Bethlehem Pilgrimage Beset by Rain and Conflict
In Bethlehem rain drenches the eve of the pilgrimage to the nativity site. Explosions and mine-clearing along routes through Arab and Jewish territories mark a grim backdrop. Only a few hundred foreign and aid personnel are expected. routes open at 10 pm local time.
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Bethlehem
Jerusalem
Holy Land
Holy City
United Sins
Old City
Abdullah
Jordan
Jewish Jerusalem
Auto Demand Greatest In History In postwar era Detroit figures show booming production
The Automobile Manufacturers Association says replacement demand for cars and trucks is higher than any prior period, with 1950 production expected to match or exceed 1949's 6.2 million vehicles. Exports were down to 280,000 units as foreign dollars tightened, while payrolls reached a new peak with over 650,000 workers earning about 2.24 million dollars. Vehicle registrations at year end neared 43.9 million in the United States.
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Detroit
Automobile Manufacturers’ Association
United States
Auto Makers’ Association
Association
Connipeinedos
West Virginia Man Dies In Air Crash
First Lt. James W. Johnson Jr a B 29 pilot from Saeger is among 11 airmen who died in a B 50 crash near Savannah Georgia Relatives say he enlisted in the Air Force during the war and remained in service after the war He was survived by his wife Trula Williams of Grundy Virginia and a son He was a nephew of J W Strickier coal operator and Elbert Strickler of Landfraff McDowell County West Virginia
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Welch
Saeger
Savannah
Georgia
James W. Johnson
Saeger High School
Taeger
Trula. Williams
Grundy
Virginia
Johnson
J. W Strickier
Elbert Strickler
Land
Fraf
McDowell County
Bidault Faces Shaky France After Budget Confidence
Paris reports Premier George Bidault's coalition won a narrow confidence vote on the 2.257 trillion franc budget. The National Assembly backed the government 303 to 297 but major tax battles loom in item by item discussions, with former Premier Paul Reynaud challenging new tax principles.
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Paris
George Bidault
Bidault
Popular Republican Movement
MRP
Assembly
Paul Reynaud
Jewel thief killer Barry Holliday found dead in Virginia Water
Barry Holliday alias Fieldsend aged 54 was found shot in a hotel room. A cane gun lay nearby and detectives probed links to £100000 in jewels, including items linked to the Duchess of Windsor theft. The coroner recorded death by own action, noting a farewell note and a reputation as a dealer in stones. Authorities pursued underworld connections as more jewelry surfaced.
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London
Europe
Barry Holliday
Fieldsend
Virginia Water
J. Murray Robertson
Holliday
Ewers
Scotland Yard
Iit
Leasy
Duchess of Windsor
Sunningdale
Three Jail Habitutes Picked Up Again In Robbery Case
Three local men were arrested on charges of robbing Dorsey Tighe of West Grafton of his $64 billfold. Ray Smallwood waived preliminary hearing and is free on $500 bond. I W Coole and Raymond Brown remain jailed with decisions pending on preliminary hearing or grand jury action. The robbery allegedly occurred on November 30.
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Dorsey Tighe
West Grafton
Ray Smallwood
Latrobe Street
Taylor County Circuit Court
I. W. Coole
Raymond Brown
Blueville
Patient Shot In Hospital Bed In Kentucky
In Russellville Logan County a patient Buck Brown was struck by five bullets in a hospital bed and a soldier, Pvt William F Rhodes, was arrested on charges of malicious shooting and wounding with intent to kill. Rhodes, from Camp Campbell, reportedly visited Brown before the shooting and handed the gun to a nurse after fleeing the scene.
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Russellville
Logan
Homer Dorris
Buck Brown
Auburn
Kentucky
Reuben Kemp
William F. Rhodes
Camp Campbell
Brown
Rhodes
Soft Coal Loadings Lower For Last Week
The National Coal Association estimated last week 8,710,000 net tons of soft coal mined from incomplete car loadings. Production was about 490,000 tons below the prior week and 2,833,000 under the same week last year. The association set this year’s production at 412,698,000 tons, versus 580,785,000 by the same date last year.
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Washington
National Coal Association
Association
Judge Issues Restraining Order On UMW Workers
In Wellsburg circuit court Judge J J P O'Brien issued a restraining order against United Mine Workers District 6 led by Adolph Pacifico and Local 6231 Colliers. The injunction bars interference with the West Virginia-Pittsburgh Coal strip mine and attempts to disrupt employment or workers and their families. Testimony cited threats to bring in Ohio men to limit mining unless the union consented. Pacifico was absent.
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Wellsburg
United Mine Workers
J. J. P. O'Brien
UMW District 6
Adolph Pacifico
Bellaire
West Virginia-Pittsburgh Coal Company
Pacifico
Ohio
Nation’s Death Rate Drops to New Low in 1948
Washington reports the death rate fell to 9.9 per 1000 in 1948, with 1,033 fewer deaths than 1947. Heart disease and cancer accounted for nearly half of the total 1,444,337 deaths. Population rose to about 150,183,000 as of November 1, increasing at roughly 200,000 monthly.
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Washington
Census Bureau
Crewmen Two Stewardesses Escape Ship Fire
A blaze on the Norwegian freighter Fern Bay moored in Boston sent 40 crewmen and two stewardesses fleeing in nightclothes through smoke filled areas. One crewman was burned, the captain reached safety, and the loss was estimated at 100000 to 500000 dollars. The 8000 ton ship, 10 months old, arrived from Port Said with crude rubber and tea from Oslo.
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Boston
Fern Bay
Oslo
Norway
Port Said
Far Eastern
Snow Covers Much Of U.S. For Yuletide
Snow blankets the central United States shaping a Christmas Eve sleigh ride for Santa. Forecasters say a persistent cold snap will keep the band from Kansas to the Dakotas and into Wisconsin and Michigan, with new snow in northern Iowa and southern Minnesota moving southeast toward Illinois Indiana and Ohio by Saturday. The East cools toward normal after frigid days, while the Pacific Northwest faces rain and cool, unsettled weather.
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Washington
Santa Claus
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Iowa
Missouri
Michigan
Illinois
Wisconsin
Minnesota
Dakotas
Montana
Wyoming
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Utah
Iown
Ilinois
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Ohio
Pennsylvania
New York
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Pacific Northwest
Oregon
Kremlin Party Celebrated Stalin Birthday At Kremlin
Tass published a detailed account of a Kremlin reception honoring Prime Minister Stalin on his 70th birthday. The White Hall was filled with Soviet leaders, scientists, artists, and foreign delegates amid applause and tributes.
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Moscow
Kremlin
Stalin
Tass
V. M. Molotov
Georgi Malenkov
Klementi Voroshilov
L. P. Beria
Lazar Kaganovich
A. I. Mikoyan
Khrushchev
N. A. Bulganin
N. M. Shvernik
Kiger Girl Comes Home For Yuletide
Jeannine Kiger, 19, returns home from hospital to spend Christmas with her family after weeks in bed since late September. Her mother Mrs. Paul Kiger of West Main Street says the homecoming is a dream realized on a trial basis, with her condition hoped to remain good.
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Jeannine Kiger
Jeannine
Paul Kiger
West Main Street
Ste Kiger
Santa and Babe in Manger Take Spotlight
Washington observes Christmas with the president and family away for a long weekend. Truman plans to remain in Missouri until next Wednesday and will remotely receive the White House tree, then broadcast a nation-wide Christmas message. George Marshall issues a peace statement as world figures hear holiday remarks. Government offices close until next Tuesday while Budget Bureau staff prepare the 1951 budget.
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Washington
Truman
Missouri
White House
Independence
George Marshall
Budget Bureau
Congress
Trainees Form Local Farm Training Group Names McVicker Leader
At Taylor County Institutional on-the-Farm class on December 21 a new organization of farmers in training was formed to supplement existing groups. L Glenn Zinn, instructor, said the aim is to connect more young farmers with current organizations and aid their work. Officers elected for the group are to be announced.
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Taylor County
L. Glenn Zinn
Grafton Sentinel Skips Monday Holiday Issue
The Grafton Sentinel will not publish on Monday December 26 to allow employees to enjoy the holiday with their families.
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Grafton Sentinel
Sentinel
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