Eisenhower trims schedule to celebrate Christmas at home
President elect Eisenhower reduces engagements at his Commodore Hotel base to three visitors including Jack Connelly of Voice of America and Edward Jane way. He plans a quiet holiday at home away from Korea where John Eisenhower serves as Army major mounting a family gathering with three grandchildren.
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New York
Eisenhower
Korea
John
Highlan Falls
N.Y
Dwight David
Barbara Anne
Susan
Commodore Hotel
Jack Connelly
Voice of America
Hamilton Fish Armstrong
Foreign Affairs
Edward C. Janeway
South Londonderry
Vermont
John Roosevelt
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Adlai E. Stevenson
Roosevelt
Fisenhower
Monroney Warns Against High Tariff
Washington Senator A S Mike Monroney argued the new Congress should not abandon the reciprocal trade program as it expires June 30 and warned higher tariffs risk a tailspin. He praised Marshall Plan aid effectiveness in Italy and urged more trade while opposing broad new aid to Spain though supporting limited Point Four assistance.
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A. S
Mike Monroney
Congress
Okla Democrat
Europe
United States
Everre
Republican Congress
Monroney
Robert A. Taft
R-O
Senate
Italy
Spain
Oklahoma
Twins Miss Christmas Celebration
The separated Brodie Siamese twins will miss the traditional children's Christmas celebration this year. Rodney Dee remains in critical condition while Roger Lee is in a twilight coma after their surgery. At the University of Illinois hospital, doctors report no major change in three days as Christmas cards pour in for the boys and their parents.
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Chicago
Brodie
Rodney
University of Illinois Educational and Research Hospital
Royt Brodie
Lincoln A. Williston
Rescued From Stricken Vessel U N Warplanes Blast Big Red Troop Center
American warplanes blasted a huge Communist troop center near Chaeryong in northeast Korea destroying 40 buildings amid flames and smoke. F-80s hit Pyongyang airbase. Sabres clashed with MiGs, one MiG destroyed by Lt. John A Ferrera. Twelve B 29s attacked Tang bip offices, 80 acre depot. Allied air war continued as Chinese troops offered little resistance.
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Seoul
Korea
Chaeryong
Pyongyang
North Korea
John A. Inferrera
Watertown
Mass
5Th Air Force
Russell Christensen
Salem
Ore
Air Force
Danuel J. Fernandez
Miami
Fla
James P. Hagerstrom
Tyler
Tex
Jack E. Mass
Red Bank
N. J
U.N
8Th Army
Rescue of 150 as Champollion wrecked off Beirut
Captain B Radwan piloted a Lebanese motor launch to rescue about 150 people from the wrecked French cruise liner Champollion after it struck a reef in a gale near Beirut. Seventeen crewmen died while attempting to swim ashore with a lifeline. 12 year old boy casualty reported.
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Lebanon
Champollion
B. Radwan
Radwan
Henri Bourde
The
Alexandria
Egypt
France
Holy Land
Messageries Maritimes Co
Democratic Drift Warning Sparks Debate on Conservatism
Senator Paul H. Douglas warned Democrats they risk long-term loss if the party shifts right. He urged Democrats to be a progressive force, honoring Wilson and Roosevelt, and to avoid becoming a second conservative party like Republicans. He called for constructive opposition to Eisenhower and gentler political conduct.
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Washington
Paul H. Douglas
Illinois
Woodrow Wilson
Franklin Roosevelt
Douglas
Congress
Polley
Eisenhower
Democrats
Drippy Smog Grips Midwest with Fourth Day of Poor Weather
A drippy smog covers the Midwest for the fourth straight day with heavy humidity and misty rain in Chicago and nearby areas. Flights are reduced as weather slows operations, while travelers shift to ground transport. Sixty six servicemen abandon air travel for bus and train home from California to New York.
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Midwest
Chicago
Kansas
Nebraska
Minnesota
Dakotas
Wisconsin
Rockies
California
New York
Japan
Korea
State asked to dismiss suit over school integration
Atty. Gen. Harry McMullan asked a federal court to dismiss a suit by Person County Negroes against the State and local boards seeking admission of Black students to the county White schools. He argued the State cannot be sued without its consent. The action was filed November 5.
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Greensboro
Harry McMullan
Person County
McMullan
Person
Philadelphia man fatally killed in motorcycle collision near Walterboro
A 58-year-old railroad worker, Charles B. Walker, died after his motorcycle struck a passing automobile near Walterboro South Carolina. Walker died at Colleton County Hospital. sheriff said he appeared to be attempting to pass the car when the crash happened.
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Walterboro
S. C
Philadelphia
Here
Charles B. Walker
Colleton County
G. Haskell Thompson
Walker
Swansboro Receives Public Health Grant For Sanitation
Washington F Swansboro North Carolina gains a 68400 dollar grant from the Public Health Service to upgrade community sanitation tied to defense activities. A further 28000 dollar loan funds an interceptor sewer pumping station and a primary treatment plant for sewage near Camp Lejeune and Cherry Point bases.
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Swansboro
N. C
U. S. Public Health Service
Camp Lejeune Marine Base
Cherry Point Marine Air Base
PHS
Highway Patrols Relay Humidifier From Greensboro to Asheville
Ten highway patrolmen carried a liquid humidifier 200 miles from Sternberger Hospital in Greensboro to Asheville Orthopedic Hospital in three hours and six minutes. They delivered the device by 9 58 p m for Brice Harry a polio victim treated there. Dr Samuel F Ravenel had used the humidifier in Greensboro.
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Greensboro
Mercy
Asheville
Sternberger Hospital
Wake Forest News Chief Named Alumni Program Director
Chapel Hill announced the appointment of Tom Bost Jr of Wake Forest as director of the alumni annual living program sponsored by the University of North Carolina and the General Alumni Association. Bost, a Wake Forest News Bureau director since 1946, is a UNC graduate.
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Chapel Hill
Tom Bost
Wake Forest
University of North Carolina
General Alumni Association
Bost
Wake Forest College
Billy Graham on Western Front Korea Visits Troops
Evangelist Billy Graham flew to the Western Korean Front and addressed about 750 servicemen in an amphitheater near their outpost. He urged faith, noting the dangers of war and the solace of Christ, as artillery fire punctuated the moment and officers watched respectfully.
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Korea
Billy Graham
Graham
Christ
North Carolina highway patrol to work Christmas day
Patrol Commander W B Lentz announced the 530 officers will be on duty during the Yale holidays patrolling busy highways. Other state employees receive three days off, with patrolmen scheduled for time off later under a staggered plan.
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Raleight
Northarolina
W. B. Lentz
Yale
Lentz
Civic clubs aid 10000 NC families with Christmas gifts
The State Department of Public Welfare cited North Carolina civic groups for helping more than 10,000 needy families this Christmas. Three Lions clubs in a western county hosted 49 blind persons at a holiday gathering. Kiwanis Club organized a Yuletide party for about 40 children with a tree gifts and a radio broadcast.
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Civic Chin
Raleigh
Civic Club
State Department of Public Welfare
North Carolina
Lions Clubs
Western
Kiwanis Club
Enterprise Starts Holiday Web
The Enterprise will begin its Christmas holiday tomorrow at noon and press early on Wednesday to give employees an extra half day off. There will be no paper Thursday as the Enterprise observes its single non working day of the year.
Christmas Joy Raleigh Helps Ten Thousand North Carolina Families
It is estimated that civic clubs and individuals will donate over 100000 to brighten Christmas for more than 10000 needy North Carolina families. The extra aid will be distributed to carefully selected families known to county welfare departments and state officials.
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Raleigh
North Carolina
State Board of Public Welfare
Tourists Crushed by Avalanche in Austria Bus Disaster
In Innsbruck Austria authorities confirm 25 foreign tourists died when a tourist bus was buried by wind driven snow in a deadly avalanche. Rescue teams faced new blizzard warnings as the grim recovery continued.
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Austria
Innsbruck
Federal Institute For Avalanche Research
Davos
Switzerland
Langen
Arlberg
U N General Assembly ends fall session optimistic note
The Canadian external affairs minister said the UN compromise effort in Korea was not in vain, a view echoed by Lester B Pearson as the Assembly adjourned for Christmas. Communist China and North Korea rejected the peace offer, while Russia protested the Pongam Island incident.
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United Nations
N. Y
Lester B. Pearson
General Assembly
China
North Korea
Pearson
Pongam Island
Russia
Pongam
Central People’s Government
World Organization
U.N
Korea
Marine on leave bombs bar in New York. sergeant killed
A Marine sergeant on Christmas leave hurled an incendiary hand grenade into the Royal Flush bar on Manhattan's West Side, injuring ten and triggering a seven block pursuit before Sergeant Eugene McDermott was shot dead by off duty Officer Vincent Beckles. Witnesses saw two companions flee as bar patrons suffered burns and cuts.
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Manhattan
Eugene McDermott
West Side
John H. Orth
Orth
McDermott
Knickerbocker Hospital
Vincent Beckles
Tles
Royal Flush
Mark Sutter
Air Force
Beckles
John J.hurson
John Cahill
Cahill
Hurson
Stives
Hutson
Sutter
Weather report with temperatures and sun events
The forecast notes a low tonight and a high tomorrow at 560. Today’s high reached 44 degrees with a 10 degree low last night. Sunset is 4 10 PM and sunrise tomorrow at 7 28 AM.
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