128 Lives Toll in Yale Tragedies
A nationwide Christmas toll from Associated Press reports at least 128 deaths from traffic accidents fires and other mishaps over the holiday period. Traffic claimed 103 lives and fires 11 with 14 from other accidents including a mother and four children burned at a Michigan home and three boys near a Gloucester tree.
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Fist Rock
Mich
Gloucester
Mass
Ellicott City
Old Saybrook
Conn
Illinois
San Francisco
National Safety Council
Associated Press
Parolee Kills Wife and Kin Then Ends His Life
Orvis Burdett a 39 year old parolee shot and killed his wife Gwendlne Delbert Gwinn and Delbert’s father in Navarre apartment on Christmas Eve before shooting himself. Deputy sheriff Howard Imboden said two women escaped unharmed. Burdett’s parole had been lifted temporarily four months earlier amid family complaints.
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Massillon
Ghio
Navarre
Orvis Burdett
Moundsville
W.a
Howard Imboden
Gwendoline
Colmbus Coe
Delbert Gwinn
Pinkie Cochran
Christina Gwinn
Burdett
Imboden
Cochran
Gwinn
Hunt
Cochrans
Gwinns
Alway
Air Force to Withhold Data on Records
Air Force commands have been told not to pursue new aviation records merely to set records and to withhold from the public data on such attempts for military security. A spokesman for Secretary Hazel Talbott said the directive may be relaxed in special cases. He emphasized ongoing flight speed and altitude, with unofficial marks kept private. Official record data will remain public.
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Washington
Air Force
Hazel E. Talbott
Christmas Shopping May Lift Yule Sales To Record High
Washington AUS Dop ment store sales for the Christmas season are seen at about 27.3 billion dollars, with a possible total near 31.99 billion, signaling a new annual peak. Dun & Bradstreet and Federal Reserve estimates differ on scale, due to varying calculation methods and earlier weekly results.
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Washington
Aus
Bradstreet, Inc
York
Federal Reserve Board
Dun & Bradstreet
atSithe
Parties Rally to Aid Postmaster in Elkhart
Republicans and Democrats unite to aid Ervin F. Spratt the Elkhart postmaster accused of insulting President Eisenhower. Curtis of Des Moines and Brazelton led efforts to drop the charge while Washington offices denied issuing any action. Spratt denies the accusation calling it spiteful. About 100 signatures collected to drop the charge represent roughly two thirds of Elkhart’s residents.
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Elkhart
Eisenhower
Ervin F. Spratt
Suthentic
Ell. Curtis
Des Moines
Iowa
Spratt
Washington
Washington Post Office
Curtis
St. Louis
Charles Clingham
Missouri
Arkansas
Arthur Sumomerfield
Ralph Brazelton
Shippers Pledge 10 Days of Peace on Waterfront
Rival longshoremen unions promised shippers a 10 day peace on the New York New Jersey waterfront amid a Taft Hartley injunction. An AFL protest looms as vote counts face thousands of challenged ballots and alleged intimidation while distribution of meals and ballots continues at piers.
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New York
ILP
New York-New Jersey
Independnt International Domgshoremen’s Association
APL
AFL
National Labor Relations Board
Meany
New Jersey
ILA
Afl-Ila
AFL Union
John Dwyer
Dwyer
Wade
Love Company Keeps Watch On Christmas In Korea 1953
In snow bound Korea Love Company soldiers of the 7th Army keep guard near a quiet front line, sharing a modest Christmas in hardship. Lt Presson orders staggered dinners, a five foot tree, and makeshift comforts as they hold the line against a distant Communist force.
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Chorwon Valley
Korea
Love Company
Paps
Charles W. Presson
Barberton
Ohio
Turkey
Henry T. Wade
Adel
Distortion Hit by Zaroubin
Soviet ambassador Georgi Zaroubin criticized a Washington Post translation of the Russian note to Eisenhower on an atomic energy pool. In a letter to the editor he published the verbatim text and contrasted it with the Post translation noting one sentence about international control of atomic weapons.
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Washington
Georgi ‘Zaroubin
United States
Eisenhower
Washington Post
Zaroubin
Post
Adm Radford Greeting to Yanks in Korea
Admiral Radford chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff on behalf of President Eisenhower extended Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to American soldiers in Korea. He spoke to 24th Infantry Division troops about deep personal concern for their welfare and happiness during a 19 day Far East tour joined by Walter P. Robertson and Gen Maxwell D. Taylor with brief remarks on the division's achievements.
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ATT
Korea
Arthur Woadford
U.S
Far East
Maxwell D. _ Taylor
Eighth Army
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Nixon
White House
Barbara McCririck
Miami, Fla
Such Is Christmas For Love Company
Stan Carter
William EF
Aigood
Pitcairn
White Horse Mountain
White Horse
Cpl
Maryin ‘Trimmer
Reed City
Maxwell D. Taylor
Sth
Tye
Earl Renon
Rt. 2
Mount Olive
N. G
Keron
Long Beach Retail Furniture Association
Adm
Radford
Yanks
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