Palm Avenue Hosts 65-Person Sarasota Choral Christmas
The Sarasota Choral Society performed on Palm Avenue in front of the Mira Mar hotel patio, singing carols and the Hallelujah Chorus. A Nativity scene by Sophie Johnstone, Christmas decorations, and a radio broadcast accompanied the event organized by F Nelson Stevenson with Eleanor Bates Northen directing.
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Palm Avenue
Sarasota
Mira Mar
F. Nelson Stevenson
Eleanor Bates Northen
1800 Soldiers May Not See Christmas Day
Eighteen hundred soldiers bound for Japan aboard the Navy transport Mitchell may skip Christmas Day as they near the International Date Line around Christmas Eve. They could sail from Dec 24 into Dec 26, but will still receive gifts and candy with cigarettes aboard. Chaplain D R Kruse vows Christmas will come for the troops.
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Seattle
Japan
Mitchell
D.R. Kruse
Fires Across Continent Leave 13 Dead
A series of blazes yesterday across the continent killed at least 13 people and injured many more. Dozens were forced from their homes as fires destroyed communities and security services fought to control the flames.
Eisenhower Pronounced Out Of Danger After Heart Attack
President Eisenhower remains in recovery following a September heart attack. Dr Paul Dudley White says the President is making excellent progress and could live for years with careful care, though officials stress the decision on a second term is for him to make. White cautions it is too soon to assess his heart under rising activity. The press conference notes the State of the Union will be delivered in writing, plans to travel south for exercise, and a return to Congress around January 9 as doctors increase the President’s activity.
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Gettysburg
Penn
Paul Dudley White
Eisenhower
Boston Heart
Hisenhower
White
Congress
Augusta
Washington
Tragic Texas weekend fire and crash toll rises to thirty
A string of disasters over a weekend in Texas left 30 dead. In Beaumont a nursing home fire killed four residents, and a heater may have caused the blaze. Four others died in a Hallettsville head on crash en route to a high school football game. Five more died near Belton in another collision, and a gas explosion in McAllen killed four children. The toll includes multiple fire deaths, traffic fatalities, and exposure deaths.
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Hallettsville
Texas
Belton
McAllen
Beaumont
Emma L. Harper
Malatham Cox
O. E. Perry
Annie Kratzer
Steve O’conor
Etta Redman
O'Conor
Halletsville
Greenville, Tex
Post Office Partial Delivery Today In City Areas
Postmaster Gordon Higel says parts of the city will receive complete carrier delivery while two downtown routes are skipped. Rural carriers need not work on holidays per federal law. Parcel post and other windows open 1 to 5 p.m. Stations stay closed all day. Mail volume peaks through Christmas Day with a new record expected locally and nationwide.
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Gordon Higel
Higel
Three Way Presidential Nomination Battle In Florida
Florida lines form as Adlai Stevenson Estes Kefauver and Ohio Governor Frank Lausche enter the Democratic race. A Stevenson Kefauver clash in the May 29 primary is assured while Lausche may appear on the ballot despite limited campaigning. The effort centers on crafting delegate slates to influence the nomination. The 1955 Florida law grants voters their first direct ballot for the nominee.
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Tallahassee
Florida
Adlai Stevenson
Estes Kefauver
Ohio
Frank J. Lausche
Stevenson
Kefauver
Lausche
C46 Crash Kills 4 Near Hollywood
Charleston South Carolina A C46 commercial plane owned by Riddle Air Line of West Palm Beach Florida crashed and burned near Hollywood last night. Two bodies had been removed and two others were sought. The Civil Air Patrol said the plane crashed about thirty minutes after reporting to the Savannah Georgia tower that it was in trouble.
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Charleston
South Carolina
Riddle Air Line
West Palm Beach
Fila
Hollywood
Civil Air Patrol
Civil Aeronautics Administration
Savannah
Wilson To Report On Atomic Race
Secretary of Defense Charles E. Wilson plans a nationwide report this week on how the United States is organizing its missile program to compete with the Soviet Union. He will address a news conference to quell stories of interservice rivalry in the atomic missiles race.
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Washington, D. C
Charles E. Wilson
United States
Russia
U.S. and Britain Offer Funds for Aswan Dam Project
The United States and Britain propose a 70 million dollar initial grant to Egypt to start the Aswan Dam on the Nile with a potential 130 million additional funding after early work, subject to Congress approval. The plan aims to counter Soviet influence in the Middle East through economic aid rather than arms competition.
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United States
Britain
Russia
Egypt
Aswan
Upper Nile River
Congress
Czechoslovakia
Middle East
Argentine Government Cracks Wide Plot. 500 Arrested
Gen. Pedro Aramburu's government says a large scale conspiracy was crushed with at least 500 arrests. Raids began Friday night. many detainees to be released after questioning. A handful may remain in custody as officials prepare an official report. The plot, linked to ex-President Perón era factions, targeted sabotage and strikes.
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Buenos Aires
Pedro Aramburu
Aramburu
Juan D. Perona
Military College
la Plata
UN General Assembly ends week with stalled Security Council plan
In Geneva the 10th U N General Assembly session neared its close amid a fraying deal on Security Council seats. President Jose Maza delayed final votes as delegates debated a proposed two year staggered allocation for Philippines and Yugoslavia, extending the session to Monday and then Tuesday midnight amid Latin American opposition.
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United Nations
N. Y
U. N. General Assembly
Geneva
Assembly
Jose Maza
Security Council
Philippines
Yugoslavia
Neith
Maza
Midwest Braces for Blizzard as Cold Grips the Nation
The Associated Press reports frigid conditions across the upper Midwest with Duluth and International Falls recording subzero readings while Minneapolis warms to two above. Snow blankets the northern Rockies and a blizzard warning is issued for North Dakota.
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Midwest
Mercury
Duluth
Minn
Airport
International Falls
Minneapolis
Rockies
Santa's Top Workshop Hits Hillsborough County Jail
In Tampa the Hillsborough County jail hosts a year round toy workshop run by inmates. The voluntary program, started last summer, aims to produce enough toys for 2,000 children and operates with a night shift to meet demand. Prisoners draft, paint, sew, and decorate dolls and cradles as letters praising the effort arrive.
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Tampa
Santa Claus
Santa
Hillsborough County
Ed Blackburn
Clint Burgess
Valun
Horse And Buggy Politics In France
Provincial candidates in France campaign without party dinners or rallies, moving from bistros to small town halls with crowds around 100. As night falls, hecklers arrive fueled by wine surplus, making the race require steady door to door endurance.
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Dijon
France
Dulles Pushes European Atomic Authority Plan
Secretary of State John Foster Dulles urged Europe to form a unified atomic authority for peaceful industrial power and warned aid would hinge on supranational control. He cited U.S. Senate cautions and said Washington could amend the Atomic Energy Act to export know‑how, aiming to bolster Western cohesion and deter German nuclear power.
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Paris
United States
U. S
John Foster Dulles
Washsources
Hangi
Antoine Pinay
Heinrich von Brentano
Paul
Jean Monnet
Spaak
Monnet
Congress
Dulles
von Brentano
Occasional Clouds and Rising Temps Forecast
Florida weather notes partly cloudy skies through Monday with temperatures rising gradually. Extremes range from 65 in the north to 75 in the south, with current readings showing 52.5 degrees and light rain none in the past 24 hours.
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Florida
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