Food and Toy Distributions Mark Christmas Relief Effort
Salvation Army baskets reach the unerprivileged in the city as 150 food parcels are handed out at Elm Street school this afternoon. Santa via American Legion members visits Winchester Hall for 1,100 children in 200 families, while the Post Office handles a record mail and package volume. Rain eases, temperatures stay near freezing, and merchants report strong Christmas sales with few traffic incidents.
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Tornadoes in Deep South and Holiday Weather Outlook
Tornadoes struck isolated areas of the Deep South with 2 to 6 inches of rain on the Gulf Coast. No deaths, one injury reported as twisters damaged rural Alabama and Georgia. Weather across the nation showed cooler sums in the Midwest and East, with expectations of showers along the Ohio Valley and Atlantic coast.
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Somber Christmas in Holy Land Amid Mid East Tensions
In Jerusalem a somber mood colors Christmas as hostilities dampen celebrations. An Israeli army spokesman cites a raid by Jordanian infiltrators that damaged a village dispensary with a time bomb. Frontier watch by Arab legionnaires and Israeli soldiers continues, with about 1,700 local pilgrims expected to cross into Jordan for Bethlehem services, far below the usual 7,000 to 10,000.
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Frederick Home Christmas Lighting Contest Opens
Frederick readies its annual Junior Chamber of Commerce Christmas lighting contest with cash and goods prizes for the top three homes. Entries are due by Thursday as judges tour city displays to select winners and announce them that evening.
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Two Boys Start Fire While Hunting Tinsel In Attic
In Brentwood Maryland two boys ages seven and four sought Christmas decorations in an attic. A wax flame touched a candle and sparked a fire that left their eight person family temporarily homeless. Firefighters battled for two hours as the attic burned and the house suffered fire and water damage. The incident was tallied by Prince Georges County fire marshal Lawrence Woltz with damages estimated at a dollar amount not fully clear.
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Michael
Raymond Clancy
Prince Georges County
Lawrence Woltz
Nixon Back From Trip to Make Report
Vice President Nixon returned from a six day study of the Hungarian refugee problem in Austria. He said international Communism has suffered a mortal blow and will present specific recommendations to President Eisenhower within a week on ways the U.S. can help find new homes for about 175000 Hungarians. He will be joined by Deputy Atty. Gen William P. Rogers and John Hollister to discuss immigration law and refugee relief. A crowd of about 200 greeted him at the airport.
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Niven
Karl Gruber
Santa clad robber steals $300 from Plainwell station
In Plainwell Michigan an elderly man in a Santa suit arrived at John May's filling station. He brandished a small caliber revolver, demanded cash from the register, and escaped in a dirty car with about $300. Police launch a search.
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Suez Canal salvage delay hinges on Egyptian approval
UN salvage fleet including British and French ships awaits Egyptian go ahead to move into the canal south of Port Said. Dag Hammarskjold may visit Cairo as Egypt blocks use of foreign crews. Wheeler calls the situation critical while UK and French troops have withdrawn. The canal zone shifts focus to Sinai as evacuees redeploy.
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National Liberation Army
Maj. Kamat el Din Hussein
Assembly TV To Be Clarified
Maryland lawmakers will see a proposal next year to decide if legislative proceedings may be broadcast live by radio and television newsmen. Nehru arrived in London for talks with Prime Minister Eden.
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Cold Sunny Weather On Xmas Day
The Associated Press reports Maryland expects a dry cold mass bring clearing skies after fog and drizzle. Western counties may dip to the 20s tonight with 40s tomorrow, Eastern Maryland in the 30s tonight and 40s tomorrow. Traffic toll stands at 538 for the year as five deaths reported during the long holiday weekend. Two pedestrians among the victims in Abegany County were injured in a two car crash near Barstow. Russell Lee Gray Berman and Charles Lee Thom, both from Lonaconing and Barton respectively, were hospitalized at Potomac Valley Hospital.
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W. Va
Chou En Lai Planned Visit to Poland in January
London reports Communist Chinese Premier Chou En Lai will visit Poland in mid January after a South Asian tour. Western observers expect talks on Moscow's satellites and possible moves toward greater autonomy, with potential visits to other East European states.
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Mothers Christmas Gift For Son Who Almost Died
A mother will receive a Christmas present for her son whose near-fatal accident left him with both legs amputated after a railroad incident. The boy, Robert Long, is 11 or 12 and remains in critical but improving condition after hospital care and transfusions. His father notes the boy’s resilience and intention to cope despite lifelong disability.
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Boycott
Hos
Bobby
Thepital
Nicholsi
Negro Intercivic Council
Weard
Special Xinas Parties For Hungarian Group
Air Force personnel in Predwick Scotland plan in flight Christmas parties for Hungarian refugees en route to the United States. The service has also dropped mail and gifts at Arctic outposts and sent a fir tree to Navy men and civilian scientists at the South Pole as part of holiday efforts.
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South Pole
Hungarians Seek Refuge As Westward Move Expands
Vienna reports that hundreds more Hungarians, joined by a soldier, attempted to flee westward. Meanwhile the U.S. Air Force airlift, Operation Kale Haven, has transported a growing number of Hungarian refugees to the United States, with thousands remaining to be processed as arrivals continue from the airport.
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Kale Haven
Death Toll On Highways Is Mounting
The National Safety Council reported 476 highway deaths during the four day Christmas period as numbing crashes, fires, and other accidents mounted nationwide. Officials warned the total could reach a new record of 660 if driving remains unchecked. A fatal head on collision near Water Town, D. D., claimed a father, mother and three children, while two others were injured as cars plunged into ditches en route to Minnesota.
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National Safety Council
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Watertown
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Five Die In Flash Fire At Downtown Apartment
A five story downtown Meriden building fire killed mother Julia Morales Rigs, 39, and four of her children Gladys 17 Isobel 13 Edefie 4 Eddie 3. An injured child and a 20 year old son were overcome by smoke. An uncle was badly hurt leaping from a window as a policeman rescued nine others. The medical examiner cited suffocation for four victims.
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Crie
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