Highway Toll Dampens Yule Across the Nation
The Associated Press reports a rising Christmas holiday highway death toll as the peak travel period approaches. Fatalities average seven per hour with 294 total deaths across traffic, fires and miscellaneous incidents. Police cite bad weather and heavy traffic as factors. Police report several fatal crashes nationwide including New York, Mississippi, Illinois and Texas.
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Quake in Peru Strikes Cangallo Region Killing Seven
Peru faces a damaging quake in Cangallo southeastern Pomabamba area with seven killed and 37 injured. Relief supplies were ordered by President Prado as 254 homes were reported destroyed and communications were poor from Lima to the affected villages Mallebamba Huantapuquio and Pomabamba. The quake’s exact timing and epicenter remained unclear amid limited reports on broader tolls.
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Eight Die as Car Skids Into Building on Christmas Day
HAVERSTRAW New York. Eight of eleven people in a car were killed when it skidded on a wet highway and rammed a rock quarry building. Five adults and three children died, three children survived and were hospitalized in critical condition at Good Samaritan Hospital Suffern. Victims include Eugenio Colon 51 and Aida Colon 4 of The Bronx Cruz sister Aida Pagan 20 and Segismundo Pagan 38 of Manhattan Leopolda Cruz 60 of Manhattan and Cruz children Jose 5 Viol etta 3 Peter 8 Maria 9 Luis 7 Eugenia 4. The car was southbound on Route 8W when it struck the structure. Children were being returned to St Dominick's Home Bauvelt. Pedro Cruz, serving a life sentence for a 1958 stabbing, had arranged the visit.
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Vessel Capsizes Off Cape Sounion Killing 12 Crewmates
In the Greek tragedy the 2,156 ton vessel Rosa Vlassi capsized off Cape Sounion forty miles southeast of Athens on Christmas Day. Twelve crewmen died while the captain chief mate and three others were rescued. The ship was laden with mineral ores and had listed heavily before kee l ing over about 130 minutes after departure for Piraeus.
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Inquest Ordered in Man Death Near Phelps
An inquest is ordered into the death of Benjamin Esque 34 a millworker who was shot by his estranged wife as he tried to enter her mother's home at Phelps Esque died in Rhinelander hospital from a stomach wound Coroner Eddie Stallman said the inquest will be held here Monday or Tuesday Mrs Esque remains at her mother's home to care for her three children Sheriff John Schroeder noted domestic troubles The couple had separated a week earlier with Mrs Esque taking the children and a deer rifle A charge of assault with intent to do great bodily harm was filed against Mrs Esque she was released without bond pending a December 30 hearing Dist Attorney John Dickerson said the charge would be amended after Esque's death but he had not decided how
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Gunmen Fire On Homes Kill 19 On Patal Island
A gang opened fire on two houses on Patal Island injuring none but killing 19 of 28 occupants including children and babies, according to the Philippine News Service cited by UPI.
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Snow and Freezing Drizzle Sweep Across U S
Snow and freezing drizzle covered much of the nation with slick roads and hazardous travel. Central Gulf Coast Florida and the Carolinas showed clearer skies while higher elevations saw snow from Arizona and New Mexico into Montana. Salt Lake City reported an inch of new snow and Arizona saw heavy accumulations in places.
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Quemoys Shelled Again by Chinese Guns on Christmas Day
AP reports 53 shells fired at Quemoy Islands on Christmas Day by Communist forces. Citations note daily bombardment on even-numbered days, with the 207th consecutive day of shelling. Elsewhere, New England temperatures rise to 30 degrees and Wisconsin highways face fog and wet roads, including routes 12 13 14 41 1-90 and 1-94 in various counties.
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Yule Brightens Peace Outlook Amid Christmas Cheer
Peace hopes rise with a Christmas thaw since World War II. Soviet Premier Krushchev proposes an East West Paris summit in spring, seeking an alternate start date to April 27. Amid global unrest, Bethlehem hosts large religious observances as Pope John XXIII blesses the world from St. Peter's Basilica.
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Fire destroys Abrams family home on Christmas Day
A Christmas Day fire in Abrams, Wisconsin, razed the Calvin Rowell family home and all possessions. Rowell, his wife, and four children were away visiting in Oconto Falls when flames consumed the house. A neighbor organized a relief center to collect clothing and aid. Fire officials cited an electrical short circuit as the likely cause.
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Pontiff urges world to seek peace beyond force
Pope John XXIII addressed thousands in St. Peter's Square and on television calling leaders to abandon force and nationalism. He urged peace for families and nations, tied to Christ's teachings, after Christmas mass for about 27,000 in St. Peter's Basilica.
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Explosion Levels Warsaw Warehouses Killing Town Residents
An explosion at a Warsaw Kentucky distribution house caused about two million dollars in damage. Warehouse owner Jack Smith, 32, was burned. at least 12 others injured. Fire police and state troopers contained looting as about 20 houses were destroyed or damaged in the Christmas disaster.
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Eisenhower to Fly to Georgia for Rest Sunday
President Eisenhower plans a Sunday trip to Georgia for rest after a 23,000 mile 19 day tour of Europe Africa and Asia. He will also finalize the State of the Union budget and economic health reports for Congress. He will leave after 10 am church services and return to Washington soon.
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Two robbers flee with 665 in subway booth loot
Free rides in New York faded as two holdup men escaped with 665 from a subway change booth yesterday. Police reported 65 in cash and the rest in subway tokens, suggesting the pair may need many rides to spend the money.
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Paris summit date tug war over April twenty seventh
Paris reports say Khrushchev accepted the west proposal for a spring summit but found April twenty seventh inconvenient. Alternate dates April twenty first or May fourth were urged, aiming to avoid delaying talks while possibly extending into May Day. Macmillan hosts a Com meeting, delaying plans for the summit.
Anti-Semitic vandalism hits Cologne synagogue in Christmas Eve incident
Two men, Arnold Strunk and Paul Josef Schoenen both 25, were detained for smearing a Cologne synagogue with red swastikas and anti Jewish slogans. Police say they are members of the neo Nazi German Reich party. Authorities vow a rigorous public investigation to uncover possible political backing while a separate act involved pouring black paint on a Nazi victims memorial in Cologne.
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Crackdown Planned by IRS on Corporate Deductions
Washington reports the Internal Revenue Service will require detailed questions on corporate tax forms about deductions claimed as ordinary and necessary expenses. Individual taxpayers face no form changes this year. Announcement of action could come next week, giving firms a full year before 1961 returns.
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