World’s Happiest Christmas Since World War II
The 1959 Christmas brought broader peace hopes with Khrushchev agreeing to an East West summit in Paris in spring and a possible April 27 start. Despite global tensions in Algeria Iran Iraq India China Cuba and Malaya, widespread goodwill and religious observances, including services in Bethlehem Rome Moscow and Warsaw, marked the holiday. The Eisenhowers kept a quiet White House Christmas after a candlelight service.
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Associated Press
Earth
Nikita Khrushchev
Christ
Paris
Moscow
Poland
United States
Europe
Eisenhower
White House
National Presbyterian Church
Russian refugee Nina shares Christmas spirit by giving free meals
Nina Zazulin a 35 year old Russian refugee running a Brooklyn grocery gives free coffee and meals on Christmas Eve saying she is grateful for America's asylum. Patrons report generous giveaways and a line forming as neighbors note her kindness. Nina survived a Ukrainian birthplace and a German concentration camp before arriving in the United States seven years ago.
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New York
Nina Zazulin
Nina
Brooklyn
United States
Ukraine
Gunfire Kills Casino Owner in Carson City
Police in Carson City Nevada investigated the Christmas Day killing of Bill Duffin, co owner of the Senator Club, after six shots struck him as he entered his car near the Silver Spur Casino. Ruby Barker, 34, a former Senator Club employee, was held as a material witness and Eldon Barker was questioned. lie detector tests found no love triangle motive.
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Carson City
Nev
Bill Duffin
Duffin
State Capitol
Silver Spur
Senator Club
Bob Humphreys
Ruby Barker
Bill
Humphreys
Stewart Ends Fifty Years As Railroader
Robert E. Stewart of 319 S Lafayette retires after 50 years with Santa Fe Railway in Chanute. He started as a machinist apprentice July 5 1909, became machinist in 1913, with a break for U S Army service 1917 1919. He turns 68 next Saturday and plans fishing and hunting. Retirement gifts included a flyrod reel and fish line.
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Robert Stewart
S. Lafayette
Santa Fe
Stewart
Chanute
Tribune
Robert E. Stewart
Santa Fe Railway
U. S. Army
Christmas Sea Lion For Kennedy Children
Washington AP Kennedy family receives a 59 pound sea lion as a Christmas gift for seven children. Sandy caused a 24 hour tumble after delivery, escaped over a fence, then was recaptured and cared for at the Washington Zoo before returning to the Kennedys pool where he now eats daily.
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Washington
Robert F. Kennedy
Virginia
Senate Labor Management Committee
Sandy
Kennedy
Washington Zoo
Kennedy Pool
Fatal One Car Crash Near Colony On Christmas Night
A Christmas night crash on highway K57 near Colony, Kansas, claimed the life of Dorothy L. Summers, 38, of Emporia. Fellow occupant Jack B. DeWitt, 31, of Emporia, was in serious condition at a Iola hospital. Cause under investigation. The incident occurred shortly before 10 p.m.
Blind man recalls fatal hit and run in Pittsburgh
Edwin Dunhoff, a blind 50 year old man, spoke from his hospital bed on Christmas Day about the hit-and-run in Lawrenceville that killed his wife, also disabled by polio. He described the driver speeding away after striking the couple as they sold pencils for Christmas.
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Pittsburgh
Edwin Dunhoff
Dunhoff
Lawrenceville
Cold Weather Expected Across Kansas This Weekend
A West developing storm will end unseasonably warm temperatures in Kansas. The Weather Bureau forecasts a cold plunge with lows from 35 in Goodland to 56 in Chanute and highs from 51 in Hutchinson to 62 in Goodland. Light rain is likely to turn to snow with blowing snow in the west as skies vary from partly cloudy to overcast.
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Topeka
Kansas
Weather Bureau
Goodland
Chanute
Hutchinson
Kansas Traffic Fatalities Log Hints Holiday Period Deaths
The Topeka traffic death log reports 1959 48 hours to 9 a.m. 2 deaths during the holiday period with 541 deaths in 1958. A Christmas dinner at 701 S Lincoln hosted Turner and his guests including Mills and Dodd families.
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Topeka
Kansas
W. W. Turner
S. Lincoln
Turner
Dennis Mills
Joe
Mills
Keith Dodd
S. Larson
Monkey Runs Loose in Detroit Suburb Home
Roseville housewife reports a monkey wandered into her house from a neighbor's cage. The animal entered the kitchen, ate breakfast, and is now confined in a bedroom awaiting pickup by authorities.
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Detroit
Roseville
Wet Weather Across Nation Brings Snow and Slick Roads
Storms blanketed the country with snow and freezing drizzle. Central Gulf Coast, Florida, and Carolinas saw brief clear spells while Montana and higher elevations picked up snow. Salt Lake City reported new snow as patches of rain and drizzle affected vast regions from Texas to the Ohio River corridor. Temperatures surged in the eastern two thirds, with readings from near zero to the 30s overnight.
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Associated Press
Gulf Coast
Florida
Carolinas
California-Nevada
Arizona
New Mexico
Montana
Salt Lake City
Colorado
California
Canadian
Texas
Central Plains
Gulf of Mexico
Ohio River
North Dakota
Upper Great Lakes
Wisconsin
New England
Ottawa osteopath dies of heart attack at family dinner
Dr. Paul S. Hughes, 63, longtime Ottawa osteopath of 40 years, suffered a fatal heart attack during a Christmas dinner at a son's home in Olathe, Kansas, on Friday.
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Ottawa
Kas
Paul S. Hughes
Olathe
Travel Conference Set for March 18 19 in Dodge City
The Kansas Travel Business conference will be held in Dodge City on March 18 and 19. On March 17 the Kansas Centennial Commission will meet here.
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Dodge City
Kansas Centennial Commission
Freight Cars Are Burning
A derailment near Coaling Alabama left 28 freight cars burning after a Christmas night crash. Five cars carried manufactured gas and at least one exploded. injuries were reported. Fire crews faced heavy limits reaching the wreckage as Southern Railway sought to reopen the track by noon.
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Tuscaloosa
Ala
Southern Railway
Birmingham
Coaling
Here
Wasser
Quiet Christmas Holiday Reports Chanute Area Police
Law enforcement in Chanute reported a quiet Christmas with no major crashes except one. Manuel B Lopez 1118 Steuben collided with Charles Larson in a passing attempt near Lincoln and Ash. Lopez faced a DWI and leaving scene charge and posted bond. Two others on Christmas Eve, C E Bowman and Ulis Sutterfield, were charged with DWI and related offenses with Bond set at 150 dollars each.
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Chanute
Sheriff's Office
Highway Patrol
Lincoln and
Ash
Manuel B. Lopez
Steuben
Charles Larson
Lopez
Corvette
Plymouth
C. E. Bowman
Washington
US 59
Khrushchev favors Paris summit date shift
Khrushchev accepted a Paris summit but proposed April 21 or May 4 as alternatives to April 27, delaying Western planning. Eisenhower Macmillan and De Gaulle face remaining disagreements on issues to be discussed and possible conflicts with De Gaulle’s travel plans.
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Paris
Nikita S. Khrushchev
United States
Britain
France
Eisenhower
Harold Macmillan
Charles de Gaulle
Khrushchev
Moscow
Red Square
Macmillan
de Gaulle
Comeet
Commonwealth
London
Canada
Washington
State Department
White House
Holiday Traffic Toll Mounts During Christmas Weekend
Traffic deaths rise above last year as the Christmas holiday spans 78 hours counting 306 total fatalities so far. Weather and heavy traffic blamed. agencies urge extreme caution and note several deadly crashes across New York, Mississippi, Louisiana, Illinois and Texas.
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Associated Press
National Safety Council
Haverstraw
N.Y
Tchula
Miss
de Quincy
Joliet
Ill
Weslaco
Tex
Yuletide Greetings From Moscow
Radio Moscow in English sent a Christmas and New Year message to North America calling for a continued friendly exchange. The broadcast urged prayers for universal disarmament and protests against war supporters in line with statements by Soviet religious leaders.
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London
Radio Moscow
North America
Two Million Dollar Explosion Shakes Warsaw Ky
An explosion at a warehouse in Warsaw Kentucky caused about two million dollars in damage. Warehouse owner Jack Smith, 32, was burned from head to ankles. Twenty houses were destroyed and most of the town was damaged. State police deployed to deter looting as injuries were reported and investigators considered a gas furnace ignition. Smith reportedly told an ambulance attendant the blast occurred as he lit a cigarette. Fire officials cited heavy damage to the plant on U.S. 42.
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Warsaw
Jack Smith
Delmar Alexander
U.S
Howard Yandell
State Department of Public Safety
Smith
Kenneth Kenner
Murder suicide at home in Kinsley
Police say Raymond A. Smith 69 fatally shot his wife Carolina 63 then killed himself at their Kinsley Kansas residence. Sheriff Leonard Carlson said Mrs. Carlson managed to call a doctor before collapsing.
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