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Newspaper
Southern Illinoisan
Location
Carbondale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Dec 24, 1952
Page
2
North Pole dispatch reports Santa Claus plans to continue delivering gifts with his eight reindeer and old-fashioned sleigh despite a U S Air Force offer of a jet bomber. Mrs Santa assists with bells as elves load presents and reindeer resist retirement.
The Metropolis Chamber of Commerce offers $100 in prizes for best outdoor decorated homes. First prize $50, second $30, third $25. All city homes with outdoor decorations may enter, with eligibility limited to within city limits.
Metropolis Chief of Police Teck enbrock announces a city Christmas present free parking all day Wednesday for last minute shoppers. Drivers are asked to cooperate to maximize the number of spaces available during the holiday season.
Santa asks Mr Forge to repair his sleigh using an icicle as a runner. Elves replace the runner, sleigh lifts off ahead of an Air Force plane, and Santa, Blitzen, and Conder outrun the airplane. The sleigh speeds across the sky delivering gifts once children are asleep.
United Mine Workers District 12 gains intervention rights in a land condemnation hearing before the Illinois Commerce Commission. The dispute centers on a Chicago Housing Authority plan to add land to the Trumbull Homes project, with the Chicago and Western Indiana Railroad arguing the land is needed for coal storage and docks. Testimony linked land loss to reduced coal markets and potential UMW job losses as the hearing resumes January 13.
Jimmie Griffin son of Mr and Mrs Clifford Griffin of Elkville was severely cut Monday when he ran into a window while playing at the home of his grandparents Mr and Mrs J Bechtlofft The incident occurred at their residence and details of injuries were not provided.
The article states that natural silk for cloth comes exclusively from the cocoons of the mulberry silk moth, noting that many insects produce silk but only this species yields silk suitable for textile use.
B C Bellamy 77 of Vienna died at 2 a m Sunday at his home after a six month illness. He was a former Vienna city employee leaving a wife Myrtle Leslie and two sons Charles W of Florida and Everet of California. Funeral at 2 p m Friday at Vienna Baptist Church with Rev Whitlwoo fogg and Rev R S Richardson officiating. Burial in Vienna Fraternal cemetery. Friends may call at Murrie funeral home until the service.
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