Hopeful Wives Keep Bleak Yule Vigil for Crash Fliers
Navy wifes vigil on Christmas Day at Honolulu as search for 17 missing fliers from a four engine Super Constellation ends. Rear Adm. Dietrich orders planes and cutters to stations after all hope of survivors fades. Four crew rescued, two bodies recovered, winds hindered surface craft but aerial search aided by lifting clouds. Barbers Point wives console sisters as families cope with tragedy.
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Weather Belt Hit by Rain and Snow Across U S
Rain and some snow belted portions of the Central and Eastern states late Wednesday. Rain swept from the Texas Louisiana coast into the Great Lakes region, with Iowa Wisconsin and Minnesota reporting one to five inches of snow. Freezing rain and sleet created hazardous driving in parts of Virginia Pennsylvania New England.
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Woman Kills Husband in Cincinnati Slaying at Home
Police say Mrs. Francis Sparks, 32, shot and killed her husband Charles Sparks, 43, with a .410 shotgun through a broken door panel early Wednesday. The couple’s seven-year-old son was present as tensions from an all night drinking spree led to the fatal incident.
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Sparks
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Ball
Pope Blesses 60000 in St Peter's Square
Pope Pius XII blessed about 60 000 pilgrims in St Peter's Square from his apartment window. The 81 year old pontiff gave the papal blessing as horns and cheers filled the road. He attended a private midnight Mass and two other services that morning. The visit included greeting Vatican officials and Jesuit head Reverend John Janssens. The pope also received relatives and children, gifting rosaries and prayer books and showing a small Christmas tree in the loggia.
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Angelo Dellacqua
St Eugenes
Russia Raises More Dairy and Meat Goods
Russia reports higher outputs in dairy and meat as part of a campaign to surpass U.S. production. Central Statistical Administration said by mid December 1957 meat production exceeded 1956 by 400000 tons, sausage by 100000 tons, butter by 0 00 tons, and milk by one million tons.
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United States
Central Statistical Administration
Asvof Dee
Life of Riley at the Huntington Hotel and Beach
An ornate hotel advertisement promises a lavish oceanfront experience at the Huntington Hotel and Beach, detailing rooms with carpet, desks, and a dining area. It touts the Ocean Room with a weekly rate of 24 dollars, breakfast and standard dinners, and a private bath, all centered on a beachfront setting with telephone access and public dining areas.
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