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...Hanlon Douglas, 81, who at the age of eight inspired one of the most durable editorials in history; in Valatie, N.Y. In 1897, she wrote to the New York Sun with a Yuletide question. The answer was Francis P. Church's editorial: "Yes, Virginia, there is a Santa Claus. Alas! How dreary would be the world if there were no Santa Claus! It would be as dreary as if there were no Virginias." Mrs. Douglas, who had a daughter, seven grandchildren and nine great-grandchildren, served as a teacher and principal in New York City's public schools...
...first to warn that world population growth could eventually outstrip food supplies unless there was global family planning. Best known for his attacks on what he regarded as society's sillier ideas, he stirred a furor by arguing that any child encouraged to believe in Santa Claus has his ability to think permanently injured. On superstition: "There is hardly a hotel in New York that has a floor numbered 13," said Chisholm. "The implications of this are enormous and disturbing, and nobody is doing anything about...
...party from ailing Party Secretary Waldeck Rochet, 65, the French Communists are seeking to recast their image. Other party stalwarts are helping out. In December, the Communists' 1969 presidential candidate, Jacques Duclos, joined other well-known Frenchmen on television to describe how he interpreted Christmas. Looking like Santa Claus in mufti, the beaming, rolypoly former pastry chef said it meant peace and good will...
...large pool of highly skilled technicians, many of whom have never been out of work before, and for whom prospects elsewhere are hardly encouraging. Cal Lowe, 45, a former flight test engineer, has been luckier than many of his colleagues: from Thanksgiving to Christmas Eve he played Santa Claus at a downtown department store. He and another former engineer were picked out of ten men who applied. Despite the fact that the Seattle Times printed ten times more help-wanted classified than situations-wanted last month, good jobs are hard to come by. Most of the ads offer either overseas...
...Santa Claus is going on a diet.' Oh, I like that." He laughs again, moving among what is now a forest of raised hands. One child, standing on tiptoe, drapes Koch's head with tinsel as if he were a Christmas tree. School-or, for that matter, writing poetry-was never like this...