Soviet and United States Agree on Cultural Magazines
The State Department said the Soviet Union will resume publication of an English language magazine and the US will restart a Russian language magazine in non political cultural exchanges. First issues expected in three to six months, signaling a possible broader easing in East West relations.
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Geneva
Pope Urges Global Ban on Nuclear Weapons Tests
Pope Pius XII called for an international agreement to ban the test and use of nuclear weapons. In his Christmas address broadcast in 29 languages, he urged an effective system of inspection and control and warned of rising dangers from nuclear experiments. He said prohibiting tests and use should be part of a broader arms control pact.
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Slayer of Two Sought in Louisiana
Police probed a double killing in Alexandria Louisiana as a masked burglar shot Air Force Captain Edward Felkner and his father-in-law Frank Miller by a Christmas tree. Susan Felkner 4 said the intruder claimed to be her daddy’s friend and urged her to bed.
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Edward M. Felkner
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No tolls on Tacony Palmyra and Burlington Bristol bridges
The Burlington County Bridge Commission announced a Christmas present for motorists with no tolls collected on December 25 across the Tacony Palmyra and Burlington Bristol bridges.
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Pope to Deliver Annual Christmas Message From Vatican
Pope Pius XII will broadcast his 17th annual Christmas message from Vatican City at 4 a.m. CST, in Italian with English translation to follow at 5 a.m. CST. The Christmas Eve midnight mass from the Vatican chapel begins at 5 p.m. CST, with no plans for U.S. rebroadcasts.
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Reno River Flood Dams Downtown Business District
Heavy rain-swollen Truckee River floods Reno cutting the city in half. Five bridges span the river and only one remains open for emergency traffic. Casinos move dice and tables to upper floors as workers pile sandbags. crews fear crest higher than 1950.
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Arkansas Construction Up In November
New York based F W Dodge Corp reports Arkansas construction contracts in November at 14.714 million dollars, up 34 percent from a year earlier. For January through November this year awards total 131.957 million, down less than one percent from 1954.
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F. W. Dodge Corp
Paratrooper Survives Four Days in Cascade Snowbound
Sgt John S RSA from Maynard Massachusetts survived four days after leaping from an Air Force C46. He trudged through eight foot snowdrifts to a cabin and then to an inn 33 miles away where a doctor treated frostbite. He spoke of his Japanese wife Teruko and three children awaiting him in Seattle.
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Maynard
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Teruko
Seattle
Japan
Ft. Lawton
Horan
Snoqualmie Pass
Be Patient With Operators This Christmas
Washington advises the public to avoid cursing telephone operators when holiday calls fail to go through. Joseph A. Beirne, president of the Communications Workers of America, says circuits will be jammed and long-distance calls should be placed early on Christmas Eve. About 250000 operators will work at least one shift over Christmas and again at New Year.
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Washington
Joseph A. Beirne
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Gunman Held for Shooting Grocerman
In Harvard Illinois a gunman abducted a grocer, shot him dead, and dumped the body in a field. Robert Phillips of Rockford, about 28, was captured after fleeing in a panel truck and later confessed. police cited his stated cancer diagnosis and intent as motive. State troopers and sheriff's officers pursued road blocks and captured Phillips near Elgin without resistance.
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Val Mihalic
Elgin
Veteran Arkansas journalist John B Scudder dies at 40
John B Scudder, veteran Arkansas newspaperman, died at a Little Rock hospital. A Hot Springs native, he started at the Hot Springs Sentinel Record and joined the Arkansas Democrat staff in 1940. He wrote Backstage at the Capitol and became editor of the Benton Courier in 1953 until illness ended his tenure.
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Holiday Traffic Deaths Rise to 33 Dead Over Christmas Travel
The Associated Press reports 33 people killed in early holiday traffic as thousands take to the roads for Christmas trips. Ten deaths occurred in Cook County within seven hours, with overall conditions worsened by rain snow and fog across the region and states listed with fatalities.
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National Safety Council
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Massachusetts
New Hampshire
South Carolina
Texas
Virginia
Lonely Father Seeks Deserving Boy For Christmas Gift
A Denver father in sobriety sent $5 to the Rocky Mountain News asking the paper to select a deserving young man aged 12 to 14 to receive the gift. Welfare officials helped locate Arthur J. Nanstiel, 13, who wished to buy a Christmas gift for his mother but had no money. The gesture aims to aid a family overcoming hardship.
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Rocky Mountain News
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Alfred Nanstiel
Urying
Robber Returns Dollar After Taxi Driver Narrow Escape
In Laurinburg North Carolina a taxi driver William McCormick picked up a masked robber who forced him to hand over cash. McCormick said he had no money as he had just started work. The would be thief checked the driver’s story then gave back a dollar and ordered him to return to town.
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Yugoslavia Seen as UN Compromise in Middle East Crisis
Speculation grows that Yugoslavia could be the behind the scenes mediator for Middle East tensions as it prepares to join the U N Security Council with Cuba and Australia. Observers note the council delayed Syria's aggression charges against Israel until after January 1 when Yugoslavia seats, amid warnings of potential wider war if Israel reprisals continue.
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U. N. Security Council
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Israei
Two Rob Bank of Fisk Mo In Christmas Heist
Two armed men described as Matt and Jeff robbed Fisk Bank of about 35000 dollars yesterday. They forced three employees into a vault and fled in a bank employee’s car before switching to a second vehicle eight miles southeast. State police set road blocks near Qulin as they pursued a light green car. The suspects, one six feet tall and the other five feet, shouted Merry Christmas during the 40 minute captivity.
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Jeff
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Qulin
Missouri
Dial Number Hear Prayer for You
NORTH KINGSTOWN R I A pastor at the Quidnesset Baptist church records a Christmas message for a telephone line. Dial Turner 45829 to hear Rev Norman Townsend offer a brief prayer and the belief that Christ's birth brings love and comfort to lonely souls during the season.
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R. L
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Norman S. Townsend
Quidnesset Baptist Church
Cotton Head Warns U S On Japanese Export Plan
Winget president of the ACMI calls Japan’s proposed limits on cotton exports a timely warning for prompt U.S. action. He notes the plan aims to curb cheap Japanese textiles seen as a threat to American workers, with quotas set at about 150 million square yards of fabric and 2.5 million dozen blouses.
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Winger
ACMI
Penn Railways Strike Postponed After Negotiations
In Philadelphia a threatened strike by 22560 nonoperating Pennsylvania Railroad workers was postponed to allow contract talks to continue. The Transport Workers Union accepted the PRR pause, with a next session set for Jan 4. A presidential fact finding board’s wage recommendations, ranging 19 to 142 cents, will be reviewed during the interim.
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Pennsylvania Rail Road
Transport Workers Union
PRR
Card From a Man Who Never Forgotten Police Kindness
A Christmas card to Albany police headquarters from Low Branch New Jersey recalls 1933 when a troubled man, then a hobo, was treated with kindness by the department. The writer expresses gratitude for warmth and shelter and sends holiday greetings.
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Albany Police
Low Branch
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Money Sought To Continue Arkansas Teacher Education Program
The Ford Foundation has funded Arkansas in Teacher Education with over three million dollars in four years and requests 173000 for 1958 57 to keep the program through 1960 61. Dr Guy Curry says a decision is expected next month as the executive committee outlines staggered funding for colleges fifth year operation and committee activities with future grants tapering to just a few thousand dollars. The program moves toward state takeover and eventual discontinuation of the fifth year plan while Hoy Trowbridge of the Arkansas Experiment says the project is not dead.
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