Monroney Proposes Federal Commission on Auto Safety
Sen. Monroney announces a bill to create a presidential commission to unify safety efforts, collect crash data, and propose nationwide reports, tests for interstate drivers, and possible federal funding for highway fixes and uniform traffic codes. He notes 38 800 auto deaths this year and 1 856 000 serious accidents. The panel would include governors, automotive groups, and legislators.
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Washington
Monroney
D-Okla
Senate
House
Christmas at Sea Dutch Leave Indonesia for Holland
More than 1 200 Dutch nationals board the Captain Cook and begin Christmas voyage home as Indonesia signals willingness to negotiate over West New Guinea. Authorities say about 9 000 Dutch remain. talks in The Hague and Jakarta hint at possible resolutions.
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Cook
Netherlands
Dutch West New Guinea
Holland
Indonesia
Subandrio
West New Guinea
Hague
Joseph Luns
Little Mike Returns To Little Judy
A Boston terrier named Mike returns home to Judy Grenor after a mix up with a second dog. Judy, age three, had stopped eating and cried, diagnosed as heartbreak caused by the missing dog. Mrs Erwin Perkins and her dog Mike discovered a lookalike dog following them downtown, ending the tale with Mike reuniting Judy.
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Tampa
Fila
Mike
Judy Grenor
Judy
Erwin Perkins
Man’s Body Washed Ashore Near Avon North Carolina
The body of Frank Lee Forrest III, 32, of Hampton Virginia, was found washed ashore four miles north of Avon. He was one of four crewmen missing after their trawler Sea Dog wrecked December 7. Forrest was identified by relatives at a Manteo funeral home and taken to Hampton. The other missing crewmen are Captain Eldridge Holloway of Pocomoke Ralph Gibbs of Hampton and Henry Abernathy of Gloucester County.
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Eldridge Holloway
Poquoson
Ralph Gibbs
Hampton
Henry Abernathy
Gloucester County
Prisoners to Receive Christmas Bonus in Mexico City
Prison inmates in federal penitentiaries will share 80 000 pesos as a Christmas bonus valued at 6400 dollars. The funds will be distributed among those working in prison factories and shops.
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Mexico City
Federal Penitentiary
Eisenhower Prepares Two Speeches For Monday
President Eisenhower spent December 21 working on two speeches for Monday. He took a brief golf break on the White House south lawn before resuming work. His main address at 8:30 p.m. EST will feature Dulles in a NATO summit recap via television and radio from the White House. The president and Mrs. Eisenhower will attend the 5 p.m. Christmas Pageant of Peace tree lighting.
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Washington
Eisenhower
White House
Dulles
NATO
Move to create a single Department of Science gains ground
Senator Hubert Humphrey says a staff study shows centralized control of space weapons and other research is needed. Senator Mansfield backs a single agency under the President to supervise missile and satellite efforts, as Kefauver pushes for a Science Department. Public hearings on consolidation to begin in January.
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Washington
Department of Science
Sen
Humphrey
D Minn
Senate
Government Operations Committee
Mansfield
D-Mint
Russia
Sen. Kefauver
D-Tenn
Senate Preparedness Subcommittee
National Science Foundation
Dulles Conveys NATO Summit as Peace Effort Gains
Secretary Dulles said the Atlantic Pact summit achieved much beyond military aims, strengthening unity and trust among allies. He noted NATO decisions covered political and economic issues and that the West can feel peace somewhat more secure, despite Russia’s disarmament stance and UN subcommittee boycott.
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West
Europe
Russia
Dulles
Moscow
NATO
Eisenhower
Paris
United Nations
Scott Convicted of First Degree Murder in Corpseless Case
A California jury found L. Ewing Scott guilty of first degree murder in the disappearance of his wife Evelyn Throsby Scott, a case built on circumstantial evidence. He faces potential death by gas chamber or life imprisonment after a trial that ran 11 weeks with 125 witnesses and no defense testimony.
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Los Angeles
L. Ewing Scott
Evelyn Throsby Scott
Scott
P. Basil Lambros
San Quen
J. Miller Leavy
United States
Leavy
California
Ray Cullen
Riverside
Superior Court
O. K. Morton
Cullen
San Quentin
Khrushchev Dares West To Agree On Disarmament
In Moscow the Soviet leadership challenged the West to sign a no war pact and back an international disarmament conference. Gromyko rejected NATO plans for a foreign ministers conference as useless, accusing Western leaders of stalling and misleadng the public. Khrushchev urged choosing the system with the better life for its people.
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Moscow
NATO
Communist Party
Nikita Khrushchev
Andrei Gromyko
Soviet Union
United Nations
Paris
Gromyko
Dulles
Christmas Story Told By Luke Appears On Page 1-C
The Christmas narrative from Saint Luke appears in color on Page 1-C. Local news starts on Page 2-C with reports from the city and surrounding area.
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Saint Luke
Luke Records Mary Visited by Luke in Quest for Mary
George Cornell portrays Luke seeking Mary’s account of Jesus birth and early life as he travels from Nazareth to Capernaum. The scene moves through Magdala to Capernum where John the apostle tends nets and Mary may reside, the story ending with a question on page two.
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God
Luke
Jesus
Mary
Nazareth
Capernaum
Grant
Lake
Magdala
Lords
John
Deputies Halt Big Cock Fight Near Travelers Rest
Deputies stopped a large cock fight near Travelers Rest Greenville count. A total of 162 men from the Carolinas Virginia Georgia and Tennessee were arrested. Thirteen escaped. Each arrestee posted a five dollar bond totaling 810 dollars.
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Greenville
S.C
Travelers Rest
Carolinas
Virginia
Georgia
Tennessee
Western push for disarmament session faces Western-Soviet rift
Western diplomats see no need for a special United Nations General Assembly disarmament session but acknowledge the Russians could push for one. Moscow signals demand for a special session while Western officials warn such talks would harden positions before any US-Soviet accord.
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United Nations
N.Y
U.N. General Assembly
Soviet Union
United States
Andrei Gromyko
Moscow
General Assembly
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