Space Age Santas Parade Into Tokyo Christmas
Tokyo embraces a space age Christmas as stores decorate with Sputnik riding St Nick figures and rockets. Matsuya’s seven story display shows a space helmet Santa astride a satellite while Takashiyama features large startlers and life size blond mannequins around a giant Santa hat. Traditional Santas with black hair also appear among the crowds.
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Matsuya
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Takashiyama Department Store
Hangar work delayed at Williamson County Airport
Weather holds up construction of ramps to a six unit west hangar at Williamson County Airport. Dee Robb, Airport Authority chair man, said delays postpone razing of the current hangar used by Fred Valentine who sold four acres to the authority for a 99 year lease in October and will vacate when new space is ready.
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Dee Robb
Airport Authority
Fred Valentine
Valentine
Marion Student Sings Messiah on Lebanon Campus
Miss Joyce Lyn Duncan a student at McKendree College sang in the college choir's presentation of The Messiah Sunday on the Lebanon campus.
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Joyce Lyn Duncan
Marion
McKendree College
Lebanon
Scientists Doubt It Do You Do Your Best Work Under Pressure
University of Michigan professors Dr. Rensis Likert and Dr. Stanley Seashore report that high producers thrive with little pressure. They warn that extreme pressure harms performance and that satisfaction comes from supportive work relations and meaningful tasks.
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University of Michigan
Rensis Likert
Iach
Institute For Social Research
Stanley Seashore
Friendly man robs bank with toy pistol in Chicago
A amiable suspect enters Parkview Savings and Loan, talks with treasurer Leo Tepper, then demands cash with a toy pistol. Tepper identifies him after alarm sounds. officers arrest Duke Warner, 46, with $600 taken, though charges were not immediate.
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Chicago
Parkview Savings and Loan Assn
Parkview
Leo H. Tepper
Association
Tepper
Duke Warner
Warner
Boy Rescued From Well in Denver Walks Free
A 5-year-old Denver boy, David Leonard, was rescued after nearly three hours trapped feet first in an abandoned 12 inch wide shaft about 10 feet deep. Fireman and an off duty policeman aided the rescue. he was taken to Children’s Hospital in fair condition with shock and exposure.
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Denver
David Leonard
Lyle Leonard
Children’s Hospital
Dome
Cooper Baby Daughter for Jackie Cooper and Wife
Actress Barbara Cooper gives birth to daughter Julie Meredith weighing 5 pounds 7 ounces Sunday in Hollywood. Attending physician reports healthy infant and parents delighted with new arrival.
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Hollywood
Jackie Cooper
Barbara
Julie Meredith
Tragic House Fire Kills Family Including 6 Year Old
In Dallas AP report Julian McGraw Jr. six, his mother Lupe McGraw twenty nine, and cousin Irene McGraw four died in a Sunday blaze that swept the upper portion of a frame house. Lupe escaped once then reentered to try to save the children. Firefighters recovered Julian’s Christmas bicycle hidden in a closet.
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Dallas
Julian McGraw Jr
Julian
Lupe McGraw
Irene McGraw
Seaman Apprentice Snider Posted at Norfolk Station
Russell E. Snider, seaman apprentice, is stationed at the U S Naval Receiving Station in Norfolk Virginia awaiting transfer to a new duty station. He is the son of Mr and Mrs W A Snider of Gorham.
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Russell E. Snider
U. S. Naval Receiving Station
Norfolk
Snider
W. A. Snider
Gorham
Unions Oppose Prohibition Laws at Atlantic City Convention
AFL-CIO delegates stamped strong opposition to national state and local Prohibition laws. The 831 delegates warned of anti dry agitation while backing a stance to oppose any call for renewed prohibition. Karl Feller of Cincinnati drafted the resolution backed by Brewery workers and hotel and restaurant unions.
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Karl F. Feller
Cincinnati
Feller
State Mine Board Examinations Slated
The State Miners Examining Board will hold examinations in six area cities in January 1958. Dates run January 13 to 18 with sessions from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Du Quoin Benton Eldorado Marion Herrin Murphysboro. Candidates must show at least one year of practical mining experience.
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du Quoin
Benton
Eldorado
Marion
Herrin City Hall
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