71 Texans Die In Yule Mishaps
A Dallas Morning News report tallies 71 Christmas holiday deaths in Texas due to traffic fires gun violence and accidents. Included are 24 year old Arthur Vernon Duncan and 34 year old Earl Hightower among others, with causes ranging from car crashes to a stabbing and a hand grenade incident.
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Arthur Vernon Duncan
Lubbock
Coleman
Eugene Smith
J. L. Nixon
Earl Hightower
Houston
la Marque
Texas City
Dallas
Bennie Wayne Hensley
Bennie Leon Hensley
Galveston
Louis Jester Green
Oak Cliff
Bonham
Texas- Oklahoma
Earnest Sullivan
Pope Marks End of Festive Holy Year With Mixed Feelings
Vatican dispatch notes the Holy Year ending with melancholy as pilgrims depart Rome. The Pope, aged 74, expresses satisfaction at record pilgrim turnout and peace efforts, yet sadness that hopes for peace on earth were not fulfilled. He signs a bull extending the year in 1951 and urges a crusade of prayer and penance.
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Vatican City
Nheir
Rome
Saint Peter's Square
Oc Pope
US Traffic Toll Nears 500 Mark
Christmas holiday traffic deaths neared 500 in National Safety Council estimates with total toll close to 600 when including other incidents. By 4 30 p m December 25 United Press tallies showed 412 traffic deaths and 63 fire fatalities as snow and cold impacted the Midwest.
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Chicago
National Safety Council
United Press
Council
Midwest
Fargo
N. C
Indianapolis
Minnesota
Bernice Crew
Washington, D. C
Albany
N. Y
Richard Mayfield
Albuquerque, N. M
Beacon
Etta Saunders
Stone of Scone Stolen From Westminster Abbey
The Stone of Scone, the coronation stone under the Abbey chair for centuries, was taken from Westminster Abbey in London before dawn. Scotland Yard issued alerts after a man and woman with Scottish accents were seen fleeing in a Ford-type car around 5:15 am. Police and nationwide officers hunted the suspects while historians weigh the stone’s origins and legends.
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London
Scone
Westminster Abbey
Thomas Blood
Tower of London
England
Scotland
Edward I
Scotland Yard
John Milton
Andrew Hislop
Santa and Korean Troops Share Christmas Spirit
A Bay area letter from Hal Boyle in Seoul reflects on a Christmas amid hardship in Korea. He notes clouded skies, starving families, and the contrast with US troops who received mail, meals, and improvised decorations. The piece ends with a hopeful pledge to return home.
Rangers Deliver Christmas Cheer From Texas Headquarters
The Texas Rangers Christmas program sent gifts to two Irish sisters, Angela and Olive Dooley, in Dublin after letters addressed to Santa Claus, Texas Rangers HQ, Austin, sparked action. A doll, a walking doll, a stocking, and books were mailed, though arrival in Ireland comes after Christmas.
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Texas Rangers
Angela Dooley
Olive Dooley
Santa Claus
Austin
Texas
USA
Angela
Santa
Ranger
Olive
Rangers
Dublin
Ireland
Doyle Curington
Trueman Stone
Headquarters Company
The
U.S.A
Texas Department of Public Safety
Truman Expressed Thanks After Hungnam Evacuation
President Truman paused Christmas gifts to thank Far Eastern commanders and all troops for saving 196 000 lives in the Hungnam evacuation. He asked General Bradley to relay gratitude to General Almond and the troops, then walked 18 blocks in Independence, Missouri, planning a quiet day at home with turkey and ham.
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Independence
UPI
Truman
Hungnam
Joseph Short
Omar N. Bradley
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Edward M. Almond
Bradley
White House
Autogr
Ridgway Arrives in Tokyo to Lead U S Forces in Korea
Lieutenant General Matthew B Ridgway lands in Tokyo to assume command of the Eighth Army in Korea after the death of Lieutenant General Walton H Walker in a jeep accident near the front Ridgway meets MacArthur aides and expresses respect for Walker and readiness to confront a potential Communist offensive as Haneda and Yokohama ceremonies honor Walker's memory.
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Matthew B. Ridgway
US Army
Eighth Army
Fiery Walton Walker
Korea
Tokyo
US Fighth Army
Walton H. Walker
Ridgway
MacArthur
Constellation
Walker
38Th Parallel
South Korea
Haneda
Yokohama
Neral
Truman to Return for Capital Parley
President Truman will cut short his Christmas vacation and fly back to Washington Tuesday for talks with Secretary of State Acheson and Secretary of Defense Marshall on Korea and defense problems. Presidential press secretary Joseph Short said the move is not due to any preventable event and no new crisis had developed.
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Independence
Truman
Washington
State Acheson
Defense Marshall
Korea
Joseph Short
Short
End of Hungnam Evacuation Shrinks Korea Front
United Nations announces the epic seaborne withdrawal of 105000 troops from Hungnam ends six months after the North Korean invasion. Tenth Corps remains intact as forces sail to the Pusan area. about 106000 civilians evacuated with weapons and supplies.
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Tokyo
United Nations
Korea
Hungnam
Tenth Corps
Wus
South Korea
Manchuria
China
Eighth Army
Seoul
Edward M. Almond
Pusan-Pohang
Republic of Korea
38Th Parallel
Red
Kaesong
Yongchon
Hwachon
South Korean
National Assembly
Pusan
Almond
C. Turned Joy
Far East
Joy
James H. Doyle
Doyle
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Scot
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Abbey
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Hal Boyle
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