The Baytown Sun (Baytown, Tex.), Vol. 46, No. 150, Ed. 1 Tuesday, December 17, 1968 Page: 7 of 17
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CHRISTIAN UNITY ABSENT
AMONG JERUSALEM RACES
BETHLEHEM (AP) - The
ghosts of Christmases past
haunt the birthplace of Jesus,
but the spirit of Christian unity
is hardly discernible. Here,
owned by the Greek Orthodox,
the Catholics can only say
prayers there. They can, howev-
er, hold High Mass in the niche
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born In a stable gave birth to an
era, the celebrations of that
night emphasise Christian dis-
The Swamp Buggy Mile O' Mud,
called the world's dirtiest race, is
shown here in photos taken by
Sal Crisanti at Naples, Fla. The
figure-eight race track is built
in a cypress swamp and each year
it is carefully UNimproved with
loads of marl and thousands of
gallons of water to make a mud
base for the buggies, which range
from small four-cylinder Je^ps to
big eight-wheeled, eight-cylinder
machine-shop monsters.
For a start, there are three
main Christmases: Dec. 25 for
Roman Catholics and Protes-
tants, Jan. 7 for the Greek Or-
thodox, and Jan. 11 for the
Armenians Bethlehem basks In
a month of festive cheer—four
weeks of booming souvenir
sales, garnishlngs of holly and,
at times, the prickly squabbles
of priests.
A rigid status quo—“Each to
his own," explained Deputy
Mayor George S. Diek—governs
celebrations from Christ's bl
place down the fertile valley to
the field where the angel ap-
peared to tell the shepherds the
The official schedule carries a
baleftil reminder: "During the
Latin (Catholic) services
Greek Orthodox dragoman and
sexton stand on the right and
the Armenian sexton on the left
The l,«00-year-old Church of
the Nativity, a massive, squat
basilica of stone, lead and gold,
sits over the grotto, the tradi-
tional manger.
The Greeks own most of It.
The Catholics won a share in
1852, and a southern slice went
to the Armenians. All sects can
say High Mass somewhere un-
der the sprawling roof.
The biggest celebrations are
Dec. 25 when Bethlehem’s popu-
lation of 25,000 is usually dou-
bled by pilgrims. The festivities
follow an inflexible script.
The Catholic Church of St.
Catherine, built cheek by Jowl
with the Church of the Nativity,
has a High Mass led by the pa-
triarch, Msgr. Alberto Gori of
Jerusalem.
A precession winds its way to
the grotto below the basilica.
The Greeks have given permis
sioo—but the Catholics must not
stray from their prescribed
route.
During Turkish rule, ex-
plained the deputy mayor—who
once was a tourist guide-
priests laid small, round, hard
peas on their precincts so that
any trespasser would encounter
a nasty (ail on the cold stone
doors.
These days squads of police
pillars of the basilica—below
windows which only the Catho-
lics are permitted to clean—to
the cave where tradition says
Jesus was born.
The actual spot of the birth is
Hewspaper Says
New Yorit'Cops'
Sleep On Duly
NEW YORK (AP) - “Coop-
ing,” or sleeping on duty, is a
common practice among New
York City policemen, the New
York Times reported today.
After the story appeared,
police department spokesman
said there would be “no equivo-
cation” in cracking down
those guilty of the practice, or
on Superiors who tolerate it.
“Any allegations substantial
ed showing that policemen are
not performing their duties will
result in appropriate discipli-
nary action,” said Jacques Nev-
ard, deputy police commission-
er for press relations.
The Times’ account said:
-So many policemen some-
times disappeared into their
“coops,” especially during the
predawn hours, “that the re-
sponse time of the police depart
ment, as well as regularity of
Its patrol, are affected."
-The story was based on
“scores of interviews and
number of late-night inspection
tours” and detailed incidents of
patrol cars parked for hours,
sometimes in clusters, with oc-
cupants sound asleep. Foot pa-
trolmen frequently use fire
houses, hospitals and funeral
homes as “coops.”
-“Some patrolmen carry pil-
lows and alarm clocks under
their coats when they go on duty
to make sure their rest is com-
fortable and that they do not
oversleep." “It is considered a
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“Hie police officer in charge
watches from immediately be-
hind the Latin representative
and a party of police conatables
stand on the southern end of the
staircase ... immediately be-
hind the police officer in
charge."
Hie police officer In charge,
to insure the strictest neutrality,
is a Moslem Arab working for
the Israelis, who have con-
trolled access to Bethlehem
since June 1M7.
Out bi the cold, literally, are
the Protestants—who have only
been allowed to take part at all
since the British mandate.
They are in a courtyard ad-
joining the basilica, singing car
ois and praying under the frosty
skies.
“If it rains heavily,” said the
deputy mayor, “they are al-
lowed inside the Orthodox chap-
el. But it is small and on|y a few
can crowd in.”
Other Protestants, perhaps
distrusting the good will of the
weather at this time, pray in-
side the YMCA building a few
blocks away.
Services are also held in the
segregated Field of the Shep-
herds. As each denomination
ciaims.it owns the only true spot
where the angel appeared, the
field is divided among them.
Hie mayor’s office greets
Christmas with open arms. It Is
big business.
Hie Church of the Nativity,
crowned by crosses studded
with colored light bulbs, stands
against a street of sourvenir
shops selling Bethlehem mother
of pearl and carved wood.
There are 21 souvenir stores
in town. Fourteen more will
come with the new municipality
building planned for one side of
the Manger Square!
The square will have a new
touch this Christmas.
A giant tree, which graced the
town opposite the police station,
died two yean ago. Last year
dead branches were hung
with lights and tinsel.
"This year we shall have a
new one," the deputy mayor
disclosed with pride.
“Hie Israelis are growing one
for us at Tel Aviv/'
The Oregon Museum of Sci-
ence and industry at Eugene
has started two preschool sci-
ence courses: “Geology for Peb-
ble Kickers,” and Creepers,
Crawlers and Wiggiers,’' a biol-
ogy class.
NOT SO EQUAL
NEW DELHI (AP) - Hie
public relations department of
Kerala, a south Indian state run
by a Communist-led coalition
government, has placed an ad
complaining of discrimination
by the central government.
The ad, appearing in the left-
ist dally Patriot, complains that
New Delhi reduced rice imports
to Kerala in retaliation for the
election of (he state’s "popular
ministry.”
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