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Christmas Peace Across World Amid Cold War Tensions
Vatican, Moscow, and London scenes unfold as Christians celebrate Christmas. Khrushchev hints at East West talks while protests flare in Algeria and Martinique. Iran Iraq frontier tensions rise. Quemoy shells. Pope John XXIII delivers blessing to Rome. White House rests, Churchill ill, British royalty at Windsor. Bethlehem hosts worship as Israeli Syrian clashes occur. U.S. bombers remain on 15 minute alert. Homemakers club holds a Yuletide meeting in Charlesville.
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Associated Press
Nikita Khruasuchev
Khrushchev
France
Algeria
Algiers
West Indies
Martinique
Tehran
Iraq
Iran
Moscow
Quemoy
Louis F. Dion
Worcester
Mas
Soviet Union
Latvia
Gustav Turs
Us.s.r
Tass
Britain
Elizabeth
White House
Sir Winston Churchill
Chartwell
London
John XXIII
St. Peter’s Basilica
Rome
Mass
Bethlehem
Sea of Galilee
Israel
U.S. Strategic Air Command