European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - December 16, 1964, Darmstadt, Hesse                              Stripes Magazine a word from Bob Dickens Wise by John London Bureau nothing wrong with Ebenezer Scrooge that a Public relations expert  have smoothed of there Are Many in the Field of advertising who figure that publicity old Scrooge was As sly As they and that the whole Christmas Carol bit was part of an Agency Campaign that would have eventually found the firm of Scrooge and in racy Branch ing out into spot commercials with the local town and the it is were really an Advance run of a late movie scripted by under paid Bob a Ratchet that would have knocked the to ratings for a enterprising be was just out to create an image by didst he succeed every Christmas now he gets now luxuriating in Well heated would probably be threat ening to strike unless he were granted More Tea instead of taking a slide Down Cornhill and running Home to play Blind mans Bob would hurriedly Don his bowl Arm himself with Brolley and Brief and Battle his Way Home in the rus hour subway and no time for Blind mans Buff with the there too Busy watching be he has to go league the new Scrooge would probably be famous for his office parties at Christ Mas with the old mans Nephew und Gnu Chat making merry with the secretaries on the the counting House of Scrooge and Marley would be located in one of those Swank Glass office blocks that now sparkle in the City of the streets Many still As narrow As Dickens Day arc now choked with heavy trucks and buses spouting gagging fumes Between rows of eve rising Cliffy like in the Yule season begins two months before its enough to make the ghost of the old Scrooge come hum bugging from that grave Dickens chose for him in the churchyard of All hallows Star off Mark Lane Between Fenchurch and the 15th Century Tower of the Church still but the grave described by the author As by Merle Hunter walled in by overrun by grass and weeds has Long since Given Wiy to the building needs of modern the site of Scrooge which researchers figure must have Hocti at 46 is now occupied by the Vust Lloyds of Uminn with a luxurious Ness that would have staggered the tight isted who liked to live in a gloomy suite of in n lowering pile of Tim Hiing up a Yard where it had so Tittle business in he line a mild scarcely help fancying it must have run Here when it was a Youni playing at hider Ulsee with other and forgotten the Wiy out it was old enough and dreary for nobody lived in it hut the 19m Scrooge would probably split his of hours Between a Plush Mayfair apartment and a stately with Cen trial in Surrey or fortunately for he knew the Man before he hit it really big on the Stock Market and started spending to escape some parti of Street Scrooge lived look in Dickens Bob a Ratchet today probably would take to hit Centra heated Lloyal of London Complex Wai built on december 1964 the stars and stripes ii