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II Current School Twin Explosions Shatter Boston Waterfront Area Clyde Tingley, Ex-Governor QfN. Dies Prince of Peace's Birth Celebrated All Around Globe By the Associated Press Christmas came in a troubled world today and millions took time off to celebrate the birth of the Prince of Peace. Europe relaxed in the bounty of an economic boom. Troops of the United Nations celebrated in the troubled Needs Estimated At $4.9 Mlon $17 Million Boost Believed Required For 1961-62 Program By FRED Bl'CKLES From the Journal's Blasts Kill Two, Hurt 12; Believed Caused by Gas Leak BOSTON (UPI) The Charlestown water front area was shaken "like a big A turbulent, colorful political career that' spanned almost 40 years came to an end Saturday with the death of Clyde Tingley, former governor and longtime Santa Fe Bureau rocking boat" by two shat Congo. In some parts of Asia tering explosions early Sat SANTA FE The Gov-e r's Commission on Educational Finance will Albuquerque city commission He was 79.

Tingley, governor from 1935 to 1939, died early Sat Christmas was a secular holiday of merrymaking. Some had urday. Two persons were kill-' urday morning at Bataan Me Christmas festivals behind the Residents Here I iiiim m-r ry, receive a subcommittee re- morial Hospital of multiple Iron Curtain. Pilgrims went again to the port at a meeting' next I- IF'' II Thursday in Albuquerque stat ed and 12 injured, five seriously. "If this had happened an hour later we'd have had 200 dead instead of two," said a policeman at the scene.

The thundering twin blasts, believed caused by a gas leak, hilltop in Bethlehem where th Christ Child was born about 20 centuries ago. Christmas serv ing $4,915,609 in additional I I fir. '4 I causes. He was admitted to the hospital Dec. 12 suffering diabetes and a kidney condition.

Friday, he was stricken with a heart ailment. An infection following the diabetes may have been the determining fac Join All World in Celebration fj funds are needed to complete ices began Saturday efternoon lithe current school year and and the rites were fined with ancient pageantry and faith. destroyed the newly recon tor, his physician said. About 12,000 crowded into I heard the bells on Christmas Day structed Diamond Nuggett cafe $17,393,400 will be required in fiscal 1961-62 above current anticipated revenues. "The inevitable alternative to providing sufficient funds for Manger Square.

By BOB LAWRENCE It's Christmas, and city resi He is survives by his widow, Mrs. Carrie Wooster Tingley, 1523 Silver SE; and two broth The scene was the Church oi and the adjacent Purity Ice Cream Cone Co. and shattered windows for 100 yards in all directions. A three alarm fire the Nativity. As Christians dents join others in turning their hearts and minds back to an obscure manger where it (operation of the schools Is a cutback in programming," the subcommittee's report says.

flared out of control for near all began. from most parts of the world milled outside on the Manger Square the Latin patriarch of Jerusalem led a solemn proces "For unto you this day is ly three hours in the debris. Area Nearly Deserted born a Saviour ers, Loren and Raymond, both of Springfied, Ohio. Tributes were received from New Mexico's top political leaders. Senator Clinton P.

Anderson recalled Tingley as a good governor and a fine public servant of the city of Albuquerque. A message was relayed from The explosions came when sion into the church grotto. The rustle of presents being unwrapped recalls the soft stir of hay moved by the oxen and the city square area of Char There in a rite centuries old, lestown was nearly deserted. The report will be presented to the 38-member commission for study and action. The subcommittee says possibilities of cutbacks in programming include a reduction of services such as driver training, music, art and vocational education, and elimination of he placed upon a 14-point sil the lamb.

Only a handful of persons including sailors from the nearby ver star a figure of the infant 5 iXS--- Luminarias, farolitos and the steady glow of lights on trees Jesus. Clyde Tingley Charlestown Navy Yard and Here, In the words of the Senator Dennis Chavez saying he had never seen a better public servant. Chavez said in homes humble and lofty re call the star of the east star's inscription, "Jesus Christ longshoremen were on the streets. An hour later under ordinary circumstances on the day before Christmas, several was born of the Virgin Mary" Tingley Remarks And the generosity of those there were more schools built i and Christians have worship helping the less fortunate this throughout the state during! students who do not have the aptitudes or mental capacities for assimilating the equivalent of a high school education. Restricted Programs Other possible steps are elim ped In this place since the 1960th year of Our Lord.

hundred persons would have Tingley administration than Added Color Churches Filled in all other administrations, reign of the Roman Emperor Constantine in the Fourth Century. Conducted Mass Thousands of Albuquerque Tributes Are Paid citizens filled churches early Gov. John Burroughs said: ination of restricted programs, such 83 special education for the physically handicapped and today for Midnight Mass or To N.M. Politics Before his descent to the other observances of the birth "We have lost a very colorful man, a man who has given a grotto the patriarch, Alberto mentally retarded, curtailment of Christ. Gori, conducted a solemn high of library facilities, and re Visitors and Veterans Hos great deal state over in service for the a period of many mass in the Church of Saint occupied the buildings hit by the blasts.

One of the victims was Benjamin Siegal, 42, owner of the cafe. He was blown into the street only moments after Patrolman Joseph Masucci had left the Diamond Nuggett to summon emergency crews because of the odor of gas in the area. Frederick Lyman, 16, one of three youths delivering cil in cans to apartments in the area, search and adoption of new Catherine which forms the years." materials. pital and rest home patients were treated to tours of the city's famed luminaria-lighted From Las Cruces, Roman Catholic part of the multisect church of the Still others are curtailment of supplies and a severe effect Edwin L. Mechem eulogized streets Saturday night.

Lumin lingley as "a very fine on the general program of in struction. The ceremony was the high Their old familiar carols play, arias signify the camp fires tended by shepherds outside "He did many fine services for the State of New Mexico and point of more than 13 hours of pomp and pageantry in which Bethlehem that first Christmas The report say3 all of the possible actions would create for Albuquerque," Mechem Eve. Bethlehem and Jerusalem cele said. also was killed. Buried In Debris brate Christ's birth.

Today, tradition holds, they will guide the Infant to homes other major problems. The subcommittee said, "ad ditional financial support is es As governor, he helped bring If Tourists and worshipers fill The late Clyde Tingley had a gift for the romantic gesture and the telling phrase. In addition to his political career, he is well remembered for the colorful anecdotes he added to the state's political folklore. Once he gave a luncheon at the governor's mansion in Santa Fe. A guest commented on how well one of the maids was serving the lunch.

"Where did you get her?" he asked the governor. "Out of the penitentiary," was the reply. "What was she in for?" the guest asked. "For life she murdered her husband by feeding him ground glass." Lyman was nearly buried In debris from the ruined two and $100,000,000 in federal funds prepared to welcome Him. into New Mexico for construc Pastors generally have keyed sential to maintenance of the present educational program three story buildings.

ed Nazareth, in Galilee, for services in 28 churches and monasteries of the town where "Therfe was smoke and fire tion. He called on the WTiite House 20 times and traveled Sunday sermons to the birth of Christ. Families' favorite re and to the healthy growth of Christ lived. Giant Christmas trees towered over a panoramic everywhere," witnesses said. "People were lying in the through seven states with our schools." The study confined its ap cipes fill the homes of Albu querque's cosmopolitan popula President Franklin D.

Roose street. One kid was really in praisal of needs to the current 1960-61 fiscal year and tion with a variety of pungent display of Bethlehem and the Christmas story recordings of Bing Crosby and Frank Sinatra bad shape. His legs were going velt. Established State Fair one way and his arms going Christmas songs played another. His face was all Tingley was credited with the the 1961-63 biennium.

Futher Studies It recommended "further bloody and smashed In." establishment of the state fair Celebration of the ChristmaJ Others told of narrow escapes at Albuquerque, with the "Aren't you afraid she 11 serve long-range studies be made smells blending with evergreens and holly. Fair Weather Fair weather was expected to preclude any chance for a white Christmas, but veteran residents have come to expect mild temperatures and clear skies. The Inez Addition staged a from death. Chinese Laundry. you ground glass?" the guest subsequent to action by the festival took on its own special form according to the special asked.

man George Lee said he was standing just behind a thin 25th legislature to meet immediate needs." nol" Tingley replied. situations of people from the arctic to the tropics. "Her brother Is over in the partition in his shop across The report says the commis Europe celebrated according prison and she wants a pardon mass display of luminarias in Chelsea St. from' the ruined buildings. He found 13 slivers of glass imbeded in the to its ancient traditions, but this Christmas was probably the continent's merriest of rec one or the biggest neighbor sion "does not presume to recommend potential sources of additional revenue to support the needs of public schools and institutions of higher learning," but an analysis of the produc hood decorations.

Old Town; 'Place Blew l'p dating from 1706, looked more than usually resplendent, with establishment of the Carrie Tingley Hospital for Crippled Children at Truth or Consequences, named for his wife, and with the founding of the tuberculosis hospital at Socorro. The state's first direct primary law was passed at a special session of legislature he called in 1938. He left as great an imprint on Albuquerque as any single person. Under his direction, the Municipal Airport was built, Rio Grande Park improved and othe projects constructed. Former Congressman Albert! Simms, summing it up, said A 21-year-old resident of the tivity of sources is included.

yule decorations added to the year-round color displayed by area, Peter Pappas, said he was The report says the school Plaza merchants and residents. crossing the street when the "whole place blew up." Pap tax will raise about $40 million San Felipe de Neri church, pas said Siegal was blown into Continued on A-lfl for him." Tingley had his ups and downs. Once a recall election was launched to oust him from the Albuquerque city commission. During the campaign, Tingley took the late Francis C. Wilson, Santa Fe attorney, for a ride to show him how he was building Albuquerque.

"Clyde, some day the people are going to canonize you for this." Wilson commented. Tingley sputtered and replied: "The are trying to do that right now." Often et odds with the press ord because of an economia boom. In Britain, for example, Christmas spending was 25 per cent above last year and poultry sales totaled a record $50 million. Gift Parcels In West Germany, Chancellor Konrad Adenauer advised that sift parcels for orphanages should contain some chocolate and an orange. "Chocolates and oranges are where original Spanish colo- the street, "all bloody and broken.

His face looked ter Contlnucd on A-l rible." And wild and sweet the words repeat "He's a big guy but he look State Weather Roswell Man Killed in Crash ed like a midget the way he IaaaaaaaaaialjBBMaaaaaaaaaW''111 1 'J1 ITTTTtlTII ill "nil vnpTrrr liiTrr 11H1H.1. .1 n.jf im.MUnjm.-HLi jf was twisted up. He seemed To Continue Fair what I wanted for ChristmaJ one day: "As Augustus could boast that he found Rome a city of sunbaked brick and left it a city of marble, Clyde to be conscious but he wasn't moaning or anything. He just seemed to be looking at the place and thinking, 'it's all gone and with political figures in his Continued fair weather was predicted by the U.S. Weather own party, he also drew many again.

friends to his side. By the Associated Press New Mexico's first traffic fatality over the Christmas weekend was recorded 35 miles west of Jal late Friday night. Killed outright in the two- Bureau for this Christmas Day throughout New Mexico, with little change in warm daytime Siegal, whose former Golden Nugget cafe on the same site One, A. T. Hannett, a former when I was a boy," he said, "but I rarely got them." Queen Elizabeth II of Britain listened to caroles at her San-dringham estate and then in vited them into the royal drawing room for a songfest.

The queen joined in, and then her daughter, 10-year-old Princess Anne, gave a solo rendition of "The First Noel." Europe's weather was warm Democratic governor, lauded was destroyed in a gas explo temperatures expected. Tinelev as "a great builder." car collision on NM-123 was Conchas Dam, Caballo and Ala sion three years ago was pronounced dead a short time Considerable local warming in the western part of the state was reported on Christmas later. mogordo Dams were built dur-ine his administration, it was STATE TRAFFIC DEATHS 1960 to date 384; In Dec. 20 1959 to date 450: all Dec. 43 Tingley might have boasted that the found Albuquerque a dusty little town and left it a city of paved and shaded streets." Untirinf Efforts Miss Erna Fergusson, New Mexico historian who is preparing a book on Tingley, notes that much of the development was the result of the untiring efforts of many men.

"They came to seem Tingley achievements largely because he was always ready to help, quick to catch onto an idea and persistent in putting through any- rontlnnrd on A-16 recalled. Hannett, a close per CHRISTMAS SPIRIT Eve, while Santa Fe climbed 15 degrees to reach a Saturday maximum of 53, warmer than sonal friend, said there are also er than nomal with little snow. many monuments to his far VIENNA (UPI) Viennese bakers interrupted their strike so the city can have Christmas Albuquerque's 49. In the United States, the Weather Bureau forecast mild weather over most of the plains Expected lows this morning sightedness and ability in Al buquerque. Will Be Missed bread and cakes.

The 4000 were to range from 14 in Gal Augustine Perez Aragon, 34, of Roswell. He died of head and chest injuries, authorities said. Rudoifo Carrea, 27, El Paso, driver of the other car, was taken to a Kermit, hospital With chest injuries, cuts and bruises. State Police said the car bakers went on strike because Luther Sanderson, a friend lup and Grants to 32 in the southeastern corner of the and a warming trend In the East to break a pre-Christmas cold snap. Question Santa ii a.

N' maun i bakery owners turned down their demands for a 20 per cent for 15 years and a pallbearer, noted that Tingley will be mis state. pay raise. No precipitation was reported sed both in Albuquerque and in The traditions of Christmas Bowling Green, Ohio, which he have been transplanted to the driven by Aragon was on the continued to visit throughout Philippines, the only Christian wrong side of the road an the years. Mrs. Tingley is from anywhere in the state during the 24-hour period ending at 6 p.m.

While ski slopes still are reported in good condition, it seemed that any new equipment for the slopes would have was headed east when the acci Bowling Green. Sanderson dent occurred. Polar 'Launching' Alert Is Sounded stated "Tingley was loved and country in the Orient. Carolers go from door to door in the time-honored way, but purists question the importation of Santa Claus and the singing of "White Christmas" in a land with neither snow nor sleighs. respected by so many people.

Anderson Plans Other tributes came from to be carried there, with "white Christmas" chances almost nil. State Police Chief Penn Wins Highs Saturday ranged from 64 at Tucumcari on the east Return to Capital On the Nationalist Chinese side to 36 in Farmington. Lows island of Formosa, President Saturday morning varied from and Mme. Chiang Kai-tneK, Sen. Clinton P.

Anderson (D- who are Methodists, attended NM), "feeling fine" after a few services in their private chapel in Scholar's Forest near Taipei. eight in Otto to 36 in Clovis. Alamogordo had a Saturday peak of 55, it was 41 in Raton and 59 in Columbus on the Mexican border. days stay in a hospital, plans to leave for Washington, D. C.

The gift-buying tradition has Monday "or at least early next spread to Japan, where most people are Buddhists or week." Anderson became ill while in Of Peace on Earth, Good Will to Men CHRISTMAS DAY BELLS: Bells centuries old and bells modern are shown in these photographs of distinctive church bells in the Albuquerque area. They range from the proud towers of St. Augustin de Is-leta, built in the late 17th century and rebuilt several times since then, (top) to the not quite-finished I5el-vtte Baptist Church, 2800 Louisiana NE, (bottom.) Others are the hand-wheel bell atop St. Michael's and All Angels Episcopal Church, 601 Montano Rd. NW, (second from top) and the airy tower bells of the SandiaBase Community Chapel (all-faith.) These bell photos, taken by Joe JIcDermott and Marianne Johnson, complete the Journal's pre-Christmas scries of photographs illustrating famous Christmas carols.

Frankie McCarty suggested the theme for the pictures and made arrangements with the various individual who posed for several of them. ton, who recalled that Tingley had the highway patrol designated as the New Mexico State Police; City Commission Chairman Maurice Sanchez, who lauded the needed and progressive steps the city took under Tingley; and Former City Manager A. R. Hebenstreit, who referred to Tingley as a "human dynamo." TO VISIT MALAYA MANILA (UPI) President Carlos P. Garcia will visit Malaya from Feb.

8 to 11 next year, it was announced. The visit was expected to bring renewed plans for formation of an Association of Southeast Asian States. WASHINGTON (UPI) The Pentagon Saturday cleared Santa Claus for a flight from the North Pole to everywhere. It sent this message to all defense tracking stations: "Unidentified polar launching alert. "All SPASUR (Space Surveillance Detection Net) personnel are to be alert for possible polar launch to pass SPASUR fence at 2400 Greenwich Mean Time 34 Dec.

i960, launch azimuth unknown, as object may be directed so as to cover any portion of world during day of 25 Dec. "Object may appear on AGC (scope) as eight small objects followed by larger payload. Larger object may make intermittent payload ejections into earth atmosphere as it passes over U. S. Fragments may strike homes.

Parents are cautioned to keep contents out of hands of children until after 0000 GMT. "Object may be positively identified by red glow emitted by leading object's nose cone tip. Satellite capsule may be manned. Occupant friendly. Is believed voice transmission will be made and may resemble sounds Merry Christmas to all." Seven hundred thousand Denver and was released from the hospital last Sunday.

Since then he has been "resting and Japanese, by police estimate, Albuquerque Weather At.Rt HI HUH AM VICIMTT: Fair tivlay and t.mlsht wuh mIM aftur-noori lrmrnturi. HiKh tiKlay SO; kw tonight IS Valley to ii airport. NORTIIKRV EW MtAM'O: Fair today and Innmht. Mild afternoon temperature" Hiirrte tmlay 3S-4J northwest packed the Ginza iosyos soaking up some sunshine" broadway which was gaily when possible, Anderson said, though he said he had been corner, elsewhere. fighting a slight cold.

The senator and his wife MOtTHFRV yf.W MKXICO: Fair to decorated by merchants with bunting, Christmas trees and wreaths. With paper hats, tiny horns and whistles they turned the celebration into Tokyo's noisiest Christmas eve in years. day and tonltht with no Important temperature changea. Hlgha today S3- plan to join the family of Sherburne P. Anderson, their son, Additional Weather Pare A-2 for Christmas dinner today..