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THE CHINA MAIL, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 18, 1958.
Odd Things Happen At
THE oddest things happen at Christmas, Like
the case of a beaming Santa, in red cloak and white beard, who was stopped at Geneva Airport on Christmas Eve last year for wearing a "foreign uniform."
Police said it was likely to endanger Swiss neutrality, and sent him home to Holland on the next plane.
Another Santo landed fect-first in trouble at a Boston store. He accidentally trod on a little boy's foot. And the parents sued him for £6,000 damages.
It was an uncomfortable but lucky Christmas for 40-year-old Leo Pak Nor, of Kedah, in North A crocode attacked Malaya him while he was shing in a river on Christmas Day, and bl off his wooden jeg. Lee hopped to safety.
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Twenty-three-year old Mes Lisa Tuffano, of Naples, was enjuying a Christmas Day drive
Only half estranged husband with her
cheque.
an hour out, and 81 in dresy highway, she asked him to stop
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Christmas
A
station odd-job man Jean Perrin, while a ticking parcel was in He suddenly found himself the vestigated. It proved to be
buzzing and producer of the entire battery-operated Santa Christmas
of the basily away. French radia Ind television Aysteins HLs audience: estimated 15 million.
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1 was the only programme broadcast that day, for the radio and television technicians had
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wife cashed
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tine Maped strike which started last Christmas Eve and Insted until Boxing Day morning.
Christians halda no joy for Scott Garrison, of New Mexico. Je tu into For years w karoline every Christmas be cause the zanell of evergreen and the sight of sweets and good things to eat makes him violent-
Truffle pikes up behind them. y H. Impatient drivers houlent A few minutes later,
harassed Mr Tuffunto told them: "All right Drive un. My wife has just had twins."
In
AN unfortunate Wom Britain spent one Christmas Day in a railway siding She art off on train trip to spend Christ mus in Liverpool with relatives.
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It's not less, but tirowsiness at Christimas that spells trouble for Bernard Olsen, of New York, Twice now he has been taken to court for franken driving; Christmas Eve.
But hurry, she got into a "Ladles And twice be lus pleaded that Only cumparûmunt. Somebody was not drink that influenced Jochet itutki before she him but the arena of har roler- realised that she was on the pole, knockelost and petost, wrong train, it had been shunted She shouted and into a siding banged on the winiows, but her erica were not heard unth the morning of Boxing Day.
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It was an embarrassing Christ mas for a big department store in Lansing, Michigan. Worried that so many good were being stolen during the Christmas Eve shopping rush they took on a extra store detective The new man soon nabbed the thier in action It was the resident de- tective.
1955
wasn't 50
Christmas, enjoyable for a hord-up Philadel phia lawyer, either On Christ mag Day, ten years before, he neque post-
Holerpolse, knockclust und Jalost - bedelinovian neat an cheeze the Olsens' regular Christmas jare But in a hot , their smell becomes over- powering, Not drunk, ruled the judge.
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In the dawn attesters of Christ Rus Jay, 1951, two young Seat
Nationalist "merzel Methily from the provincle Westminster Abbey
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Christmas in the little moun- tain resort of Ellenville, in the Catskill Mountains (U.S.), was a chaotic affair two year ago. A shortage of 1,300,000 dollars town's in its funds forced the biggest bank to abut a few days before Christmas.
bank mucoger The
spent Christmas in gaol while his de- pusilurs chased around for Christmas spending money.
Eve
Christmas
brought pleasant surprise for Mrs Sally Schwartz, of Sherman Ondes, California. Inside A little brown-paper package posted to her on Christmas Eve two years
were "50
the 3,700 dollars worth of jewellery stolen from her house while she was attend- Ing the funeral of her hus- zongwriter banki, Schwartz, whose hits
Chinatown,"
When he fully ended his 30- hour record-playing marathon Jean Perrin
thankfully wen! homme, He does not care much for music. He is stone dent.
There was an anxious scarcit 14 large, sawdust-stuffed Santa which disappeared from « Greenville
(South Carolina) vurpet factory's window. In ite place was it note which read;
have your kidnapped Santa. Don't try any funny staff or I turn him into sawdust and spread him all over Greenville. You'll get him back for 10,000 dollars."
The ransom was not paid, and Santa was found en Christmas Eve hidden under u heege on the outskirts of the town.
Then there was the man buy- 1.12 last-minute Christmas resents In London who rushed of a muste shop in New Oxford Street-straight through a plate glass window.
"I thought it was one of those open shops," he explained. Then he walked away, unhurt, leaving
Between them, they carried a heuvuy una sacred object--thige, man-shaped hole in the Stone of Destly, symbol of Scentsh "freedom," which had
lain peacefully betreuth the old Coronation Chair for 050 > curs.
The abduction of the Stone came world news a few hours fler.
The Skine was not feard wall dated December 25. 1p55. for the following April. 11 is now 70,000 dollars (£26,000) a back in the Abbey.
gave his wife
Juke. But the lawyer's fortun
grew, and in
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window.
Christmas night must have been uncomfortable for the familles flerlin tree-thieves. Police sprayed park Ars with
chemical newly-developed
in H warm which, when put JOOBI, KRVE off fumes stilar to fear Kus
And It wa ujittery Christ- ITMEN Eve for Lanilsville (Ken- frantically bay tuckyi parcel norters in Christmas fou £7-a-week radio They were Jaxiity
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1950,
vacuated
Jean included
And an even more unexpected Christmas gift came to a woman rubber tapper in Malayu. who £0,000 L a Christmas Joury, promptly bought the estate where she worked and took on her boss as manager.
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One man who wasn't inspired with feelings of generosity and goodwill at Christmas was the Milan hotel proprietor who
locked a weeping bride in her bedroom On Christmas Ive. Yvonne Buzzachi's new husband had found ho was 25 short of the account.
"No mongyno wife" sald the flint-hearted hotel-keeper. "I shall keep her locked up here until you pay.”
Furious, the
young bride- TOOID returned to tan native in Badia, Polestine, village, Noruna Ataly, and trosrowed hin faulty. the mouicy from Then he returned to the hotel. with the police. They Arrested the proprietor for ilegally de- laining the bride.
But Christmas has its tragic moments, too.
Stanley Powe, playing whet Dame la "Bales In the Wood" 41 Woodford, England, Just Boxing Day, collupsed on the stage in front of the first-night
BUENCE.
عامة
He died a few minutes in the wings while the audience, unaware of the back- stage dramn, went on watching the pantomino.
On Christmas Day, 1956, four youths were frozen to death on Den Novis, Britain's highest rucksacks, mountain. In their acarchers found food and drink -for Christmas dinner.
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