Santa on radar as CONAD tracks Christmas Flight
COLORADO SPRINGS Colo U2 The Continents Air Defense Command says Santa Claus is on his way and CONAD began tracking his flight on radar this morning. The radar shows a wide track with a heavily laden sleigh. Santo is guaranteed safe passage by CONAD fighter interceptors and missiles.
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Continents Air Defense Command
Santa Claus
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United States
Children Falter in Yule Pageant at Church
In a church Christmas pageant this week, 201 children in early school years attempted a walking scene with placards. Thirteen were to spell BE2DLEAEM STAR, but the letter bearers misordered, producing a scrambled message as they crossed the stage, causing concern.
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Janho
Mao
Milwaukee police gift Marilyn Unruh a Christmas surprise
In Milwaukee a 15 year old girl who has been blind since birth received a holiday surprise from the Sey nth Precinct officers. They arranged a Christmas trip in a police car and placed gifts under a station tree including a Braille wristwatch slippers and warm mittens. A several weeks effort started when Patrolman Walker helped her across the street and asked if she had ordered from Santa. The officers backed the plan and Marilyn’s mother provided the wish list.
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Fugitives rounded up by copters boats and cars in Tennessee
After a motel robbery and jail break, six suspects fled toward New York. Law enforcement deployed helicopters, boats, patrol cars and roadblocks, capturing two in a river-side roadblock and the rest at a Tennessee checkpoint. Trooper Bilbrey was wounded, and the case spiraled into a large manhunt spanning multiple states.
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Austin
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Kansas City
Japan Premier Outlines Friendly Independence Aim
Japan's new prime minister Ishibashi outlined a course of continued friendship with the United States but greater independence. He formed a cabinet amid factional strife, taking three portfolios himself. Nobusaki Kishi became foreign minister after a narrow Liberal Democratic party contest. Ishibashi stated Japan will not veer from the line of free nations, but may oppose the US on differences in the future if needed for mutual interests.
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Two Operate Lung by Hand Save Patient
A 31 year old woman named Marie Thompson depended on an iron lung for four years. Her daughter Arda Vanderheld and an adult friend manually operated a bellows to keep the device working for two hours after the generator failed during transport to a holiday pageant at Wayside Chapel in Livermore. They stopped a passing motorist to alert authorities.
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Few Pilgrims Visit Jordan Holy Shrines
In Jerusalem the yuletide pilgrimage to Christian shrines in Jordan saw far fewer visitors than usual due to recent Middle East hostilities. An Israeli army spokesman reported Jordanian infiltrators carried out a time bomb attack on a dispensary in northern Israel. Frontiers in Jerusalem remained heavily guarded with barbed wire and sandbagged rooftops. Jordanian authorities banned the traditional joint procession from Jerusalem to Bethlehem along the biblical route for the first time since Israel’s founding.
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Refugees relief funds redirected from Christmas aid
The Coral Sea crew will contribute 7500 dollars toward Hengarian refugee relief after plans to spend the money on Christmas aid were changed. United States officials and RCME Wi-Crew members described the decision as a humanitarian shift to assist refugees in need.
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Annday at sot strat and Tin in Avanlin area
Fragmentary OCR notes reveal a January style event labeled Avanlin and Long Bexes with ember Aucit and Sifeuintion. Details are unclear but the item seems to mark a public or local timing and place oriented notice with uncertain dates.
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Delayed Start of Suez Clearing Job
Port Said Egypt reports continued delay in clearing the Suez Canal as a United Nations salvage fleet including British and French ships awaits Egypts approval to begin. Some crews still withdraw and remain in civilian dress under UN flags while UK and French ships stand by.
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Iraq Strong Man Hits Back at Pact Critics
Baghdad reports 68 year old strong man defends Iraq’s stance against critics of the Baghdad Pact. He counters claims Egypt Syria and Russia influence Iraq’s independent course amid Western alliance tensions following the Suez crisis and Western attacks.
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Motorist Trapped on Cliff Saved in Spectacular Rescue
A six year old motorist was stranded 25 feet down a cliff near Palos Verdes Estates. Dean Matier of Hermosa Beach escaped with head and hand injuries after police fire and tow operators, aided by bystanders, lowered a rope and secured a tow to bring the car to safety. The accident occurred near the 900 block of Pasco fal Mar, with Matier hospitalized at Harbor General. The report blends this rescue with unrelated political dispatches.
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Governor Meyner Steps Back From Feud Over Highway Funds
New Jersey Governor Robert B. Meyner, amid a dispute with a Republican legislature over highway financing, says his wife Hazen Stevenson will handle the family budget, asserting she can manage it without surplus funds questions. The remark came Sunday in Newark.
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Espee Caboose Fire Causes $300 Damage
Compton saw a Southern Pacific freight train stop at the Compton Blvd station Sunday night as a brakeman cried that a caboose was on fire. Firemen quickly doused the blaze, which damaged the interior roof. the fire was blamed on an overheated wood stove carried by brakeman Sidney Mewman of Van Nuys.
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MATS Boss Denies Delay of Gls Due to Refugees
Maj. Gen. Emery S. Wetzel, head of the Atlantic division of the Military Air Transport Service, denies American servicemen delays home are caused by Hungarian refugees. He cites bad weather in Europe and the U.S. as the main factor and says Sunday flights from Rhein-Main aim to clear remaining personnel slated for Christmas.
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Israel and Egypt face renewed raids and UN cease fire
Jerusalem reports Fedayeen raids from Gaza continue despite a UN cease fire. Israel accuses Egypt of aiding attacks and violating the Assembly’s call to desist, while Cairo claims mounting casualties on both sides. Japan.
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DMV Loads Post Office With Notices
SACRAMENTO The state Department of Motor Vehicles sent six million renewal notices for 1957 vehicle registrations to car owners. DMV will operate over 400 service points statewide including 80 branch offices and 125 temporary renewal stations in banks. A new reflectorized red sticker replaces the metal tab for renewed licenses, and motorists have until February 4 to renew without penalty.
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Paul Mason
Daugherty Ex Chief of 40th Dies in Tacoma
Brig. Gen. William Foster Daugherty retired former chief of staff of the California National Guard 40th Division died at 61 in Tacoma He served with the 40th Div in San Luis Obispo and later engaged in civic and church work in Pasadena The West Point graduate and World War I veteran was the first Bishop’s Cross recipient in the diocese He was the son of Maj. William Wirt Daugherty who served with the Army of the Potomac and later with Gen Doster
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