Holiday Fires Take 19 Lives, 0 Of Children
A string of deadly holiday fires has killed 19 people, including 10 small children. Tragic incidents blamed on Christmas trees feature a Great Falls Montana home fire where three children perished, and a Maine Allagash blaze that killed three young boys. Fire officials warn unlit trees and faulty wiring as risk factors.
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United Press
Great’ Falls
Mont
Joe Long
Hermanard
Hurd
Maine
Arene Goodbone
Allagash
Christas
Bars
Gary Goodbone
Helly
Yavid
Docwr
Windswept Fire Roars On Film Colony Resort
A wind driven blaze in the Santa Monica mountains near Malibu forced evacuations for all women and children as a 6600 acre fire torn through the area. One man, Frank L. Dickover of Zuma Beach, died attempting to save his home. Over 30 structures were destroyed, valued up to 100000 each, with aid from Los Angeles, Ventura, forestry service, and Navy units from Port Hueneme and Point Mugu. Evacuations reached Zuma Beach and Latigo areas as fire spread toward Pacific Coast Highway with 20 foot flames and heavy smoke.
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Colony Beach
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Zuma Beach
Los Angeles
Ventura County
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Post Mugu
California
Pacific
Richard Dix Ranch
U.S. Weather Bureau
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Red Cross
Ion
Ramera
Latigo
Trancas
Canyons
Vent
Thelseers
California ‘Highway Patrol
Aim
Malibu Lake
Point Dume
Pacific Coast Highway
Freed Jap Prisoners Say Americans Held
Japanese war prisoners returned to Japan recounts of Americans held in Soviet camps. Misao Naito, a linguist, and Hideji Tsunezuka tell of meetings with an American labeled Cumish in Vladimir prison. Francois Heyman recalls a professor known as Droggins, with a tangled tale linking Moscow and Mannchy Siberia.
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Japan
Columbia University
Ilein
Hideji Tsunezuka
Vladimir
Cumish
Vienna
Naito
Columbia
Francois Heyman
Alexandrovsk
Moscow
Heyman
Nayto
Manncky
Siberia
Droggins
Shim
Bessie
Baron
Brooklyn
N.Y
Mossow
Soviet Academy of Science
Jon
Tsonezuka
Cumash
Clearing of Suez Canal Ordered by UN Egypt Agreement
London based UN and Egyptian officials report orders were given to clear the Suez Canal following an agreement reached in New York between UN Secretary General Dag Hammarskjold and the Egyptian government. Raymon A Wheeler and Col. Mahmoud Youns named to salvage operations. Egypt vows no direct talks with Britain or France. Israel accuses Egypt of aggression as Fedayeen raids continue. Cairo radio repeats Egypt’s stance.
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Cairo
Suez Canal
United Nations
U.N
Dag Hammarskjold
Raymoni A Wheeler
Mahmoud Youns
Britain
France
Canal
RTS
New York
Mahmound Fawti
Hammarekjold
Alen
Erac
Hammarskjold
Isa
Egypt
Geneva
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Israel
Sinai Desert
Fedayeen
Foreign Office
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Israc
Cairo Radio 1
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Lesheen
Refugee program debate colors Eisenhower briefing
Washington reports President Eisenhower weighed broader refugee intake after a January 1 conference with Congress leaders. Nixon and aides described cautious support for higher numbers while awaiting a Camp Kilmer meeting and further recommendations from Cabinet members and the Hungarian relief effort.
Car Dealer Aids Yule Surprise in Texas
PAMPA Tex UP car dealer Tven Noblitt faced a double surprise when a man and his wife both bought the same car as a Christmas gift for the other. Each presented a separate check days before Christmas, creating a weekend of holiday mix ups for Noblitt. The incident was noted as unusual holiday double-dealing. The report also notes a separate USDA statement on 1956 Texas commercial vegetable acreage totaling 810 acres with a 4 percent increase from the previous year.
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Tex
Tven Noblitt
Man
Nobfitt
Austin
Department of Agriculture
Texas
Deadly holiday toll tops 700 on highways across nation
National count shows more than 700 fatalities during the holiday weekend, far above the council’s 660 forecast. California led with 68 traffic deaths, followed by Illinois 52 Texas 40 and other states. Ned H Dearborn cited bitter disappointment while noting no plan to adjust the toll.
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National Safety Council
California
Illinois
Texas
Chio
Michigan
New York
North Carolina
Ned H. Dearborn
Beith
Dearborn
Juls
Springfield
Jarnest Evans
Montrose
Calif
Bedford
Mass
Juneau
Wis
Dayton
Ohi Dearborn
Sight Is Final Christmas Gift
Morton Jones a 46 year old Lincroft New Jersey man died at Hazard hospital Tuesday and asked to donate his eyes to a blind person. Rescue squad members sped to New York and back with special boxes to transport the donated eyes to the New York Eye Bank which would prepare the corneas for use.
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Morton Jones
Lincroft
Hazard Hospital
New York
Hank Wall
Texas Violent Holiday Death Toll Reaches 87
Texas recorded 87 violent deaths from midnight Thursday to midnight Tuesday, with 51 highway fatalities and 27 from shootings and stabbings. Fires, hangings, drownings, and one death each from fight, poison, and electrocution also counted. The DPS warned traffic deaths could rise by New Year’s Day. Names include Manuel Garcia of Ysleta and Wallace Parr of Corpus Christi among others.
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Texas
State Department of Public Safety
Associated Press
Department of Public Safety
Texas Associated Press
Manuel Garcia
Ysleta
el Paso
Lloyd van Foster
Albuquerge NM
Pecos
Wallace E. Parr
Corpus Christi
Alfonso Gonzales
Barstow
Weldon Cobb
Borger
Paducah
Charles E. Schultz
Ennis
Iowa Park
Robert Wayne Caldwell
Houston
Rosharon
Curtis Smith
Fort Worth
Eddie Bullock
Port Worth
Emmett White
Maria Adame
Robstown
Rodstown
Tests Slated For Fort Worth Bomber Flight Tests
Fort Worth will host flight tests on more BS bombers at the Comair plant next year. The BS Hustler is America s first bomber that will fly faster than sound. The delta wing plant will operate at all trades stone 51,000 feet.
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Fort Worth
Comair
Bs& Hustler
Bus depot shooting kills driver and teen in Cleveland
A gunman opened fire at the Greyhound bus depot in Cleveland early today after being asked to leave a Pittsburgh to Chicago bus. The bus driver Leo Almenico, 49, and an 18 year old girl Miss Georgeann Karteke of Fort Eustis, Va., died. The assailant, described as a 12 year old unknown man, was killed by police. Five others were wounded and a 13 year old boy held for observation. Patrolman Mike Barakket exchanged shots with the gunman and led officers pursuing him through the terminal and outside near St Peter’s church before the suspect died at hospital. Passengers said the shooter had been harassing Miss Karteke.
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Cleveland
Pittsburgh
Chicago
Greyhound
Mike Barkett
Georgeann Karteke
Fort Eustis
Charity Hospital
Nal
Leo Almenico
Emmett Jefferson
Barrett
Pote
Barret
Ned
St Peter's Church
Michael Sirkot
Barretts
Assilant
Disnty Hospital
Miss Karthe
North Dakota posts first Christmas no accidental deaths report
North Dakota records zero accidental deaths during the Christmas holiday period, a first among states. Officials credit safety messaging and newspaper and television campaigns as traffic, fire, drownings, and other accident fatalities were absent, while Maine and Wyoming also reported no traffic deaths.
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N.D
North Dakota
Lumory
Maine
Wyoming
Highway Patrol
Clark Monroe
Ratio
North Dakona
Lorena Man in Lorena Reports Shotgun Death
Local report from Lorena Texas records the death of Clarence Thompson aged 86, described as a death by his own action. Authorities say Thompson’s wife was found nearby and notes indicate possible health issues preceding the incident.
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Tex
Clarence Thompson
Lorena Thompson
Sodm
Indy
Rf Thompson
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