Davis youths charged after two-vehicle collision at Holly and 4th
Walter A Davis 17 of 1403 Locust St is charged with disregarding a traffic light after his car collided with James A Davis 20 of 2207 Harrison St at 12 44 p m Friday. Martha J Goodwin 805 McCartney St NW reports a wrist watch stolen from her address at 3 p m Friday. Fire units respond Friday to three incidents including a truck minor loss on 6th Ave Johnston St at 10 37 a m 415 6th Ave SW electrical trouble at 11 06 a m and 1410 16th Ave SE grass fire at 12 27 p m.
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Walter Allen Davis
Locust St
James A. Davis
Harrison St
James Davis
Holly St
Walter Davis
4Th Ave
Martha Jane Goodwin
McCartney St
6Th Ave
Johnston St
16Th Ave
Yule Trees Split Berlin Wall As Lights Spark Hope
West Berliners placed 800 lighted Christmas trees along the Western side of the Berlin Wall while East German leaders denounced the display as a cold war maneuver. Families face separations, and cross barrier visits faltered as Christmas services and choirs adapt to the tense divide.
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Berlin
YALE
West Berlin
Europe
West
Communist
East
West Germany
We May Have A White Christmas Forecasted Flurries
Forecasters predict a White Christmas possibility with light snow in the forecast. Temperatures reach around 38 degrees as shoppers rush to finish last minute purchases before the holiday.
Remarkable Christmas Spirit Across the World
A guest editorial celebrates Christmas as a global force for unity and goodwill. It highlights holiday traffic, carols in multiple languages, world-wide services, decorations, and billions spent on gifts, all under the message of Christ’s birth and the hope and love it brings to mankind.
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New York
Fifth Avenue
London
Regent Street
Brazil
Germany
Canada
Near East
Bethlehem
Judean
Jesus
Abraham
Solomon
Mohammed
Socrates
Little Girl Remembers Near Death at Christmas Fireworks Stand
Donna McDowell 13 now remembers the 195? explosion that trapped her as an 11 year old, while looking forward to Christmas. Her father J C McDowell took her to a Piedmont fireworks stand where the blast left her injured but alive.
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Piedmont
Ala
Donna McDowell
Donna
J.C. McDowell
Katanga Cabinet Refuses Ratification of Unity Pact
Katanga Cabinet declines to ratify Tshombe kitona unity accord saying authority rests with the Provincial Assembly. observers fear the move signals potential rejection of the eight point pact endorsed by Tshombe and Adoula. UN reports of gendarme raids and Baluba casualties in Elisabethville fuel tensions as Adoula presses for central government enforcement.
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Peter Grose
Leopoldville
Congo
Katanga
Moise Tshombe
U.N
Cyrille Adoula
Adoula
Kitona
Bush
Elisabethville
Tshombe
National
United Nations
Baluba
Kenya
U.N. Congo
U S and UK Plan First Move Toward USSR Over Berlin
Kennedy and Macmillan agreed on Berlin as the first approach to the Soviet Union and to resume atmospheric nuclear tests. They authorized Ambassador Llewellyn Thompson to sound out Moscow and prepared for France to be approached after initial talks.
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Hamilton
Bermuda
Kennedy
Macmillan
United States
Soviet Union
Berlin
Palm Beach
Fla
Congo
Government House
U. S
Britain
U.S
Moscow
Llewellyn Thompson
Washington
Pearl River breaks levee at Flowood flooding plant
The Pearl River burst through about 30 feet of levee at Flowood near Jackson, Mississippi, flooding one of five nearby plants. Guardsmen and residents had just stemmed the flow with sandbags as the river reached all time high levels this week.
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Jackson
Miss
Pearl River
Flowood
Pearl
Indonesia and Dutch eye West New Guinea dispute flare
Indonesian air force conducts border war games around West New Guinea as Sukarno repeats demand for transfer of power and rejects self determination. Dutch planning rationing measures and emergency hospitals as negotiations with Indonesia loom with U S and U N role noted.
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Jakarta
Indonesia
West New Guinea
Sukarno
Air Force
Soedharmono
Ing Sukarno
Moluccas Island
Moluccas
New Guinea
West Irian
Hollandia
Red Cross
Piet J. Plateel
Plateel
India
United States
United Nations
Hague
30 Families Are Moved By High Water
About 30 families fled their homes as Tombigbee and Warrior river floods rose, with 100 total to evacuate by next Tuesday. The 402nd Ordnance Co. of the Alabama Army National Guard aids the effort near a housing development two miles northeast of town. Alabama 39 was closed north of Livingston. roads remained open in Marengo County.
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Jerome Levy
Civil Defense
Levy
402Nd
Ordance Co
Alabama Army National Guard
Marengo County
Highway Patrol
Livingston
Sumpter County
Car backs over 15 month old girl near Greenville
A 15 month old girl named Mitty Little was fatally struck when a car backed out of a private driveway on rural Butler County property near Greenville Alabama. The accident occurred today and the child died instantly.
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Greenville
Ala
Mitty Little
Highway Patrol
Butler County
Beautiful home gifts for 99 cents at Robinsons on Second Ave
Shopping late prompts deals at Robinsons on Second Ave with home gift items priced at 99 cents. Edv notes continuing offers for customers seeking affordable decor and practical presents.
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Robinson's
Second Ave
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Seures
U.S. Weather Bureau
Tion
Demopolis
Tombigbee
Val Ae
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