Upside Down Christmas Tree Delights New York Crowd
Historian Hal Boyle recalls Rockefeller Center staging a Christmas tree that was mistakenly put up upside down. Children and crowds embraced the topsy turvy spectacle, while officials and world leaders weighed in on the cultural moment. The piece ends with a moral to seek fresh angles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hal Boyle
New York
Rockefeller Center
Joey
Gus Bussell
London Times
Mai
Charles de Gaulle
France
Pravda
Moscow
Washington
United Nations
White House
Britain
Tower of London Tower
Paris
Picasso
Eiffel Tower
Tokyo
Russia
Manchester book flop exposes hype over Kennedy history
The Death of a President by William Manchester flopped against expectations with only about 600,000 hardback copies sold. Critics and industry figures condemn the book as publicity driven and historically unreliable, arguing the Kennedy family contract tainted its authenticity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Manchester
Harper & Row
Manchester
Benjamin Spock
Margaret Mitchell
Giuseppe di Lampedusa
Norman F. Dacey
Truman Capote
Kennedy
Arthur Schlesinger Jr
Robert F. Kennedy
Hemingway
Texas
John Connally
Life Magazine
Checking Up Skillet Tales and Comic Trivia Rambles
A column blends playful anecdotes and trivia. It covers a cat tricks claim with a Tomcat guitar tale from Errol, a Seattle note on Mexican hairless dogs, songs associated with Jim Kennedy, golfing presidents and Taft jokes, liquor status hierarchies, tea versus coffee at socials, the chauffeur etymology, and a Scots diagnostic quip about Raynaud’s disease.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Errol
Granada
America
Seattle
Jimmy Kennedy
Mr. Kennedy
Isle of Capri
Taft
White House
Obnoxious Editorial Remarks Against Newcomers Sparks Roswell Letter
Walter J. Giese of 1502 W Seventh objects to a Sunday Roswell Daily Record editorial on newcomers. He argues the piece insults new residents and stifles community growth and calls for fair consideration of proposals on school bonds ambulance service and the head librarian issue. He warns against turning Roswell into a provincial town and urges restraint and thoughtful editorial policy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Public Forum
Roswell
Walter J. Giese
Roswell Daily Ledger Record Details and Rates
The snippet lists Albert A. Stubbs as managing editor and x M. Higginbotham as business manager. It provides subscription rates by region, advertising and home delivery details, address at 424 North Main Street Roswell New Mexico, and notes Associated Press membership and reprint rights.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chaves
Roswell
Trade
North Main Street
N.M
Jesse Owens and 1936 Olympics Remembered
A Las Cruces Sun-News column recalls the 1936 Berlin Games and Jesse Owens four golds that debunked Nazi Aryan myths. It condemns a proposed boycott by Black athletes and urges Owens be made honorary U.S. team captain for life.
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California
Europe
Adolf Hitler
Rhineland
Japan
Africa
Italy
Ethiopia
Haile Selassie
Spain
Germany
Hitler
Berlin
United States
Jesse Owens
Jesse
Mexico City
U.S
Las Cruces
Politicians and Editors: Betty J. Johnson on race between press and pols
Betty J. Johnson of the Point Pleasant Beach Leader argues editors and politicians clash. She notes politicians boast, promise relief, and change after winning, while editors push back on slinging mud and print what they deem honest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Betty J. Johnson
Point Pleasant Beach
N.J
New Mexico Politics Shifts as Independent Voters Rise
The state undergoes a political shift with independents weakening party discipline and labor and anti-poverty programs gaining influence. Senate leader Sterling Black pushes McCarthy ties, while reapportionment boosts urban power and challenges old boss structures amid a growing, educated voter base.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Santa FE
New Mexico
Dave Cargo
Sterling Black
Los Alamos
Black
Minnesota
Eugene McCarthy
McCarthy
Struc
Congress
Gov. Cargo
Bernalillo
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NESDA
Henry J. Taylor
Manchester Book
Fic
Tion Publishers
L. M. Boyd
Furth
Scotland
Raynaud
Albert A. Stubbs
M. Higginbotham
Roswell, N. M
Associated Press
Jimmy C. Cox
Advertising Manager
By Fred Buckles
Ture
Madison Avenue
U.S. Supreme Court
Hugo Black
Johnson
Vietnam
Chicago
LABOR
Afl-Cio
Miami Beach
Cargo
Alabama
George Wallace
American Independent Party
Raymond £. Sitta
Farmington
Wallace
CAP
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