Allies May Cut France From Pact
United States and Great Britain reached a decision to rearm West Germany and exclude France from the West European Defense Alliance unless Paris reverses its vote against German rearmament.
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London
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Ladejinsky Stand Based By Benson Ladejinsky Stand Based By Benson
Secretary Benson clarified that Wolf Ladejinsky may hold another job in the agriculture department if he meets federal security standards. Ladejinsky, fired as agricultural attache in Tokyo, holds state department security clearance but faces security concerns due to his three sisters in Russia.
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Wolf Ladejinsky
Tokyo
Agriculture Department
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Benson
Ladejinsky
Department of Agriculture
State Department
Russia
Foreign Operations Administration
Gen
MacArthur
Couple killed in blaze blamed on holiday lights
Atlanta report says Earl Davis and his wife Helen died when Christmas tree lights overheated in a frame house. Neighbors noted constant use of the lights for weeks. A box of .22 cartridges stored under the tree exploded, and a passerby who entered the home to help described the violent scene. Mae Fuller and Ernest Davis were mentioned in rescue efforts. J Harris was credited with trying to save them.
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Earl Davis
Helen
Davis
Ernest
Mae Fuller
J. Harris
Harris
Lost Three Sons, Another Is Born
Mrs Edwin Grove of Northport Maine mourned three sons lost in a December fire while she awaits a new child in Boston. The blaze killed caretaker Hervey Bean and housekeeper. the Grove children Christopher 9 David 7 and Jeffrey 5 perished. A newborn son born Christmas Day increases the family.
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Edwin Grove
Northport
Maine
Christopher
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Christmas Will Come Sunday for Reunited Family
Salt Lake City report: Mike Katsanevas, a 66 year old janitor, awaits a full family reunion as six of his children travel from Greece for Christmas. An infectious stomach ailment keeps their mother from joining. Airman James Katsanevas returns from Korea for the gathering, with funds raised by colleagues at the Clearfield naval supply depot enabling the trip.
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Crete
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Korea
Christmas Eve birth gives Canadian mother 26th child
Fort Kent Maine AP A Canadian woman married 26 years gave birth to her 26th child a girl named Noella Jean. Marie Cyr 42 says all children born one per year of marriage. Dr Richard Savage delivered 18 of her babies and Noella Jean remains in an incubator at the People's Benevolent hospital on the Maine New Brunswick border.
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First War Free Christmas Observed Worldwide
The world marked its first war free Christmas in two decades with prayers and joy. In Bethlehem barbed-wire restrictions eased for pilgrims. U.S. citizens celebrated quietly as winter weather varied across regions. American soldiers held festivities while Francis Spellman visited South Korea amid cold weather. A Bethlehem mass proceeded despite frontier gunfire between Israel and Jordan.
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Fairfax Girl in Serious Condition After Crash
A six year old Fairfax girl Joyce Stepanek remained in serious condition at University hospital Iowa City after head injuries from a Friday crash near Municipal airport. Edwin Kvetensky 55 also injured in the collision and treated at St Luke's hospital for a fractured leg and facial cuts. The cars were driven by Joyce’s father Eldon Stepanek and Kvetensky. Stepanek and Joyce’s brother Douglas four escaped with minor injuries.
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Nehru Government Approves Press Council Idea
New Delhi India March 15 AP Prime Minister Nehru's government approves the basic idea of a press council to supervise the nation's newspapers.
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Nehru
Plot claims big smear as Union official under threat
Ray White, rival of Paul Hall for secretary treasurer of the AFL Seafarers Union, calls the alleged plot to kill Hall a smear. Police in three states charged James Cobb and others with conspiracy, while Cobb claimed White offered money to kill Hall.
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Fred Galda
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Gifts of Money and Toys Pour In for Fire Heroine Martina White
In Madison a five year old Martina White saved her baby brother Armand as their third floor flat burned. Gifts poured in for Martina and Armand including toys and cash as officials planned a trust fund. The mother faced initial charges of intoxication and neglect. juvenile officials would rule on the children’s custody.
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Santa Claus
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Pope Pius XII Appears for Christmas Blessing
Pope Pius XII publicly blesses the crowd from the Vatican balcony in St. Peter's Square estimated at 100000, marking his first appearance since a collapse on December 2. The appearance underscores his ongoing recovery and continued leadership of the church.
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Mystery Yule Card Sender Found by Ohio Greetings
Anthony Sander a 65 year old Chicago rail worker born in Krakow Poland admits he began sending Christmas cards years ago to the Ohio secretary of state offices to thank Ohioans for their help when he first arrived in the United States. He says his Ohio friends inspired the yearly gesture and he plans to continue sending the cards as long as he lives.
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Prestwick BOAC crash on Christmas Day in Scotland
A BOAC Stratocruiser crashed while landing at Prestwick airport killing 28 of 36 aboard. Eleven crew members and most passengers were killed or trapped. only one passenger survived. Kenneth Davidson listed among Americans. flight delayed by bad weather. pilot Capt. W Laing Stewart survived.
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Marion Man Stabbed in Back in Tavern Brawl
A 53 year old Marion man, Francis Houstman, a Cedar Rapids mechanic, was stabbed in the back during a Christmas day brawl at the Slavik tavern in Waubeek. Kenneth McGee, 35, of Waubeek, was held in the county jail as investigators probe the incident.
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St. Luke’s Hospital
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Smith
Boy 16 Dies In Car Crash Near Monona
Special to The Gazette Ralph Schoulte aged 16 of Monona died after an auto crash Friday evening on an icy turn two miles north of here. He lost control of his car on the gravel road near the Ralph Bente farm around 9 30 p m and the vehicle overturned. He was alone and died hours later at Mc Gregor hospital. Survivors include his mother Lydia Schoulte and his father Oliver both of Monona a sister Norma a basketball star and several other brothers and sisters.
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St. Olaf
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Oliver
Norma
Girl Fatally Hurt When Hit by Car in Des Moines
Eight year old Vickie Baker died in a Des Moines hospital after being struck Friday while hurrying home from a playmate's house. Driver William Hartung, 50, said the child darted from behind a parked car into the path of his vehicle. It was Iowa's first motor fatality on Christmas day, lifting the 1954 toll toward the 625 all time high.
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James Baker
William Ralph Hartung
Iowa
Veteran labor leader Joseph Mullaney dies at 83
New York reports the death of Joseph A. Mullaney, 83, a longtime labor leader, who passed away Saturday after a lengthy illness.
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