Holiday Fires Kill 62
Fire wrecked Christmas celebrations across the nation leaving at least 62 dead and many injured. A Washington farm blaze killed Mrs. Ole Hollenbach and eight of her nine children, ages four to eighteen, with the father surviving. In Virginia, Horace A. Gray Jr and four other family members perished as their Windsor Farms mansion burned. Pennsylvania families suffered multiple child deaths in Wilkes-Barre and Braddock fires, while a father and son died in another blaze.
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Associated Press
Auburn
Wash
Ole Hollenbach
Horace A. Gray Jr
Windsor Farms
Richmond
Gray
West Virginia Pulp & Paper Co
Sng
Pennsylvania
Edward Degnan
Wilkes-Barre
Braddock, Pa
Pittsburgh
Robert Pletcher
Warmer Air Moves Into Eastern U S
A warm air invasion from mild southerly winds hugged the eastern third of the nation with rain in the Southeast and Northwest. The warming trend offered holiday relaxation for many parts of the East amid light to heavy rainfall in Florida and the Mid-Atlantic, with cooler readings in the Ohio Valley and Midwest. Port Everglades and Georgia saw notable precipitation. San Francisco area and Northwest reported significant showers, while a cold air surge reached the Central and Southern Plains.
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Associated Press
Weather Bureau
Ohio Valley
Midwest
Dixie
mid-Atlantic States
New York
Florida
Fort Myers
Palm Beach
Tampa
Port Everglades
Fla
Georgia
Alabama
Washington
Montana
California
San Francisco
Oregon
Hoquiam
Meacham
Ore
Clinais
Louisiana
Gas Tank Explosion Injures Fifteen in Yorkville Project
A butane gas tank exploded in the basement of a Yorkville apartment construction site injuring fifteen workers. About sixty laborers were changing clothes preparing for the basement work when the blast occurred. The tank powered a stove, used for a temporary kitchenette. One worker remained in critical condition.
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New York
Yorkville
Cone
Balloon With Four Aboard Reported Landed in Venezuela
Aerial searchers pursued unconfirmed ham radio reports that the British balloon Small World carrying four passengers landed near Pedernales in eastern Venezuela after a transatlantic flight from the Canary Islands. Civil authorities could not confirm the landing as night halted search efforts.
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Venezuela
Venezuelan — Communications Ministry
Jett
Colin Mudie
Caracas
Oinoco
Pedernales
Atlantic
Trinidad
British West Indies
Oscar Machado Zuloage
Civil Aeronautics Authority
Boal
Barbados
Thetis
Murie
Rowemary
Cook
Budget to Get Final OK for $215,226 Proposed 1959 Plan
The last news meeting at Carty is set for Tuesday at 7 30 in the Municipal Building to approve the proposed 1959 budget of $215 226. It reflects a raise from five to five and three fourths mills and includes rehire of the earned income tax unchanged. Transfers between departments will be examined and any surplus funds allocated where needed. The tentative budget adopted in November projected a year end balance of $9,550.45.
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Carty Ily Emel
Tranefer of Ferns
Varios
Smallpox Wave Hits Army Camp
An alarming smallpox outbreak in Europe Army camp city spreads fear as a 72 year old dies in Tudolfereht Clinte and several workers fall ill. Health officials close a local mine school and order mass vaccination for 128000 residents, exempting recent vaccin recipients. A US Army spokesman says hospital vaccination is planned for American soldiers and dependents to ensure protection.
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Kie S
Europe
Tudolfereht Clinte
US. Army
Salt Hospital
Cuban Pilot Defects to U.S. During Miami Flight
Cuban air force pilot refuses orders and defects aboard a Cuban airliner, flying to Miami after saying he would not bomb cities or kill civilians. He sat in front of the pilot and claimed orders to defect. authorities will decide if he will be admitted to the United States.
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Miami
Fla
Jost A. Croena
Meebyne
Chiba 1
Cresna
Havin
Crespo
Jack King
United States
Mavana
Minin
Parker
Sigport
Acho
Cuba
15000 Undelivered Christmas Cards in Hartford Address Issue
The Hartford post office has 15,000 Christmas cards that cannot be delivered due to incorrect or incomplete addresses and illegible handwriting. Postmaster J. F. Heneghan says the cards remain at the post office until addressed properly, causing disappointment for recipients and extra work for staff.
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Hartford
Conn
Tal
Joi F Heneghan
Tentative settlement reached in New York newspaper strike
A tentative two year pay package ends the costliest New York City newsroom strike after days of paralyzed presses. The deal, brokered by federal mediator Joseph Finnegan, raises weekly wages with a 3.53 increase in year two and adds a ninth holiday and three days of paid leave. Union officials expect ratification by members and presses to resume by Monday at major dailies including Times Chronicle Herald Tribune Daily News Mirror Journal American Post World Telegram and Sun plus others.
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New York
New York City
Sunilay
Joseph F. Finnegan
Mail and Deliverers Union
Asher Sehwant
Barney Cameron
Assn
The
Times
Herat Tribune
Daily News
Mirror
Journal-American
Post, World-Telegram and Sun
Long Island Star Dournal and
Doni Tskind Daily Pr
Youth Knifed In Fight At Record Hop
A 20 year old boy was stabbed leaving Dick Clark’s Teenage Record Hop at Sunnybrook Ballroom in Pottstown. He was rushed to Pottstown Memorial Hospital with a hypodermic abdominal wound and facial cuts. condition uncertain. Another 20 year old, Maynard Feng of Reading, signed a statement admitting assault with a deadly weapon and is charged. Police noted prior trouble between local groups. Clark had left the ballroom before the incident.
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Pottstown
Dick Clark
Sunnybrook
Robert Neatfer Mwe
Pottstown Memorial Hospital
Lower Pottseroye
Harry Chrush
Maynard Feng
Readine
Berks
Cheash
Chiash
Clark
Sid Deno
Foro
Swapybrook
Philadelphia
Leach Burned After Pipe Ashes Ignite Clothing
Charles W Leach, 88, was hospitalized after ashes from his pipe set his clothing on fire. Police reported the wind carried embers that caused burns to his chest and neck yesterday in Dallas.
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Dallas
Tee
Charles W Leach
Dulas Yester
Leach
Holiday highway toll pace nears record but may fall short
Traffic deaths rose sharply during a four day Christmas period with careless driving and speeding blamed. The National Safety Council warned the toll could still reach or near the 706 all time holiday high, but Friday reports suggested the pace might ease below the 1956 peak. An AP survey counted 41 traffic deaths, 106 fires, and 1105 in other categories, totaling 552.
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Tress
Wrafthe
Walt
US National Safety Connell
NSC
Associated Press
Lwwo
Denis
Three Indicted For Murder After Midnight Confession
Ventura details indicate Elizabeth Duncan 54 and two hired killers, Lis Moya 22 and Augustine Baldonado 25, were indicted for murder of Olia Duncan, 30. Prosecutors cite a midnight confession as key to swift grand jury action, with motive jealousy over the son’s marriage and a $6000 payoff.
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Ventura, Culls
Roy Gustafson
Elizabeth Dinton
Gustifson
Deny Trial To Goldfine Deny Trial To Goldfine
Boston AP Bernard Goldfine industrialist sentenced to three months for contempt seeks bail pending appeal. Judge Wyzanski grants bail, delaying final result until appeals court rules possibly after the January start. His secretary Wed Paperman also given bail pending her appeal after a concurrent contempt conviction.
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Boston
Eingland
Bernard Goldfine
Goldfine
U.S. District Court
Charles E. Wyzanski Jr
U.S. Court of Appeals
Abuidies
Goldfin
Wed Paperman
Uso
U.S. Internal Revenue
Washink
Washington
Goldie
Sherman Adams
Eisenhower
Adams
White House
Accidents Kill 33 In Canada During Holidays
A Canadian Press survey counts 33 accidental deaths in Canada during the Christmas holidays up to 6 a m today. Traffic deaths total 2, while drowning and miscellaneous fatalities appear in smaller numbers. The survey began Wednesday and runs through the holiday period.
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Canada
Special 7 Day Season Opens On Rabbits
Rabbit season opens for seven days as hunters face rough, snow covered fields and woods. Weather moderates but deep snow and mud slow travel for hunters and hounds, yet game protectors report plenty of rabbits remaining wary in icy terrain.
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Sumin Anid Jong-lezuved
Warn Civilians in Cuban Strife Reported by Government
The article notes civilians warned amid Cuban unrest as government troops press a rebel stronghold in Las Villas Province. Battles rage across dense districts, with heavy government strikes and a rush of weapons and ammunition to President Batista’s forces, while relief teams move through cities.
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DE Phicetas
Sydney
Saint Chiru
Las Villas
Iran Man 185 Age Dispute Triggers Medical Probe
Two doctors examined Sayed Ali Saleh Kutahi after claims of extreme age. They reported ages between 158 and 188, with health largely intact aside from vision and nerve weakness. The medical commission, led by Amar Hane and Abdul Wahibi, failed to confirm the elder claim and heightens controversy with neighboring entries about a 145-year-old claimant.
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Amar Hane
Abdul Wahibi
Tin
Rey Shirsawe
Maxanderan
Reds Burglarize Berlin Temple
Thieves stole from the Jehovah's Witnesses headquarters in West Berlin, taking money and 1200 residents names and addresses from files in East Germany. A spokesman said membership lists were kept in a separate room.
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Berlin
Pecruy
Communist Germany
Weal
West
Moscow radio paints US delinquency as moral decay
London based AP report says Moscow radio described juvenile delinquency in the United States as a symptom of capitalist decay. It contrasted with postwar Soviet efforts to handle youth issues, noting a past problem of unattended children and poverty while offering no deeper critique of current Soviet youth delinquency.
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London
Moscow Radio
United States
America
Moscow
Soviet Union
Tragic Bloomsburg Crash Claims Local Teen
A 16 year old Kulpmont resident Aaron Murmman died from injuries after a Sunday night auto crash near Bloomsburg. The vehicle ran off the road and overturned on an embankment. Murmman was killed instantly while passenger Robert Bindos survived.
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Bloomsburg
Kulpmont
Aaron Murmman
Robert Bindos
Blimdos
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Rosemary Mudie
Arnold Beaupre
Pifoart
Wimothy
Army Camp
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Ventura
Elizabeth Duncan
J. Ward Sullivan
Milly Lewis
Teft
Sullivan
Mrs. Duncan
Nant
Duncan
Lash
CHIRP
DLS
Oceanside
Rudolph A. Singer
the American Metal Market
South Nuasan County
Mass
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