Airmen Dead and 3 Missing After Florida Crashes
Eleven airmen killed as two B47s collide near Tampa and a B29 from Tyndall collides in Port St. Joe. Three missing, multiple bases named including MacDill Pinecastle and Tyndall. Residents recalled felt quake as wreckage hit near a trailer park and highway.
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Air Force
Florida
Tampa
MacDill Air Force Base
Pinecastle Afb
Orlando
Port St. Joe
Florida West Coast
Tyndall Afb
Panama City
Fla
MacDill
Pinecastle
U.S. 9
Clyde Leroy Pfeiffer
MacDill Afb
Robert B. Harris
Next of
Parliament Ousted By King Hussein Sparks Jerusalem Riots
In Amman and Jerusalem protests erupted as King Hussein dissolved Jordanian Parliament and called elections after joining the Baghdad Pact was proposed. Rioters attacked the U S consulate and the French consulate. casualties were reported and a curfew imposed in Bethlehem amid Christmas observances.
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Amman
Jordan
U. S
Jerusalem
Husseini
Jordani Arab Legion
Old City
Hazza el Majali
Hazza el Majall
Bethlehem
Christ
Arab Legion
Baghdad Alliance
Britain
Ira
Iraq
Pakistan
Turkey
Israel
Christ’s Birthplace
Dakar
UN Lottery Deal Seats Yugoslavia on Security Council
Yugoslavia was elected to a two year Security Council seat in a lottery deal with the Philippines ending a 36 ballot deadlock. The United Nations General Assembly vote was 43 to 11 with Finland and Sweden also listed among those present. The arrangement calls for Yugoslavia to serve the first year and resign before the Philippines takes the seat the second year.
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United Nations, N.Y
Yugoslavia
U.N. Security Council
Philippines
General Assembly
Finland
Swe
Russia
Pwners
Assembly
Jose Maza
Latin America
United States
Britain
Asia
Council
Chile
Knight forms pro Eisenhower slate for 1956 GOP convention
Governor Goodwin J Knight announces plans to form a pro Eisenhower delegation for the 1956 Republican National Convention. California will pledge its 70 votes to Eisenhower if he seeks renomination, with a June primary planned amid questions about delegation loyalties and plans for Knowland Nixon inclusion.
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Sacramento
Calif
Goodwin J Knight
Eisenhower
Knight
New York
Richard M. Nixon
William F. Knowland
Knowland
Nixon
Collision near Elyria kills 24 year old passenger
A car and a truck collided at a city intersection in Elyria last night, killing Leona Valentine, 24, of Elyria, who was a passenger in the auto.
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Elyria
Ohio
Leona Valentine
American Missionaries Reach Hong Kong Freedom After China Detention
Dr. and Mrs. Homer W. Bradshaw, 54, long-time medical missionaries in China, crossed into Hong Kong from Canton border aboard the daily train. Mrs. Bradshaw suffers acute malnutrition and mental distress. Dr. Bradshaw, previously imprisoned, plans to move them to a farm near Pittsburgh. Their escape leaves 13 other Americans still believed jailed in Red prisons.
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Hong Kong
Homer W. Bradshaw
China
Bradshaw
Free Territory
St. Teresas Hospital
Frontier Bridge
Aries
Canton
Bradshaws
Delaware
Ohio
A. S. Bradshaw
Ohio Wesleyan University
Homer
Wilda
Arab-Israel peace talks unlikely say spokesmen
Israeli and Arab spokesmen agreed no talks are likely soon. Israeli sources say Israel offered a non territorial package to the State Department with minor frontier changes possible and no return of refugees. Arab leaders reaffirmed demands based on 1947 borders and refugees. A U S loan aid may assist compensation costs.
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Washington
Israel
State Department
Abdel Khalleh Hassouna
Arab League
Dulles
Sea of Galilee
Hassouna
U.N
United States
Navy Planes Fly Non Stop To Antarctic
Four American planes landed safely at McMurdo Sound establishing the first air link between New Zealand and Antarctica. The 2,200 mile nonstop hop from New Zealand's South Island was part of Adm. Richard E. Byrd's American expedition. two Neptunes and two Skymasters arrived while four other planes turned back due to headwinds.
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Aucuikland
New Zealand
McMurdo Sound
Antarctica
South Island
Ross Island
Victoria Land
Antarctic
Adm
Richard E. Byrd
Dunedin
Christmas Wonder Little Cindy Toddles To Tree
In West Orange New Jersey 2 year old Cindy Ann Inman born without arms or legs takes her first steps with artificial limbs at Kessler Institute. The Sherman Texas girl aims for more mobility as she returns next year to be fitted for arms and continues rehabilitation. Her mother Vida Inman expresses hope and gratitude as the See Cindy Walk fund gathers support from Sherman residents.
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West Orange
N.J.P
Cynthia Ann Inman
Sherman
Texas
Cindy
Vida Inman
Kessler Institute For Rehabilitation
Mrs. Inman
Institute
Bill Paver Cant Find Any Takers
Dave Coons a 72 year old Oregon farmer seeks hill collectors to repay about 23000 owed from business failures spanning 20 to 30 years. He ran a Portland classified ad offering to pay all creditors from 1930 to date but has received no responses. He mentions owing the Oregonian $50.
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Clatskanie
Ore
Dave Coons
Portland
The
Oregonian
Westinghouse Loans Help Striking Workers Through Christmas
Westinghouse Electric Corp rejects arbitration with a five year contract offer and instead lends 100 dollars to each idle employee at the Pittsburgh plant to ease the holiday period. Similar loans totaled 168000 dollars at Sharon Pennsylvania as the IVE workers cross their lines with union approval to collect checks. Governors Leader Harriman and McKeown urged arbitration, but Westinghouse cited stockholder obligations and competitive standing against General Electric, which recently agreed to a five year pact.
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Pittsburgh
Westinghouse Electric Corp
Big East
Westing
Sharon
International Union of Electrical Workers
George M. Leader
Pennsylvania
Averell Harriman
New York
Theodore McKeidin
Maryland
Westinghouse
IVE
Judge Puts Yule Spirit Into Practice
In Toledo Ohio judge Harvey Straub convicted 22 year old Carl C Martin of purse snatching and ordered five years probation after hearing Silent Night. In the same session Moses Hinton 41 of Detroit was given three years probation for car theft and tried on the judge’s overcoat before leaving court.
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Toledo
Ohio
Common Pleas
Carl C. Martin
Harvey Straub
Martin
Moses Hinton
Detroit
Hinton
Long Stretch Window Break In Vicious Larceny Case
Miss Loretta Mueller reports a storm window was smashed and a thief reached through to grab her purse from a bedroom dresser 18 inches from the window. The purse contained $85.
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Louisville
Law
Loretta Mueller
Winter Tightens Grip Across Midwest and East
Blasts grip the nation as a winter storm sends temperatures below zero from Minnesota to New York. Central and northern regions report single digits, with Bemidji at 11 below and Alex andria at 15 below, while Chicago remains near zero and the freezing line stretches from North Carolina to Arkansas.
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Midwest
Midlands
New York State
International Falls
Redwood Falls
Minn
Minnesota
Bemidji
North Dakota
Wisconsin
Alexandria
Minneapolis
Watertown
Massena
Utica
Syracuse
North Carolina
Arkansas
Texas
Plains
Rockies
Chicago
Plateau
Colorado
Wyoming
Idaho
Nevada
Cloudy Cold Weather Forecast For Miami Valley
The Miami Valley remains cloudy and cold through Wednesday with light snow possible. Highs near 26 degrees and overnight lows around 12. Wednesday turns cloudy but slightly warmer in the afternoon. Overnight readings and light early snow amounts are noted, with recent minimas near 12 degrees.
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Miami Valley
Appleton Blaze Destroys Three Buildings
A severe fire in Appleton Wisconsin caused at least 200000 in damage, the worst in 27 years. Firefighters battled sub-zero conditions through the night, reducing three two story business buildings to ice clad ruins and leaving about half a dozen families homeless after the flames spread to second floor apartments.
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Appleton
Wis
They Made Christmas No Vacancy Sign
A traveler recalls a bleak Christmas as a sign reading no vacancy looms. The narrator presses on for 50 more miles tonight, determined to reach a destination despite government orders to return to ancestral homes. The journey continues amid harsh restrictions and weary resolve.
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The
Ances
No Vacancy on the Road to Bethlehem
A reflection on the nativity story where Mary and Joseph find no inn space due to crowded travel. The piece contrasts the small innkeeper’s dilemma with the broader theme of small businessmen serving travelers and the humble birth in a manger. It ends noting the idea of many rooms in the Father’s house.
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Bethlehem
Mary
Herod
Pilate
Earth
Galilee
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