in Bethlehem with Greek Orthodox and Armenian rites. Christians receive deference despite a Muslim population, as sacred sites like the Church of the Nativity face inter rite policing and tensions during feast days.
A Utica residence fire claimed the life of John Hy-Johns and left his wife Caroline Efchler 84 and daughter Ashley injured. The blaze caused heavy smoke and widespread damage before investigators determined the cause, which remained unclear at press time.
New China News Agency reports that Communist China’s National People's Congress will open its next session in Heiping on March 4. The timing underscores ongoing legislative activity and political schedules as the delegation considers policy measures and state affairs.
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