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Christmas Observed Worldwide Amid War and Joy
Festive observances mark Christmas Eve from Lagos to Berlin with church services, gifts, and meals. In Congo and Korea troops share plum pudding and turkey as refugees suffer, while prisoners in Soviet hands may face austere celebrations.
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Lagos
Nigeria
United States
Mississippi Valley
Congo
Turkey
Leopoldville
Denmark
Francis Gary Powers
Pound
Freeman B. Olmstead
Elmira
M.Y
John R. McCone
Topeka
Kan
Barents Sea
Berlin
Poland
Hungary
Czechoslovakia