Thousands Flee Flood As California River Floods Loom
The Feather River broke a levee near Yuba City forcing about 8,000 people to evacuate as floodwaters advanced. Reno faced flooding from the Truckee River while Stockton ordered evacuations for 3,000 residents. Northern California endured nine days of rain with 17 deaths reported. Eisenhower declared a major disaster area. Federal Civil Defense and Army Engineers assess the vast damage across multiple states.
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Yuba City
Associated Press
Brian Duff
Glenn Gauche
Pope Urges global ban on atomic weapons
Pope Pius XII in his 17th Christmas message calls for renunciation of atomic tests and use, and for international agreement to control armaments. He warns that halting tests alone is insufficient and urges steps toward total disarmament with three concurrent measures. He also defends church positions on communism and colonial freedom while delivering the address to cardinals via Vatican radio.
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Pius XII
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Fredom
St. Peter’s
Christmas at the White House grandchildren sing at dinner
President and Mrs. Eisenhower host a four generation Christmas with 16 relatives at the White House. Grandchildren David Barbara Anne and Susan will hang stockings as 18 foot trees glow in several rooms. The president will give gifts at a 6 p.m. family dinner after attending morning services.
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Eisenhower
White House
Mas
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Walter Reed Hospital
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David
Barbara Anne
Susan
National Presbyterian Church
Mrs. Eisenhower
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Mary Thompson
Maj. Eisenhower
Eisenhowers
Christmas Traffic Toll Rises to 86 Amid Holiday Travel
The Christmas period saw 86 traffic fatalities by noon with ten five and six in other categories, raising the total to 102. The NSC estimates 560 deaths for the three day span from Friday 6 p.m. to Monday midnight, as travel conditions varied with rain, fog, and snow across regions.
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Associated Press
National Safety Council
Youth Will Be Tried as Adult for Slayings
Paul Krube of Brook Park Minnesota, age seventeen, must face an adult murder trial in California for the killing of two Mexican farm workers Angel Renteria and Anacleto Romero with a 308 rifle. Krube, an escapee from a Wisconsin reformatory, was arrested December 6 after approaching a bunkhouse seeking food.
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Brownsdale Man Dies, 2 Injured in Collision
A Brownsdale man is killed and two others are injured in a road collision according to local authorities. Emergency crews responded to the wreck, and investigators are reviewing roadway conditions and vehicle speeds to determine fault.
One Killed as Blast Destroys Produce House in City
An explosion leveled a two story brick produce house in Oklahoma City killing one person. About 20 were injured and several trapped as the building collapsed with 14 inside. Nine people in a nearby cafe suffered minor injuries from falling debris.
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Oklahoma City
Family Income Down Slightly From Boom Year
A government census report shows the 1954 average family income in the United States at about 4,173 dollars, roughly 60 dollars below the 1953 peak but nearly 300 dollars above 1952. Farm families averaged 2,000 dollars, not counting on farm produced goods. The North and West averaged 4,500 dollars, about 1,200 higher than the South, with the gap linked to rural and nonwhite populations.
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West
South
Woman Fatally Struck On Rail Tracks Near Sulphur Springs
Mrs. Pearl Schumann of Sulphur Springs, Iowa, aged 42, died Friday night after being hit by a train on the Illinois Central Railroad tracks about half a mile east of Sulphur Springs, six miles from Storm Lake. The incident remains under investigation by local authorities.
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Pearl Schumann
Sulphur Springs
Illinois Central Railroad
Milwaukee Rail Strike Postponed Indefinitely
A threatened Christmas strike on the Chicago Milwaukee St. Paul and Pacific Railroad was postponed after M. G. Schoch of the Railroad Yardmasters of America accepted mediation by the National Railway Mediation Board. U.S. District Judge Julius J. Hoffman issued an injunction blocking a strike before December 30. The union seeks wage increases while the railroad offered raises, with mediation to resolve the dispute among Milwaukee Road yardmasters who oversee yard switching in 12 states.
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M. G. Schoch
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Schoch
National (Railway) Mediation Board
Julius J. Hoffman
U.S. District Court
Mediation Board
Milwaukee Road
Seattle
Wash
Drunk Man Freezes Police Wagon By Picking Lock
A drunken man jailed in Phoenix snatched the rear door lock of a police paddy wagon, opened it, and leaped out as officers sped toward headquarters, dashing down a nearby alley.
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Phoenix, Ariz
Two-Car Fatal Crash Near Waltham Local Man Dies
Francis A. Madison of Brownsdale was killed in a head on collision on Highway 56 north of Waltham at 5:30 am. Injured were Fern Baldwin of Minneapolis and Air Force member Duane Youngdahl of Austin. Youngdahl, Madison’s car passenger, and Madison’s wife Leila Madison survive. funeral plans are set with Denton Funeral Home.
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Brownsdale
St. Olaf Hospital
Fern Baldwin
E. Oakland
Madison
Duane Youngdahl
Hilda Youngdahl
Bauman
Air Force
Youngdahl
Highway Patrol
Norm Storvick
Youngdah
Medford
Austin
Dodge County
Willis Fryer
Leila Madison
Youngdad
Ferdinand Mohn
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Larry
Allen
George Madison
Denton Funeral Home
Hayfield
Festivities Called Off in Memory of Dead Victims
In north Lebanon festive celebrations were canceled to honor flood victims from Tripoli where the Abou Ali River burst its banks. Official toll stood at 117 with many more people still missing after heavy rains last weekend.
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Lebanon
Tripoli
Abou Ali
Policeman Shot in Leg During Downtown Cafe Robbery
Patrolman Harold I. Thole was shot in the left leg at Grobe's Cage on West Broadway when two bandits grabbed the cafe at 2:30 am. One gunman with blond hair forced workers to aid the crime and the other, with long black hair, fired. Thole was treated at General Hospital after the attack. A second robbery at the Parkway Hotel followed, with clerk Kenneth L. Brown robbed of 124 dollars.
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Fred Grobe
Thole
General Hospital
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la Salle Ave
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