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For some, this Christmas brings back memories of the 1940s In todays "Neighbors" column, a reader tells Bob Lind that this holiday season has some things in common with December during the war. Written By: Bob Lind | × “This Christmas season reminds me of an earlier Christmas in the 1940s.” So writes Gene Rich, Fargo. “The war caused a lot of stress,” Gene writes. “There were stars in the windows of homes where sons and daughters were off to war in Europe...

This was an excerpt published in the December 19, 1990 edition. It was a large, white, two-story home just off the gravel road, on a farm in Blakeley Township, where Grandma lived. It was there her seven children and their families gathered on Christmas night after the “chores” were done. Christmas Day was spent with the “other side” except for my family. We went to the “other” grandma’s on Christmas Eve so we could spend all of Christmas Day and night with Gr...

And with some planning and effort, hopefully bob can retire at a more appropriate age. its not rocket science. its just common sense. from td ameritrade. tonight conflicting reports about oscar pistorius mental health. as you probably know, the south african track star is accused murdering his girlfriend, reeva steenkamp. hes out on bail awaiting trial. he admits he killed steenkamp but claims it was a terrible mistake, he mistook her for an intruder. pistorius has been living at his uncles ho...

Thats the arnold that hes staying with. arnold pistorius released this statement today saying in part that oscar, broken as he currently is, believes he does have a purpose in life and is working towards that. media reports to the contrary are untrue. the uncle flat out denying any suicide threats, but the statement did go on to say that oscar is trying to sell that home in pretoria and some racehorses to cover the trial expenses. >> as for the case itself, to people who may not have followed th...

From south africa. whats the latest, drew? >> two developments today, anderson. one, the denial that pistorius is in fact destitute and suicidal and two, the blade runner asking for even more leniency in those bail conditions, including allowing him to leave south africa. hes already been allowed out of jail while he awaits trial but he cant travel, is pretty much restricted to his uncles mansion in pretoria. his lawyers say he now wants his passport back and he wants to be able to travel intern...

House is. his uncle arnold and his sister amy were there. and the situation was unlike any other ive been in, because for them i wasnt really there, i mean their focus was on oscar and this tragic circumstance and they prepared a statement for us, and they read a statement for us for our tv cameras, for me as an ap report and two other south african reporters were the only people invited and we could see that there was a huge amount of somberness in that house. it was unlike the miss tor pam lee...