Boy Walks From Home Hit and Killed in Fort Worth
In Fort Worth seven year old Dewey Kempe walked from his home Christmas Eve amid a family dispute. A car driven by John Tonetti aged 19 struck him as he stepped into the street. Authorities said the death was accidental. Dewey had been staying with relatives during the holidays. His father William Kempe Sr aged 46 described the night as a drunken argument resolving before the tragedy. Dewey earlier lived with an aunt and uncle during the school year and his mother had died in infancy.
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Fort Worth
William Dewey Kempe Jr
Bis
Oettly
William’ Kempe Sr
Kempe
John Tonetti
Kempe Sr
Maxine Harris
Dewey
Albert T. Pulsifer
Eva
Jim Boorman
Rose Kennedy
Edward M
Ted) Kennedy
Walter Newbern
Kennedy
Britain
Salinger
Christmas Outreach Across Towns Amid Tragedy and Hope
A child named Freddie Downer, seven, was killed crossing a Massena street while mailing a letter to Santa. His sister was remembered with gifts later. In Seattle, a Great Northern card arrived for the Davenports from 300 employees. Connecticut families aided Cahill children after a fire, and a Middletown donor sent twenty five dollars. Fire victims in Nashville received help, while Springfield residents funded charity efforts. A grandmother in Washington received an electric blanket fixed by police, and in New Cumberland a seven member family moved into a newly rebuilt home funded by local groups and volunteers.
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Bloomfield
James F. Cahill
Cahills
Louisa Cahlis
Connecticut
Andrew J. Francolino
Middletown
Conn
James’ Sinders
Clarence Lofton
Nashville
Lofton
Sanders
Jay Cockrell
St. Louis
Myrtle Revercomb
Washington, D.C
Washington
D. L. McVearry
BR. Casey
New Cumberland
Harrisburg
Wilbur Jones
Fairview Fire Co
Fairview Lions’ Club
Jones
Der
Santa Claus
Tots Watch Father Slay Mother and Self
Deputies reported that a man named Arps killed his wife as she fled to the bathroom then shot himself after dragging her body into a room adjoining the living area. Seven shots were fired and the bodies lay amid Christmas gifts as crying children huddled nearby.
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Arps
Ife
Price
U S Aid Asked to Block Utility's Use of Stream
Bakersfield report states Aaron H. McFarland urged Secretary Udall to intervene to stop a hydroelectric plant’s diversion of Kawean water. He alleges utility actions threaten fish, rivers, and the nation’s park laws, describing a long pattern of obstruction tied to permit renewals.
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U. S
Bakersfield
UPS
Thelfish
Frontern County Fish and Games
Sey- Protective Association
Aaron H. McFarland
Interior
Stewart Udall
Greek Orthodox Church Fire Damages historic Jaffa House
Report describes a blaze at the 113 year old Kawenhjald Greek Orthodox Church in Jaffa near Tel Aviv. The fire, started by an electrical short blamed on the firm Christ Co. seeking renewal of a permit, destroyed the almas Day house and hydro electric circuit. McFarland claims the damage occurred in the Tin City area of Tel Aviv.
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Southern California Edison
TEL
Aviv
UPIX
A Christ Co
Kawenhjald
St. Michael
Jaffa
Tel McFarland
slAviv
Tin City
WWII Treasure Hidden in France Box Found in Chimney
In Cholet France two chimney sweeps discovered a metal box containing treasury bands valued at 50 000 francs. The find linked to a Jewish horse dealer Felix Levy who hid in the home during World War II. Authorities pursue further leads amid wartime relics and postwar searches.
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Cholet
France
Mme
Berthanneau
Treasury
Felix Levy
Cardinal U
Wyscynski
Levy
St. Peter's
Celebration of Yule Marred by Blazes
Wide scale fires disrupted Christmas in multiple cities as firefighters battled a six story wholesale building blaze near Baltimore and a hotel fire in Nashville. Dozens suffered smoke inhalation and one elderly man remained unaccounted for after fires in San Francisco and a farmhouse tragedy in Groton.
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Baltimore
Nashville
Tenn
Maxwell House
San Francisco
Khrushchev Calls Officials To Correct Him Publicly
In a Ukraine conference reported by Pravda, Premier Khrushchev urged lower Soviet officials to tell him when he is wrong and stop blindly following directives. He challenged P A Viasyuk, head of the Ukrainian Academy of Agriculture, to explain errors in crop rotation and insisted scientists should help him understand questions.
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Moscow
Khrushchev
Ukraine
Pravda
Xhrushchev
P. A. Viasyuk
Ukrainian ‘Academy of Agriculture
Viasyuk
Youlh
Academy of Agriculture
Communist) Party
Pope John XXIII Sends Christmas Wishes to Poland
Vatican sources report Pope John XXIII sent a Christmas message of good wishes and encouragement to the Polish Catholic laity. The greeting was read in all Roman Catholic churches and was addressed to Stefan Cardinal Wyszynski, primate of Poland.
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Vatican City
John XXIII
Poland
Vatican
Stefan Cardinal Wyszynski
Launch Sinks Off Mindanao Drowning Toll Rises
Manila UPi reports the Philippine Constabulary says two persons drowned when the water launch Baby Anita sank in Panguil Bay off Mindanao on Saturday. Sixty were rescued and five are still missing as waves swamped the overloaded vessel.
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Philippines
Manila
Upi
Philippine Constabulary
Mindanao
Constabulary
Panguil Bay
President Kennedy Put on Job With Checkup Planned
President and Mrs. Kennedy spent Christmas in Palm Beach with Caroline and John Jr. as family visits continued. They attended Mass at St Marys Hospital and spent time with the President’s ailing father, while aides rush final budget and State of the Union preparations for 1963.
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Kennedy
Sallager
Joseph IP. Kennedy
St. Mary's Hospital
West Palm Beach
Ted
Pat
Peter Lawford
Kennnedy
Princess Lee Radziwill
Ann Gargan
Joseph Kennedy
Luella” Hennessey
Capital i
David Bell
Theodore Sorensen
Myer Feldman
White House
McGeorge Bundy
Bell
Salinger
Sorensen
Feldman
Bundy
Washington
Democrats Collect Record $4.1 Million in Noncampaign Year
Chairman John M. Bailey announced that the Democratic National Committee and affiliated groups raised $4.1 million in the year, a record for a noncampaign year, highlighting strong fundraising despite the period without an election.
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Washington
UPI
John M. Bailey
Democratic National Committee
Zionist Dies in New York at 68
Sieg fried Kramarsky, 68, a devoted Zionist who aided thousands of Jewish refugees fleeing Nazi Germany, died Monday in New York. He helped arrange escape routes and support networks for émigrés seeking safety and a homeland.
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New York
Siegfried Kramarsky
Nazi Germany
China and Albania Sign Joint Shipping Pact
The governments of China and Albania signed an agreement to form a joint stock shipping company to develop maritime trade between the two nations, according to the New China News Agency.
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Red
China
Albania
Tokyo
Inew China News Agency
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