Poll hints turndown in steel offer
Earl reports a union poll among steelworkers showing strong rejection of the industry offer. The National Labor Relations Board will conduct a secret ballot Jan 11 to 13 among about 600000 workers, two weeks before the cooling off period ends. Talks with FMCS yielded no progress as Eisenhower reviews the stalemate.
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Washington
Earl
David J. McDonald
United Steelworkers Union
McDonald
National Labor Relations Board
Joseph F. Finnegan
Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service
Eisenhower
Ike to deliver serialized goodwill reports after 22,000 mile trip
President Eisenhower plans a series of nation wide reports from a 19 day goodwill mission to 11 nations. The first report airs with his Christmas message at 5 pm ET on ABC CBS and NBC. He met with Nixon and steel industry officials before returning to Washington. He may speak again during the State of the Union. Mrs. Julia E. Baum dies at 101 in Syracuse nursing home.
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Kathryn Hartsock
Elmira Heights
John White
John Jr
Washington
Eisenhower
ABC
CBS
NBC
White House
Richard M. Nixon
James C. Hagerty
Hagerty
State of the Union
Congress
Nixon
Augusta
Storms lash Midwest and Northeast with heavy snow and deaths
A major winter storm swept from Iowa into Wisconsin and the Great Lakes, delivering up to 16 inches in Eagle River and 15 in Rhinelander, with 11 inches north of New York City. The Weather Bureau warned of continued snowfall and hazardous driving nationwide, contributing to multiple heart attacks and traffic deaths. A second item notes a Mexican brewery offering a $2400 prize for a new Mexican Christmas song.
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Associated Press
Iowa
Wisconsin
Dakotas
Great Lakes
Weather Bureau
Minnesota
Michigan
Eerses
Eagle River
Wis
Rhinelander
Ohio Valley
Mid- Atlantic States
New England
Chicago
New York City
Help Others Ike's Appeal To Nation
Eisenhower urged Americans to aid less fortunate peoples as a bulwark for freedom worldwide. He called generosity a prudent, enlightened act in America's own interest and cited his goodwill trip to three continents where he spoke with kings presidents and common people about a just peace.
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Ike
Washington
Eisenhower
America
Pilgrims Converge on Little Bethlehem For Christmas Season
Bethlehem hosts a surge of tourists as hotels fill and 100s arrive by air for the largest Christmas tourist season in years. Government tourism officials estimate 3000 more would come if accommodations existed. Arab Christians cross from Israel into Jordan for 36 hours as UNEF troops with blue berets take leave from the Gaza front.
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Bethlehem
Jordan
Jerusalem
Holy Land
Israeli
Israel
Scandinavia
Canada
United Nations
Gaza Strip
Egypt
UNEF
Area Pilot Chutes Safely at Wellsboro
A church bell known as New York's Liberty Bell rang for an hour in Wellsboro observing President Eisenhower's return from a 19 day trip abroad. The bell, cast in 1729 in Amsterdam, tolls from the steeple of Mid dle Collegiate Church on 2nd Ave at 7th.
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New York
George Washington
Eisenhower
Middle Collegiate Church
2Nd Ave
Amsterdam
Woman Has Twins Sixth Time
A 38 year old mother at Strong Memorial Hospital gave birth to her sixth set of twins, Gerald and Darryl, weighing 6 pounds 3 ounces and 6 pounds 11 ounces respectively. The odds against such births are 433 626 201 009 to 1. Both babies recovered after a transfusion to treat jaundice and infection. Three prior twin sets from 1942 died shortly after birth.
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Rochester
Strong Memorial Hospital
Ernest Kittleberger
Gerald
Darryl
Berlin Crisis Dims as Christmas Message Signals Hope
General Jean Lacomme, head of the French garrison and chair of Berlin’s Western commandants, said the Berlin crisis has not been fully solved but has lost some acuteness. He attributed the improved mood to the patience and courage of Berliners and the decisive actions of Allied forces.
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Berlin
Jean Lacomme
Two Carriers Back on Course Tow to Japan Declared Back on Track
Two decom missioned aircraft carriers resumed a westward voyage toward Japan after drifting for over a week about 600 miles south of Midway Island. The Canadian tug Sudbury towed Guadalcanal while the Dutch tug Clyde had earlier fixed a tow line to Mission Bay. The Elbe lost tow lines on Dec 15 in heavy seas.
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Honolulu
Japan
Midway Island
Sudbury
Guadalcanal
Clyde
Mission Bay
Newsboy Cited for Reporting in Hawaii War Year
The Hilo Tribune-Herald named Edward S. Quaintance its carrier of the year. With Kilauea quake activity mounting last November the paper printed a banner headline on eruption alerts and the carrier updated subscribers by writing the exact eruption time on each paper.
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Hilo
Hawaii
Hilo Tribune-Herald
Edward S. Quaintance
Kilauea
Edward
Freed Reporter Warns Cuba May Get Tougher
Miami reporter Jim Buchanan returning home after an 11 to 7 day imprisonment in Cuba warned colleagues the next arrested journalist may face harsher treatment. He said he endured questioning and sleepless confinement, not physical beating, and noted the court adjournment, relocation to Pinar del Rio, and a four page verdict delivered 20 minutes after trial. Buchanan cited publicity as a factor in his release and believed authorities had little on him.
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Miami
Fla
Jim Buchanan
Cuba
Buchanan
Pat
Miami Herald
Havana
Pinar del Rio
Yule Brighter for Ivy McCann Family After 1958 Tragedy
Ivy Lee McCann widow of 11 children in Elk Township New Jersey found Christmas 1959 brighter after a deadly log accident in 1958 and a fatal car crash the previous year. Her home was destroyed by a fire but hundreds donated money clothes food and support. The family now in a new home relies on 350 dollars monthly Social Security and unemployment. She expects to return to a Salem glass factory job after New Year.
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Elmer, N. J
Ivy Lee McCann
Yuletide
Joseph
Elk Township
Hanukkah Starts With Christmas Day Sunset Coincidence
NEW YORK AP The eight day Hanukkah festival begins at sundown on Christmas Day this year marking the third and last coincidence this century joining the lunar based holiday with the Christmas season. The Festival of Lights also known as the Days of Dedication honors the 2 000 year old victory of Jews over Antiochus and the fight against forced paganism.
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New York
Antiochus
Time Flies Inspires Court License Grievance
In Poughkeepsie James Fulton, 59, explains missing a driving license as a long habit. City Court notes a 15 dollar fine and a quip about time catching up. In Richmond Sheriff Cordell’s team faces a hospital blood request with all inmates volunteering. Ten prisoners in one cell block drew lots to pick five donors for a surgery, rewarded with extra cigarette rations.
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Poughkeepsie
N.Y
James Fulton
Charles O'Donnell
Plane Crashes In Rural Area Near Wellsboro
Duane Swimley of Knoxville Pa parachuted to safety after engine trouble forced a bail out from a single engine Navion near Wellsboro. He landed on a farm and reported no injuries though in shock. Officials continue to search for the aircraft as Mansfield state police and Wellsboro firemen assist in the investigation.
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Wellsboro
Duane Swimley
Knoxville
Swimley
Grand Canyon
Florida
Chemung County
Elmira
Mansfield
James D. English
Dean Hill
Mansfield State
Reopening Struck Plant In Albert Lea After Court Ruling
Wilson and Co. won a federal court order to reopen its Albert Lea meatpacking plant halted by National Guardsmen under Gov Freeman. The three judge panel ruled Freeman lacked absolute martial law power and barred the governor and Guard from interfering with operations. The UPWA has staged a strike since November 3 over work schedules and conditions, with massed strikers on December 9 and 10 prompting the guard deployment.
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Minneapolis, Minn
Wilson & Co
Albert Lea, Minn
National
UPWA
Freeman
Rudolph Ganz Marries at 82 in Chicago
Composer conductor Rudolph Ganz wed Esther Laberge at age 82. Laberge teaches at Chicago Musical College where Ganz serves as president emeritus.
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Chicago
Rudolph Ganz
Esther Laberge
Chicago Musical College
Ganz
Iran Cowboys or War Clouds? Forces Alert as Iraq Near Border
Iran alerts its armed forces after Iraqi Premier Kassem reportedly concentrates five armored brigades near Iran's southwestern border. Reinforcements rush to safeguard Abadan oil refinery as artillery, tanks, and anti aircraft units deploy along the Shatt al Arab amid growing tension and Soviet material support to Baghdad.
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Tehran
Iran
Abdel Karim Kassem
Iraq
Abadan
Kassem
Fakkeh
Abaan
United States
Central Treaty Organization
Shah Mohammed Reza Pahlavi
Farah
Caspian Sea
Shatt al Arab
Persian Gulf
Nehru urges peaceful construction to lift India
Prime Minister Nehru told Premier Chou En-lai that both nations should focus on peaceful construction to lift themselves from backwardness. He rejected Chou’s proposal to meet this Saturday to discuss their frontier dispute and said the withdrawal idea should favor India’s claimed territory.
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New Delhi
India
Nehru
Chou En-lai
Red China
Chou
Peiping
Ge Chou
Inside The Tiser Editorial Film Markets Sports
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