Christmas Eve Peace Breaks Through at Bethlehem Site
In a rare moment on Christmas Eve at the birth site, Arab Christians from Israel crossed the Mandelbaum gate into Bethlehem for the holiday observance amid the Israeli Jordan border armistice. Foreign tourists consuls and church leaders joined in services across the Church of the Nativity and nearby sites as sects held midnight prayers and carols.
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Jerusalem
Jordan
Israel
Holy Land
Bethlehem
Mandelbaum Gate
Church of the Nativity
Christ
Baby Nancy Thorpe to stay with relatives after Hazel flood
Six month old Nancy Thorpe orphaned by the Humber River flood will spend Christmas with relatives as custody is debated among the Johns family and Thorpe grandparents. A trust fund from the Ontario Flood Relief Fund and a confectioners union supports her care.
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Toronto
Nancy Thorpe
Robert Johns
Janet
Nancy
Clifford
Patricia Thorpe
Bobby
Humber
Harold Thorpe
The
Johnsons
Thorpe
Ontario Flood Relief Fund
Confectioners’ Union
World and Canadian News of 1954 Highlight Dien Bien Phu and Hazel
Canadian editors named Dien Bien Phu as the world news story of the year and Hurricane Hazel as Canada's top item. Banister and Bell ranked highly for global and national stories, while the Mayo of Emilie Dionne and the Grey Cup figured among top Canadian entries.
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Dien Bien Phu
Telegraph
World News
Marilyn Bell
Lake Ontario
Roger Bannister
Bannister
U.S
Pope Pius’ i Jlness
Australia
Petrov
Moose Jaw
Emile Diann
St. Lawrence
Washington
Pope Pius
Vladimir Petrov
Emilie Dionne
Edmonton
Montreal
St. Laurent - Duplessis
Waldmanis
Ontario
Kingston Penitentiary
Saint Nicholas Journey From Myra to Santa Claus Origins
The piece traces St. Nicholas from his Myra birthplace and medieval rise as patron saint of sailors and the poor to his Dutch heritage and the emergence of Santa Claus in America. It notes his remains plunder by pirates, his role in pawn brokers symbolism, and the spread of his legends across Europe and Turkey's Demre Myra district.
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Santa Claus
Antalya
Turkey
St. Nicholas
Mediterranean
Myra
Nicholas
Diana
Diocletian
Constantine
Rus
Sia
Europe
Salisbury
Holland
America
New Amsterdam
New York
Manhattan Island
Metropolis
Saint Nicholas
Demre
North Pole
Paris treaties pushed by Mendes France after rejection
The French National Assembly declined to ratify German rearmament and Premier Mendes France moved to save the Paris treaties by calling for a second reading and a Monday confidence vote. Also reported are asylum grants in Hungary for Noel Field and wife, a Winnipeg shooting death, Santa’s weather, and other world events.
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French National Assembly
Pierre Mendes-France
Paris
Mendes-France
Record US holiday sales lift spirits across retailers
Shoppers fueled by confidence drove a December sales peak with Dunn and Bradstreet estimating total retail sales at 17 billion dollars. Pennsylvania Railroad earnings improve and stock averages rise while auto and steel production rebound after holidays. Fuel oil demand boosts and gasoline food consumption reach new records as inventories improve and factories prepare for 1955.
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New York
United States
Seattle
Dallas
Chicago
Dunn
Bradstreet
Santa
Pennsylvania Railroad
Tip for Old St. Nick Brings Snow Forecasts Across Canada
The Canadian Press notes a likely sparse white Christmas across most of Canada with Newfoundland and New Brunswick more certain for snow. Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island expect bare ground, while eastern Quebec may see snow flurries and Montreal already has three inches. Revels continue with house to house visits and late night dancing in Newfoundland as last minute shopping surges.
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St. Nick
Canada
Newfoundland
New Brunswick
Quebec
Nova Scotia
Prince Edward Island
Montreal
Thomson Will Stay As Head of PFRA
Ottawa CP L B Thomson will remain as the federal government's director of the Prairie Farm Rehabilitation Administration despite his Saskatchewan Liberal leadership bid failing. Agriculture Minister Gardiner said no move to oust the 54 year old PFRA chief. Thomson's resignation letter was not accepted by cabinet.
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Ottawa
L. B. Thomson
Prairie Farm Rehabilitation Administration
Gardiner
PFRA
Thomson
Saskatchewan Poliical
A. H. McDonald
We. Gardiner
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Suburrban Long Branch
Robert Johnson
St. Joseph’s Hospital
St. John
Masonic Hall
Medicine Hot Lodge No
Mizpah
Bow Island
Quarry Lodge
Budapest
Noel Field
Herta
Communist
Hungary
Winnipeg
China
Defence Ministry
Nationalis
Vatican Palace
Selah
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Nicholson Twins
Calgary
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