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THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
Thursday, December 5, 1968
New kitchen easy on mom
NEW YORK (UPI) — All that cooking of goodies before a holiday meal won't break the backs of contemporary moms in most homes as it did in grandma's day.
Families still enjoy huge old-fashioned Christmas dinners but chances are the plum puddings, fruit cakes and mince pies will come from neighborhood bakeries or supermarkets.
That is the report from Trade Fair Forum which entertains 50,000 women a year at marketing research luncheons in New York.
The forum test markets a great many food products, home cleaning agents, furniture and other products. It even offers fashion shows for testing new trends.
Household Hints
In the process it also collects household hints. One of the most puzzling concerns club soda.
The women say this is a good cleaning agent, should the homemaker run out of any cleaning products. It's an expensive item, they admit. But it saves getting into the car and driving to the supermarket when time is of the essence.
Regarding the Christmas meals, Jerry Leral, director of the forum, said:
"Most of the women are on reducing or other diets that omit rich foods and the first question about every dish we serve is on the amount of calories it contains.
"They don't mind serving festive dishes to their guests and other members of the family—provided they can buy the desserts ready made and do not have to spend time cooking dishes they will not eat."
The homemakers still want fanciful settings for their families and always take note of table settings, centerpieces, wall decorations and other items to glamorize the pre-holiday luncheons.
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The women practice the Christmas spirit in charitable work.
Since the Trade Fair Forum allows proceeds from ticket sales to go to participating groups, the latter raise over $100,000 during the year for their worthy causes.
One day the 150 women at a lunch voted to turn all funds over to help pay for open heart surgery for a member who could not afford the cost of the operation.
The marketing research luncheons last about two and a half hours. After that, guests go Christmas shopping or to the theatre before returning to their homes in outlying communities.
When time permits in the program, guests are invited to do their own entertaining or choose a topic of discussion.
One group brought its own spokeswoman who did so well. Carl Clark, master of ceremonies, hired her to assist him.
In looking over her collection of homemakers' frustrations, the new hand, Mrs. Lila Fontana, found the top one to be lack of instant hot cereals.
Maybe what is needed is a capsule of "essence of hot cereal cooking." Mom could toss this in a pot of boiling water, filling the kitchen with nostalgic smells, from another era.
SYDNEY, Australia (UPI)—New Zealand yesterday rushed 36,000 bottles of its beer to Sydney to rescue Australia's suds lovers, threatened by a bottle shortage.
Santa is San Nicolas in Honduras
By PATTY BEHAN Kansan Staff Writer
Yes, there really is a San Nicolas.
Jose Diaz of San Pedro Sul, Honduras, says even though many customs of his country are different than ours the tradition of Santa Claus reigns in Honduras as strong as in the United States.
The festivities begin December 24th.
"We make big parties on the 24th. No one but the family is invited. This party usually lasts from 7 to 12."
A pinata, a paper mache animal filled with candy, is held above the children's heads so they can break it with a bat to make candy fall out.
tional tree for this day is the pine." Diaz said.
Todrofuego, a man with firecrackers, dances around with the children all night in the streets playing and dancing.
"We use natural trees in my country and don't buy the trees—you just cut them down. Our na-
"The week following the 24th is dedicated to the children and is called Naciniento," he said. "This word represents the nativity scene. Sometimes we use people to represent the different characters."
Gov't Research Center reports press "inaccurate" in riot coverage
The nation's press has come under fire for alleged inaccuracies in its coverage of urban riots, the November issue of "Your Government," a newsletter of the KU Governmental Research Center, said.
Citing the report of the National Advisory Commission of Civil Disorders—the Kerner Commis-
Holiday death to 18
By United Press International
Each Christmas they play the game of someone stealing the child. The following day the person who steals the child has to give a party for both the families and all his friends.
During the Thanksgiving holiday, 18 persons were killed on Kansas streets and highways.
The count was more than three and one-half times the number of lives taken during the Thanksgiving period a year ago, when five persons died.
The final day of the 1968 holiday brought death to two Kansans. William Brown, 79, of Topeka died of injuries suffered when he was hit by a car in Topeka. Dr. Raymond House, 72, of Wichita was killed in a two-car accident west of Wichita.
If former chancellor Joshua A. Lippincott were still alive, he would probably feel forgotten. He is the only Chancellor who has not had a KU building named in his honor.
No KU building named for Lippincott
The recent Board of Regents
There are no other buildings under construction at present, however, which might bear Lippincott's name.
By RUTH RADEMACHER Kansan Staff Writer
Lippincott, the fourth Chancellor of the University of Kansas from 1883 to 1889, would have been waiting a long time to have a building on campus named for him, and prospects for an available building indicate that he might have had to wait a lot longer.
"I'm sure the name of Lippincott will be considered when a new building presents itself," said James E. Gunn, administrative assistant to the Chancellor.
decision to name the new $5.8 million humanities building Wescoe Hall in honor of retiring Chancellor W. Clarke. Wescoe leaves Lippincott still on the waiting list.
The nearly completed Experimental Biology and Human Development building will take the name Haworth Hall replacing old
Haworth to be razed in the near future, Gunn said.
A new physics building is next in line for construction, he said. "However, I don't know when construction on the building will begin because we haven't gotten any appropriations for it."
"Ordinarily, recommendations for the naming of buildings come from the Chancellor," Gunn said, "but in the case of Wescoe Hall the Board of Regents made the decision on their own."
Whether Lippincott's name will be considered for a new building will then of course depend on the interests of the new Chancellor, Gunn said.
"On December 31 we have the turkey dinner that is the same as your Christmas on the 25th," he said.
"Also on December 31 we have large parties all round the town."
Torrejas, rolls filled with honey, are a holiday treat. Also chilate cucasa are beverages that are drunk on those festivity occasions.
"This is typical in our country," Diaz said. "On December 20th we do not eat too much because we are so tired after staying up all the night."
"Yet no matter where we are at midnight we look for the rest of the family to wish them a Happy New Year," Diaz added. "We exchange gifts yet also celebrate Christmas with firecrackers and while they are going on, the mother puts the presents under the tree."
sion—the Center said the press had overestimated property damage amounts in disturbances by an average of 100 per cent. The acts of violence involved had been "blown out of proportion," the Center reported.
The press, particularly the wire services, had "sensationalized" the riots, the article continued. Undue emphasis had been put on racial aspects of the situation as opposed, to the socio-economic problems involved, it said.
The Center compluded the press had done a good job under the conditions, but must bear the responsibility of balanced reporting of such incidents.
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