Peace Hopes Bright on Eve of Joyous Christmas
World observers face Christmas with broad hopes for peace amid Korea truce signs and shifts in Soviet policy. France and Britain guard against insurgencies while aid pours to families and prisoners. U N carols and royal broadcasts mark the season as soldiers collect gifts and parishes plan midnight services.
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Spellman
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Holy Land
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Sohne
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Pittsburgh
Britain
France
Germany
Austria
North Star the new reindeer in Santa’s barn tale
A heartfelt Christmas note describes Santa discovering a newborn reindeer named North Star. Reindeer, elves, and Mrs. Santa share in joyous scenes with North Star cradled beside Mrs. Santa’s stocking. The voice signs off with Merry Christmas to all.
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Beria Executed as Treason Conviction Shocks USSR
Moscow reports Lavrenty Beria and six aides were shot by firing squad after a secret five day trial. The Soviet Supreme Court found them guilty of high treason. Beria, 54, once top Soviet interior minister and deputy premier, was arrested three months after Stalin's death and faced rapid denouncement. An eight man tribunal led by Marshal Ivan Konev delivered the sentence as mass meetings demanded death for the traitors.
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Soviet Union
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Georgi Malenkov
Ivan S. Konev
Train Plunges Into River in New Zealand Disaster
A Wellington to Auckland train with 275 passengers derailed when floodwaters washed away a bridge, plunging 20 feet into a river. Thirty one were hospitalized, 172 unaccounted, and fears rose that deaths could exceed 100. Prime Minister Sidney Holland traveled to the scene.
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Eisenhower warns France to approve EDC plan
President Eisenhower warned France that the United States will reappraise its European policy unless the proposed European Defense Community is established soon. The move follows France's election of Rene Coty as president and underlines U S reliance on EDC to provide peace and security for Western Europe.
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Eisenhower
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West Germany
Italy
Belgium
Netherlands
Obituary Notice for an 84-Year-Old Reader
An obituary note lists an 84 year old individual and references sections including Your World and theater pages. It appears in the context of a newspaper’s classified and feature listings. The entry is brief and non-graphic.
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Boyle
Faith Called Basis of Free Government
President Eisenhower in his first Christmas message asks Americans to join prayers for peace and thanks that no loved ones’ blood spills on battlefields abroad. He speaks of good will, blessings, and a divided world while urging prayers for unity and peace.
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Washington
Eisenhower
White House
Nixon approves Dean nab 3 claim truce talks walkout
Police claim a $7000 drinking spree funded by forged checks ended with the arrest of two Long Beach area men and a 23 year old woman. Raymond Hall Henry Branch and Marilyn Stine admitted passing forged checks mostly to buy liquor with Hall and Branch also saying most funds came from payroll checks stolen from a contractor.
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Arthur H. Dean
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Ariz
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Rita
Irenee
Record Coldest Morning Hits Long Beach Area
A 1953 cold snap drove temperatures to 24 degrees in downtown Long Beach with frost widespread across the Southland. Weatherman forecast a repeat cold spell near Christmas. Readings varied: Palmdale 14 Daggett 26 Riverside 31 El Centro 35 Santa Barbara 31 San Bernardino 28 San Pedro 44. frost damaged some plants and a Lakewood sprinkler clogged at 4 am.
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Turncoats Rejoin Other Red Captives
PANMUNJOM AP Twenty two Americans who left home to join communism skip a news conference. Three Koreans explain the shift and urge inquiry. The group plans a Christmas return to the main prison camp in the neutral zone with a special menu and athletic events. Their status remains undetermined as the Defense Department weighs open service, undesirable discharges, or desertion.
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Panmunjom
U. S
Washington
Defense Department
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B-47 Smashes Record for Santa
A U S Air Force 8 47 Stratojet bomber set speed records crossing the Atlantic from Limestone Maine to Upper Hayford England. Captain Russell Bishop of Riverside California led the 2500 mile flight in about four hours and 34 minutes carrying Christmas presents for the 22nd Bomb Wing.
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