French Deputies Reject West German Rearmament Pact
In Paris the French Assembly voted 280 to 259 against the WEU pact for West German rearmament. Premier Mendes France vowed a second reading and said he would stake his government’s life on final approval. The move follows shelving of related accords and a political shift by the MRP bloc.
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Paris
Pierre Mendes-France
Mendes-France
Popular Republican Movement Community Plan
MRP
Mendes- France
Saar
West Germany
Assembly
Winter Storms Abate in Europe Despite 74 Deaths
Europe’s winter storms fade with 74 dead and vast damage. Rescue crews guard coasts as sea walls hold in Holland Belgium and Britain suspends some emergency measures. Queen Elizabeth sails to New York. Avalanches isolate Zermatt while Alpine snow falls raise fears of further storms.
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Europe
London
Holland
Belgium
English
Denmark
Germany
British Army
Air Force
War Office
New York
Switzerland
Zermatt
Ideal North Pole weather aids Santa's world tour
The article reports mild conditions at the North Pole with 6 degrees below zero elsewhere, snow for takeoff, and clear skies across much of the United States. The U S Weather Bureau notes conditions look good for Santa to depart, with some headwinds but no expected delay to arrival.
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North Pole
Washington
D.C
Santa
U.S. Weather Bureau
United States
York Launches Free Adult Education Program
York introduces an adult education program financed by the Maine Department of Education and Historic Landmarks. Five courses will be offered with no fee, plus up to ten courses available based on enrollment, and adults may take up to three. Registration forms are at local stores or via Principal John K. Schroeder at York High School. The program runs six weeks with classes twice weekly, starting January 25 at 7 p.m.
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York
Maine Department of Education and Historic Landmarks, Inc
York Community Recreation Council
York School Department
State
Landmarks Group
John K. Schroeder
York High School
Noel Field and Wife Seek Asylum in Hungary
Vienna reports Noel Field and his wife Herta have been granted political asylum in Communist Hungary after five years in Hungarian prisons on spy charges. They were released November 37 and admitted to a Budapest hospital. charges were dropped and Western diplomats doubt they will return to the United States.
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Noel Field
Hungary
Vienna
Austria
Budapest
Herta
Communist
Hungarlian
U.S. State Department
Budpest
United States
Field
Alger Hiss
Prague
Czechoslovakia
Laszlo Rajk
Yugoslavia
Marshal Tito
Rajk
Hermann Field
Cleveland
Warsaw
Hermann
Noel
Wie
Pope Delivers Christmas Message From Holy See
Pope Pius XII, in a Christmas greeting broadcast from the Vatican, addressed all peoples and world leaders, praying for peace and the goodness of the son of God made man to reach every nation. He continued a long tradition of urging peace since assuming the papacy in 1939.
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Vanvan Wit
Pius: XII
You Can Have It the Short Way Tax Forms Are Coming
IRS to mail about 63 million 1954 tax forms between Christmas and New Year. Form 1040 and 1040 A are delayed due to 1934 law changes. Deadline for final returns is April 15, with first estimates and payments due April 15 for those owing. Installment dates remain June 15, Sept 15 and Jan 15. thresholds noted for singles and families.
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Washington
Internal Revenue Service
Purge of Beria Aide Companions Reported Executed
Izvestia announces that former State Security Minister Abakumov and four of his aides were executed by firing squad amid post Beria purge. The military tribunal of the Soviet Supreme Court in Leningrad handed sentences after charges of treason and sabotage.
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Moscow IV
Lavrenti P. Beria
Vitktor Semenovich Abakumov
Izvestia
Beria
Szvyesta
Soviet Supreme Court
Leningrad
London
Weil
Soviet Union
Malenkov
Abakumov
Murder Plot Foiled by Police in New Jersey
Police arrested James E. Cobb alias Tank Green 33 of Tampa Florida and two conspirators on conspiracy to commit murder charges near Montvale as they thwarted a plan to ambush Paul Hall 40 secretary treasurer of the Seafarers AFL Union.
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Hackensack, NJ
Walice
Montvale
James E. Cobb
Tank Green
Tampa
Fla
Paul Hall
Seafarers’, Union
AFL
Cobb
Tired Old World Christmas Observances across the Nation
Christmas observances span cities from Hot Springs to Syracuse with carolers, torchlight events, candlelight processions, and pageants. Eisenhower plans to spend the holiday in Augusta while grandchildren are stationed at Fort Leavenworth. Public transport adds last minute rush preparations for travelers home.
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Eisenhower
Augusta
Ft. Leavenworth
Kan
Mas
John Eisenhower
John, Doud
Denver
Little White House
Elkhart
Ind
Syracuse
N. Y
Onondaga County
Clinton Square
Christ
Neighbors Help Fire Victims With Christmas Gift
Ice caused a house fire on Lower Collis Street in Seabrook. Mr. and Mrs. James Woman fled with their five children. Homan Shoe Co workers raised 592 dollars via Mutual Benefit Association to aid the family as fire officials said flames began in a chimney and spread through the living room.
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Seabrook
Collis St. Jame
Homan
The
Darr and Bloomfield Shoe Co
Bon 4
Firm
Mutual Benefit Association
Alfred Pelletier
Lorraine E. Perkins
Effie Brown
Father of Five Killed on Job at Local Air Base
Harry A. Perry, 38, of S32 Woodbury Ave, died after ton of steel window sashes pinned him against a freight car while unloading at Portsmouth Air Base. Thoracic asphyxiation ruled cause. He left five children and was a sub contractor employee for Builders and Structural Steel Corp. of Cleveland. The incident marked the second fatality at the bomber installation project.
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Portsmouth
Harry A. Perry
Woodbury Ave
Ports- Perrymouth Hospital
Wendell &. Clare
Rockingham County
Clare
Perry
Madbury
Builders and Structural Steel Corp
Cleveland
Davison Construction Co
Kirby
Albert Perry
Rochester Sailor Landed for Heroism
Newport base praised three U S Navy sailors for saving Marseilles from a burning ammunition ship. Ens. Melvin R. Race Rochester N W fireman Robert F. Bowen Rochester N H and Pipefitter 2 C Frank C Friedell Owings Mills Md were aboard the destroyer McCord at Newport when the Maryla, a 286 ton Italian vessel loaded with ammunition, caught fire moored at Marseilles.
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Newport
United States Navy
Marseilles
France
Ens
Melvin R. Race
Rochester
N.W
Robert F. Bowen
N.H
Pipefitter
Frank C. Friedell
Owings Mills
McCord
Maryla
Posse Scours Snowbound Woods For Missing Hunter Tufts
Edwin Tufts, 74, of this town, is missing after entering thick woods north of High street during a Tuesday snow storm on the last day of hunting season. Conservation officers and volunteers search under a 12 inch snow blanket. Sheriff Simes Frink of Portsmouth planned to join the effort.
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Lanvia
Edwin Tufts
Tufts
High Street
Simes Frink
Portsmouth
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Hugh Greer
Henry Cooldge
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