Eisenhower Urges Open Peace Pact At Christmas Message
President Eisenhower delivered the annual Christmas message from the White House park ceremony, urging a peaceful partnership and aid to needy nations. He spoke after returning from a 11 nation tour and lit the national Christmas tree with Mrs. Eisenhower watching.
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Washington
Eisenhower
America
White House
Africa
Asia
Europe
Doles
Maine
Christmas ending to Newark longshoreman's lost $180
Frank Bodner lost his $180 paycheck when a loading crew cashiered the envelope on a ship bound for Germany. A $170 community collection rescued him, and a Hamburg paper traced the envelope to Bodner. He will repay the crew and send $30 to Grottke with holiday wishes.
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Newark
N. J
Frank Bodner
Joe
Germany
Bodner
Frank
Georg Grottke
Hamburg
Army holds Christmas parties for 75000 in Heidelberg area
In Europe 75,000 Germans Italians and French are invited to Christmas parties as Operation Good Cheer begins. Army personnel contribute thousands of dollars to fund the effort, with every installation on German Italian and French soil participating.
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Heidelberg
Germany
U. S
Europe
Beckley Youngest Personalities Recall Christmas Past
Beckley’s oldest residents share memories of early Christmas joys from stockings and oranges to simple family gatherings. Mrs Campbell 86, Mrs Young 83, and others describe primitive celebrations, neighbors’ gifts, and holiday music in a nostalgic vivid flashback.
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Beckley
Yesteryear
Betty Beckley Campbell
Elizabeth Young
Ida S. M
Do Jingle Bells Jangle You Medics Say It's Common Ailment
A psychiatric research team reports Christmas can trigger mental depression and abnormal behavior in some people. The study notes social expectations for happiness and gifting create stress, with 30 to 90 percent of patients at Utah clinics showing Christmas reactions. Case examples include a woman who overate and a man who became angered amid holidays.
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San Francisco
United States
Nyla J. Cole
Herbert B. Fowler
University of Utah
Orla M. Shew
Helen Ratcliffe
Weather Report For West Virginia With Light Rain Or Snow
Cloudy conditions with a chance of light rain or snow mainly in the west. Daytime highs 37 to 42 west and 30s further east. Tonight lows in the 20s east and upper 20s to low 30s west. Friday mostly cloudy with little temperature change. Beckley highs yesterday reached 32 with a 23 low. Oak Hill saw 25 and a 20 low. River gauges show Greenbrier normal milky water and Bluestone normal milky with seven gates open at 3.9 ft. Bald Knob ski slopes closed for Christmas and reopen Saturday at 10 am.
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Oak Hill High
Greenbrier
Bald Knob
Judge grants citizenship to 139 at ceremony
U S District Judge George A Welsh presided over a naturalization ceremony in Philadelphia where 139 individuals were sworn in as new citizens. The judge called the moment the best Christmas present of their lives as families and friends gathered to witness the event.
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Philadelphia
U. S. Dist
George A. Welsh
State Man Says He'll Be 121 On Christmas
Charleston AP William Edward Davis ages 120 turning 121 on Christmas. Born enslaved in Winston Salem North Carolina on December 25 1838 he lives at Sister Ruth Hill Home For the Aged. Government lists him as the nations oldest social security beneficiary and he hopes for a light custodial church job.
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Liam Edward Davis
Winston- Salem
N. C
Davis
Sister Ruth Hill
No Raleigh Register Tomorrow Observes Christmas Holiday
The Raleigh Register will not publish tomorrow as employees observe the Christmas holiday, one of three annual days off. Subscribers will receive the morning paper instead while the editorial and business staff extend season's greetings.
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Raleigh Register
Register
Lonely Christmas Looms For 5 Prisoners Of Reds
Five American prisoners in Communist China face a lonely Christmas with minimal parcels limited to basic necessities and letters. Downey and Fecteau, in Peiping, share cells. McCann, Redmond, and Bishop Walsh held in Shanghai or Tientsin. Red Cross parcels restricted to 22 pounds monthly.
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Algeria
Iran
Iraq
China
Khurshchev
Bethlehem
Jordan
Jesus Christ
Reds
Hong Kong
Communist
Red China
John T. Downey
New Britain
Fecteau
Peiping
Downey
McCann
Tientsin
Redmond
Bishop Walsh
Shanghai
Red Cross
Chinese Red Cross
Lowu
Duvalier Grants Clemency to 11 Political Detainees
In Port au Prince Haiti President Francois Duvalier frees 11 political foes held for three months without charge. The decision marks a holiday clemency tied to Christmas and Haiti’s Independence Day on January 1.
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Port AU Prince
Haiti
Francois Duvalier
Dear Santa Request for 1960 Political Restraint
The letter asks Santa to curb presidential promises, coax summit agreement among Eisenhower Khrushchev and Western leaders, promote quieter election messaging for Congress, and soften labor management disputes with Christmas spirit. The writer jokes about political theatre and hopes for goodwill in 1960.
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Associated Press News
Washington (Ap
Santa Claus
Mr. Claus
Eisenhower
Nikita Khrushchev
Britain
France
Santa on his way brings holiday cheer to North Pole
Presstime Bulletin reports Santa Claus is en route to North Pole bringing festive joy for youngsters. The AP bulletin notes anticipation as children await arrival of gifts and cheer.
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North Pole
Santa
Gift suggestions for public figures in a humorous Christmas note
HAL BOYLE playfully lists illustrated book titles pairing famous names with humorous captions. He covers politicians and public figures from Nixon to Castro, Kennedy to Khrushchev, with lines like How I turned $1 000 into a million in Real Estate and Things that go Bump in the Night. The piece blends satire and holiday cheer for readers seeking lighthearted gift ideas.
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Herbert Hoover
McKinley
Harry S. Truman
Wernher von Braun
Walt Alston
Los Angeles Dodgers
Ed Sullivan
Merry Christmas Greeting Poem by Sherwood Glutz
The verse addresses mothers fathers and mothers as well as grandfathers and all readers with festive language. It wishes Merry Christmas to the poor and to those who are broke yet still happy, acknowledging gifts, holly and pine in a warm holiday tone.
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