Saar Moves For Union With Bonn
Voters in the Saar Valley show strong pro German support as three big parties win a combined 63.9 percent of the vote for a coalition to push Saarland back into Germany. Final results give Christian Democrats 25.4 percent, Democratic party 24.2, and Christian People's party 21.8 with 50 seats.
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Saarbruecken
Saar
Saar Valley
West Germany
Christian Democrats
Democratic Party
German Socialist Party
Bonn Republic
Heinrich Welsch
Christian People’s Party
CVP
Johannes Hoffmann
Hoffmann
Germany
Communists
Saar Socialist Party
Heinrich Schneider
Schneider
Paris
France
Runaway Navy Jet At Air Base Kills Three
A Navy F9F jet at an Air Base rammed through Hangar 2 and destroyed six aircraft. Lt. Vernon Roman Jr., Air Controlman J C Newman, and Air Controlman Hubert Lee Tracy died. The jet caused a massive fire as it wrecked one patrol bomber and sent personnel fleeing.
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Vernon Roman Jr
Grand Island
Navy
J.C. Kenneth C Newman
Lincoln
C. Hubert Lee Tracy
FOF
Chapman
I King Herod They Made Christmas Editor's Note
An AP Newsfeatures column notes Luke dates Jesus birth in the days of Herod the Great and contrasts Herod's cruelty with the lasting dating of events before and after Christ. It previews the seven part series on biblical figures surrounding the birth.
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Herod
Judea
Bethlehem
Herod the Great
Augustus
Jerusalem
Christ
B.C
Westinghouse offers 100 loan to strikers during Christmas
Negotiators for Westinghouse Electric and the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers met again as the company rushes a plan to lend 100 to any striker for Christmas. About 44,000 IBE members have been on strike since Oct 17, with 10,500 IUE members at another Westinghouse plant striking since Oct 25. Local 601 in East Pittsburgh plans to discuss the loan, while some locals voice support and others consider crossing picket lines to collect checks.
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Westinghouse Electric Corp
International Union of Electrical Workers
Westinghouse
United Electrical Workers
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East
Charles Clark
Columbus
Ohio
Trenton
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Car Bounced but Good In Parking Tiff
CHICAGO Brooks Faulk a 49 year old construction foreman challenged Fire Captain Edwin Williams 41 over a parked car blocking a new Congress Street expressway. Faulk ordered a bulldozer and bucket crane to move the vehicle lifting it and dropping it from 20 feet. Police investigated. Williams sought damage estimates near 800 dollars. Faulk and Hamm faced charges of disorderly conduct and malicious mischief respectively.
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Brooks Faulk
Edwin Williams
Williams
Congress Street Expressway
Faulk
Hamm
Pope Pius XII Set to Deliver 17th Christmas Message
Vatican confirms Pope Pius XII will give his 17th annual Christmas message on Saturday December 24 at 4 a.m. CST. The address will be broadcast by Vatican radio and linked European and other networks.
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Pius XII
Vatican Radio
Vatican
Six Die in Springfield Blaze Six Die in Springfield Blaze
Six youths perished in a pre-dawn fire at a four room frame bungalow three miles southwest of Springfield Ohio. Robert McDaniel escaped with his 6 year old son Wayne Richard and his father John C McDaniel died in hospital. The blaze may have been sparked by an exploding coal oil stove.
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Here
Robert McDaniel
Wayne Richard
McDaniel
John C. McDaniel
Betty Lou Hamilton
Nice
Rebecca
Debra
Paulette McDaniel
Robert
Connie Fogle
Billy Sunday’s Musical Aide Homer Rodeheaver Dies at 75
Homer Rodeheaver, 75, longtime chief musical aide to evangelist Billy Sunday, died at his Winona Lake home after a cerebral hemorrhage. A prolific gospel composer and author, he toured globally with Sun day and played slide trombone in churches and remote regions. Born in Union Furnace Ohio, he trained musically in eastern Tennessee and served in the Army and in World War I efforts.
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Ind
Homer Rodeheaver
Billy Sunday
Winona Lake
Rodeheaver
Africa
Ohio Wesleyan University
Cold Front Brings Deep Freeze To Miami Valley
The Miami Valley faces a cold snap with near zero temperatures tonight and light snow flurries. Officials expect winds to intensify, followed by very cold conditions and sunshine Tuesday with highs around 15 degrees. In Middletown, Sunday reached 41 and the morning low was 18.
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Miami
Middletown
Eden Back On Job After Weeklong Illness
Prime Minister Eden returned to work in London addressing numerous issues including a reported cabinet shakeup as he resumed duties after a week of illness.
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Eden
London
Reds Pledge 100 Million For Afghans
In Kabul, Bulganin and Khrushchev pledged a 100 million dollar long term loan plus technical aid for agriculture and electric power, doubling the U S aid level. The two leaders extended a 10 year neutral nonaggression pact and urged broader political and economic ties.
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Kabul
Afghanistan
Bulganin
Nikita Khrushchev
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U.S
Soviet Asia
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Mahmoud Daud
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U Nu
Bulgaria
Dauda
Chou En-lai
U.N
China
Cyprus Bombs Injure Americans at Nicosia Night Club
More than 15 people were hurt in Cyprus after a series of bombings and shootings in Nicosia and Famagusta. Among the injured were three Americans, Mr and Mrs Robert Murphy of Brooklyn and Gail Wheeler of Sioux Falls, with Murphys affected by shattered glass at a Christmas-decorated club.
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Robert Murphy
Brooklyn
N.Y
Gail Wheeler
Sioux Falls
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Wheeler
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U.S
Famagusta
Greece
Flood Waters Ravage Tripoli as Deaths and Disappearances Rise
Beir ut Lebanon authorities report the Abou Ali River flooding north Lebanon with about 160 killed and 200 missing. The torrent splits Tripoli in two, destroys around 100 buildings and six bridges. President Chamoun and Premier Karami go to supervise rescue efforts with troops and police.
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Lebanon
Abou Ali
Tripoli
Camille Chamoun
Rashid Karami
No Holiday Ahead For 14 Ohioans
The Associated Press reports 14 people were killed on Ohio roads over the holiday period from Friday 6 p.m. to Sunday midnight. A head on crash on Ohio 73 in Scioto County killed three. a Cincinnati boy and an Akron girl died on city streets. a 17 month old from Cuyahoga Falls died in a two car collision. A Adams County man died in a Friday night house fire. Names include Garrett Justice 20 Argillite Kentucky Gideon Fleisher 19 Lynchburg Alberta Blevins Pactolus Kentuck y Melvin McPherson 7 Cincinnati Lorelei Bland 10 Akron.
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Adams County
Garrett Justice
Argillite
Gideon Lee Fleisher
Lynchburg
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Pactolus
Justice
Fleisher
Ohio 73
Otway
Scioto County
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Cincinnati
Lorelei Bland
Akron
Captured Yanks Trained As Spies Near Mukden
Taiwan Formosa reports that ten American prisoners of war captured in Korea were being trained as spies near Mukden Manchuria. The agency offered no names and gave no confirmation of the claim.
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Formosa
Tatoo
Korea
Mukden
Manchuria
Kefauver Eyes New Hampshire Primary Fight For 1956
Kefauver enters the New Hampshire primary and seeks Stevenson’s state support while Knowland hints at challenging Eisenhower. Penn pledges Stevenson delegate support. White doubts Eisenhower’s health timing, and Stassen urges pro-Eisenhower delegates.
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Kefauver
New Hampshire
UN Voting To Resume Tomorrow In Security Council Race
UN delegates, split over a lottery plan to break a deadlock for the council seat, sought final instructions from home governments before resuming balloting Tuesday. Britain and the United States urged an extra day to decide positions as Maza’s plan to split the term faced criticism.
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U.N
Security Council
Assembly
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Philippines
Britain
Yugoslavia
Jose Maza
Maza
Turkey
Kernel Brings Christmas Joy To Crippled Girl
In Jacksonville Florida Penny Lee Bessett the crippled five year old girl received a healthy Chihuahua named Kernel as a Christmas present from Dr. J P Young. Kernel had been ill in July and when treated recovered enough to jump play and be held without causing Penny pain. The veterinarian had promised to find another dog if needed and delivered Kernel to Penny and her mother Mrs Ward A Bessett.
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Penny Lee Bessett
Kernel
J P Young
Ward A. Bessett
Penny
Dr. Young
Weekly Gets New Home In Berea Expansion
The Berea News editorial and business rooms move as the old one story frame building is torn down. A two story masonry structure will replace it, publisher Carl E Winter said.
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Berea
Ohio
Berea News
Carl E. Winter
Desert Pilot Survives 5 Days Stranded Hikes 35 Miles
John De Castro, 19, started a Phoenix Tucson solo trip last Monday. After running out of fuel on a gunnery range he survived five days with no food or water, following jeep tracks for 35 miles before spotting lights near a cafe and obtaining water and care.
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Ariz
John de Castro
Tucson
Air Force
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