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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 24, 1971
Page
6
Mrs Hazel Crumpton explains who can receive the lump sum death benefit and how the amount varies from 211.20 to 255 with an average about 242. The payment goes to the deceased worker's widow or widower or, under certain conditions, to the funeral payer.
The Kuomintang in Taipei will hold the first national elections since 1947 after President Chiang Kai-shek agrees to political reforms. A central committee meeting postponed local May 6 polls and set March 6 candidate nominations for president and vice president with a March 20 National Assembly vote. Chiang and Yen are expected to be chosen.
Paris Brussels Cologne and Amsterdam sit closer to London than Glasgow or Edinburgh, highlighting travel and geographic proximity factors among major European capitals.
An account of Christmas traditions across faiths and eras notes carols and candles echoing the Nativity story. It observes how Christmas unites families, church services, and customs from Midnight Mass to Hanukkah, while Puritans and Quakers questioned its festivity.
The article discusses Christmas as a major religious observance for Christians, the disputed birth date, and how Rome settled on December 25 by AD 336. It notes alternative Jan 6 observance by Greek Orthodox and Armenian churches and describes the symbolic role of light in the celebration.
The Rev James H B Kenyon of St Michael's and All Angels in Charlotte condemns Santa Claus as fostering parental dishonesty and eroding Christmas meaning in a church newsletter. He argues the myth shifts focus from giving to receiving gifts and damages children's trust in parents.
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