Red Cross access blocked in Korea truce talks
In Munsan Korea December 24 AP reports the Communist high command rejected Gen Ridgways appeal for Red Cross inspection of North Korean prison camps. Peiping broadcasts say Kim il Sung and Peng Dehuai deem inspections unnecessary, citing humanitarian treatment of Allied prisoners. Reds propose post armistice visits to aid repatriation, while pledging humane care for UN prisoners. North Korean Maj Gen Lee Sang Jo voices cautious hope for agreement before December 27.
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Munsan
Korea
High Command
Toflay
Matthew B. Ridgway
Red Cross
Peiping Radio
Kim Il Sung
Peng Teh-huai
United Nations Supreme Commander
Red Camps
Ridgway
W. W
Panmunjom
Tokyo
Ger
Lee Sang Jo
R. E. Libby
Lee
Murray Summons Steel Union Chiefs
President Philip Murray of the CIO United Steelworkers summoned the union’s top policy makers to meet in Pittsburgh. The executive board will convene at 10 a.m. and the wage policy committee session follows at 2 p.m. amid a national wait on Murray’s stance regarding Truman’s call to keep steel production going past the December 21 strike deadline.
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Pittsburgh
Philip Murray
CIO
United Steelworkers
USW
Murray
Truman
Christmas party blaze in Tijuana claims 41 lives
A deadly fire at a Christmas party in Tijuana killed several including a six year old girl and a one year old boy, with officials estimating total deaths around 41 or more. Most victims were among 300 to 400 attendees on the third floor as a blocked escape route trapped many, while 88 escaped and eight were treated for burns. The fire's origin remains disputed and authorities seek criminal accountability as the death toll potentially sets a national record.
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Tljuana
Mexico
Tijuana
Jose Garding Bustamante
Francisco Gastanoni Jr
Miguel Aleman Hospital
Gil Chidez
Bottle note seeds a nine foot Christmas tree
In Rockville Centre New York Arthur H Iles found a nine foot Christmas tree awaiting him after placing an empty whisky bottle with a note into the Atlantic. The crate bore the name Jim Campbell of North Sydney Nova Scotia though the note had no address or postmark.
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Rockville Centre
N. Y
Arthur H. Iles
Iles
Ties
Nova Scotia
Newifundland
Joe
Jim Saunders
Jim Campbell
North Sydney
N.S
West Frankfort Toll At Lifesaving 56 Hours In Pit
West Frankfort Ill Dec 24 AP one miner Cecil Sanders 44 Benton Ill was pulled from Orient No 2 shaft 550 feet down after 56 hours saving effort in the worst US mine disaster in 23 years the loss of 119 lives. Rescue teams found five miners believed to be dead as Morgue attendants reported a warm body with a final message scrawled on a board.
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West Frankfort
Ill
Cecil Sanders
Benton
United Mine Workers Hospital
Sanders
John HR. Foster
Orient No. 2
Raine
B. R. Williams
U S Wary of Red Ransom Tag on Four Yank Fliers
Four U S airmen were fined the equivalent of 30000 each and their plane 2047 confiscated by a Hungarian court for border violations amid a swift trial. Capt John O Swift Capt H Henderson Tiger Jess A Duff and Sgt James A Elam were forced down after their West Germany to Belgrade flight strayed into Hungary. The United States and Budapest reacted cautiously while noting the move as a calculated humiliation and recalling prior delays in Robert Vogeler's release. Relatives expressed relief at the sentence.
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Associated Press
United States
Hungary
U. S
Washington
Budapest
Robert, Vogeler
Andrei Y. Vishinsky
Ols
Contino Freed From U S Prison On Puget Sound Island
Accordionist Dick Contino was released from a federal prison on McNeil Island Washington after four and a half months for draft evasion. He left the island two days before Christmas with time off for good behavior and plans to travel to Fresno with relatives. He will be subject to induction after serving his term.
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Mcneil Island
Federal
Wash
Dick Contino
Puget Sound Island
Fred T. Wilkinson
Contino
Los Angeles
Fresno
Contine
Lost Tooth Reaches for Beer After Five Story Fall
A 26 year old waitress fell five stories from a hotel room on Welton Street in Denver. Doctors found only a lost tooth and facial bruises. Police say she leaped or leaned from the window while reaching for a beer can.
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Denver
Welton St. Westenday
Evelyn Marshall
War-Weary World Hails King of Peace
World Christians celebrate Christmas with mixed locales from Nazareth to Berlin. In Europe and Korea American troops host charity events for needy children. Eisenhowers at SHAPE plan simple holiday meals. Moscow marks New Year with festive trees and Ded Moroz, while religious services occur in the Holy Land for Bethlehem and Jerusalem pilgrims.
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Associated Press
Christ
Korea
Europe
Holy Land
Jordan
Bethlehem
Old City
Jerusalem
Israel
Nazareth of
Galilee
Jesus
Nazareth
Southern Baptist Church
United States
Germany
West Berlin
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Shape
Paris
Moscow
Spasso
U. S
Fulham
England
Santa Claus
Ded Moroz
Grandfather Frost
Kris Kringle
Local Page Reference Summary
A concise listing shows where various sections appear in the newspaper including Beach Combing on B-1 Boyle on 8-3 Bridge on A-T and classified ads on B-6 and B-7 Comics on A-5 Editorial Pages A-7 Financial Pages 8-4 Obituaries on B Radio and television Shipping on 6-5 Sports on A-3 Theaters on 6-3 Tides temperatures on B-5 Women’s Activities on B-2 Page A-4
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Boyle
Bradio
Weather Report Mostly Cloudy With Intermittent Showers
Weather forecast calls for mostly cloudy skies through tomorrow with intermittent dry spells or light rain tonight and tomorrow morning. Cooler temperatures expected. Winds light and variable, shifting to southwest or west at 10 to 18 mph late tomorrow afternoon.
Bethlehem call from Pope urges world to seek peace
In his 13th Christmas message since 1939 Pope Pius XII asks the world to turn to the Babe of Bethlehem rather than force of arms for true peace. He warns disarmament alone fails without abolishing weapons of hate and prestige seeking, speaking with a strong, intimate tone amid a divided world.
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Vatican City
Pius XII
Bethlehem
Jane
College of Cardinals
American GIs Visit Seoul Orphanage At Christmas
Three U S soldiers Pfe Sig Front Jr Gene Roberts and Lt Henry Glowacki visited Sam Sung Orphanage in rubble strewn Seoul delivering toys and Christmas food amid harsh conditions. They cried outside after seeing the aged children and the destroyed homes. The orphans receive scant rice two handfuls daily with no heat or light as Kang Su Pok nine carries her dead sister and other children suffer hunger.
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Seoul
Sam Sung
Santa Claus
Pfe. Sig Front Jr
Wheeling
Gene Roberts
Wymore
Neb
Henry Glowacki
Brooklyn
Kang Su Pok
Chunchon
New Spirit Seen in World by President
President Truman delivers a Christmas message from Independence Missouri noting a new global spirit of hope for lasting peace born from sacrifice and unity. He recalls 1941 dark days, honors servicemen, prays for divine guidance, and urges adherence to gospel and Bethlehem’s spirit toward peace.
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Washington
Truman
Independence
White House
Prince of Peace
Bethlehem
Merley
Cures Korean Type Disease With Anti Malaria Drug
Far East command reports primaquine given to all soldiers returning from Korea aboard troop ships. Drug treats Korean type malaria when parasites reside in liver or organs and is used with chloroquine. Army plans wider use across services as medical officers note its therapeutic role.
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Tokyo
Far East Command
United States
Korea
Fort Knox
Fort Benning
U. S
Sgt
Antolak
Marine Phoenix
M. M. Patrick
Cilmsbo
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Wilfred Burchett
Dean
Pyongyang
Berkeley
Associated Prass
King of
Bethlenem
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William C. Barnard
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