Santa Claus Reindeer Will Arrive Tonight
Santa and his famous reindeer are en route to the American border, with the sleigh overflowing with gifts. Penguins hitchhike in tuxedos on the North Pole expedition as Mrs. Claus jokes about a universal present for all children. The column playfuly imagines Santa delivering to good and bad alike, urging better behavior next year.
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Santa Claus
America
Hal Boyle
North Pole
Jolly Old Saint
Royal Canadian Mounted Police
Santa
Old Boy
Cander
Vixen
South Pole
Florida
Hoyle
Mrs. Claus
Want Ads Through a Keyhole
Thirty one head of climate Hereford heifers for sale weighing about 450 pounds. Upstairs unfurnished three room apartment for rent with heat and water furnished. A 1950 four door automobile for sale priced at 250 dollars. A kitchen table and four chairs for sale.
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Hereford
Rescue Four From 23-Man Navy Plane Crew
Four survivors from a 23 man Navy Super Constellation radar plane ditched off Oahu were rescued. Two bodies recovered as search vessels combed turbulent seas at daybreak. An armada of surface craft and rescue planes joined Navy, Air Force, and Coast Guard units in the area amid six mile visibility and six foot waves.
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Honolulu
Oahu Island
Oahu
Navy
Kaneohe Marine Air Station
Air Force
Coast Guard
Norma Talmadge Dies at 60 in Las Vegas Stroke
Norma Talmadge prominent silent film star dies at age 60 in Las Vegas from a stroke at home with her third husband Dr. Carvel James. She previously married film producer Joseph M. Schenck and comedian Georgie Jessel and is survived by sisters Natalie and Constance The latter Mrs Walter Giblin. Born in Jersey City she rose with stage plays in Brooklyn and entered Vitagraph Studio before heading to Hollywood in 1914.
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Las Vegas
Norma Talmadge
Carvel James
Joseph M. Schenck
Georgie Jessel
Natalie
Constance
Walter Giblin
Norma
Jersey City
N. J
Brooklyn
Vitagraph Studio
Hollywood
Morris Council Ends Quiet 1957 Session
Morris city council wrapped up 1957 with a notably brief meeting in city hall. Alderman James Davis announced December gasoline tax refunds would be based on a 7,711 population per the Bureau of Census, yielding about $4,000 more annually in gas tax refunds.
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Morris Council
James Davis
Bureau of Census
Morris
Floods and Famine Reach Java as Heavy Rains Hit
Reports from central and west Java describe floods and famine arriving in Jakarta. No casualties reported. Food shortage likely from crop failures, cause not specified.
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Jakarta
West Java
Dram Shop Suit Filed Against Two Tavern Owners
A $20 000 dram shop suit was filed in Grundy County Circuit Court by Isaac Babington of Pontiac for his minor son Gerald Babington against Joseph Barrett and Erna Frost. The claim stems from injuries in an auto crash on December 8 1956 after Gerald Smith was served intoxicating beverages at Barretts Trophy Inn Godley and at Erna Frosts Village Pump Braceville. Smiths car overturned 42 miles south of Morrison Route 47, sending Babington from the car with a fractured pelvis hip and other severe injuries. A jury trial is requested with Niven and Clay of Pontiac representing the plaintiff.
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Grundy County
Joseph Barrett
Erna Frost
Isaac Babington
Pontiac
Gerald Babington
Babington
Gerald Smith
Smith
Trophy Inn
Godley
Barrett
Braceville
Morrison Rte. 47
Niven and Clay
Eisenhower Passes Disarmament Push to Moscow
President Eisenhower said the next move to reduce world tensions and pursue disarmament rests with Moscow. He and Secretary Dulles urged reciprocity and good faith in talks, signaling the United States may seek a heads of government or foreign ministers approach while backing NATO missile base plans.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Moscow
Kremlin
America
NATO Council
Paris
Dulles
Ressia
United Nations
NATO
United States
Russia
U. N
Police Chief Charged In Coal City Crash
Coal City special report states Police Chief Eileen Pantaleone was ticketed for failure to keep his vehicle under control after pursuing a speeding car on Division Street without siren or lights. Pantaleone appeared before Justice of the Peace, with George Reader and Matthew Kazah’s vehicles involved and a damaged street light.
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Coal City
Matthew Pantaleone
Eileen
Edward Wilt
Pantaleone
Justice of Peace
William Unger
Division Street
George Reader
Matthew Kazah
Joliet
Planes Bomb Fort Near Sidi Ifni in Morocco
Spanish aircraft bombed a rebel-held fort near the Ifni border, per Al Alam. No casualties were reported in the Monday strike. The fort lies about 12 miles from Sidi Ifni, where Spanish troops have dug in after a wider insurrection left most of the enclave in rebel hands.
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Rabat
Morocco
Ifni
al Alam
Sidi Ifni
East Germany Sees Sputnik Replacing Christ at Christmas
East Germany aims to substitute Christ with Sputnik as the central Christmas symbol. The regime uses satellite imagery to frame religion as outdated while churches warn of secularization in schools and society. Amid this, many rural areas still anticipate traditional Christian rites and high church attendance.
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Berlin
East Germany
Sputnik
Germany
Evangelical Lutheran Church
Escapes Unhurt As Car Crashes Near Joliet
Dwight Barkdull, 30, of 1711 May St Joliet escaped unharmed when his car overturned and burned on U S Route 66 near the NYC railway crossing north of Route 17. He dozed at the wheel, left the northbound lane, crossed the median, and halted on the southbound side before the fire. State Trooper Warren Smith investigated. Barkdull was en route to Joliet from Bloomington to spend Christmas with his family.
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Dwight
Guy Barkdull
May St
Joliet
U. S&s
N.Y.C
Barkdull
Warren Smith
Bloomington
Americans Urged to Sweat Courage and Peace at Christmas
President Eisenhower called for sweat toil and self sacrifice to foster peace as war fears ease in Palestine and Sinai while servicemen worldwide share gifts and hospitality. At the Pole and in Korea Italy and Germany, Christmas outreach aids orphans and refugees and extends aid to merchant cadets.
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Eisenhower
Algeria
Ifan
North Africa
Cuba
Cyprus
Austria
West Berlin
Gaza
Hong Kong
Indonesia
Singapore
International Geophysical Year
South Pole
McMurdo Sound
U. S
Randolph
Mediterranean
Naples
Turkey
Germany
America
Taegu
Korea
Mild Christmas Weather Seen for Grundy County
The weather bureau forecasts mild Christmas conditions for Grundy County with highs in the 50s and low around 30. Tonight will be fair, Wednesday looks fair and mild, and Thursday may be partly cloudy with little temperature change. The Pyatt station notes a 9 am barometer of 30.50 and a 30 degree start rising. Monday night low was 19 and the day reached 53.
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Grundy County
U. S
Michigan
Wisconsin
Minnesota
Pyatt
Don Pyatt
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Holy Land Quiet
Holy Land
Palestine
Jesus
Weather Bureau
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