City Helps Oldsters Solve Troubles Have Gay Yule
Kansas City tale of Mr. and Mrs. Charles W. Schirlls who hitchhiked from Blackwater Missouri to meet their sons in Kansas City. After two car blowouts and a missing suitcase they reach City Hall where Mayor Bartle cheers them with Christmas candy and a $10 bill while police help locate the sons.
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City Hall
H. Roe Bartle
Bartle
Shall Junction
Schirlls
Leo Hood
Buzzards Spur Hunt For Missing Hood River Family
Mountaineers begin a canyon search after buzzards sighted near the 300 foot depth canyon about 15 miles east of Hood River. Ken Martin his wife 48 and daughters Barbara 14 Virginia 13 and Sue 11 vanished Dec 7 while collecting Christmas greenery. A witness saw the couple near an orchard Dec 7 and earlier a service station credit card record tied the family to Cascade Locks.
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Sue
Rupert Gillmouthe
Cascade Locks
Four Killed in Christmas Eve Car Crashes
Four people died in Iowa highway accidents on Christmas Eve with multiple others injured. Victims include James Maas a former Muscatine high school football coach, and Michael Bruce of Red Oak. Other drivers Vernon Coulter, Clyde Parish, and William Fandel died in crashes near Muscatine West Bend and Toledo.
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Muscatine
Clyde Parish
Rockford
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Harland Harris
Celon Co
Vernon Coulter
Reinbeck
Fandel
Edward J. Janssen
Rodman
West Bend
Janssen
Tenants Awarded Their Own Homes as Christmas Gift
Denver tale shows Herman J. Nonner, a 93 year old retiree, leaving eight families homes after his death. Lawyer Jacob Schaetzel recounts that Nonner used his modest means to ensure tenants would own their houses, a gift that brought tears and lasting gratitude.
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Herman J. Nonner
Nonner
Herman Nonner
Jacob Schaetzel
Looting Sweeps Southwest Side Homes for Cash Loss Over $600
A band of thieves raided 19 southwest side residences on Christmas Eve, taking only cash. By Thursday morning detectives logged losses at $608.70 with 9 homes yet to be questioned. Entries used a pry bar or door glass hole, targeting piggy banks and budgets.
Bank teller foils New York holdup as suspect flees
In midtown Manhattan a female teller at Chemical Corn Exchange Bank is threatened but drops to the floor and triggers an alarm. The robber escapes empty handed after a brief confrontation. FBI later questions a suspect.
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Times Square
Quiet Christmas For Eisenhower Family at White House
President and Mrs. Eisenhower planned a quiet family Christmas at the White House. Their son Army Major John Eisenhower, wife and four grandchildren were invited for a late afternoon dinner with friends expected. The couple would drive to Gettysburg farm Friday to stay through New Year’s as the President works on messages to the forthcoming Congress.
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Tojo Daughter Marries Jap Chief in Quiet Dec. 17 Union
The week old marriage of Mitsuo Tojo and General Shigeru Sugiyama was confirmed by the defense ministry after a Tokyo paper reported the union. The couple wed quietly on December 17, 194? in Japan as Hideki Tojo's eldest daughter tied the knot with the nation’s top soldier.
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Hideki Tojo
Japan
Mitsuo Tojo
Shigeru Sugiyama
Defense
Defense Ministry
Shelepin Named Soviet Police Chief
The Supreme Soviet confirmed Alexander N. Shelepin as chairman of the state committee for security, succeeding Gen. Ivan Serov who was removed December 12. Shelepin, former Young Communist League secretary, has been a central committee member since 1952.
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Supreme Soviet
Alexander N. Shelepin
Young Communist League
Comsomol
State Committee For
Ivan Serov
Shelepin
Party
State Security Committee
Hope Dims for Trapped Mushroom Miners in Belgium
Rescue efforts for 11 to 14 men trapped by a gallery collapse at an underground mushroom farm near Zichem Zunssen Bold ER Belgium entered a bleak stage after seven bodies were recovered by Thursday.
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Belgium
Christmas Day News From Around The World In 1961
Uncertain world marked by joy and prayer as Christmas observances span continents. Religious leaders urged inner peace for global harmony while Western leaders reinforced commitments to resist division. Bombardment of Quemoy paused briefly as observers noted holiday restraint.
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Equator
Holy Land
Jesus
Edwin T. Dahlberg
National Council of Churches
Morocco
U.S
Francis Cardinal Spellman
New York
West Germany
Recon planes stand by over Mt. Iliamna wreckage
Anchorage authorities report reconnaissance planes stood by Thursday for a flight over Mt. Iliamna after searchers spotted wreckage on a Wednesday search that may belong to a missing C 54 transport.
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Love Tricks Through Time From Clubs to Diamonds
A playful note on romance and games noting that the big change in love over centuries is the switch of trumps from clubs to diamonds. It humorously links courtship to card games.
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