Eisenhower Abandons South Trip for Quiet Christmas at White House
President Eisenhower spends a quiet Christmas at the White House with family amid doctors' advice for a warmer climate after a heart attack. He rejects a holiday southern journey while awaiting State of the Union work. He plans church services and a White House Christmas dinner with 18 relatives.
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White House
Washington
Joe Pinder
Chamber of Commerce
Key West
Fila
Pinder
Harry G. Truman
Paul Dudley White
Boston
Gettysburg
White
James C. Hagerty
Hagerty
State of the Union
Congress
National Presbyterian Church
Barbara Eisenhower
John Vigneault
Manchester
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Soviet Accepts U S Magazine Revival to Ease East West Ties
Washington officials said Moscow agreed to allow a Russian language Amerika magazine in the Soviet Union, reviving the 1952 suspension. The U S will publish in English, both non political, focusing on culture and life to foster exchanges, with issues due in three to six months.
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State Department
Russia
United States
Soviet Union
Amerika
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U.S. Information Agency
Former Phenix City Gambler Turns Incarcerated Life To Religion
Rex Thomas reports Red Cook once ran a Phenix City nightclub and gambled away Sundays. After a life sentence for a 1950 taxi driver killing tied to the city vice purge, he now serves as Kilby Prison chaplain aide and spreads gospel among inmates. His conversion boosts Kilby’s Sunday School attendance from three to 289.
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Ala
Red Cook
Phenix City
Kilby
Cook
A. L. Patterson
National Guard
Patterson
John Maneil
National Guardsmen
Kilby Chapel
Donald MacQuire
Alabama
Red
Fred Pearson
Queen to Spend Quiet Holiday at Sandringham
Queen Elizabeth II plans a quiet Christmas at Sandringham estate in Norfolk with close family. The 150 million listeners are expected as she broadcasts her annual message from the study, while Charles and Anne join in Christmas Eve carols and church services.
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Sandringham
England
Elizabeth II
Norfolk
Edward VII
Prince Charles 7
Anne
West Newton
Holiday Phone Calls May Take Awhile
Washington reports holiday phone delays as circuits jam. Joseph A. Beirne of the Communications Workers of America urges callers to place long distance calls early on Christmas Eve. About 250000 operators will work shifts over Christmas and New Year’s.
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Washington
Joseph A. Beirne
The
Communications Workers of America
Yugoslavia May Be Called as Middle East Mediator
UN observers speculate Yugoslavia could be drafted as a behind scenes mediator in the Middle East dispute before the Security Council. The council delayed Syria's charges against Israel until after Yugoslavia joins with Cuba and Australia, amid warnings of possible full scale war.
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N.Y
Yugoslavia
Security Council
Middle East
Council
Syria
Israel
Cuba
Australia
Palestine
E. L. M. Burns
Stevenson son to undergo knee repair after Indiana crash
John Fell Steven, 19, youngest son of Adlai E. Stevenson, will have his right kneecap removed after an automobile crash near Goshen Indiana. Dr James K Stack at Passavant Hospital notes the patient is doing fine and surgery is planned for Monday or Wednesday. If successful he may be released about ten days post op.
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Chicago
John Fell Stevenson
Adlai E. Stevenson
James K. Stack
Young Stevenson
Passavant Hospital
Sack
Northwestern University
Stack
Stevenson
Spellman Visits Korean Front for Christmas Mass
Francis Cardinal Spellman arrives by helicopter near Pohang in Western Korea to celebrate Christmas Eve mass for American troops ten miles from the truce line. He is greeted by Maj. Gen. S. B. Mason and joins the 19th Regiment headquarters. A donation is left for the Little Flower Orphanage serving 230 Korean children with Marine support since 1951.
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Western Front
Korea
Francis Cardinal Spellman
New York
Pohang
S. B. Mason
U.S. 24Th Infantry Division
19Th Regiment
Extortionist Freed on $10,000 Bond
Peter Napoleon Williams of Miami freed on $10,000 bond after being charged with attempting to extort 600000 dollars from John S. Knight editor of the Miami Herald and other papers. He entered Jackson Memorial Hospital psychiatric institute after arrest on Dec 16 and admitted writing a death threat to Knight and his family if payment was not made.
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Fla
Peter Napoleon Williams
Johns
Knight
Miami Herald
Jackson Memorial Hospital
FBI
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