Rains Flood Area As Monocacy River Rises
Heavy rains caused streams to overflow near Ceresville and Buckeystown as the Monocacy River rose about a foot per hour. Six inches of water covered roads and gullies carried water to streams while motorists faced flooded highways and slush on bridges.
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Ceresville
Buckeystown
U.S
Everal
Carroll Creek
State Roads Office
Associated Press
Maryland
Charles E .Gates
Baltimore
MD. 313
Concord
Caroline
Anti West Parley Opens CAIRO Conference With 400 Delegates
A multinational African Asian conference opens on campus with about 400 delegates from 36 countries and colonies. Delegations rely on neutral nonalignment views as library shift and building upgrades begin. Separate deed records note a Taney Avenue property sale for roughly $19,000. The new library will hold up to one million books and be dedicated in spring.
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Cairo
College Park
Basni
M Mei Eisenhower
Toca
Caroun
Ito
Russia
Avery
Aea
Leibrary
Anwar Sadat
Howard Rovelstad
University
Nasser
Hellisbrary
Jan
Egypt
Frederic
Ernest W. Ausherman
Mirs
Eastland Protests Double Standard Amid Public Security Debates
Washington observers quote Senator Eastland criticizing a double standard as investigations into communism prompt public anxiety. The report notes tensions over Fifth Amendment refusals and a crackdown on loyalty concerns, with churches continuing Christmas observances amid political controversy.
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Washington
Sen
Eastand
D-Miss
CIO
Ferndale
Burnie
Eastland
O¢ai
Internal Security
Army Reviews All Risk Discharged GIs Cases
The Army is reassessing every case of a soldier discharged as a security risk between 1848 and 1955. Changes have updated or removed the risk label in many reviews, with about half of cases examined so far altered. Some former soldiers remain ineligible for reclassification under revised standards.
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Army
New York
Amy Ist
New York Times
Washington Dispatch
the Times
NEHRG
Tokyo
China
New Delhi
Su-ting
Anled
Jkarao
Indonesia
Sinkiang
Nehra
Peiping
Adjassato Sukarno
Cairoj
India
Turkistan
Brocker
Fire at California tire plant destroys pigment shed
A blaze at the Firestone Tire and Rubber Co. plant in California spread from two sheds to two large piles of used tires covering a square block. Firefighters contained the fire around the pigment shed while noting unemployment and charity efforts in the area.
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Los Angeles
Firestone Tire and Rubber Co
Los Angeles County
South Gate
cleIcene
S Park
Harry E. Powell
Salvation Army
Francis Scott Key Post
American Legion
Frederick Memorial Hospital
Xmas Day Snowstorm Across Midwest and East
A Christmas Day snowstorm blankets the Midwest and East with strong winds and rain or sleet. Hospitals report more adult patients while Toys and food offerings accompany the season, as Santa visits and local groups organize charitable events and hospital decorations.
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Mississippi Valley
Womens Auxiliary of
Great Lakes Region
Thej
Santa
J.lake
Pase Frederick
Kreissig
Good Ward
Canada
Will Committee
Charles V. Maine
Elks Club
Frederick Memorial Hospital
George Bowmas
RFD
Middletown
Robert Fritz
West Patrick -Street
Mmr
Bernard Abrecht
Lee Place
Jasper Lamberti
Poolesville
Victor Wolfe
Biggs. Avenue
The
Legion Post
Winchester Hall
Erre Houck
East Church
East Second Street
Post Toy Committee
Wilbur
Baker
Legionnaires
Eisenhower Plans Quiet Day at White House and Gettysburg Trip
President Eisenhower remains at the White House in holiday mood with no appointments. He may travel to the Gettysburg farm tomorrow for rest and work, after hosting a Christmas turkey dinner with family. Local donations funded gifts for 29 city and 104 county families, with funds from the Maryland State Tri County All Star benefit ball.
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Washington
Eisenhower
White House
James C. Hagerty
Gettysburg
EE Senhowers
W. H. S. Miller
Milton Frank Jr
Rodney Lentz
Robert Burall
Andy Malone
Turkey” Bell
Paul Masser
Darrell Eicholtz
George Waltz
James Geisinger
Joseph Geisinger
Duke” Exter
Paul Hammond
W. S. Baker
W. G. Baker
John Newton
Bad’ Kennedy
Robert Littleton
George Stevens
Catholic raise aids Korean charities in Seoul
Francis Cardinal Spellman donated fifteen dollars and twenty cents from churches in his New York diocese and other Roman Catholic groups to Korean charities in Seoul. The appeal collected funds across parishes and Catholic organizations for relief work.
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Seoul
Francis Cardinal Spellman
New York
Exploding Tank Truck Kills 11 in Jamaica Town
In Runaway Bay Jamaica a 1500 gallon gasoline truck crashed spilling fuel as villagers gathered cans for home use. Eleven were killed and 37 injured when a blaze lit by scavengers burning cigarettes burned for two hours. Police blamed the explosion on spilled fuel and a burning cigarette.
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Runaway Bay
Jamaica
Kingston
Congress Faces Distasteful Tasks in Election Year
Washington lawmakers return Jan 7 to tackle high defense spending amid Russia advances and growing debt. Tax cuts appear unlikely while the budget nears 73 billion, with potential social security tax boosts and education aid emphasis on science and math.
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Washington
Congress
Russia
House
McElroy J
Il J
Eisenhower
Navy Abandons Search For Flying Radar Station Crash
The Navy terminated the search for survivors of the WW2 four engine radar plane crash 25 miles north of Oahu after two nights of air, sea, and coast guard patrols. Three officers and one enlisted man were rescued, while two bodies were recovered and the remaining 17 crew were presumed lost.
Typhoon wrecks boats cause mass loss near China coast
Hong Kong dispatch reports a sudden typhoon in the East China Sea on December 12. Winds battered fishing boats and many were lost, per the Communist New China News Agency.
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Hong Kong
East China Sea
Communist New China News Agency
Truman Slams TV Talk Gobbledygook in New York Remarks
Former President Harry S Truman called a late night television talk gobbledygook while in New York for Christmas with daughter Margaret Daniel. He commented on the fatalities claim as uncertain and said details were withheld. In France a car carrying seven youths plunged into a canal in fog. four drowned and two escaped.
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New York
Harry S. Truman
Eisenhower
Chushan
Truman
Shanghai
Margaret Daniel
Clifton
Daniel
Dunkirk
France
Death of Livermore physicist Goranson underlines 1950s pressures
Dr. Ror W. Goranson, a theoretical physicist at the UC Radiation Laboratory in Livermore, was found hanged in his Danville home garage after telling his wife he would take the easy way out. Once noted for a device delivering three million psi, he had suffered a heart attack and lasting disability amid years of psychiatric treatment.
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Livermore
Ror W. Goranson
Danville
Robert Barrett
Goranson
John Biemer
Robbers Fail to Crack Safe at Montgomery Ward Warehouse
Robbers broke into the rear Montgomery Ward warehouse on South Market Street Wednesday night and stole a record player a typewriter and a lady s coat Chief Charles V Main said this morning Det Set A Norman Die and Det Sgt Eilis G Carty are investigating the entry and the attempt to remove the safe.
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Montgomery Ward
South Market Street
Charles V. Main
Esf
A. Norman Die
Eilis G. Carty
Ice Storm W. Md. Knocks Out Lines. Crews Restore Service
An ice storm glazed Garrett and western Allegany counties with up to 1.5 inches of ice, snapping transmission and local lines. About 11:45 p.m. a section of line broke. seven crews worked three hours to place a new line. Roughly 150 phones and 22 toll circuits were out west of Cumberland. roads were mostly clear today.
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Frostburg
Garrett
Allegany
Keysers Ridge
Garrett County
Lonaconing
Cumberland
State Roads Commission
Death toll over holiday tops predictions, nations mourn
The Associated Press reports Christmas holiday traffic and related deaths surpass safety estimates. More than 200 lives lost in motor vehicle crashes, with 208 traffic fatalities in a 30 hour window, plus 167 from fires and 22 other deaths, totaling 235. Ohio and New York lead state fatalities.
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Associated Press
National Safety Council
Ohio
New York
Convicts Caught In Attempt To Escape
Guards stopped an escape attempt at the Washington State Penitentiary as inmates were caught in the Gifoot shaft near the tunnel entrance. Seven prisoners were later identified and detained after a brief, violent clash in which a guard was assaulted but knife wounds were not reported.
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Watersville
Robert Mayne
Brederiet Memorial Hospital
Mayne
Hremen
James
Gremen
Henry Krantz
Walla Walla
Wash
T—A
Washington State Penitentiary
Officials On Jap Blacklist
Tokyo reports from the U S Embassy say some Americans may face deportation amid a list of 852 foreign civilians and recall of several high ranking American diplomats and officers for misconduct or criminal activities. The Japanese Foreign Office denies any American officials are on a blacklist and a U S official confirms no officials are blacklisted.
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Tokyo
U. S
U.S
Foreign Ministry
Daily Worker Nears End as National Committee Moves
The Daily Worker, longtime voice of US communism, may cease publication next Tuesday after a secret NEC meeting voted to discontinue the paper. Editor John Gates disputes the vote’s binding nature and aims to keep publishing. The secret meeting also reportedly refused to endorse the 12 nation International Communist party declaration.
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New York
The
Daily Worker
United States
Communist Party
Worker
John Gates
Gates
International Communist Party
Moscow
Soviet Union
Noel baby born in Zanesville hospital on Christmas Day
Mrs Belle Noel, 33, wife of George Noel in Zanesville, Ohio, gave birth to an eight pound boy in Zanesville City hospital on Christmas Day.
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Georgetown
Dell
Christopher Quillen
Harry Quillen
Johannesburg
South Africa
G. van Walikenburg
Bargor
Clarence A. Chaney
District of Columbia Police
I Chaney
Zanesville
Ohio
Belle Noel
George Noel
Zanesville City Hospital
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