Fire damages Middletown home of Dr Skinner. family saved
Middletown suffers its second worst fire of the year with an estimated 30000 dollars in damage to Dr Calvin Skinner and wife Mary Louise’s two story brick home at 3314 Central Ave. The couple and their three daughters Irene? Win ky Suzanne and Margo escaped from upstairs bedrooms to safety as Dr Skinner, praised as courageous, dragged them to safety through heavy heat and smoke. The parakeet perished, the only fatality, and the blaze was controlled within 15 minutes. Dr Skinner sustained minor burns while moving a burning sofa.
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Central Ave
Skinner
Mary Louise
Dr. Skinner
William Fishbaugh
Lincoln Editions
Washington
Ford Foundation
Ford Motor Co
Securities and Exchange Commission
Pioneer Curo
SEC
Henry Ford
Ford
National Press Club
Wall Street
Eden reshuffles government in mixed reception
Prime Minister Eden announced a major cabinet shakeup with seven portfolios moved, one raised to cabinet rank, and one cut. Butler becomes House leader and deputy PM, Macmillan moves to Treasury, Lloyd to Foreign Office, Monckton to Defense. Critics from Labour and press decry the changes as insufficient or driven by politics.
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Hal Cooper
London
Eden
Sir Anthony
United States
Macmillan
Lloyd
Foreign Office
Middle East
Macillan
Washington
The
Daily Herald
Stanley
Daily Mail
Daily Sketch
Lord Beaverbrook
Daily Express
Butler
Financial Times
Snow Expected in Miami Valley Ahead of Winter Arrival
The Miami Valley is forecast to see a light snow blanket tomorrow at 10 22 a m with cloudy and cold conditions today tonight and Thursday. Highs near 28 degrees today, lows 15 to 20. Tuesday night unofficial high 26 and low 21 earlier.
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Miami Valley
Byrd Attacks Foreign Aid Use for Tax Cuts and Debt
Senator Byrd accuses the United States of using foreign aid to cut Britain’s taxes and to help Denmark pay its debt. He calls for halting such practices while opposing overall growth in economic aid next year, though supporting military aid at the administration’s proposed level.
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Byrd
Britain
Washington
Sen
D-Va
Denmark
Virginian
Congress
Eisenhower
Salong
Europe
Harold E. Stassen
Dulles
Korean Reds Threaten UN Planes In Panmunjom Radio
North Korean radio declares it will fire on any UN planes over the truce line citing a statement from Panmunjom. The UN Command accuses the Communists of indiscriminate antiaircraft fire during a debate north of Panmunjom.
Tending sheep in ancient times and religious visions
The piece reflects on the ancient shepherds, their harsh labors in all weathers, and the biblical scene of angels appearing to shepherds outside the ceremonial law. It notes the harsh duties, dangers, and the awe inspired by divine visions.
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Christ
They Made Christmas and the Biblical Fear Barrier
The piece contrasts fear as a path to knowledge with Christian teaching that dispels terror. It notes that shepherds first hear the message of good news and contrasts ancient rulers’ privilege with the gospel’s call to ordinary workers. AP News features.
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Earth
Egypt
Jordan Suffers Turbulent Protests Against Baghdad Pact
In Amman more than 200 demonstrators demanded a pledge the government would reject joining the Baghdad Pact. Riot police and Arab legion troops used tear gas to disperse about 400 protesters amid a sixth day of unrest. King Hussein asked Ibrahim Hashim to form a caretaker government with a four month timetable for elections.
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Jordan
Arab Legion
U. S
Jerusalem
Cairo Radio
Malaya
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Templer
Ibrahim Hashim
Hussein
Hashim
Fawzi el Malki
Samir el Rifai
American School of Oriental Research
Offended Rider Causes A Stink
A skunk rode a Gulf Coast and Santa Fe passenger train from Beaumont and was initially left alone. In Longview a car inspector yanked the skunk from a journal box, triggering an uproar as the animal departed.
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Longview
Tex
Beaumont
Child Dies In Fire In CADI Ohio
A two year old boy Virgil Perry died yesterday when a fire destroyed his home near CADI Ohio. His grandmother Mrs Elsie Thompson and his brother Thomas aged six escaped unharmed.
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Cadi
Ohio
Virgil Perry
Elsie Thompson
Thomas
Plane Hits Tree On Landing Run
A Eastern Air Lines Constellation crashed on landing near Jacksonville killing all 17 aboard including five crew. The plane, from Miami to Boston with planned stops, hit a tree about a quarter mile from the runway end and burned. firemen recovered bodies after hours of effort.
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Jacksonville
Fla
Tne
Eastern Air Lines
Constellation
Miami
Tom McBrien
Leroy Connell
Boston
Washington
New York
Rockefellers Father Dies at 68 in Pennsylvania
Julius Paulekas aged 68 died after a lengthy illness in Washington Hospital. A coal miner who retired years ago he came to the United States from Lithuania 52 years ago. He was divorced from his wife shortly after Bobo Rockefeller was born.
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Washington, Pa
Jullius Paulekas
Barbara
Bobo) Rockefeller
Washington Hospital
Paulekas
United States
Lithuania
Bobo
Winthrop Rockefeller
Henry Hellman
New York City
UE labeled as Red Run by Brownell in labor case
The Justice Department asks SACB to declare the United Electrical Radio and Machine Workers of America a Communist infiltrated union. If approved the UE would lose NLRB standing as thousands work on defense orders amid strikes against Westinghouse. Brownell cites Communist influence and UE-IVE merger talks.
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Washington
Justice Department
United Electrical, Radio and Machine Workers of America
Department
Subversive Activities Control Board
SACB
CIO
National Labor Relations Board
NLRB
Albert J. Fitzgerald
New York
Atty Gen. Brownell
Afl-Cio International Union of Electrical Workers
TUE
Westinghouse
Brownell
IVE
Communist Party
Adlai's Son Hurt Two Die In Car Crash
Two Harvard University freshmen traveling home for Christmas died in a highway collision 15 miles east of Elkhart Indiana. John Fell Stevenson Adlai Stevenson's son 19 survived with a broken kneecap and facial cuts. Two others suffered minor injuries in the head on crash involving a truck.
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Adlai
Elkhart
Ind
Harvard University
Chicago
Adlai Stevenson
John Fell Stevenson
William Stanley North III
Lake Forest
William C. Boyden Jr
Stevenson
Goshen
James F. Gilligan
Nebraska City
Neb
Fred Gill
Detroit
New York Central Railroad
Gill
Gilligan
Black Tail Girl Bid On Nashua Gets New Horse
Twelve year old Karen Ann McGuire of Valhalla New York failed to outbid for Nashua at Belair Stud sale. The Hanover Bank and auctioneer arranged a horse that would grow with her a pure black mare with white tail and legs is planned plus a bicycle for transport in bad weather.
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Karen Ann McGuire
Nashua
Belair Stud
Karen
Valhalla
N.Y
Hanover Bank
William Woodward Jr
Humphrey S. Finney
Finney
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