Travel Jammed Holiday Road Death Toll Mounts
Fog and rainblanketed travel routes across the eastern United States as the Christmas holiday began, with estimates predicting a record toll from traffic deaths. By 10 am EST, 16 hours into the period, fatalities totaled six in traffic and more in fires and other accidents, including a fatal three car crash near Clearwater Florida. Weather stretched nationwide from freezing drizzle in the east to snow in the central region, while police prepared for increased drunken driving enforcement as one extra holiday day raised travel risk.
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California
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Alabama
Texas
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Kansas
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Indiana
San Delgo
Calif
Weather forecast notes mild today with rain and storms
Forecast indicates mild conditions with rain and scattered thunderstorms today and tonight, highs mainly in the 60s and lows around 45 to 50. Sunday remains mild with rain and a 24 hour temperature summary ending 5 pm.
GHS Commercial Club Christmas Feast Reported
At the Grafton Senior High School Christmas party the Commercial Club outlined upcoming projects for the year. President Linda Summers Snyder announced January’s movie presentation Stars and Stripes Forever and a new door between the bookkeeping and typing rooms for February. The March dinner, April office equipment purchases, and May spring outing were also scheduled. gifts were exchanged and sponsor Sherman Haseldon received a present.
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Grafton
Commercial Club
Linda Summers Snyder
Charlotte Knotts
Sherman Haseldon
Clib
Maxine Sinsel
Judy Gray
Janet Sinsel
Bob Davis
Randall Murphy
Bill, Sharp
Ada Kemple
Nancy Fowler
Nancy Moran
Sandra McKeen
Katherine Walters
Pauline Taylor
Mary Jane Weltri
Mr. Haseldon
Apd
Helen Haller
They Exchange Huge Presents In Odd Gift Swap
Detroit resident Ray Eichler received a 2000 pound crate from Al Amos of Warren Pennsylvania sent collect for 75 dollars. Inside was an old Crosley ration wagon that Eichler says works if someone runs alongside and pours gasoline in the carburetor.
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Detroit
Ray Eichler
al Amos
Warren
Amos
Eichler
Fire crews operate dual crew system on city pumper
In San Pedro California two fire crews man a single pumper. One crew battles the blaze while the other feeds a garden hose into the radiator to cool the engine. The arrangement keeps the truck ready for continued firefighting duties.
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San Pedro
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Boy Who Killed Child Released
A 15 year old boy who fatally wounded David J Ford age 9 was released on a $1000 bond into his parents custody pending a Juvenile Court appearance on January 7. Sheriff Clarence Johnson called the shooting apparently an accident with some carelessness involved and said no charge was placed. Disposition will be up to Juvenile Court.
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Morgantown
David J. Ford
Ford
Monongalia
Clarence Johnson
Santa Claus Returns After Weekend Disappearance
A seven foot Santa Claus statue vanished from a Sherman Oaks front lawn last weekend and reappeared Tuesday with only a shinier pair of polished boots as the notable change. The mystery remains unsolved as residents watch for further developments.
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Sherman Oaks
Calif
Santa Claus
Santa
Christmas Closings Mark Day in Grafton Area
Residents of the Grafton area prepare for Christmas observance with a long holiday weekend. Stores, banks, and offices close Tuesday. schools reopen January 2. courthouse closes today at noon and reopens Wednesday. Traffic and travel peak as shoppers fill stores Friday night amid brisk turnover and plentiful stock.
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Bethlehem
Judea
First National Bank
City
O Nt
Greyhound Lines
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Grafton Sentinel
President Names Fact Finders On Rail Labor
President Eisenhower set up an emergency fact finding board to investigate a wage and rule dispute between the Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen and major railroads. The 60 day period aims to prevent strikes while the National Mediation Board assesses the situation. The board includes Nathan Cayton, Francis Robertson, and A Langley Coffey.
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National Mediation Board
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District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Francis J. Robertson
A. Langley Coffey
Sand Springs
Oklo
War Labor Ard
Nixon Urges Congress Study of European Refugees
Vice President Richard Nixon called on Congress to consider the whole problem of refugees not only those from Hungary. He spoke at Glasenbach camp near Salzburg Austria and said the U.S. immigration laws must be reviewed. Nixon noted the United States waived admission for freedom fighters while many Hungarians remained inadmissible. He planned a Kilmer New Jersey meeting with the presidential refugee commission and will report to President Eisenhower next week. He toured refugee camps with officials and praised the quality of refugees he met.
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United Press
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Austria
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Here
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Seizenheim
Gerald O’connor
Vienna
This Recipe Has A Kick
A Mississippi woman sent a check to renew her driver’s license. On the back she wrote a recipe: mix coffee sugar brandy and Jamaica rum, ignite, dissolve sugar, then add hot coffee and stir. The note reveals an impractical, dangerous plan.
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Jackson
Miss
Mississippi Highway Patrol
Three-Year-Old Locked in Filthy Room by Parents
In Grand Rapids Michigan a neighbor alerted police to a three-year-old boy found confined in an incredibly foul smelling room. Stephen Hickman was taken to a hospital as Grady Hickman and Doris Hickman face cruelty to children charges. A sister said another brother was locked up for a year or two. The door was wired shut and the couple offered little explanation.
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Grady Hickman
Doris
Stephen
Linda
Hickman
Cuban Invasion Planned by 800 Men Warned by Tiempo
Havana report says an attack on President Batista's government by more than 800 men is imminent under Dominican protection. The Tiempo newspaper, led by Senator Rolando Masferrer, warns of the planned invasion and notes his role as armed forces committee chairman.
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Fulgencio Batista
Tiempo
Rolando Masferrer
Armed Forces Committee
Cuban Congress
Rebels Still Rule In Remote Hungarian Areas
Charles TV reports in Vienna that Hungary's Soviet-imposed government claims to have crushed the end Russian revolt yet admits rebel control in remote Heves County and other areas. Nep Szabadsag says villagers ignore orders to disband and declare they are the only power. The Kada regime faces a miners ultimatum.
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Heves County
Budapest
Feves
Kada
Theyll Get Bang Out Of Christmas In Chicago
About 2500 Chicago residents will get a big bang out of Christmas after a novelty store sold that many exploding cigars in the last two weeks. The sales reflect a seasonal push as shoppers seek unusual gifts.
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Chicago
Innocent Convict Freed Before Christmas in Mistaken Identity
David Ribler, 52, released from Sing Sing after four years for a crime he did not commit. A U.S. attorney and FBI review found Ribler was mistaken for check forger Charles Rizzo, prompting new action. Nassau County will decide whether to prosecute Rizzo.
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New York
David Ribler
Sing Sing
Ribler
Nassau County
U.S
David Jaffe
FBI
Charles Rizzo
Rizzo
Mild Weather Graces Region With Springlike Warmth
Gray skies over Grafton gave way to unusually warm temperatures signaling early spring. Officials note winter began Friday at 4 p.m. yet readings climbed to about 60 during the day with 48 overnight and 58 at noon. Forecasters predict continued mild weather with possible showers and thunder tonight and tomorrow, with lows near 45 to 50.
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Grafton
Japanese Say Soviet Nuclear Blast Record
Tokyo reports Japanese scientists claim Russia may have detonated a nuclear device last week more powerful than any explosion since the Bikini tests. The highest atmospheric radioactivity ever officially recorded in Japan was measured from rain and fallout this week.
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Tokyo
U.S
Bikini
Japan
Cumberland man killed by car on Route 40 bridge
Ralph E. Hutzell, 42, of Cumberland Road 1, was struck while crossing a Wills Creek bridge on Route 40 near Cumberland city limits and died.
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Cumberland, Md
Ralph E. Hutzell
Cumberland RD 1
Wills Creek
Route 40
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