Fliers Pay Hefty Fines in Hungary for Border Violation
Four American airmen held in Hungary must pay fines of 360000 forints each or face three months in jail after military court verdicts tied to alleged border violations. The C-47 crew, lost en route from Germany to Yugoslavia with embassy cargo, were accused by Soviets at the U N as spies. U S officials seek details on payment and release. The fliers are Capt. John J. Swift, Capt. Dave H. Henderson, Sgt. Jess A. Duff, and Sgt. James A. Elam.
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Hungary
Germany
Yugoslavia
U. S
Belgrade
Russia
United Nations Assembly
John J. Swift
Glen Falls
N. Y
Dave H. Henderson
Shawnee
Okla
Jess A. Duff
Spokane
Wash
James A. Elam
Kingsland
Ark
Legation
Foreign Ministry
Vienna
George Abbott
Christian Ravndal
Florence Henderson
Harrah
Dave Henderson
Erding
Glenn Fails
Leo Elan
James A. Elan
Munich
21 Girl Inmates Flee Dorm Fire
A two story brick dormitory at the Girls Industrial School burned, causing 350000 dollars in damage and forcing 24 teenage girls to flee. No injuries were reported though most lost clothing and gifts. Rose Marie Hrach, 17, credited with aiding escapes and reporting the blaze.
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Delaware
Girls
Rose Marie Hrach
Cleveland
Evelyn Ethell
Strifetorn World Prays For Peace On Yuletide Eve
World wide Christmas observances focus on peace as leaders and communities mark Christmas Eve. In Independence Missouri the President plans a televised national tree lighting and message. Pope Pius XII pleads for peace. Jordan eases holy site access for 2,500 Christians. Allied forces host charity events for thousands of children in Western Europe and Berlin. Eisenhowers plan an American Christmas at SHAPE with a turkey dinner for troops. Moscow embassies host children parties as Christmas approaches.
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Germany
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Shape
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Moscow
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John Brassard
Worcester
Mass
Christmas party fire kills scores in Tijuana
A three story hall blaze at a Christmas party in Tijuana's Coliseum Building killed at least 11 and possibly many more, with 19 children among the 33 hospitalized. Fire officials cited locked and boarded exits, panic, and rapid spread as victims burned and trampled. U S Navy personnel aided in rescues as crews battled the flames through the night.
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Tijuana
Mexico
Francisco Gastanon Jr
Miguel Aleman Hospital
Gill Chidez
Somone
Luis Alarid
Santa Claus Ordered From Workingham Home Amid Mumps Outbreak
Santa Claus received official orders to keep away from the Workingham Children's Home for at least a week as a quarantine was issued after 40 children contracted mumps. The action aims to stop the spread and protect vulnerable residents during the outbreak reported by AP.
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Workingham, Eng
Santa Claus
Workingham
30 Children Send U S 4 To Help Doughboys
In El Monte California sixth graders at C Russell Wilkerson School donated four dollars to the Department of Internal Revenue for Korean War era troops. Revenue Commissioner John B Dunlap praised the students while noting he could not specify how the funds would be used.
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el Monte
Calif
Marent-Teacher Association
Department of Internal Revenue
Korea
Revenue
John B Dunlap
America
Pope Peace Appeal Urges Bethlehem over War
Pope Pius XII in his 13th Christmas message urges the world to seek peace through disarmament and abolition of hate and ambition. He condemns two rival camps and calls for social reform to meet material needs, stressing the church’s mission beyond politics.
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Pius XII
Bethlehem
Christ
College of Cardinals
Five Firemen Overcome in Alpha Auto Shop Fire
In Alpha Greene County an automobile agency machine shop suffered about 40000 dollars in damage as five firefighters were overcome by smoke during the blaze yesterday. None were hospitalized.
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Dayton
Automobile Agency
Alpha
Greene County
Christmas Message To Gl in Korea
A wartime Christmas message asks how those at home greet defenders in Korea as soldiers fight to resist a shadow world of terror. It recalls prior doubts that haunted American troops from Fredericksburg to Bastogne and underlines the loneliness of battle.
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Korea
Trenton
Fredericksburg
Bastogne
Point Four Chief Among 21 Dead In Iran Crash
Dr. Henry G. Bennett head of the U S Point Four program and seven other Americans perished when a four engine Misr Airlines plane crashed in a blizzard near Teheran. The disaster killed 21 people including Bennett s wife and total casualties comprised Americans Iranians Egyptians a German and an Indonesian. Bennett previously advised Haile Selassie on Nile water problems and led the Oklahoma A and M College program before joining Point Four in November.
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Tehran
Henry G. Bennett
U. S. Point Four
Bennett
James T. Mitchell
A. C. Cril Jey
Louis Henrik Jordal
University of Michigan
United Nations Food and Agricultural Organization
FAO
Jesse Lee Smith
Columbus
Centennial Cotton Gin Company
Emilean Schneidesgat
Basra
Iraq
Baghdad
Oklahoma A. and M. College
Stillwater
Okla
Haile Selassie
Ethiopia
Nile
President Truman Flies Home For Christmas Visit
President Truman departed at 7 59 a m Eastern on a holiday flight to Independence Missouri aboard the White House plane with daughter Margaret. They aimed to land at Fairfax Airport in Kansas City and join Mrs Truman at the family home by midday aboard the Independence.
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Washington
Truman
Margaret
Independence
White House
Fairfax
Kansas City
Mrs. Truman
Yuletide Toll Rising Across Nation
The Associated Press reports a grim Christmas period with 362 deaths in the first three days of the four day Yuletide weekend. Traffic crashes caused 265 fatalities, fires 53, and other mishaps added to the toll as the Safety Council warned this 108 hour span was the highest one day projection yet.
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Associated Press
Ne Safety Council
Snow Today Possibility in Middletown
Weather notes hint at a gray winter day in Middletown with lingering snow cover. Clouds prevail, temperatures rise to 23 degrees by 8:40 a.m., after a mild 47 degree high yesterday.
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Middletown
Ohio
British Smuggle Nylons In Bulbs
London officials report nylons from the United States smuggled into Britain inside colored glass bell Christmas decorations. A parcel from the United States burst open at a sorting office revealing a pair of nylons in each of six balls. Customs were not notified and a large number of stockings were seized from similar packages.
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London
Britain
United States
Enrollment Lips Cincinnati University Report Decline
Full time enrollment in 818 of the nation s representatives colleges is 114 per cent less than a year ago. Dr Raymond Walters president of the University of Cincinnati delivered the report on Sunday.
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Cincinnati
Nation's
Raymond Walters
University of Cincinnati
Eight Die In Cincinnati Tenement Fire
A three story building at 642 West Sixth Street in Cincinnati burned after a 4 10 a m alarm. The fire killed eight people, five from one family, with Lillian Mae Williams 38 among the dead. One victim leaped from a window and another was in critical condition. Damage was tentatively set at 7000 dollars and officials suggested a careless smoker as a possible cause.
Libya Proclaims Independence Amid Western Interest
King Mohammed Idris el Senussi declared Libya independent, turning a former Italian colony into a sovereign state after decades of conflict. The move follows Italy losing the colony in 1943 and UN decisions shaping Libya’s future.
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Libya
Mohammed Idriss E Senussi
Italy
United Nations Assembly
Love Note Found With Man's Body in West Frankfort
A dying miner identified as B R Williams 40 West Frankfort Illinois scrawled on a cigarette package I love you all the way I go to with Christ The note was found with his body after the West Frankfort explosion Morgue attendants retrieved it from the still warm corpse signed Bill Williams byline AP
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West Frankfort, Ill
West Frankfort
Christ
Bill Williams
B. R. Williams
West Frank
Gas Line Blast Cuts Piqua Fuel Line Blast
An eight inch gas line exploded north of Piqua causing a 3 foot pipe break and cutting gas service to about 20 000 residents. No injuries or fire reported. Service restored in eight hours with pressure around 190 psi. Line operated by Ohio Fuel Gas Co distributed by Dayton Power and Light. Crater nine feet wide affected Versailles Sidney Fort Laramie Lock Two Minster New Bremen and New Knoxville.
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Piqua
O. W
Ohio Fuel Gas Co
Dayton Power & Light Co
Postal office for prisoners agreed at Panmunjom
In Panmunjom negotiations both sides agreed to establish a neutral post office to allow prisoners of war to mail and receive letters. The talks faced a tight deadline with a cease-fire line deadline looming in three days. The atmosphere mixed front-line shelling with moments of religous observance as Cardinal Spellman held mass for troops.
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Munsan
Korea
Matthew B
Communist High Command
International Red Cross
Panmunjom
Reds Pro
U. N
Jon 3
EU de
Lone Miner Found Alive Toll Is 119
WEST FRANKFORT AP rescue workers nearing the end of a grim mine disaster search report at least 101 dead with 14 bodies still in the pit and six to eight more likely. a 12 man federal team led by Oscar Chapman probes the scene as John R. Foster and Walter Eadie tally tolls and conditions.
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West Frankfort
Tweed
Walter Eadie
Illnois
Eadie
John R. Foster
Centralia
Interior
Oscar Chapman
Chapman
Springfield
Adlai Stevenson
Washington
John L. Lewis
Independent
United Mine Workers
United Mine So
Man Shoots Self With Toe in Suicide Verdict Case
Crawfordsville Ind Hubert Allen Carrell 39 showed his wife he could pull a shotgun trigger with his toe then did so while she cried for help Coroner Fred Blix issued a suicide verdict. He feared damage to his car from a Saturday accident.
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Crawfordsville
Ind
Hubert Allen Carrell
Fred Blix
Blix
Carrell
North To Have White Yuletide
The Weather Bureau in Chicago reports a white Christmas likely for areas north of a line through Southern Pennsylvania to the Rockies. Snow cover is expected in northern Missouri and into the Kansas Nebraska border region, with some Appalachians and Rockies above the line also snowed. Temperatures remained cold across most of the nation, 40s to 80s in the southeast, subzero near the Canadian border, and no relief yet from extreme cold.
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Weather Bureau
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Pennsylvania
Ohio
Indiana
Illinois
Missouri
Kansas Nebraska
Rockies
Appalachian
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Seaboard
New England
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Anne
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