Joseph Walks in Darkness to Guard the Christ Child
Editor notes the fourth study on the birth of Jesus focusing on Joseph's turmoil and moral resolve. The piece follows Joseph from doubt and fear to protective action, recounting Mary's pregnancy, the census, Jesus birth, and the escape to Egypt under Herod's threat.
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Christ
Joseph
Geore Cornell
AP Newsfeatures
Bethlehem
Jesus
God
Jerusalem
Temple
Simeon
Mary
Persia
Automatic Crossing Warning for Bayard
Installation of an automatic railroad crossing signal at the Burlington tracks on Bayard’s south edge began last week. Civic clubs lobbied for years and the city council, led by H C Moranville, negotiated with the railroad. Estimated cost about 18000 dollars, shared by the state highway department and the railroad, with the railroad maintaining the system after installation.
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Bayard
Burlington
H. C. Moranville
Behaaf
State Highway Department
Railroad
Joseph the Carpenter and the Child's Holy Journey
A reflective prose piece recalls Joseph protecting and teaching Jesus during the family’s flight to Egypt and return to Galilee. It honors Joseph as a steadfast builder of life through hardship and faith, noting dangers under Herod and the enduring legacy of the Child.
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Herod
Herod Antipas
Galilee
Joseph
Carpenter
Year in books shows good and bad in 1956
Critic W G Rogers notes a mixed year with six good and four bad on best seller lists. He highlights neglected new novels by Anderson Astrachan Boylen Johnson Lord Moore Beverzy Sully Wiseman and praises Beckett Baldwin Rosmond Pritchett Bates Bellow. He cites Eisenhower Roosevelt Kennedy and OConnor as strong political works and praises Stone and Catton in historical titles.
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W. G. Rogers
Associated Press
New York
Wright Morris
Harcourt, Brace
Morris
Thomas Anderson
Sam Astrachan
Margaret Boylen
Sikes Johnson
James Lord
Brian Moore
Jean Beverzy
Kathleen Sully
Adele Wiseman
Babette Rosmond
Mame
Peyton Place
Bridey Murphy
Duchess of Windsor
South Africa
Trevor Huddleston
Grace Metalious
Colin Wilson
John Master
Eugles and
A Tiger
Tiffany Thayer
Eisenhower
Robert J. Donovan
Roosevelt
James M. Burns
John F. Kennedy
Edwin O’connor
Irving Stone
Bruce Catton
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