Heroic Railroad Man Succumbs in Michigan Crash
Danse Michigan dec 17 a brakeman John Chapman 45 died from injuries after a runaway train wreck near Danse Lake Superior city Fireman James Bennett 40 also killed two others injured The train carrying copter logs and scrap metal skidded on a blizzard steep grade brakes failed due to a frozen line Chapman and a companion climbed atop the cars to set hand brakes but momentum prevailed the locomotive overturned and halted eight feet down the slope. Chapman’s partner Joseph survived with others injured
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Chapman
Lake Superior
James B. Bennnett
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Marquette
Joseph
Blind child in Woodward wakes after eye removal
Vernie Smith nearly three, born blind from cancer, awoke bandaged after doctors removed his remaining eye. A community Christmas party attracted 500 townsfolk as Cecil and Mrs. Smith prepared Vernie to adapt to life without sight with early lessons and a planned Seeing Eye dog to aid future independence.
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Woodward
Okla
Dec
Vernie Smith
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Oklahoma City
Cecil Smith
Drake and Engineer Broigan Injured in Incident
Drake and engineer John Broigan are expected to recover from injuries sustained in an incident. Both individuals were taken to a local hospital for treatment and monitoring.
Fire destroys central Honshu school sheltering thousands
In Honshu a night blaze at a central school housing about 3500 people left many homeless after an earlier fire destroyed 800 houses in Matsuoka. The schoolhouse fire spread quickly to nearby buildings with no reported casualties, police probing arson as a possibility.
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Tokyo
Honshu
Matsuoka
Kyodo
Income Stock Gift For Christmas From Investment Service
A Christmas gift idea offers shares in an Investment Trust Fund that pay dividends quarterly and are easily cashed. The notice lists several names connected to the service and invites purchases of Trust Fund shares for $50 or less in special gift forms.
Harriman Aims to Shape NATO Aid Strategy
Averell Harriman, Biden era foreign aid chief, returns to Washington to help set the size and use of U S assistance to Europe. He and Acheson favor greater flexibility to shift funds from military to economic aid and aim to boost NATO readiness by increasing economic support alongside military plans.
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Europe
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East German police desert to West Berlin for refuge
A survey by the United Nations high commission shows almost two battalions of East German peoples police have deserted to the West in 15 months, totaling 1837. In the last month 114 crossed into West Berlin, where deserters are granted haven as political refugees.
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