23 Die In Fires Across US On Christmas Eve
Fire tragedies across the nation killed 23 people, many children, on the eve of Christmas. Victims span St. Louis New York Indianapolis Davenport and other cities including a Clinton Iowa woman and a Manitowoc Wisconsin deckhand. Fire officials warn winter and Christmas heighten danger.
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St. Louis
New York
Indianapolis
Davenport
Iowa
Nashville
Tenn
Ohio
Clinton
Manitowoc
Wis
Warren
John V. W. Falck
Panama City
Fla
News- Herald
National Board of Fire Underwriters
Mrs. J. Frank Crawford Dies at 76 in Childress
Mrs. J Frank Crawford 76 died at Childress General Hospital yesterday evening after months of illness. Funeral services will be held 10 a.m. Saturday at First Methodist Church with Rev J O Haymes and Dr Clifton Tennison officiating. Burial in Childress Cemetery. Survived by husband two sons Gus of Holland and J Frank Jr of Ellensburg Wash, daughter Mrs R B Austin of Childress, three sisters two in DC and NJ, one brother in Fort Worth, and four grandchildren.
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J. Frank Crawford
Childress General Hospital
First Methodist Church
J. O. Haymes
Clifton Tennison
First Baptist Church
Childress Cemetery
Newberry Funeral Home
George Ce
Marvin Weir
LeRoy Reevyes
Charles Drake
J. T. Austin
Claude Andrews
J. B. Johnson
Harold Wright
Mrs. Crawford
Lottie Lowe Crawford
Medlothian
Texas
Gus
Holland
J. Frank, Jr
Ellensburg
Wash
R. B. Austin
Childress
Zora Bennett
Washington, DC
L. H. Snyder
Plainfield, NJ
E. L. Smith
Dallas
W. E. Lowe
Fort Worth
President Eisenhower to play Santa for three grandchildren
President Eisenhower will participate as Santa for David 7 Barbara Anne 6 and Susan 3 at the White House Christmas morning. Daughter Mary Jean is in the hospital and will miss the festivities while Mrs Eisenhower joins for a short time. The season mirrors homes nationwide with carols stockings and a turkey dinner as decorated rooms and extended family gather. Mrs Doud arrives from Denver and Mrs Gordon Moore with family plans to attend Christmas dinner.
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Washington
Eisenhower
White House
David
Barbara Anne
Susan
Mary Jean
John Eisenhower
John S. Doud
Denver
Gordon Moore
Northwest Floods Drive Thousands From Homes in Oregon California
Flooding from raging coastal rivers forces mass evacuations across at least five towns in Oregon and California. Emergency declarations cover California with 15 000 homeless and six figure damages. Reno Nevada also floods as Truckee river overflows city downtown. Guardsmen and 500 airmen assist. 10 dead and many missing.
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Oregon
California
Red Cross
National Guard
Goodwin J. Knight
Rad
Reno
Nev
Riverside
Mapes
National Guardsmen
Stead Air Force Base
Marysville
Feather River
Camp Beale
Air Force
Grass Valley
Nevada City
Wood Lake
Three Rivers
Tulare County
Civic Auditorium
Visalia
South Fork
Weatt
Eel River
Pilgrims Reach Bethlehem Despite Days of Rioting
Hundreds of Christmas pilgrims cross Israeli Jordan lines into Jordan toward Bethlehem on Friday amid earlier clashes. UN jeeps patrol the route as 400 Christian Israelis Arabs monks and nuns move toward Mandelbaum Gate.
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Bethlehem
Christ
Jordan
Israel
Galilee
Nazareth
Church of the Nativity
Next War Won In Hour Says Cannon After Maneuvers
Rep. Clarence Cannon declares that atomic war outcomes are decided in the air within an hour based on Sagebrush maneuvers in Louisiana where attacking air forces with simulated atomic weapons defeated the defenders in about 40 minutes. He notes air power and missiles as pivotal to defense budgets.
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Washington
Itp
Clarence Cannon
Missouri Democrat
House Appropriations Committee
Louisiana
Cannon
Paratrooper Survives Deserted Cascade Wilderness
Army sergeant John Horan of Maynard Massachusetts walked five days in sub freez ing cold with improvised snowshoes in the Cascade Mountains after bailing out of a stalled Air Force plane. He followed Lake Kachess to a cabin then to Rustic Inn Easton Washington where he was rushed to hospital.
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Easton
Wash
John H. Horan
Maynard
Mass
Cascade Mountains
Kelly Page
Horan
Cascades
Page
Lake Rachess
Here
Kachess
Nehru Plans to Probe West for Disarmament Talks
Indian Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru intends to sound Western powers about a possible East West conference on disarmament and a ban on nuclear tests. He seeks a high level meeting potentially during Bulganin and Khrushchev’s Britain visit, but won’t pin dates or assume mediator roles.
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London
Jawaharlal Nehru
Tehy
Nehru
Britain
Nikolai Bulganin
Nikita S. Khrushchev
United Nations Disarmament Commission
Offices to Close Weekend for Christmas Observance
State and county offices will close Saturday through Monday for Christmas. Stores stay open until 5 30 Saturday then closed through Monday. City Water Department will close at noon Saturday.
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City Water Department
Wings Postponed School Publication Due To Christmas Rush
The Wings from Kirkland High School will not be published this Friday and is rescheduled for Tuesday due to the Christmas rush, delaying the regular Friday Index appearance.
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Wings
Kirkland
Texas Enjoys Spring Like Xmas Weather
United Press reports a springlike Christmas Day across Texas with ground fog along the upper coast and low clouds in East Texas. Forecasters expected warm windy conditions in North Central and West Texas as fog along the Gulf Coast reduced visibility to three eighths of a mile at Corpus Christi and dust lowered visibility at Lubbock.
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United Press
Texas
West
Gulf Coast
Corpus Christi
Lubbock
Santa to Deliver Gifts at Elks Party Downtown
Santa will arrive by airplane at 1 p.m. Saturday at Childress Air Field and lead a gift distribution for about 180 to 200 local children at the Veterans Building. A second party at Rhoads School will serve roughly 50 Negro children with toys lunch fruit and nuts.
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Childress Air Field
Elks
James E. Ragsdale
Santa Claus
North Pole
Santa
Elks Lodge
Dick Bell
Woodrow Czewski
Air Field
Childress
Veterans Building
Vets
Rhoads School
Ragsdale
Ellis
J. S. Davidson
Thurman Gloar
C. A. Williams
Keith Johnston
Charles Harrison
W. B. Wallis
Jeff Davis
Homer Coats
Belves Bailey
Ardmore Sheriff Details Arrests Of Burglary Ring
Carter County Sheriff Enoch C. Watterson disclosed that six suspects were arrested secretly in Ardmore over 20 hours, breaking up a burglary ring with more than 60 offenses across southern Oklahoma and parts of Texas. Two suspects already waived extradition to Vernon for four burglaries. Habeas corpus hearings were set for two others, with two more awaiting proceedings.
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Ardmore
Oklahio
Carter County
Enoch C. Watterson
Oklahoma
Arkansas
Texas
Joe
Barbara Smith
Vernon
H. B
Zell Watkins
Jack Mitchell
Gale Hale
Watterson
Mitchell
San Quentin
Austin Services Set For Saturday
Funeral services for Mrs. Lucy Austin, 89, will be held at 3 pm Saturday at the Church of Christ conducted by Elder W. C. Whiteside of Bartlesville. Interment in the cemetery under Newberry Funeral Home. Pallbearers include W. J. Farnum, Tex Cobb, Mack Taylor, Lawrence Isbell, Howard Preston and Ray Whiteside. The former resident died Wednesday morning at Colton, California.
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Lucy Austin
Church of Christ
W. C. Whiteside
Bartlesville
Oklo
Childress Cemetery
Newberry Funeral Home
W. J. Farnum
Tex Cobb
Mack Taylor
Lawrence Isbell
Howard Preston
Ray Whiteside
Austin
Colton
Calit
Otto John Arrested in Germany on Treason Charge
West Germany detained Otto John, former head of the Office for the Protection of the Constitution, on treason charges after his 17 months in East Germany. Prosecutor Carl Wiechmann said John could flee and was held in investigative arrest in Karlsruhe.
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Bonn
Germany
Otto John
East Germany
Carl Wiechmann
John
Karlsruhe
J. Edgar Hoover
Washington
West
FBI
Weichmann
Office For the Protection of the Constitution
Federal Bureau of Investigation
East
Holy Land Peace Urged By Council
United Nations Security Council opened a Christmas recess urging Israel and Arab neighbors to refrain from hostilities. Council president Sir Leslie Knox Munro urged peace in the Holy Land and adjourned until further notice after Syria demanded Israel's expulsion and Israel rejected the move.
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United Nations
United Nations Security Council
Holy Land
Council
Leslie Knox Munro
Israel
Syria
World Organization
Munro
W. R. Collins Succumbs Today
William Rebel Collins son of Mr and Mrs Shelley Collins of Chil dress died this morning in Los Angeles California He was born February 21 1907 in Childress and moved to Los Angeles a welder Survivors include his parents three brothers John Collins Jack Arche and E H Collins and three sisters Mrs Ruby Matheson Mrs Bob Alexander and Mrs R C Parrish
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William Rebel Collins
Shelley Collins
Childress
Los Angeles
Calif
Collins
John Collins
Jack Arche
E. H. Collins
More Guided Missiles To Europe Boost West Europe Defense
The Army will transfer six Corporal guided missile battalions to Europe along with existing atomic artillery units and Honest John batteries. About 1,500 men will move from Fort Bliss in the next four months to strengthen NATO forces with missiles capable of delivering atomic bombs up to 75 miles away. The 40 foot long Corporal launches from a mobile rack and flies at several times the speed of sound.
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Defense
Charles E. Wilson
Cannon
Eisenhower
White House
Air Force
Washington
Europe
West
Army
Honest John
North Atlantic Treaty Council
Atlantic
Fort Bliss
Christmas Is Love Minister Sermon in Presbyterian Church
A Christmas message from a local minister urges love of God and neighbor, calling readers to find the Christ Child within and live courageously. The piece, the fifth in a series for the Jaycee Club, emphasizes making Merry Christmas a Christian vow.
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Presbyterian Church
Jaycee Club
Laundry Marks Tie Guard to Great Impostor Tale
Huntsville Texas prison official O B Ellis says assistant warden Benjamin W Jones left after being shown photos of Ferdinand Waldo Demara the great impostor. A laundry mark reading Demara was found, and Jones has not been seen since amid questions about his true identity and credentials.
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Tex
Texas
O. B. Ellis
Demara
Benjamin W. Jones
Ellis
Ferdinand Waldo Demara
Royal Canadian Navy
Dr. Jones
Bank
Washington
FBI
Alsays
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W. R. Collins
Christmas Is
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