Crash Near Fredonia Leaves One Dead Three Hurt
A two car crash on Highway K96 five miles north of Fredonia killed Edgar T. Beall of Wichita and injured his wife Kay and daughter Patsy along with Mary Alice Higgins of Lamar Missouri. The collision occurred about 8:45 this morning and was investigated by Sheriff Charles A. Spohn and Trooper Bob Hazlett. The national holiday traffic toll rose to 68 fatalities by midmorning with 584 total deaths expected in the three day period.
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Edgar T. Beall
Wichita
Charles A. Spohn
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Patsy
Mary Alice Higgins
Lamar
St. Margaret’s Hospital
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Beall
Spahn
Highway Patrol
Bob Hazlett
Associated Press
National Safety Council
Wide Area Weather Covers Nation
Snow blankets northern states with dim prospects for a white Christmas in many regions. Snow extends from New England to the Rockies and into Pacific Northwest, with more falling overnight in parts of the Great Lakes and northern Midwest. Cold air pushes south, winds gust near 85 mph in Colorado Springs, and flood deaths rise to 22 in California and Oregon.
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Cut Bank
Bandit Takes 7370 At Wichita Bank Robbery
A Wichita bank robber escaped into Christmas shoppers after taking 7870 from Southwest National Bank in downtown Wichita. Teller Doris Meyers described the note demanding money and implied threat. the robber left on foot about 3 p.m. Bowden, the bank comptroller, reported the loss.
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Southwest National Bank
Doris Meyers
Floyd Bowden
Traffic Fatalities Reported In Topeka
Topeka records show 2 traffic deaths in the last 24 hours and totals for 1955 and prior years. One death from an earlier accident is newly recorded, bringing the day’s figures to include an additional late entry.
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Topeka
Kansas
Two Injured In Accident At Lincoln and Walnut
Mrs. Oliver H. Roush 55 of Humboldt suffered a possible collar bone fracture and internal injuries when her car collided at the Lincoln and Walnut intersection with a car driven by E. C. Woodcock of Kansas City around 10 40 a m. Their daughter Rebecca Ann four received minor injuries. Both mother and child were taken to Neosho Memorial Hospital by ambulance. Police investigated noting Woodcock traveled north on Lincoln while Roush went east on Walnut. Vehicle damage was reported to the front of the Woodcock car and the right side of the Roush car.
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Walnut
Rebecca Ann
Neosho Memorial Hospital
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Lincoln
Roush
One Killed as Three-Car Crash Injures Six Near Coffeyville
Forrest Stanley Smith of Caney Kansas died in a head on collision with Leonard Koonce of New Salem Kansas. Six members of Koonce and Miller families, including Carl Miller 37, Helen Miller 31, Karen Keeterman 10, and Carl Keeterman 6, were injured and hospitalized.
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Caney
Kas
Here
Highway Patrol
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Leonard Koonce
New Salem
Koonce
Carl Miller
Winfield
Miller
Helen
Four Reasons to Celebrate for Ethel Hammett
Oklahoma City story notes Ethel Hammett, an employee in the state Supreme Court clerk's office, has four reasons to celebrate tomorrow. Christmas, her birthday, her mother's birthday, and her parents wedding anniversary are all on the calendar.
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Oklahoma City
Ethel Hammett
State Supreme Court Clerk
Deadly blast at Oklahoma City produce house kills one
An explosion at a two story brick Janger Produce Co. building in Oklahoma City kills one worker and traps three, with about 20 others injured or shaken. Fire crews and ambulances rush to the scene as a nearby cafe suffers roof collapse and surrounding operations scramble to manage Christmas orders.
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Oklahoma City
Janger Produce Co
Harry Janger
Janger
J. C. Hawk
Keeping Christmas Spirit Through Yearly Life
The article urges Christians to keep the Christmas spirit beyond December, yielding to Christ, following His word, living daily for His glory, and witnessing to others. It cites Luke 2 19 and prayerful guidance from Rev Oldfield, ending with a note to call Tribune if not received.
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Smiles of Children Shine Across Europe During Christmas
In Frankfurt AP dispatch, U S troops report warm greetings to orphans and refugees as 70 000 German children are invited to pre Christmas events. Operation Candy Drop sends motorized Santa patrols to border villages delivering candy by jeep sleds and parachute drops.
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Weather forecast and past highs for Topeka area
Partly cloudy through Sunday with milder today then colder Sunday evening. No severe cold or white Christmas. negligible precipitation. Turbulent temperatures: highs in 30s to 40s, lows 15 to 30 in northwest to southeast. yesterday's highs reached 60s statewide and 70s in the southwest, with Wichita 39 to 53 this morning.
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Russell
Pittsburg
Average Family Income In 1954 About $4 173
A government Census Bureau report shows the average U S family income in 1954 was about 4173 dollars, about 60 dollars below the 1954 peak year but about 200 dollars above 1952. Farm family income averaged 2000 dollars, not counting on farm products used.
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Washington
United States
Census Bureau
Christmas Services at First Methodist Church
Christmas Eve services at the First Methodist include Silent Holy Communion from 5 to 7 p.m. and a candle light service at 11 p.m. Christmas Day offers church school at 9:30 a.m. and morning worship at 10:45 a.m. Rev Judd Henry Jones preaches on "The Greatest Song Ever Sung." No Vesper or MYF meetings.
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Judd Henry Jones
Flooded Areas Rebuilding Job Is Gigantic
San Francisco reports the Eel River gorge disaster as floodwaters wrecked homes and infrastructure. By Thursday the river rose rapidly, washing away houses and roads. by Friday water receded but communities like Eleanor Pepperwood and Ferndale remain isolated with wreckage and mud.
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Scotia
Ferndale
Christmas Observed By Christian World
Christians worldwide reflect on peace and goodwill as Bethlehem observances unfold amid tense politics. Eisenhower family Christmas plans change with Mary Jean’s birth at Walter Reed. Queen Elizabeth II and Pope Pius XII issue messages calling for peace and dearmed futures.
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Floods Drive 8 000 From Yuba City as West Coast Deluge Rages
The Feather River levee breach forces about 8 000 to flee Yuba City California while the Truckee floods Reno Nevada and Stockton California evacuations mount. President Eisenhower declares northern California a major disaster, with evacuees exceeding 20 000 in California and hundreds in Oregon and Nevada.
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Youth Injured In Car Mishap Near Chanute
Ray Bonilla age 19 from Forest was hospitalized at Neosho Memorial Hospital with a back injury after a car he rode in wrecked one mile north of Chanute last night. The car owned by Bonilla and driven by Jess Garza 18 of Little Mexico lost control while passing, struck a culvert end and collided with a parked car at the Ray Winder home driveway. Garza and passenger Frank Rodriguez Chanute were uninjured. the parked car sustained heavy damage. Sheriff Lee Montgomery and local officers investigated the scene.
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Forest
Neosho Memorial Hospital
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Bonilla
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Little Mexico
Ray Winder
Wallace Wayne Erickson
Savonburg
Garza
Frank Rodriguez
Lee Montgomery
John Phelps
Tom Morehead
L. R. Spencer and
Charles Record
Boy Dies in Accidental Rifle Discharge in Kansas Home
In Independence Kansas Stephen Harold Main aged 11 was killed when an old Army rifle discharged accidentally. The rifle was being shown by 13 year old Ronnie Eugene Pate at the Pate home.
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Independence, Kas
Stephen Harold Main
Ronnie Eugene Pate
Stephen
Pate
Christmas Tree Lane Lights Up for 36th Season
Alta dena's famed Christmas Tree Lane opened its 36th season with thousands of colored lights along Santa Rosa Avenue from Woodbury to Mariposa Street. Pasadena merchant Fred C. Nach lit the switch and Miss Elaine Laird, rose parade float queen, cut the ribbon as the mile long double row of Himalayan deodars was illuminated. The lights will shine nightly from 5 p.m. to 10 p.m.
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Uo Mariposa Street
Pasadena
Fred C. Nach
Elaine Laird
Altadena
Two Day Christmas Observance to Close Retail Stores Early
The Christmas observance will start with store closings at 5 30 p m today and Monday will be a holiday The Tribune will not publish that day The post office will offer Sunday service during the two days with no city or rural mail deliveries on Monday
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