Nixon to Visit Austria for Hungarian Refugee Study
Vice President Nixon will fly to Austria next week to study Hungarian refugee problems at President Eisenhower's request. He will report back with recommendations on further U S aid. A 15 member presidential committee on refugee relief coordinates offers of jobs homes and education for refugees. Nixon departs Tuesday and returns December 23.
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Nixon
Austria
Eisenhower
United States
White House
James C. Hagerty
Tracy S. Voor
Congress
Brees
Lewis W. Douglas
Washington
Relief Agency
Coast Guardsmen Help Truman on Snowy Kansas City Street
Coast Guardsmen James Summer and Larry Armstrong, on Christmas Leave and newly enlisted, lent aid to former President Harry S. Truman when his car stalled on a snow slick hill in Kansas City. Truman thanked them, giving each man a silver dollar he had carried for luck since his 70th birthday.
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Kansas City
Coast Guard
Harry S. Truman
Truman
James E. Summer
Larry Armstrong
Mr. Truman
Catholic Feast Day Celebrated in San Antonio
About 35 000 Roman Catholics from 140 parishes joined a candlelight procession and high mass in downtown San Antonio to reaffirm devotion to Our Lady of Guadalupe. More than 20 000 attendees, including 130 clergy led by Archbishop Robert Lucey, came from three parishes. The feast honors the 1531 Guadalupe apparition and a shrine on Tepeyac Hill.
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San Antonio
Prisoner shot dead during attempted escape in San Diego
The Marine Corps said a prisoner in custody was shot and killed while trying to escape in San Diego. The prisoner, unnamed, was kept by Cpl. Gerald Hall of Groves Texas and Capt. Alfred Gilpin of Russellville Missouri.
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Marine Corps
Gerald Hall
Groves
Tex
Alfred Gilpin
Russellville
Nearby colleges to ease student travel by 1970
Kalamazoo Michigan reports Dr. Clair L. Taylor Michigan superintendent of public instruction says by 1970 a network of nearby colleges will let high school graduates live within easy commuting distance of higher education. The statement underscores expanded access to college within the state.
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Kalamazoo
Mich
Michigan
Superintendent of Public Instruction
Clair L. Taylor
Regional West Texas Forecast Turns Warmer Friday
Regional outlook shows fair, cold today with warming in Panhandle and South Plains tonight. Lows 28 to 35 degrees. Central Texas parts stay partly cloudy and colder with lows 30 to 40 inland and 35 to 45 near the coast. Northerly winds rise along the coast tonight and ease Friday. East Texas remains clear to partly cloudy and colder with a warm trend Friday and lows 28 to 38 tonight. Winds shift from northerly to moderate and variable by Friday.
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Gulf of Mexico
Virginia
Nort Carolina
Idaho
Mississippi Valley
United Press Telemap
West Texas
Panhandle
South Plains
Texas
Dream Comes True For Talented Orphan Harriet Thall
Harriet Thall an 11 year old foundling in Philadelphia sings with hope as she meets Marian Anderson at a Christmas luncheon. Officials sponsor her, a department store outfits her, and the girl’s rich love-filled poverty echoes Anderson’s own start in South Philadelphia.
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Philadelphia
Harriet Thalf
Harriet
Marian Anderson
Miss Anderson
Marian
Union Baptist Church
Harriett
Emma Thall
St. Teresa’s
Fordham University
St. Francis Carre
City Hall
St. Teresa's
Carre
River Spill Docks 15000 Gallons Alcohol Near Maysville
In the Ohio River near Maysville Kentucky a tug rammed a barge causing about 15000 gallons of grain alcohol to spill into the river. The tugboat sustained no damage and barge owners plan to recover the vessel.
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Maysville
Ohio River
Here
City Commission Sets Jan 2 Vote on Pay Hikes for Fire Police
Sweetwater Texas officials announced an election on January 2 to consider proposed salary increases for the city fire and police departments.
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Sweetwater
Tex
Anglo-French Withdrawal Nears Finish
In Egypt a United Nations spokesman said the evacuation of Anglo French troops from Port Said may be completed by Saturday. Maj. Gen. Burns said UNEF would leave Port Said after the civilians and force set up, with a schoolhouse HQ in El Ballah nearby. An attack on a British patrol occurred and a British officer was kidnapped. shots fired near Port Said but no casualties reported. The Sinai drive to Israeli positions proceeds slowly as minefields are cleared and roads repaired. Gen Wheeler readies a report for Hammarskjold.
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London
United Nations
Egypt
Port Said
el Ballah
E.L.M. Burns
U.N. Emergency Force
UNEF
Burns
U.N
Suez
Sinai Desert
Raymond A. Wheeler
Dag Hammarskjold
Civil Rights Fight Urged by Texas Church Leaders
Rev. A. A. Lucas urged a civil rights fight by church groups in Texas. A meeting of about 100 Negro ministers and laymen discussed forming a National Assny for the Advancement of Christian Principles. The group denied plans to run NAACP functions and called for lawful, Christian action.
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A. A. Lucas
Missionary General Baptist Convention of Texas
National Assny For
Texas
Lucas
National Assny For the Advancement of
NAACP
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