Naples Christmas Pageant Draws 25000 Spectators in Canal Parade
A gaily decorated craft with rotors slid through Alamitos Bay and Naples Canals for the Naples Christmas Pageant watched by about 23,000 spectators. Santa, Vivian attendants, choir groups, and Sea Scouts manned boats sponsored by local clubs. Prizes went to R L Cannon and Robert Zietan among others.
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Helen Sherlock
Jerry Tosh
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Two PT Editions on Christmas Day Schedule Change
To give Press Telegram employees more time for Christmas observance there will be only two editions on Monday instead of four. There will be no Metropolitan morning edition and the Night Final edition will be eliminated. Regular editions resume Tuesday.
U. S. Christmas Joy Clouded by Fighting
United States preserves holiday cheer amid Korea war news as Americans seek home reunions. President Truman journeys to Independence Missouri for a quiet Christmas with family while Americans rush to stations and airports for travel. Bethlehem Pennsylvania lights a 90 foot star drawing 500000 visitors, and candlelight services occur in Hot Springs Arkansas and Montevideo Minnesota. An elderly couple opens their home to a pageant train arrives with gifts for two thousand children.
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Bethlehem Christmas Rite Tells of Ancient Prince of Peace
In Bethlehem a Christmas Eve ceremony older than memory of man will mark the birth of the Prince of Peace. A gold robed priest will lift the Christ image from the Church of the Nativity altar at midnight and re enact the gospel in the cave above the hollow rock as bells ring. Pilgrims and officials from Jordan and Jerusalem will attend the traditional procession to the Nativity. The Latin patriarch will lead rites at St Catherine with the midnight mass concluding the event.
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Eggbeaters Fly Far Into Hostile Zone
Fifth Air Force in Korea reports a daring helicopter rescue behind enemy lines. Thirty-five American and South Korean personnel, labeled escaped or released prisoners of war, were evacuated after a T-6 spotted distress signals in snow between Chorwon and Sarswon. Four flights ferried them to a position behind UN lines. pilots included 2nd Lt Clifford W. Brown and 1st Lt Charles H Field.
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Korea
Earle E. Partridge
Seoul
Chorwon
Sarswon
United Nations
Clifford W. Brown
Orlando
Fla
Charles H Field
Atlanta
Russell G. Winegar
Jackson Mich
Chester T. Kochan
Salamanca
N. Y
Harry J. Copsey
Estes, Park, Cole
Cold Wave Grips Northern Prairie and Great Lakes
Chicago dispatch reports a Canadian cold wave hitting Minnesota North Dakota and Wisconsin with northwest winds up to 50 mph. Temperatures plunge toward 10 below zero in northern Minnesota, 15 below by Christmas, and a holiday whiteout seems unlikely. Driving conditions worsen as the thawed snow refreezes, foretelling more severe Midwest cold by Sunday night.
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Yuletide Sun To Warm Long Beach Christmas Day
Long Beach will see sunny weather after fog tonight and tomorrow as the U S Weather Bureau predicts generally clear skies for Christmas Day. Temperatures will run cooler after a Dec 23 record high of 85 degrees following an early morning low of 41.
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U. S. Weather Bureau
Holiday Traffic Toll Reaches 268 During Christmas Weekend
The Associated Press reports 268 holiday traffic deaths so far, with 221 traffic and 47 miscellaneous deaths. California alone accounts for 12 deaths. The National Safety Council forecasts about 440 total deaths for the 78 hour period ending Monday midnight, a peak for holiday travel.
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833 in L. A. Arrested on Drunk Counts
Los Angeles police and California Highway Patrol logged a holiday drunk driving spree with 233 arrests for intoxication and 186 injuries in accidents in Los Angeles County. No fatalities were reported, but bail ranged from 20 to 1000 dollars as drinkers filled the drunk tank.
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Retired Texaco Head R C Holmes Dies at 76
Orlando Florida December 23 Ralph Clayton Holmes former president and chairman of The Texas Co. died at his winter residence in the city at age 76.
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President Reports World Rally Gains
President Truman said the nation is mobilizing moral and religious forces to meet an unprecedented crisis in a speech at a Christmas luncheon. He referenced Russia and Communist China as inheritors of violent history and asserted progress toward a safer world despite critics.
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Vanguard Advances Past Parallel 38 Near Seoul
Tokyo dispatch reports forces south of Korea’s 38th parallel advancing up to a mile as U S Eighth Army, under temporary command after its general’s death, braces for a major offensive toward Seoul. Chinese Red army leading elements in Ka… under MacArthur HQ confirmation.
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Seoul
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Red Army
Reds Free 11 Yanks And 25 R. O. K.'s
In Seoul Korea on Sunday December 24 Communist forces northeast of Seoul released 11 American and 25 South Korean prisoners of war. They were reportedly freed near the 38th Parallel with few further details. This followed a prior release before last month’s all out attack near the border of Red China.
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Korea
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Red China
Chinese advance rumors near 38th parallel in Korea
AP reports unconfirmed word that Red Chinese may have crossed the parallel two miles south of the 38th boundary. Waugh notes no large force yet but several small advance units may be moving toward the line. report remains unverified as of late Saturday night.
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Chogye
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South Korea
Associated Press
William J. Waugh
Body of Walker Flown to Japan to Lie in State
Tokyo dispatch reports Lt. Gen. Walton H. Walker, commander of the U S Eighth Army, killed in a jeep accident, flown to Yokohama where his body will lie in state. Gen. MacArthur and United Nations leaders met the casket at Haneda Airport as Col. Edgar T. Conley and Capt. Sam Walker accompanied the procession in Japan. Ridgway left Washington to assume command in Korea.
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Korea
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Edgar T. Conley
Yokohama
Washington
Yearald Ridgway
Four Die at Rail Crossing in Puente
Four persons, apparently members of the safe family, were killed when their car was struck by a Southern Pacific train at the Valley Blvd crossing in Puente. One victim tentatively identified is Salvadore Bianco Martin, 24, of Victorville. the others include a man, a woman, and a girl about four.
Christmas Cheer, Veterans Event Highlight City News
Daily briefing lists upcoming city events including a Christmas cheer initiative for needy families, entertainment at Veterans Administration Hospital tomorrow, and entrants announced for a Christmas lighting contest. Also notes debate on overtime law and various sections across pages.
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Sixteen Injured as Bus Crashes Into Tree Near Santa Rosa
A crowded Greyhound bus leaving on a Guerneville route crashed into a giant redwood tree 18 miles west of Santa Rosa. Sixteen people were injured, five seriously, and transported to Sebastopol and Guerneville hospitals as rescuers freed trapped passengers from the wreckage.
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