Bleak Christmas In Wake Of Fire Across Rankin Suburb
A devastating Rankin fire destroyed 14 homes and one school, damaged eight more, and killed two people including an auxiliary policeman. Firefighters from 40 departments battled the blaze for hours, with more than 200 firemen and Pittsburgh’s waterborne unit fighting the inferno. The blaze caused over one million dollars in damage as Red Cross and Salvation Army aid arrived. pockets of charity and relief emerged among the affected families. Funeral services are announced for a local club founder and survivor relatives are listed.
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Pittsburgh
Rankin
Jack Blazines
Red Cross
Salvation Army
Pittsburgh Fire Department
C. D. Scully
Monongahela River
Christmas Coal Gift Lifts Grimsby Ex-Fisherman
In Grimsby Alf Danford an 80 year old ex fisherman living on a tiny pension faced a bare Christmas. A half ton of coal was dumped in his garden by mistake. He reported the error to police and a truck arrived with more coal and provisions.
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Alf
Grimsby
England
Alf Danford
852 Blacklist By Japanese Officials Sparks Deportation Move
Tokyo police announced a blacklist of 852 foreign civilians accused of misconduct including 66 Americans. Aimed at deportation in 1958, the list targets foreign businessmen and missionaries with alleged smuggling, gambling and prostitution crimes. A second list covers officials with diplomatic immunity. The U S Embassy said it had received no notification.
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Tokyo
U.S
Japan
Toji Nakagawa
National Police Criminal Board
Justice Ministry
U. S
Nakagawa
Oswego Osteopath Fordyce Dies in Joplin Hospital
Dr. Fordyce aged 74, Oswego osteopath since 1916 and former Kansas House member, died yesterday in a Joplin Missouri hospital. He delivered thousands of babies in Oswego, including multiple generations, and was a charter member of the Oswego Rotary.
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Oswego
Kas
Dr. Fordyce
Kansas
Joplin
Kansas House
Fordyce
Widespread mild Christmas forecast by Weather Bureau
The Weather Bureau predicts mild weather across the nation for Christmas Day. Snow will likely remain confined to northern Michigan Wisconsin Minnesota and west mountain regions with above normal temperatures everywhere else. Wet and blustery conditions may persist in the Northwest and parts of the Southeast with snow flurries in the northern Rockies and Utah.
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Washington
Weather Bureau
Michigan
Wisconsin
Minnesota
Midwest
Tennessee
Oklahoma
Rockies
Utah
English language practice questions and answers
A set of five grammar and vocabulary questions with proposed answers. It includes corrected phrasing for a sentence, pronunciation guidance for perfidious, a misspelled word among options, a definition of palliate, and a Bla- word meaning clamorous.
East German pastors urged to stay amid terror drive
In East Germany the Evangelical Church orders pastors to resist a Communist pressure campaign aimed at mass exodus. About 150 ministers sought reassignment. 5,500 pastors serve 15 million church members as Bishop Otto Dibelius warns of a large scale exodus and discipline for those leaving without permission. Over the past five months roughly 20 clergymen fled.
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Berlin
Evangelical (Lutheran
East Germany
East Zone
West Berlin
West Germany
Otto Dibelius
East
Elvis Presley Draft Deferment Sought by Paramount
Memphis story says Paramount asked the draft board for a two month deferment for Elvis Presley. A Shelby County draft spokesman noted deferments require a written request from the registrant himself. Paramount planned to release Elvis latest picture while the issue looped through the process.
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Memphis, Tenn
Elvis Presley
Elvis
Paramount Studios
Shelby County Draft Board 86
Selective Service
Paramount
Tribune
Khrushchev Signals Possible Soviet Military Cuts
Khrushchev told a 40th anniversary session of the Ukrainian Supreme Soviet in Kiev that the USSR is studying possible reductions in armed forces. He cited scientific advances creating favorable conditions for cuts and warned that abandoning peaceful coexistence could lead to an atomic conflict.
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Soviet Union
Khrushchev
Moscow
Shchev
Moscow Radio Today
Russia
Communist Party
Supreme Soviet
Kiev
Fires Claim 11 Indian Children in BC Tragedy
Eleven Indian children perished in two separate fires in British Columbia. Six died when a Musqueam Reserve home in South Vancouver burned, while five others died in a blaze on Vancouver Island. Authorities reported the incidents as separate, fatal fires affecting Indigenous families in the same province.
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Vancouver
B.C
British Columbia
Musqueam Reserve
Vancouver Island
Miss Talmadge Actress Dies at 60 in Las Vegas
Norma Talmadge, famed silent film star with a career over 200 pictures, dies at 60 from a stroke at her Las Vegas home with Dr. Carvel James. Survived by sisters Natalie and Constance, she rose from Vitagraph Brooklyn to Hollywood stardom.
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Las Vegas
Nev
Norma) Talmadge
Carvel James
Joseph M. Schenck
Georgie Jessel
Natalie
Constance
Walter Giblin
Norma
Jersey City
N. J
Brooklyn
Vitagraphy Studio
Hollywood
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Oswego Osteopath
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Cach
Ueey Oney
Durham and
Jordan
United States Brewers Foundation
USBF
Hutchinson
Manhattan
Wichita
Middlewest Shipper & Carrier
Seed Dealers Association
Kansas Veterinary Medical Association
Kansas State College Extension
Kansas Press Association
Associated General Contractors of America, Inc
Association of Postmasters
Farm & Home
Valley Canvas Manufacturers
The
Kansas Division
Topeke
Lerry
Beachies China & Gifts
Best
All OF
Kenneth and
Louise Cole
Cole Motor
W. Main
Miss Talmadge
Chanute Tribune
Florence Turner
Norman
Imyunaro
Terrill
Coats
Mall Baby Dept
Brassiers Nitewear
For All
SPO
Chanute
Elks
Chanute, Kansas
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