THE NOME NUGGET
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RAY OF HOPE
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LITTLE TOWN OF BETHLEHEM
SAD AND DESERTED THIS YEAR
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Rep. Burleson Protests
Admission of Hungarian
Refugees to America
WASHINGTON Wt—Rep. Omar
Burleson (D-Tex) Saturday pro
tested reports that the United
States would double the number
of Hungarian refugees to be ad
mitted. He declared it would be a
serious mistake to admit any.
Burleson, a member of the
House Foreign Affairs Commit
tee, added he had reports that
many of the refugees admitted
are young men “who should re
main in their homeland to fight
for its freedom.”
RUSSIAN SETTLERS NEED
BATHS, SAYS PRAVDA
LONDON, (R—Pravda said Sat
urday Russian settlers*1 farming
Russia’s "virgin lands’’ ought to
at least take a bath. #
Moscow radio broadcast an ed
itorial in the Communist Party
newspaper criticizing “consider
able shortcomings” in living con
ditions for workers in the land
projects. Nearly a half million
Soviet youths are reported to
have moved into the previously
uncultivated « plains of central
Asia and Siberia.
FAULTY CANNED SALMON
RETURNED TO JAPAN
SEATTLE, (R—Ten thousand
cases of canned salmon is being
returned to Japan after discovery
'of faulty processing, the Post In
telligencer reported Saturday.
The P-I said some of the fish
apparently was scorched in the
ean; that some of it was rejected
at San Francisco by the U.S. Pure
Food and Drug Admin., and that
the Japanese shipper decided to
recall the whole lot.
The shipment is valued at ap
proximately $250,000.
By TOM MASTERSON
BETHLEHEM, Jordon, MV—'The
little town of Bethlehem stood
bleak, sad and deserted on its
hilltop today. Pilgrims are stay
ing away in droves.
Recent events in Egypt and the
still-smoldering tension gripping
the Middle East have stopped
them. But the age-old reenact
ment of the birth of Christ in a
stable will go on—with one mi
nor change.
When Mary traveled south from
her home in Nazareth, she and
Joseph found little Bethleham
crowded with foreign visitors.
Turned away from an inn, they
found shelter in a stable beneath
it
That’s the way Bethlehem and
other towns in the Holy Land
have been since Christians began
celebrating Christmas here. But
that will not be so this Christmas.
In past years it was necessary
to reserve a hotel room in Jeru
salem six months in advance and
perhaps not get it then. Today,
I tourist hotels are virtually empty.
Instead of the usual 6,000 or
I 7,000 foreign pilgrims, there will
be only a couple of hundred.
Getting ready for the elaborate
: Christmas spectacle a bald, white
! whiskered Franciscan monk has
I rubbed cloth over the silver star
; marking the traditional spot
where Christ was born.
He told a visitor he could not
remember exactly how many
years he had served in the 1,500
year-old Church of the Nativity.
Interested only in his job, he did
not seem much concerned about
the lack of tourists and observed:
“If the good Lord had chosen
this year to send his Son to save
U£, Mary and Joseph would have
found plenty of room to stay.”
I He reflected a moment, added:
“Then Jesus would not have
been bom in a stable.”
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Prime Ministers
Of india, Canada
Talk Privately
OTTAWA, UP*—Prime Ministers
Nehru of India and St. Laurent of
Canada met privately Saturday
for a discussion of tensions in the
British Commonwealth and of
threats to world peace.
The meeting began at St. Laur
ent’s executive office in Parlia
ment and continued thru a lunch
eon at the Prime Minister’s resi
dence.
India has been annoyed at the
role of Britain in the Suez Canal
and Middle East hostilities, but
none of this anger has spilled over
toward Canada. Canadian offi
cials viewed the private talks as
an unusual opportunity for Can
ada to act ss a friendly link be
tween India and Britain.
Coming on top of Nehru’s six
day American visit, the talks also
were expected to range over
broad fields including Communist
China, the SEATO and Baghdad
Pacts, Cyprus, and the question
of the Indian minority in the
Union of South Africa.
Navy Paymaster Helps
Stranded Airmen Get
Home for Christmas
SAN FRANCISCO, (A*—Thanks
to an Air Force policeman and a
Navy paymaster, about 20 strand
ed airmen without funds found
their way home for Christmas.
The Air Force men landed here
from the Far East with railroad
tickets but no money for meals
on the way home.
One of them said: “In Japan
we were told we would be paid
in San Francisco. Now we are
here and broke and are told we
should have been paid in Japan.”
Airman 1. C. William Brown, of j
the Armed Forces Patrol, saw the
men standing around the ferry
building and asked if he could be
of help.
He took them in the paddy
wagon to the federal office build
ing where Navy Paymaster H. N.
Lindernann asked for their pay
records—then paid them their
earnings to date.
“I’ve done this before," Linde
mann said. “The central account
ing office- in Washington will
straighten out the Navy-Air Force
records on this matter.”
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"Behold, J bring you
good tidings of great
joy, which shall be
to all people."
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JOYOUS CHRISTMAS
our wish for you and yours
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LUTHERAN CHURCH
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Christmas
pRayGR
The day of joy returns and crowns another
year with peace and good will. May we
remember the birth of the Christ that we
may share in the song of the angels, the
gladness of the shepherds and the worship
of the wise men. May we open the doors
of love everywhere and may kindness come
with every gift and good wishes with every
greeting. May we truly be merry as we
reverently observe this Christmas Day.
COVENANT CHURCH