West Middletown Fire Destroys Hill Home Harrisburg Area
Two West Middletown families lost their home to a nighttime blaze as they were away for Christmas visits. William Hill estimated the house and new furniture at well over sixteen thousand dollars. Fire departments from Wayne Township and North Middletown fought the flames with limited water supplies while a neighbor hauled in thousands of gallons of water. The cause was undetermined though flames started in the sunporch area. Mrs Arkill and her husband lost all possessions and were left homeless.
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William Hill
West Middletown Hill
Journal
West Middletown
the Journal
Wayne Township
North Middletown
Richard Walter
Hill
Walter Stricklen
Columbia St
Robert Arkil
Hills
Indiana
William Jr
Marlin
Grandma's
William McGuire
Panic Brings Death To 23 At Yale
In Tolu ca Mexico 23 people die and 209 injured as a Christmas Mass stampede follows a power failure at a church. Parish priest Rev Jose Cruz describes faint lights and a deadly rush toward two doors. Bodies including a 2 month old girl are buried after autopsies.
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Toluca
Mexico
Jose Cruz
Temoaya
One Pound Yule Baby Still Clinging To Life
Cincinnati reports a one pound baby girl born on Christmas Day to Mrs Angie South remains in critical condition at General Hospital. The premature infant, kept alive in a homemade incubator fashioned from a cardboard carton, was later transported to the hospital for care.
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Cincinnati
Angie South
General Hospital
Theater Loses Top Manager Lee Shubert on Broadway
NEW YORK Lee Shubert 78 legendary Broadway figure and president of Shubert Theatrical Enterprises died after a brief illness and circulatory failure. He and his brothers built a vast theater empire once challenging Klaw and Erlanger, later dominating the industry. Survived by Jacob J. and mourned after Sam S.’s 1905 death, their Syracuse beginnings led to a powerful Broadway legacy.
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New York
Lee Shubert
Shubert
Shubert Theatrical Enterprises
Mt. Sinai Hospital
Lee
Sam S
Jacob J
Syracuse
N.Y
Broadway
Klaw and Erlanger
the Combination
Shubert Brothers
Combine
Christmas car theft eases for Merrimac woman
A Merrimac Massachusetts woman faced a bleak Christmas Eve as her husband’s car was stolen with gifts inside. The vehicle was recovered yesterday missing only a pair of slippers and a sprig of mistletoe.
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Merrimac
Mass
Eisenhower Begins Post Holiday Work on Congress Aides
President Eisenhower, rested after Christmas with family in Augusta, plans three messages to Congress. He will deliver the State of the Union on January 7 and submit budget and economic notes soon after. The president may also craft a national radio and TV report summarizing administration goals.
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Augusta
Eisenhower
Congress
Washington
Ft. Benning
Maj
John Eisenhower
Barbara
John S. Doud
Little White House
Augusta National Golf Club
Death Toll Heads Toward Christmas Holiday Traffic Record
The nation faces a rising Christmas holiday traffic toll with 237 deaths in traffic crashes by mid holiday period, 285 violent deaths since Thursday 6 p m, plus 25 fire fatalities and 23 other accidents. National Safety Council president Ned H Dearborn warned the toll could reach a record unless drivers slow down.
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National Safety Council
Ned H. Dearborn
Indochina Cut In Half By Commies
Vietminh forces move into Thakhek on the Mekong border with Thailand completing a division of Indochina. The French pull back troops to defend Savannakhet as Hanoi’s forces threaten north and south along the Mekong.
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Saigon
Indochina
Thakhek
Mekong
Thailand
Annam
High Command
Hanoi
Laos
Ho Chi Minh
Henri Navarre
Savannakhet
Paris Paper Claims U S Denatures Plutonium for Peace
Paris Presse reports American scientists developed a method to denature plutonium and other atomic material so it cannot be used for weapons. The claim ties to President Eisenhower's push for an international pool of peaceful atomic material and faces no official comment from Washington.
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Paris
Paris- Presse
Decla
Eisenhower
United States
Russia
Washington
Atomic Energy Commission
R rt.aris-Presse
France
Clouds Gather as Warmer Winter Weekend Ends
Middletown faces a cloudy, threatening outlook with darker skies tonight and tomorrow. No rain is expected as a generally balmy winter pattern holds. yesterday’s high reached 38 after 24 at 7 a.m. Today’s 10:30 a.m. reading was 36 with a 31-degree low noted at 5 p.m.
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Middletown
Ohio Sees Third Nationwide Death Toll This Christmas Weekend
Ohio reported 17 fatalities from traffic crashes fires and other causes over the holiday weekend ranking third in the nation. The Associated Press tally covers 6 p.m. Thursday to midnight with 13 traffic deaths 2 fire fatalities and 2 train accidents in Ohio.
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Ohio
California
New York
Associated Press
Tragic Christmas in History for Traffic Accidents
Pleasant winter weather masked hazardous roads as icy stretches in the Midwest, Rockies, and Northeast caused hundreds of crashes. Daily traffic deaths averaged about 102 this year, with a pre holiday 78 hour period reporting 310 deaths, exceeding council estimates.
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Midwest
Rocky Mountain
Northeast
Council
Nixon’s Dad in Phoenix Lying In Hospital
Frank A. Nixon father of Vice President Richard Nixon was hospitalized in Phoenix after a gastric hemorrhage en route from Birmingham to Los Angeles. He showed partial improvement but could not attend a planned family Christmas dinner as his condition remained critical.
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Phoenix
Ariz
Frank A. Nixon
Richard M. Nixon
St. Joseph's Hospital
Nixon
Birmingham
Ala
Los Angeles
Washington
Edward
Donald
California
Engagement Ends In Funeral Rites
Robert D. Baynard twenty one of Denton Maryland and Margaret Marshall seventeen of Harrington Delaware planned to announce their engagement today. After buying the engagement ring Baynard's car struck a guard rail of a bridge near here and he was killed instantly. Miss Marshall died later at Milford Memorial Hospital.
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Vprnon, del
Robert D. Baynard
Denton
Margaret Marshall
Harrington
Del
Baynard
Here
Miss Marshall
Milford
del.) Memorial Hospital
Bread On The Waters
An 11 year old Albuquerque boy Timmy Whitecloud used saved money to buy a present for the King and Queen of Greece during their New Mexico visit. On Christmas morning he received a new bicycle from Mrs Angelo Mazas, a Greek woman in Albuquerque. His mother said it was the best Christmas he ever had.
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Albuquerque
Timmy Whitecloud
Greece
New Mexico
Angelo Mazas
Timmy
Ferguson Sees Okay Of Wiretaps
Senate GOP leader Senator Ferguson predicted Congress will legalize evidence from telephone wiretaps in spy trials with safeguards. Senator Potter echoed support while Senator McCarran doubted. Attorney General Browner plans a proposal, and a White House briefing last week raised the issue.
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Ferguson
Senate Republican Policy Committee
Congress
Michigan
Sen
Potter
R-Mich
McCarran
Nevada
Senate Judiciary Committee
Brownerl
Eisenhower
White House
Russians push January 25 date for Berlin four power talks
Western sources report Moscow rejected January 4 for a four power foreign ministers meeting and proposed January 25 or later. Soviets object to using the American sector building and favor a larger four plus one plus China format while remaining open to Berlin talks. Western notes from Bermuda stress Germany Austria issues and insist on free nationwide elections before a united Germany.
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Soviet Union
Berlin
Allied Control Authority
Germany
Austria
Red China
Agee
Russia
Longwood Reports Light Snow Flurry In Florida
Florida town Longwood reports a light snow flurry overnight. Police Chief Claude Layo said temperatures hovered around 40 degrees as a few flakes fell in central Florida.
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Longwood
Fla
Claude Layo
Florida
Santa Wears Blue Coat During Albuquerque Christmas Incident
In Albuquerque on Christmas morning seven year old Ralph Gonzales was picked up by blue clad police after throwing a rock through Mrs. Russell Trout s car windshield. Officers found his home without heat his father in hospital and mother ill. Ralph received a toy water pistol and thanks from officers who bought him turkey and pie and a small funds drive raised 1.50 toward the broken windshield with Trout offering to cover the rest.
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Albuquerque
Santa Claus
Ralph Gonzales
Ralph
Russell Trout
Reds claim 90 day explanations violated by majority
The Czech and Polish members of the Korean repatriation commission accuse the rest of a serious breach of armistice terms by ending prisoner explanations after nine days. Peiping radio aired the charge, saying Sweden and Switzerland backed the midnigh end of the nine day explanation period.
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Panmunjom
U. N
Columbus council OKs highway plan for 60 million funds
The Columbus city council approved the highway department's multi million dollar 1954 construction program, enabling 60 million dollars from the highway construction and bond retirement fund. About 30 million dollars will come as matching funds from federal and local sources. Butler County receives no money. TEL AVIV Israel U S Ambassador Monnett 8. Davis G died at his home today of a heart ailment.
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Columbus
Ohio
Highway Department
Butler County
Tel Aviv
Israel
U. S
Monnett
Davis
Christmas Eve Train Disasters Kill 362 Worldwide
The Associated Press reports 362 deaths from four Christmas Eve rail wrecks in New Zealand, Czechoslovakia, Peru, and Pakistan. In New Zealand a Wellington to Auckland train plunged into the Wangaehu River after a bridge washed out, with 166 dead and many more missing. In Czechoslovakia a Bratislava to Prague express collided with another train near Sakvice, with 100 to 186 killed. A mountain ore train derailment near Lima, Peru, killed six crewmen and injured one. In Pakistan four crewmen died in a derailment near Quetta. Queen Elizabeth voiced sympathy amid the disaster.
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Associated Press
New Zealand
Czechoslovakia
Peru
Pakistan
Wellington
Sakvice
Iron Curtain
Lima
Quetta
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