Grand Island Church Receives Record Individual Gift
The First Christian Church in Grand Island Neb received its largest ever single donation for a building fund from Sharon Kay Ritchie Miss America 1956 now a Denver college student. Her note said she attended the church as a child and this gift will help build a new facility for youth to learn about Jesus.
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Grand Island, Neb
R. R. Velderman
First Christian Church
Sharon Kay “Ritchie
Grand Island
Denver
Jesus
Christ
North Koreans Issue Warning on UN Planes Over Truce Line
North Korea warned it will fire on any United Nations planes straying over the Panmunjom truce line. The warning echoed at Panmunjom after UN Command accused Communists of indiscriminate antiaircraft fire at an unarmed Allied helicopter north of Panmunjom on December 7. The UN noted the helicopter pilot lost bearings and said three FAR fliers have been killed in the past year for inadvertent overflights.
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U.N
Prison Christmas Program Inspires Rehabilitation Efforts
Huntsville Texas December plans show inmates taking active roles in art carpentry and painting to decorate prison units and share gifts with kinfolk. Chaplains hold services and a new $60000 inmate chapel opens at Huntsville. films plays and music programs aim to lift morale and reinforce responsibility.
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Huntsville
Texas
C. B. Ellis
Yale
Ellis
Huntsville Chapel of Hope
Eli Rushing
Rushing
Peter
Harlem
Sugar Land
Floods Rise After Gale Storm Strikes Northern California
Rain swollen creeks overflowed banks after a gale season storm in northern California. The Eel River Valley saw ten people rescued from flooded cars. Guanerville and Healdsburg faced rising waters with emergency declarations. Henry Jensen, 70, drowned when his car was swept away. other residents were evacuated as roads disappeared under floodwaters.
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San Francisco
Rainiswollen
California
Eel River Valley
Russian River
Healdsburg
Guerneville
James Lyttle
Sonoma County Board of Supervisors
Red Cross
Gilson Willets
Civil Defense
Monte Rio
Henry Jensen
Fortuna
Eel River
John L. Johnson
Grizzly Bluff
Jensen
Soldier Builds Korean Orphanage For 30 War Orphans
Fritz Moeller, a 22 year old GI on the Korean front, has bought land in an off limits village and built an orphanage for 30 blind Korean children. He spent 600 of his own dollars and now faces legal hurdles to secure title while planning to hand the project to a church group or the orphans themselves. The youths, scarred by war, cling to him as he vows warmth this Christmas.
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Korea
Pfe
Fritz Moeller
Moeller
Air Force releases names of two pilots killed in crash
The Air Force disclosed the identities of Capt. Clifford W. Graves and 1st Lt. James D. Sonni, two reservists of the 445th Fighter Bomber Wing based in Niagara Falls, who died when their T-33 jet crashed about 20 miles southeast of San Antonio after Monday night.
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San Antonio
Air Force
Clifford W. Graves
James D. Sonni
445Th
Niagara Falls
N.Y
Randolph Air Force Base
San An
No Israeli Arab Peace Talks Seen Soon
Washington reports indicate neither side expects imminent peace negotiations. Israeli sources say a concession package excludes ceding territory or returning refugees, while Arab leaders reiterate demand for the 1947 borders and refugee return as starting points.
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Washington
Israel
State Department
Abdel Khalleh Hassouna
Arab League
Dulles
Sea of Galilee
Hassouna
United States
Big Lake Woman Rites Set Today
Services were held this afternoon for Mrs. William M. Lankford 38 who had lived in Big Lake three years. She died after a month long illness in a Dallas hospital. Survivors include her widower a daughter Joyce Lankford a son Wayne Lankford and her parents and a sister, all of Big Lake.
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Big Lake
William M. Lankford
Sculptor Cartaino Paolo Dies in Tucson at 74
Cartaino S. Paolo, internationally known sculptor and painter, died Sunday at his Tucson home. The 74 year old artist had lived in Tucson for many years and was recognized worldwide for his sculpture and paintings.
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Tucson, Ariz
Bomb Munching Boy Escapes Harm At School
A boy named Herbie Hamilton aged 11 in San Antonio munched peanuts and found two small firework bombs in his pockets. Smoke issued from his ears and nose but no injuries occurred. a school nurse confirmed no damage and his mother Mrs. R. H. was informed.
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San Antonio
Tex
Hamilton
Herbie Hamilton
Herbie
R. H
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