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Newspaper
Roswell Daily Record
Location
Roswell, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
Dec 24, 1971
Page
1
An AP report from New York describes Walter P. Brown, a bearded Macy’s Santa, listening to children’s wishes during a month long stint. A 22 year old girl sat on his lap and commented on Brown being a soul Santa. Brown, a 6 foot 4 actor-singer from Newark, says a black Santa matters little to him.
Christians around the world mark Christmas while peace efforts unfold. U S servicemen in Vietnam share holidays with families as 162 500 GIs get turkey dinners, and Belfast children are flown to London for a safer Christmas. Arabs visit Bethlehem as cease fires loom and entertainers visit bases in Saigon. An infant war orphan from Bowie Maryland is adopted by a local couple after a joyous reunion tale.
Pilgrims flock to Bethlehem as 35 000 Arabs from nearby states join Christmas rites under heightened security. Nixon and Pope Paul VI urge peace and goodwill in messages as Rio hosts Bethlehem earth gift and leaders’ phone campaign for world peace.
The Soviet Union adjusted its nonconvertible ruble to realign with 22 foreign currencies today, lowering the value of all except the Japanese yen. In Arlington Heights Illinois seven people from three generations died in a two story home fire with smoke impeding early detection.
In a Paris warehouse cellar more than 25 tons of letters and petitions to North Vietnamese and Viet Cong prisoners sit stored. Five million appeals arrived over two years, then dwindled as delegations refused notice. A 10 year old in Germany and others sent Christmas cards now unreached and buried under crates, shoes, and poetry.
Three Roswell homeowners receive awards and plaques at a Roswell Country Club ceremony. Winners in Comical, Religious and Original categories were Bob Hall, Rolla Hinkle II, and Kevin Patterson. A four member Jaycees panel judged 26 entries and photo features run in today’s Roswell Daily Record.
The Roswell City Council granted an easement allowing the Roswell Chamber of Development and Commerce to lay an underground telephone, electricity, gas and sewer line along the northeast side of its new building at Richardson and Third Streets with a six month city removal right. Council also approved bids for four half ton pickups and three flatbed trucks to support the Economic Development Administration project at the Roswell Industrial Air Center and city needs.
President Nixon’s Christmas message urges optimism that events in 1972 will push toward world peace. He cites Pope Paul VI’s peace efforts and calls the season a time for giving and forgiving. He emphasizes shared human bonds and the gifts of giving.
Variable cloudiness and mild temperatures continue through Saturday. Highs around 72 today and 74 tomorrow with a low near 35 tonight.
Sen Henry M Jackson and his 5 year old son Peter were shopping when a department store Santa spotted the Democrat. Peter told Santa not to choose sides and to be nonpartisan, prompting a playful exchange about politics.
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