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  • The Ill-Fated Blooming Grove Christmas Pageant

    This story was written by Waco Tribune staff writer Jules Loh in the mid-1950s about the Christmas pageant that was held in the Central Texas town of Blooming Grove,
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  • Ah, Arnie Wishnick, You Are Missed

    Working under editor Bill Bruns, this reporter was assigned to put together several publications including the Holiday Gift Guide. Many of the reporters didn’t want the task,
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  • Good-Natured Older Bulldog Needs Adopting

    Magdy needs adopting. This English Bulldog was probably used for breeding because of her sweet, gentle and good-natured temperament. Staff at the Wallis Annenberg PetSpace,
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  • HO!HO!HO! Features Santa, Reingoats and a Tortoise?

    By CHAZ PLAGER As the days end earlier, the air gets colder, and the same five holiday songs seem to play over and over on the radio, only one conclusion can be reached: it’s
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  • Street Taco Stand Divides the Palisades

    If one even started to question if a popup taco stand, Shekos Tacos, on the street by Ralphs had approval from the City of Los Angeles, one was instantly called a snob and
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  • George Wolfberg Park Provides Easy Trails and Nice Views

    Despite dire warnings about the George Wolfberg Park at Potrero Canyon not ready to be opened, it’s already turned into busy walking trail. Circling the News has been on the
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  • Obituary: Dr. Lawrence J. Kondra, Husband and Friend

      Lawrence J. “Larry” Kondra, 71, husband, father, physician, and friend to many passed away peacefully at home in Pacific Palisades on December 11. Larry was born
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  • Palisades Residents Generous in Giving for Red Kettle Day

      As two Pacific Palisades Optimists rang the bell for the Salvation Army in front of the Post Office on December 16, four young boys walked by. One asked, “Do you have
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  • Theatre Palisades Presents “Miracle on 34th Street”

    Theatre Palisades Actors’ Troupe presented a radio show of Miracle on 34th Street on December 14, which included ads from Lux soap. The almost full house, of all ages,
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  • Skirball Exhibition: Quilts Tell the Story of America

    Story and Photos:  LIBBY MOTIKA Circling the News Contributor My great-grandmother Dora Burdick’s crazy quilt commands a wall in my house like a stained-glass window, its
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