Yuba City Evacuated After Feather River Levee Break
A 40 foot break in the Feather River levee at Yuba City caused mass evacuation as floods across California Oregon and Nevada swelled homeless counts to about 35 000. Marysville Stockton and Modesto also faced rising waters while debris and damage ran into millions. Police ordered residents from the town and refugees moved north toward Colusa and Woodland as the disaster was labeled major by President Eisenhower.
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Traffic, Flood Deaths Mar Holiday Weekend
Western states report multiple traffic fatalities and flood-related hazards. National Safety Council warns Christmas Eve is the year’s deadliest 24 hours for motorists. United Press survey notes ongoing weekend dangers as conditions worsen.
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National Safety Council
United Press
Reds Broadcast First Christmas Carols Since 17
LENINGRAD December 24 The Soviet radio aired Christmas carols for the first time since 1917 as the American touring cast of Porgy and Bess performs here. Producer Robert Breen delivered a Christmas greeting to President Eisenhower. The troupe, greeted with enthusiasm, will perform 12 shows in Leningrad before heading to Moscow.
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Porgy and Bess
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UN Chief Urges Global Unity For Peace And Duty
UN Secretary General Dag Hammarskjold calls for mankind to unite in peaceful competition free from fear and want. He reflects on ten years since World War II ending, urging devotion to humanity and readiness for sacrifices to keep the dream of universal peace alive.
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United Nations
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Dag Hammarskjold
Guns Are Stilled At Birthplace Shrine Bethlehem Christmas Peace
Troops ring Manger Square to preserve order as Bethlehem hosts Christmas. Diplomats, United Nations officers travel from Jerusalem to the Nativity under guard. Patriarch Alberto Gori leads prayers amid Jordanian soldiers while pilgrim crowds fill basilicas and protests subside.
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Eisenhower Backers Reassemble to Field Delegates
The 1952 Eisenhower campaign team is reforming to recruit pro-Eisenhower delegates for upcoming state primaries. Activity is seen in New Hampshire and Wisconsin with Minnesota next. Some fear a bid to preserve a 1956 run if Eisenhower does not seek a second term, though backers express strong confidence he will run again after his heart attack. Two meetings have occurred in New York and Washington with leaders who drove the 1952 drive.
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New Hampshire
Wisconsin
Minnesota
Eisenhower
New York
Tot's Toys Burn But Carolers Get Funds For More
In New Orleans a six year old boy Billy Douglas lost his toys in a fire three days before Christmas. A caroling group raised 20 to support the family sending the money to Billy with a request to buy new toys. The blaze damaged their apartment and clothing. no injuries occurred.
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Buddy
Metairie
Billy Douglas
Billy
Leon Douglas
Good Fellows Proud Of Big 1955 Fund Success
The Good Fellows drive in Monroe and West Monroe exceeded its goal with a total of 4306.95. Donations funded gifts of food, clothing, and toys for area families, while a few cases could not be served.
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Good Fellows
Monroe
West Monroe
Twin Cities
Jack Hesketh
Monroe Park and Recreation Department
B. B. Martin
Atlanta Negroes Play Golf On City Course After High Court Order
About 150 white golfers and five Negroes teed off at the North Fulton course at 8 30 a m as the U S Supreme Court ordered Atlanta courses opened. The Holmes family, among the plaintiffs in the federal suit, joined the early round though Dr H M Holmes did not play. The round followed a nationwide desegregation decision affecting pools and parks.
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U. S. Supreme Court
North Fulton
Oliver and
Alfred Holmes
H. M. Holmes
C. T. Bell
Holmes
Sloan
Imple
Stores Banks To Close Monday In Twin City Holiday Notice
Merchandising houses in Monroe and West Monroe will close Monday after Christmas. Monroe Retail Merchants Association and West Monroe Businessmen's Association announce closures. All Twin City banks and city hall offices except police stations will also be closed for the holiday.
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West Monroe
Monroe Retail Merchants Association
Christmas Day Weather For North Louisiana And Arkansas
The forecast calls for cloudy and warm Christmas in north Louisiana with springlike conditions in Arkansas through Sunday except the north part where it will turn cooler today. In Monroe the Saturday high reached 81 and the low 67.
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Arkansas
Monroe
Abe
Church
The Episcopal Church in New York condemned Mississippi as gripped by a reign of terror citing unpunished killings of Black people. It denounced officials for lawlessness and urged Justice Department intervention, naming Sen. Eastland as more dangerous to the country than Communists. The statement references Rev. George W. Lee and Lamar Smith killings among others.
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Department of Christian Social Relations
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Episcopal Church
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George W. Lee
Belzoni
Miss
Lamar Smith
Brookhaven
The Hope of Christmas Hymn by Norman F. Simmons
A gentle Christmas hymn celebrates peace and love through the Child of God. It envisions a star guiding wise men, angel carolers, and prayers for enduring faith that peace shall unfold with Jesus Christ.
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Christ
God
Jesus Christ
Norman F. Simmons
Pope urges global disarmament to avert catastrophe
Pope Pius XII delivering his 45 minute Christmas message called for a ban on nuclear tests and an international accord on disarmament to prevent a world war. He endorsed aerial inspection and global listening posts, speaking to 16 cardinals in the Vatican and broadcast in 29 languages.
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Pius XII
Eisenhower
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Senate panel splits on aid to allies
Senate Foreign Relations members divided Saturday on reducing economic aid to allies. Rourke Hickenlooper urged continuing military aid at a substantial level while seeking cuts in economic assistance. Mike Mansfield pushed to increase aid to underdeveloped nations and called for scrutinizing the military aid program before any increases. John Sparkman listed among the panel members.
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Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Congress
America
Rourke B. Hickenlooper
Riowa
Mike Mansfield
D-Mont
Gramming
John J. Sparkman
D-Ala
Christmas Dream Comes True For Poor Sharecropper
In Fair Dealing Missouri a struggling sharecropper, Bob Sells, buys an $80 acre farm with $200 down and earns a $10,000 gift from United Farm Agency. The Kansas City donor Chamberlain funds the bonus as Sells expands to two farms and supports his wife Alene and seven children Delbert 15 Bobbie Jean 13 Jerry 10 Larry 8 Ronnie 6 Rickie 4 Twyla Faye 6 months. The deal marks the 50 000th and 50 001st farms sold by United Farm Agency.
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Fair Dealing
Bootheel
Missouri
Bob Sells
Alene
Sells
Poplar Bluff
Kansas City
Sels
United Farm Agency
Roscoe L. Chamberlain
United
Fairdealing
Cecil Martin
Arkansas
Chamberlain
Monroyan Fails In Attempt To Call Calif Relatives
Mrs Claude A Hilton of 304 Benton Avenue reported her brother lives in Marysville California one of the hardest flood hit towns and said her mother and four other brothers reside in Olivehurst near Marysville She was trying to reach them by telephone on Saturday after learning of the floods in the area.
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Claude A. Hilton
Benton Avenue
Marysville
Calif
Olive Hurst
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