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' '"* THE MINNEAPOLIS STAB Dec. 20, 1955 m $&mm nuK Tin *h Cdciric Adah ??.<? ?╜*.. IM, INNEAPOLIS POLICE CHIEF Tom Jones knows there's a Santa Claus. And he calls the gestures the most touching he's encountered in all his years in police work. You recall the case of the father who ^allegedly pumped four or five shots into his estranged wife as their youngsters looked on. The father is now being held in the county jail. Three very thoughtful souls sent Chief Jones a total of $37 anonymously so the four youngsters might have a little something for Christmas. And Tom's going to see that they do ... Employes at the Woolworth store in Knollwood Plaza hope the Christmas buying will bring an end to some of their troubles. Daily they pray that someone will purchase a certain parakeet. The bird not only opens his own cage but* once he has his freedom, he trots around to the cages of all the canaries in the place and opens the doors on their cages. His routine is getting a little monotonous, especially for the help ... Startling statistic: If the First National bank's new skating rink had been installed in \R>eyjavik, Iceland, the rink would require artificial'freezing. Warming influence of the gulf stream is the reason. THE SHIFT IS on again in the popularity of the leading television shows. The "$64,000 Question" still stays on top with a 42 rating. "I Love Lucy/' Ed Sullivan, "What's My LS4ne" and "I've Got a Secret" follow in that order. "The i Lineup," the Perry Como. show, "Your Hit Parade," Georgie Gb^I, the Saturday Lucy show and "Honeymooners" make up^H^rest of the top. CBS gets eight out of the eleven. And you'll note there's no Godfrey ... Out of the mouths of babes: Mrs. Norman Litman reports that her young niece has been singing it this way, "My Country is a Thief." And Mrs. George Nielsil?· J$f Richfield recalls that her husband, as a i boy, always sang it, "Let have nari nature sing," and he always wondered who Nan Nature was . . . J. McCluer quips: "Old bookkeepers become unpopular when they lose their 3 figures.*' i^^^'.4^a^ THE PLEA LEGIT: VThere may be a forgotten man in our [midst ' And he shouldn't be. At this time of year, there's one guy who deserves some special recognition. He's the garbage | collector. All summer long he slaves toting stuffed cans, putting up with foul aromas, batting buzzing flies. In the winter he lugs frozen refuse, has to pound the frozen bundles apart to get them to dump properly, lugs heavy cans down slippery walks or driveways. All in all, he makes a pretty important contribution to our general well being the year round. This time of year we could at least make it a point to wish him a J Merry Christmas when we see him making his collection just /before the holiday. Might even hand him a cigar, a pack of j cigarets, a sack of Christmas cookies or maybe an extra buck. I He's a man we don't even get to see very often. To let him I know we appreciate his services would add much to his holiday happiness.?╟÷J. A. S.4' '^^ THE HENNEPIN COUNTY Medical society and the Twin "Jpy Retail Druggists are co-operating on a plan that can |pip a$ of us in this vicinity. The two groups for years have Tiyorked diligently trying to educate the public on a telephone j;apumber for emergency service. With the number changes, the campaign has to start all over again. But last Sunday, our I retail druggists in Hennepin county began wrapping, all pack- I ages With stickers containing the telephone number for emer- I geney medical service. Some half million of the stickers will J go out this month, but just in case you don't get one that I wayvask xpfir druggist for one. May save a life just to have I the sticbjpr handy in your telephone directory. Or if you j.wantj^elip this line out and paste it in your telephone book, I go aJpad, it's all right with met If you can't locate your fai f Us??hysician or if you do not have a family physician, call^ IJBpor night, FEderal 9-1411. THE MOST HEAVILY trafficked resort hotel in the world, [the Sands at Las Vegas, has quite a celebration coming up this jweek-end. The Sands will celebrate 95 million seconds of business which represents the number of continuous seconds the ! hotel has been open in its three years of operation. Some other [rather startling information has been dug up about those three !years. The.hotel has served five million eggs, has served ji,080,000 free meals to its.employes. Now we get down more to ithe point When discussing any Las Vegas operation: The Sands jhas used a total of 286,000 dice at a cost of $1.25 a pair. Dice j there last an average of six hours and 20 minutes. The dice | "consumption" indicates 52,100,000 throws by casino customers. | A total of 65,200 decks of cards were used in the three years. Average deck lasts three hours and 25 ..minutes. In the same span of time, the Sands has paid into city and county coffers in ||benses and gaming machine permits a total of $1,215,000, has given aWay 600 cigars a day and spent a total of $1,630,000 for live entertainment. Customers enter the Sands on ah average of one every 12 seconds of the^pight and da>..Big business, isn't it? ^^P^c^si- lisPI^ ' / v%l^ric Adams' column appears daily in the Minneapolis Star ana in the Tribune Sunday.