Jackie's Home Returns Blind Philadelphia Boy After Christmas Miracle
Seven year old Jackie Foster, blind from cancer in one eye, returns home to a stream of letters and small donations after a hospital stay. His family, aided by relief payments, plans to save all gifts in his bank account. A hospital officer calls the response remarkable as support from across the country continues. Jackie requests blue glasses for style, while doctors joke they are rose colored.
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Russell Landstrom
Philadelphia
Jackie Foster
Jackie
Eugene
Wills Eye Hospital
Goodby
Browns Mills
N. J
Fosters
Foster
Palo Alto
Calif
Khrushchev Defends Hungary Invasion At Rally
Khrushchev defended Soviet troops' 1956 Hungary intervention in a speech to over 10,000 workers at Ganz-Magyar factory. He cited imperialist threats and recalled 1848 and postwar Greece as capitalist aid, praising Janos Kadar's leadership and reforms securing the regime.
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Budapest
Hungary
Nikita Khrushchev
Kremlin
Ganz-Mawag
Hungarian Communist Party
Soviet Union
Khrushchev
United States
Greece
Janos Kadar
UN urged slow action on Algeria peace talks
The United States and Britain warned the United Nations against actions that could jeopardize a peaceful settlement of the Algerian revolt. A group of 21 Asian African nations then introduced a mild resolution urging France Algeria talks on political issues and a cease fire. U.S. Ambassador Lodge urged careful weighing of de Gaulle and rebel leaders statements before any vote.
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United Nations
N. Y
United States
Britain
France
Algeria
U.S
Henry Cabot Lodge
Charles de Gaulle
Avalanche Kills Nine in Italian Alpine Barracks
An avalanche buried wooden barracks in the Ogre valley near Turin killing nine construction workers and injuring six others. Of 37 men sleeping there, 22 escaped by digging out. The workers were stationed to dig a hydroelectric plant tunnel near the French border.
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Turin
Italy
Macmillan Accepts Italy Visit Invitation
London AP reports Prime Minister Harold Macmillan accepted an invitation to visit Italy early next spring. The invitation came from Italian Premier Antonio Segni at the conclusion of their talks.
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London
Harold Macmillan
Italy
Antonio Segni
Record Mass Dive Off Alaska Sets Deep Sea Benchmark
In the waters off Alaska near Juneau the HMCS Fortune shielded mine sweeper divers using wet suits and breathing gear descended 175 feet. Led by Lt Cmdr Ben Ackerman the 10 man Canadian team spent about a minute on the bottom in what is believed to be a world record mass dive on Nov 24. The dive tested cold deep water viability and safety margins.
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Victoria
B.C
Alaska
Taku Glacier
Juneau
Fortune
Here
Navy
Cmdr
Ben Ackerman
Ackerman
San Diego
Bering Sea
Eisenhower to Renew Appeal on Steel Dispute
President Eisenhower signaled a possible government move to end the steel impasse if voluntary talks fail. He said he has urged both sides to settle and will renew the appeal in a nationwide address tonight. Mediators held separate sessions with industry and union negotiators as an 80 day injunction neared January 26. Joseph Finnegan, head of the mediation service, scheduled further meetings with industry in the morning and unions in the afternoon.
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Washington
Eisenhower
United States
Joseph F. Finnegan
Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service
Cuba Weighs Fate of 3 Americans
In Havana the military tribunal considered the cases of three American pilots held on counterrevolutionary charges. Prosecutors sought death for Frank Young and Rafael del Pino, while Peter Lambton faced a 30 year term. Trials occurred in Pinar del Rio and Havana with verdicts pending.
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Havana
Fidel Castro
Frank Austin Young
Miami
Fla
Cuba
Pinar del Rio
Rafael del Pino
Peter John Lambton
Nassau
Bahamas
Young
Lambton
del Pino
Rockefeller to Expand Tour Seeks 60 Action Before Decision
Gov. Nelson A. Rockefeller announced expansion of his Midwest swing to Oklahoma Texas and Florida with visits on December 16 17 and 18 He also plans December 12 South Bend December 13 St Louis December 15 Milwaukee and will reach Minneapolis the day after He hopes to decide soon on a possible bid for the Republican presidential nomination indicating this will be his last trip before a core decision.
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White Sulphur Springs
W. Va
Nelson A. Rockefeller
New York
Midwest
Rockefeller
Richard M. Nixon
Oklahoma
Texas
Flora
South Bend
Ind
St. Louis
Minneapolis
Milwaukee
New Hampshire
Five Year Old Woman Napier Run Down
Kingston police report Joanne Napier age five was fatally injured after running in front of a car on a city street. She is the daughter of Mr and Mrs Vernon Napier.
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Kingston
Ont
Joanne Napier
Vernon Napier
Adenauer backs April Paris summit with De Gaulle
West German Chancellor Konrad Adenauer, after talks with Charles de Gaulle, endorsed an East West summit in Paris in late April. He said both leaders agreed on major issues but did not specify a date or site for a summit.
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Paris
Konrad Adenauer
Charles de Gaulle
Adenauer
de Gaulle
Goodby
Elysee Palace
Nikita Khrushchev
Geneva
Michel Debre
Rooney and Paar Reach Truce After TV Clash
Hollywood report says Mickey Rooney and Jack Paar settled their on air feud after Rooney's hotel visit and a tense night of talk. Rooney, celebrating his fifth marriage, left Paar's show once, later agreed to return. Paar remained quiet. Rooney's manager demanded an NBC apology and threatened to sue, citing a hostile exchange over Ava Gardner.
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Rooney
Mickey Rooney
Hollywood
Jack Paar
Mickey
Paar
Associated Press
NBC
Barbara Ann Thomason
Ooney
Th Uest
Paur
Ava Gardner
Ava
Morse and Morse May Be First on Oregon Ballot
Adlai Stevenson and Senator Wayne Morse both publically disavowed candidates may appear first on the Oregon presidential primary ballot. Paul Myers says Stevenson petition signatures are ready. E G Neal may file Morse petitions in February. Oregon law requires officials to place recognized candidates on the ballot in a potential multi candidate Democratic primary in May.
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Slame
Ore
Adlai Stevenson
Wayne L. Morse
D-Ore
Oregon
Paul R. Myers
Stevenson
E. G. Neal
Salem
Morse
Eisenhower Seeks Peace Message Across Eleven Nations
President Eisenhower outlined the 22 000 mile tour to 11 countries aiming to prove the United States is a good partner in pursuing a just peace. He said he will use his remaining months to carry this theme and stressed negotiation over force as he plans talks with Nehru, Kishi, and other leaders, while seeking progress on nuclear test bans with verification.
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Washington
Eisenhower
United States
Nehru
India
Paris
Red China
China
Pakistan
Nobusuke Kishi
Japan
Kishi
Soviet Union
America
Nine Die and Dozen Hurt in Algeria Incidents
Nine people were fatally hurt and twelve others wounded in central Algeria on Wednesday. The violence included a roadside ambush near Dellys against a French school teacher and his Algerian escort, a hazardous device incident in Algiers, and a machine-gunning attack on a bar in Souma.
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Algiers
Algeria
Dellys
Souma
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