Evacuation of Hungnam Ends With 215000 Rescued
United Nations forces pulled 215000 troops and civilians from Hungnam, Korea, as massed Chinese and Korean Reds pressed nearby. Some 105000 allied soldiers and many civilians were evacuated in a secret, orderly withdrawal backed by naval and air bombardment. Maj. Gen. Almond said troops already began landing in Pusan as the city faced further Chinese pressure near Seoul.
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Parallel 38
North Korea
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Dunkerque
Edward M. Almond
10Th Corps
Pusan
World Stops Momentarily for Christmas Amid War News
Emotions vary as UN troops in Korea and others observe Christmas with services led by 42 Catholic and about twice that many Protestant clergy. In Bethlehem, Jerusalem, and Nazareth, Christmas rites unfold with dignitaries including Harold Stassen. Truman lights the national tree from Independence Missouri. Pope Pius XII closes the Holy Year by closing the Holy Door. Far East scenes mix joy and dread as troops in Korea seek brief gaiety, while Formosa sees cautious hope for a return to the mainland.
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Christiane
Christmas Without Snow Across Kansas and Missouri
A weather report notes a storm from eastern Montana may bring rain or light snow to northeastern Kansas and northern Missouri. Temperatures fall, with highs from 33 to 65 degrees, and clouds dominate Kansas while Missouri mostly cloudy. Miss Helen Pierson of Prairie View, Texas visits her parents and sister during the holidays.
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Missouri
Montana
Helen Pierson
Ridgway appointed to command U.S. Eighth Army in Korea
General Matthew Ridgway arrives from Tokyo on December 25 to assume command of the U.S. Eighth Army, succeeding the late Lt. Gen. Walton Walker who was killed near the front. Ridgway, 55, praises General MacArthur and pays tribute to Walker as he joins the fighting command amid fears of a Communist offensive across the 38th parallel.
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O. P. Weyland
Far East
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Normandy
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Sicily
France
Germany
18Th Airborne Corps
Senator Vandenberg Prepares to Return to Duties
Grand Rapids, Mich. Dec 25. Sen Arthur T Vandenberg a key figure in U S foreign policy is counting on returning to Washington next month after illness kept him from his seat much of this year. The 66 year old Republican has had two major operations since October 1949 and remains in Butterworth hospital over the holidays delaying his return.
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Arthur T. Vandenberg
United States
Washington
Senate
Michigan
Butterworth Hospital
Explosions Wreck Rural Mailboxes in Little Rock
In Little Rock Arkansas on December 25 three young men set off large firecrackers in rural mailboxes along a highway. Postal Inspector Sanders said 40 or 50 boxes were wrecked and federal charges will be filed after the Christmas holiday. Vatican City reports Pope Pius signed rites benefiting the Catholic world as the holy year concluded.
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Ark
UPK
W. FR. Sanders
Vatican City
Pius
Traveler Sees 22 Countries Happy in U S From Here On
Lawrence veteran Glenn L Kappelman toured 22 countries and logged 22 000 miles in a Renault car bought in Paris after World War II service. He visited France Belgium Luxembourg Netherlands Germany Denmark Sweden Norway Saarland Italy Austria Switzerland Yugoslavia Spain Portugal Morocco Tangiers England and more. He found Italy richer than expected and Spain poor with scarce water and many uniformed soldiers.
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Belgium
Namur
George Brichant
Ape
Lawrence Junior High School
Equally Divided on Popular Vote in November Elections
Washington reports the November 7 congressional vote split nearly evenly between Democrats and Republicans, with 40,351,862 total house votes and a GOP margin of 0.3 percentage points. Democrats gained in the east, midwest, and south, while Republicans led in 27 states for the house but trailed in senate contests in several states. Minor party кандидаты increased in the far west.
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Associated Press
SEE PRICES GO UP IN LAWRENCE AS HOLIDAY DEMAND RISES
Sugar and canned goods purchases surge in Lawrence over recent days. Dealers note heavier buying of larger packages, with some predicting price increases due to government controls and holiday demand. Shoppers and centers watch price quotes closely amid talk of voluntary controls.
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Lawrence
Suspect Held for Forgery in South Dakota Case
Joseph Campbell, 20, of Providence River, was picked up Saturday and held for South Dakota authorities on two forgery counts. He was found sleeping in a truck owned by a local resident Vishinsky Arrives in Moscow claims not fully coherent. text confirms Vishinsky's arrival from the United States after the United Nations meeting at Lake Success.
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Providence
R 1
South Dakota
Campbell
Vishinsky
Moscow
Andrei Y. Vishinsky
United States
United Nations
Lake Success
Christmas Tree for Mt Wilson Deer
A seven to eight foot evergreen atop Mt Wilson California is decorated with popcorn and cranberries fruit slices and marshmallows for the local deer. About 50 deer roam the area near the hotel observatory and TV stations seeking handouts from visitors and staff. Frank Bunn, a TV maintenance engineer, prepared the tree with the Santa Chaise assisting.
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Calif
Ideer
Beck
Spiker
Harney
Nan
Frank Bunn
Blaze engulfs tanker Esso Baltimore near New Orleans
A five hour fire on the tanker Esso Baltimore and two oil barges after a collision along the Mississippi threatened the New Orleans port. Firefighters poured water on the 80 ton capacity tanker, with crews accounted for and scuttling considered to quell the blaze. The vessel, costing about 3 million, was feared a total loss as explosions rocked the area and both riverbanks were secured.
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Esso Baltimore
Mississippi
W. S. Wright
William &. Smith
Wright
Jefferson Parish
Howard Dey
Pater
NO CHRISTMAS FIRES Danville Ind
More than 70 families in Danville and vicinity were without gas for Christmas dinners due to an explosion at a small gas line metering station ten miles northwest of town on the Panhandle Eastern Pipeline system. An emergency crew built a temporary line but full restoration was not expected until this afternoon.
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Ind
Everal
Panhandle Eastern Pipeline Company
Holiday Toll In Kansas Mounts With 23 Dead
A Christmas week holiday toll in Kansas rose to 23 with 17 traffic deaths and multiple other fatal incidents. Victims include Rev. Austin R. Follett of Topeka in a two car crash, and several others across the state from Augusta to Norton. Plane crashes, shootings, and injuries in traffic incidents mark a deadly holiday period.
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Aptateasea Press
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Austin R. Follett
Topeka
Austin L. Zink
Rushton
Kan
Claflin
Russell Riegel
Ford
Clifford Wilson
Wilson
Riegel
Augusta
Jerry Dean Fehr
Ronald E. Grissom
Frisco Railroad
U.S. Highway 140
Pitroburg
Willard G. Nesh
Fort Scott
Myrna Wilfians
Great Bend
Chester M. Enveart
Russell
Kansas City
Earl
Oliver Wilson
Ottawa
Melvin Docker
Ruth McMichael
Wichita
Ira Pints
Bue Mound
Blue Mound
Dorothy Hess
Holiday Snow Flurries For Dakota and Lakes Regions
Chicago dispatch reports Christmas brought limited snowfall only in the Dakota and Great Lakes region while the eastern half of the nation stayed cold and dry except Florida. The western half enjoyed mild skies and temperatures with the Pacific Northwest seeing more showers. Duluth Minnesota logged 10 below zero as the coldest reading. Chicago above freezing. other temps ranged from Boston 28 to Miami 59 and Seattle 48.
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Denver
Seattle
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San Antonio
Stone of Stone Taken by Thieves at Westminster Abbey
The 1100 year old Stone of Scone used in British coronations was stolen from Westminster Abbey in the early hours. The stone, weighing 334 pounds, has stood beside the coronation chair, symbolizing the English Scottish crowns union since the 17th century. A 1949 threat had led to extra guards.
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Westminster
Scotland
Scone
Perthshire
United States
College enrollments dip despite wartime veterans aid
Dr. Raymond Walters of the University of Cincinnati reports a drop of about 7.2 percent in total college enrollments and 9.4 percent in full-time enrollment, not mainly due to the Korean War. He cites last year’s veteran-dominated graduation class and a low birth rate in the early 1930s as primary causes, predicting tougher finances and a shift in nonveteran male enrollment as drafts rise. California leads in full-time enrollment with 39,492 students.
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Raymond Walters
Tr. Walters
University of Cincinnati
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School and Society
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de. Walters
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Columbia
Minnesota
Mii
Manhattan
Kan
Pi Onis
New York University
Leland David Bushnell
Ohiaj
University
Kansan State
Cole Jlere
Bushnell
Hill
Florence Warner Busknell
Christmas in Lawrence Brings Family Feasts and Gifts
The Lawrence observance of Christmas featured family dinners, church services, and pageants amid mild weather. Civic groups aided nearly 150 families with toys, food, and clothing while merchants touted strong toy sales. A mystery turkey found in a garbage can ten years ago remains unsolved.
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Lawrence
North Pole
Two Flying Officers Killed In Canadian Plane Crash
Two Canadian airmen Capt. Quinton Moore and J Poucette died of injuries after a twin engined DC 3 crashed in a pine clearing 20 miles north of Vancouver B C on Mount Okanagan. One survivor was removed as searchers recovered the bodies on Christmas Eve.
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Doucette
School Man Dies. Sedgwick County Superintendent 73
Benjamin W. Truesdell, aged 73, Sedgwick County superintendent of schools, died yesterday in Wichita. He began teaching at 16 and served as county superintendent since January 1919, reelected last month. Truesdell was a former vice principal at Wichita High School and East High for 30 years, and taught at Kansas State Teachers College and Friends University.
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Sedewick County
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Truesdell
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East High
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