Cohen Denies Tie in Texas Fight Fix Case
Former Los Angeles underworld figure Mickey Cohen appeared at the district attorney's office to answer questions about a purported attempt to fix the Art Aragon versus Goldstein bout in San Antonio last week. He was to be questioned about a Hollywood fistfight with Henry Maltin at Schwab's drugstore and denied any connection to the alleged fix, calling the report ridiculous and noting Aragon pulled out of the San Antonio fight.
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Mickey Colon
District Attorney's Office
Texas
Hollywood
Ohetime
Los Angeles Underworld
Grand Jury
Dist
Atty
William B. McKesson
San Antonio
Tex
Cohen
Goldstein
Aragon
Maltin
Chou to See Poland in January
London based radio reported Chinese Premier Chou Enlai will visit Poland in mid January. The move follows Moscow announcements and signals possible talks with Poland’s new nationalist communist government amid East Bloc tensions. Observers wonder if Chou will also visit other Eastern European states and whether Hungary might be included.
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Warsaw_ radio
Chou Ewai
Poland
Eatter
Chou
Moscow
Kremlin
Chau
China
Hungary
Warsaw
Pensioner in Hospital Gives $1 for Cheer
Oklahoma City reports 67 year old Mrs. Mable Pearson, long in hospital for Christmas holidays, offered a dollar to help with emergency needs of others. Her only income is an old age pension.
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Oklahoma City
Mable Pearson
Seek New Lives in U S 38 Iron Curtain Olympians
Seventeen athletes officials and journalists from Hungary and Romania arrive in San Francisco seeking new lives in the United States. Gov Knight welcomes 34 Hungarians and four Romanians amid a fanfare reception. The group plans to move to Seattle then New York, with several remaining in the Bay Area for Christmas Eve private arrangements.
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Tron Curtain Oympic
United States
Australia
Goodwin J. Knight
Hag
Hungary
Jepaches
Missy Ordough
San Francisco Bay Area
Famiilies
New York
United Air] Lines
States Department
Yetugeés
Troma
Austria
Where to Find It In The Newspaper
A reader guide lists sections and page numbers for Pope Ping statements on war morality and self defense, attacks on communism, and features by Hal Boyle. The notice references editorial and sports pages, theater listings, tides and temperatures, TV radio, vital statistics, and various columns across pages A-2 to B-4 and beyond.
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Pope Ping
Hal Boyle
Orasaworu
Wilson
Nixon Back From Refugee Survey Trip
Vice President Nixon returned from a six day study of the Hungarian refugee problem in Austria. He declared international communism has suffered a mortal blow and pledged to present specific recommendations to President Eisenhower on helping 175 000 Hungarians find homes in the United States. Nixon noted he may visit Camp Kilmer and consider opening borders beyond the already agreed 21 500 but offered no firm decision.
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Patricia Nixon
United States
Washington, D. C
Austria
Nixon
Associated Press
Washington
Eisenhower
Hungary
Camp Kilmer
Aids
Kilmer
National
Soviet Union
Nexon
Blind girl to receive guide dog replacement from Southern
Ellamae Peck of Olivet North Carolina, a Western Carolina College student, will get a new Seeing Eye guide dog after her previous dog Major was killed by a Southern Railway train. Southern Railway President Harry A DeButts pledged underwriting about 1250 dollars and inviting other firms to join in funding and training a new guide dog to help the refugee girl.
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North Carolina
Southern Railway
Southern
Harry . A. DeButts
Ellamae Peck
Olivet
N.C
Western Carolina College
Cullowhoe
CNT
Nixon
Pack
Postponed White House News Conference This Week
Washington reports that President Eisenhower will not hold a news conference this week. Press Secretary Hagerty indicated plans were postponed until after meetings with congressional leaders on December 31 and New Year’s Day to discuss the 1957 legislative program and foreign policy.
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Washington
Eisenhower
White House
James C. Hagerty
Hagerty
Lost Money Replaced By Restaurant Help In Miami
A fragment reports Florence Long and her two children, ages 3 and 5, lost eighty six dollars from an automobile window. Sam Winer and his workers chipped in to replace the sum and invited the Long family to a Christmas dinner.
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Miami
Ofrs
Florence Long
Sam Winer
Christmas Spirit Crosses Iron Curtain Worldwide
The Christmas appeal touched Christendom from the West to behind the Iron Curtain as Palestinians crossed borders for Bethlehem pilgrimages and soldiers from Korea to Antarctica shared in holiday cheer. In South Korea, 4000 local orphans received gifts from U S troops. in Germany troops distributed toys by air and land. East Berlin hosted a subdued market as authorities aimed to project Christmas spirit amid tension and war memories.
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Llimestone
South Korea
Bruce M. Fritz
Syracuse
Antarctica
Germany
Mess Hells
Berlin
Wes Po
California Tops U S in Christmas Highway Deaths
California leads the nation in holiday traffic fatalities with 47 deaths since 6 pm last Friday. The state reports an all time annual toll of about 3,691 from traffic accidents, surpassing 1946 and 1958 records, while non traffic fatalities add more losses. Patrols, deputies, and police combat drunk driving as costs reach roughly 41.76 million dollars.
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Anodates
California
Igneee
Los Angeles
Beresnard R. Caldwell
Policemen Beaten in Dance Row at Newport Beach
Newport Beach police faced a rocky ballroom melee at Balboa Rendezvous Sunday. About 100 people crowded the scene as officers tried to arrest two suspects, with Officer Robert Carter sustaining a broken arm and others bruised. two men, Robert Lewis Jones and Horace Alexander Lee, were arrested on resisting arrest and assault charges.
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Newport, Beach
Balooa Rens
Robert Carter
James Mayo
Phil Hall
Carter
Grandparents Abound for Newborn Jeffrey Mehrt Today
Jeffrey Lee Mehrt, born at St Mary's Hospital to Robert and Helen Mehrt at 2857 By 15th St, arrives with seven grandparents and several great grandparents nearby. On his mother’s side are Laura Terry and Forrest Davidson with L R Davidson. on his father’s side are Bernice Mahrt and Henry Zolfka family members from Council Bluffs.
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Jeffrey Lee Mehrt
Jeffrey
Robert
Helen Mahrt
St. Mary's Hospital
Laura Terry
13Th St
Forrest Davidson
L. R. Davidson
West
Los Angeles
Laura “Reid
Broken Bow
Oklaana
Mahrt
Bernice Mahrt
Council Bluffs
Iowa
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Henry Zolfka
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Eisenhowers Attend National Presbyterian Christmas Service
President and Mrs. Eisenhower joined in singing carols at National Presbyterian Church in Washington on a rainy Sunday. They greeted ministers and newsmen after pre Christmas services and planned to spend Christmas Day at the White House with four grandchildren and their parents, Maj. and Mrs. John Eisenhower.
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Washington
Eisenhower
National Presbyterian Church
Edward ‘ L R. Elson
White House
John Eistnbower
Traffic injuries drop to zero in Long Ranch area weekend
Police report no serious injuries from 5 p.m. to mid morning in a rare weekend stretch after a series of bloody crashes in the Long Beach and Orange County area. Drunk driving arrests also declined as officers attributed the record to public shock. An ambulance responded to a minor injury crash at Pasadena Ave and Burnett St shortly before 8 a.m. today.
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Long Ranch
Long Beach
Orange County
Pasadena Ave
Burnett
Fire destroys half block in Charleston West Virginia
Early morning blaze in Charleston business district destroys a restaurant and a curtain shop. Fire Chief Q E Boggess estimated losses near one million dollars. Local authorities report extensive damage across almost half a city block.
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Q. E .Boggess
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