Unusual Holiday Tales From New York
A collage of quirky Christmas gifts and street encounters in New York and beyond. A businessman gifts desk gadgets with hooded covers. Wealthy women share ladders and gift certificates. A medicine cabinet wrapping spree and a dinner ticket mystery. Cab stories from Joseph Leibowitz mix humor and cultural clash. Two reflective quotes end with a Iowa paper’s note on opinion differences.
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New York
Hamptons
Bergdorf Goodman's
Joseph Leibowitz
Brooklyn
W. 76Th Street
Leibowitz
Santa Claus
Atlas F explosions examined in Senate hearings
Senate Armed Services subcommittee hearings review four Atlas F missile explosions from 1963 to 1964 at Roswell and Altus bases. Causes centered on propellant loading, fuel vapor explosions, valve misoperations, and design deficiencies. General Bacon testified leadership at Walker AFB improved housekeeping and the 579th squadron earned top SAC honors.
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Committee On Armed Services
U.S. Senate
Walker Air Force Base
John Stennis
Mississippi
Roswell
Air Force
William C. R Bacon
WAFB
22Nd Strategic Aerospace Division
22Nd
Bacon
579Th
Walker
Strategic Air Command
Trimming Our Sails on New Year’s Eve
Editorial urges leaving past mistakes behind and using 1965 to improve personal and public life. It invites readers to reassess direction, overcome deep ruts, and pursue moral, social, and economic progress as the new year begins.
Silence and Complacency in Chaves County Legislature
The piece urges citizens to monitor the 1965 New Mexico Legislature in Santa Fe in January. It emphasizes studying proposed budgets, contacting representatives, and voicing opinions on fiscal matters to counteract complacency and influence state government.
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Chaves
Santa Fe
New Mexico
Christmas lighting contest votes tally with church and school wins
December 31, 1939 results show Lutheran Church 28 First Methodist 26 in the contest, Missouri Avenue School 30, Mark Howell 14, Washington 8, senior high 3, Purdy Furniture Store winning business division. London AP reports British fighters patrolling for a reported German raid over Shetland Islands. no air raid siren.
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Chamber of Commerce
Lutheran Church
First Methodist Church
Missouri Avenue School
Mark
London
Shetland Islands
Scotland
SOVIET LEADER REPLACEMENT SEEN AS BLOW TO KHRUSHCHEV
An editorial remark notes Khrushchev might be gratified that two men finally replaced him, while warning that harsh actions occur while truth lies suppressed. The piece reflects on political maneuvering and repercussions in the Soviet leadership.
Civil rights leaders clash over seating Mississippi electees
A closed Leadership Conference session reveals a battle between moderates and left wing groups over seating Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party representatives in Congress. NAACP leaders insist on sticking to prior stance while SNCC and Rev Fauntroy press for seating three Freedom Party women, amid warnings of dangerous precedent.
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Washington
Leadership Conference
Mississippi
NAACP
Martin Luther King
Southern Christian Leadership Conference
SNCC
Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee
Clarence Mitchell
Bill Higgs
Mississippi Freedom Democratic
Congress
Mitchell
Tve
Henry
Charles Evers
Robert Spike
National Council of Churches
Andy Biemiller
Aflcio
Mitchel
Mississipi
Freedom Democratic Party
Higgs
SNC
Freedom Party
Walter Fauntroy
Dr. King
Rauh
Stennis
Appointive Judges Eyed in New Mexico Politics
In Santa Fe a debate over making judges appointive highlights a history of appointments and partisan tenure. The article notes few Democratic losses, limited Republican presence on the bench, and long-serving appointees while detailing red book directories and state payroll shifts. It also mentions Robert McKinney's move to Martin Marietta and implications for national nuclear policy.
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Supreme Court
Irwin Moise
Santa Rosa
Luis Armijo
Martin Threet
Las Cruces
John J. Dempsey
Eugene Lujan
High Court
Frank Parker
Henry A. Riker
New Mexico
Las Vegas
Armijo
Santa Fe
Robert McKinney
Martin Marietta Corporation
Atomic Energy Commission
Martin Marietta
Cape Kennedy
McKinney
Truman
Eisenhower
Johnson
Book Review Krakator Krakatoa by Rupert Furneaux
Rupert Furneaux recounts the 1883 Krakatoa eruption tracing events before during and after the 22 hour disaster. Eyewitness accounts from ships logs and newspapers bring terror survival and helplessness to life though geographical threads sometimes confuse readers unfamiliar with the Dutch East Indies.
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Java
Sumatra
Dutch East Indies
Indonesia
Krakatoa
Furneaux
Joseph L. Benham
Roswell Daily Record Subscription Rates Notice
Roswell Daily Record lists subscription rates in advance by mail and carrier in Roswell and Chaves County. Rates include three months ten dollars and fifty cents, six months and one year options. Publication details show location at 424 North Main Street Roswell New Mexico and AP news access.
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Chaves
Roswell
Trade
Poksunea Cae
Saha
North Main Street
N. M
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Decorah
Iowa
AL Stubbs
Altus Blast
Altus Afb
Okla
SAC
Khrushchev
Drew Pearson
Will Harrison Santa FE
Perel
Caswell Neal
Carlsbad
Paul Larrazolo
Albuquerque
Alberta Miller
Kelly Girls
Dante Vaio
Blackie Tantales
IBM Training Center
Allman and Evertson
State Bureau of Revenue
Highway Department
Book Review
Rupert Furneaux
Prentice Hall
Philadelphia
Mr. Khrushchev
M. Higginbotham
Albert A. Stubbs
Jimmy C. Cox
Advertising Manager
N.M
Associated Presssociated Press
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