Christmas tales and holiday mishaps across the nation
A chaotic mosaic of Christmas scenes spans the country from Oklahoma City to Pittsburgh. Reports cover Santa encounters in stores, a judge delivering presents to foster children, a New Year greeting surge in mail, an Austrian adoptee gaining a family, a Connecticut pupil in a Christmas play, holiday policing in Louisville, and a Glenville thief seeking to make amends by returning stolen goods.
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Supreme Soviet seeks Berlin issue report in joint session
Moscow reports the Supreme Soviet and the Council of the Union called for a government statement on the Berlin question and nuclear test suspensions. Delegates pressed for a clear status update, noting Western powers have not replied to the Nov 27 Soviet note proposing West Berlin as a demilitarized free city. The government reply timing remains unclear amid Geneva talks and Three Conference diplomacy.
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Supreme Soviet
Russia
Council of the Union
Berlin
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Nikita Khrushchev
Botic
West Berlin
United States
Britain
France
Geneva
Bandit Bank Robbery Ends With Wide Manhunt
Two bandits robbed the National Bank of $18,000 then abducted the manager, PV Phillips, from the parking lot. Sheriff and state officers swarmed the area while deputies described one man as about 5 feet 11 inches and 185 pounds in a dark gray suit, the other as 5 feet 9 inches and slender.
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AZUSA
Envoy Thompson to Return for Talks
Moscow report says Ambassador Llewellyn E. Thompson will fly to Washington on January 4 for consultations on Berlin and other problems. He will be away from Moscow for two or three weeks, a trip arranged before Anastas Mikoyan's Washington visit. Embassy spokesman said Thompson's presence would be useful during Mikoyan's trip.
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Llewellyn E. Thompson
Washington
Berlin
Thompson
Moscaty
Aly
Anastasi
Mikoyan
Water committee folds as 1959 Legislature looms
Sacramento WPI reports the Joint Legislative Committee on Water Resources Development ends without recommendation. Chairman Luther H. Vinson Lincoln requests motion to print amendments to a water constitutional measure. Senator Cobey argues the plan shifts control to the governor and water department, delaying decisions on major projects.
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WPI
Legisla
California
Joint Legislative Committee On
Tuesdal
Assembly
Luther H. Vincoln
Oakland
Daton Record
Lincoln
Department’ of Water Resources
James A. Cobey
Committed
Cabey
Sudan
Department of Water Resources
Cobey
Experts Say Few Gifts Are Sincere
Newark scholars from Rutgers classify seven Christmas gift types. The display gift boosts the giver’s prestige while the fake last minute gift targets unreciprocated or unable counterparts. Others include the pin eating, guile gift, ostentatious office gift, duty gift, and the wreath girl elaborately wrapped.
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Newark
N. J
Guile
Dr. Smith
Dre. Wells
Youth stowaway pleads guilty seeks Honolulu marriage
A 13 year old from Indianapolis pleaded guilty in Honolulu to stowing away on a ship to marry a girl there. Henry Allen Hartzell stated the boy did it to pursue a marriage with a Honolulu girl.
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Honolulu
Indianapolis
Lejlani
Henry Allen Hartzell
Minister to Millions Tell Norman Peale Story
January Reader's Digest condenses the book on Norman Vincent Peale. It highlights his faith and empowering message that has strengthened people worldwide as the magazine goes on sale.
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Norman
Norman Vincent
Peale
Fire kills three sisters as hero fights blaze with hose
A house fire trapped three sisters upstairs after flames raced through a southwest bedroom and wood paneling. Bystander Spuck helped fight the blaze with a neighbor, but the mother and friend, Earl Lane, watched from outside as firefighters arrived five minutes after the alarm. The origin and timing remain undetermined.
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Myrtle Ave
Young
Spuck
Spock
Ulrich
Pallee
Earl Lane
Lime Ave
Christmas Eve Rites Stress Peace Theme Across Front Lines
United Nations and Western forces marked Christmas Eve with religious services as Dag Hammarskjold and Canadian General Burns urged calm in Gaza. In Baghdad, Prime Minister Abdel Karim Kassem delayed curfew to allow midnight services, while tensions persisted in Europe and the Soviet bloc. Reports describe Christmas contrasts across Berlin, Moscow, and Eastern Europe, with churchgoing and holiday observances amid political repression and ongoing conflicts.
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L. M. Burns
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Chris Lang
New York
Kassem
Germany
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Moscow
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Ao Arthouse
Spain
Eee Tea
Killers Turned Santa at St Vincent Orphanage
In St Louis a pair of Missouri penitentiary inmates, Ulysses Grant Themrpson aged 40 and Len Jones aged 33, serving 25 years for second degree murder, acted as Santa to 114 children at St Vincent's orphans home. Warden Nash oversaw the event as inmates donated to orphans both locally and at Independence.
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Ulysers Grant Themrpson
Len Jones
Missouri Penitentiary
Santa Claus
St Vincent's
Nash
St. Vincent’s
Independence
Tyash
Courts Move to New $24 Million LA Courthouse Friday
Los Angeles officials announce the move into a new 24 million dollar Civic Center courthouse will begin Friday. Presiding Judge Louis 3H Burke expects all 63 Superior Court departments to be operating in the building by January 5. Civil cases will be heard there while criminal courts stay in fall of Justice. Thirty three Municipal Courts will also relocate to the courthouse in Marel.
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Civic Center
Louis
Burke
Superior Court
Marel
Plane Crash Near Christchurch Kills At Least Six
A four engine Britannia on a training flight ran out of fog and crashed near an inn outside Christchurch on the souther coast. At least six of the passengers were killed with four survivors rushed to hospitals as rescuers battled mud and dense fog.
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Christchurch
England
Yule Bird Wrecks Car and Perishes in North Carolina
In Concord North Carolina Wesley Avgas, riding with a friend, was traveling when a turkey on the front seat suddenly moved its wings. Hooks lost control of the car and plunged into a ditch, dying at the scene. The turkey died in the crash and Hooks narrowly survived with minor injuries.
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Concord
N, C
Wesley Hooks
Wesley
Jive Larkey
Hooks
Sccoms
Chiang Aid Predicts New Heavier Attack by Reds
Chiang Kai-shek ally Chen Cheng predicts a second and more violent communist assault on offshore islands. He cites a new military headquarters in Fujian facing the islands, with General Zan Piao to lead and Su Yu as second in command. He says a large civilian transport corps mobilized and 6,000 frogmen prepared for commando actions.
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Chen
Fubien
Zan Piao
North Korea
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Jbng
Nationalist leaders push mainland return plans at two day meeting
Press-Geleoram Chen as a Nationalist leader and Chiang Kai-shek heir apparent spoke at a two day meeting outlining blueprint for government operations in case the Nationalists regain the mainland. Firing near Quemoy Islands fell silent after a day of heavy shelling and the area remained quiet.
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Chiang Kai-shek
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Inin
Quemoy Islands
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Dhard Fine Ave
Hore
Santa Delivers Turkey From Icebox After Breakage
Dallas report says Troy Hill and his 30 relatives will have Christmas dinner thanks to Santa. The turkey was retrieved Tuesday after the refrigerator handle broke during an attempt to open it two days earlier. Hill received many offers of help and suspects Santa's helpers, joking that Santa may have loosened the handle.
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Troy
Santa
Hill
M.e
Hild
Indoy
Tim Saint
Ony
Leelays
Lovell Family Reunited for Christmas After Hard Times
The Lovell family from Olten moves toward a joyful Christmas reunion. Olten Lovell and Joy Lovell, who faced child neglect charges last year when six children were left while seeking work, have returned to care for their six youngsters in Perris, California. The six children are now back with their parents as holiday joy returns.
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Olten
Joy Lovell
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