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Long Beach Press Telegram

Location

Long Beach, California, United States of America

Date

Dec 25, 1954

Page

5

28 Perish in Scotland Plane Fire

A BOAC plane named Cathy crashed at Prestwick Scotland on Christmas Day. The inferno trapped passengers and crew as rescuers backed by U S Air Force firefighters struggled in extreme heat. Navigator John Goddard would have joined family for Christmas. Investigators Sir Miles Thomas and Sir Victor Tait planned to fly in later.

Cathy BOAC Queen Elizabeth II Duke of Edinburg West Indies Prestwick U. S. Air Force Alex Tate Air Force Tate Manchester London John Goddard Scotland Samuel Walker U.S. Air Prestank Walker Brookville Miles Thomas Victor Tait

Pilgrims to Holy City Visit Arabs

In Jerusalem and Bethlehem this season pilgrims joined Arab families for a first time option offered by the Jordan tourist bureau ten days ago. The program accompanied traditional midnight mass and visits to sacred sites, expanding Christmas observances for travelers and locals alike.

Holy Jerusalem Jordan Bethlehem Holy Shrine Hhey Jordan Tourist Bureau

92 Year Old Ella Hollingsworth Celebrates Christmas

Ninety two year old Ella Hollingsworth traveled from Pasadena to a downtown hotel to celebrate Christmas Day. After dining she planned to attend a Yule service. Three gunmen robbed the market of 1837 dollars and tampered with a fuel line, forcing the victim to drive to the market in a third car.

Los Angeles Ella Hollingsworth Pasadena Hotel Statlers Joseph Fausonne Hollings Geworth George Tide Close

Look Your 17 in the Classifieds For Sale Ad

Classified notice urges selling Look Your 17 item in the For Sale column with contact phone 6-9071.

Santa Claus and pilots aid Christmas push flight

Flying Gis Are Given Lift by Santa Claus recounts a Christmas helper effort to move Marines home for the holidays. The crew delayed a Dallas trip to finish repairs on a large plane in Albuquerque, then flew late into Friday night, reaching Chicago with most passengers bound for New York. Eleven remaining passengers were transferred to an American Airlines flight at 5:30 a.m. for La Guardia.

Santa Claus Albuquerque Dallas Chicago New York Area American Airlines LaGuardia Airport

Stations for Sale in Malone Area

Two railroad depots near Malone New York Burke and Churubusco are for sale. The Rutland Railway Corp has announced the stations are off the active rail map as service to the communities ended.

Malone N. Y Rutland Railway Corp Burke Churubusco

Tourists visit Arab Christian families in Jerusalem at Christmas

Do you want to visit an Arab family appears in signs. Groups of American tourists paid calls on middle class Arab families in the Jerusalem area. On Christmas Eve they sang carols and decorated Christmas trees in Christians Arab homes.

Jerusalem

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