Nixon says international communism mortally wounded by Hungarian sacrifice
Vice President Nixon told reporters at Washington airport that international communism has suffered a mortal blow from which it cannot recover due to the sacrifices of the Hungarian people. He urged rapid U.S. action to help find new homes for about 175,000 Hungarian refugees and outlined plans to present recommendations to President Eisenhower.
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Nixon
Austria
Eisenhower
Hungary
Soviet Union
United States
Iceland
Keflavik
Ieianiehie
Red Chinese Premier To Visit Poland
Warsaw radio announced that Communist Chinese Premier Chou En-lai will visit Poland in mid January. The visit follows Soviet plans to interrupt his South Asian tour to Moscow and discuss Kremlin troubles with its satellites. Chou aims to assess Poland's new nationalistic Communist government and its growing autonomy from Moscow.
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Warsaw
Chou En-lai
Poland
Chou
Moscow
Kremlin
Atly Chou
Toll Reaches 424 as Holiday Fatalities Climb
Traffic toll hits 424 with 512 Americans killed in Christmas weekend by noon Monday. With 1.5 days left in the four day weekend, 88 non traffic deaths are recorded including 27 in fires.
Pope Endorses Right Of War For Self Defense
Pope Pius XII proclaims the morality of defensive war and urges the United Nations to grant power to prevent aggression. He supports Hungary’s freedom fighters’ right to resist Soviet forces and backs Eisenhower’s open skies disarmament plan with strict controls.
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Pius XII
United Nations
Hungary
Sienal Iff
Eisenhower
Herrin Jaycee Wounded During Christmas Mission
A Herrin Jaycee was wounded in action on a Christmas mission Saturday. H. T. Parks of Parks Cleaners was bitten by a dog while delivering a food basket to a local family. Other Junior Chamber members delivered 189 additional baskets without incident.
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H. T. Parks
Parks Cleaners
Herrin
Chamber of Commerce
Jaycee
Bill Bracy
Crash Probe Set In Carbondale
An Illinois Commerce Commission probe into the Illinois Central Railroad crash near Belleville last Friday will move to Carbondale on Wednesday for car inspections. The formal hearing is not expected for a week or 10 days. Conductor O B Castelberry remains critical in Belleville. The accident killed two, injured more than 30, with five still hospitalized in good condition.
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Illinois Central Railroad
Belleville
Carbondale
Sharkey
ICC
O. B. Castelberry
Centalia
St. Elizabeth’s Hospital
Albert Fergison
Chicago
Illinois Central
Indonesian Premier Faces Crisis as Army Revolt Spreads
Jakarta reports indicate Premier Ali Sastroamidjojo may resign or use troops to quell a Sumatra powered army revolt. Sumatrans demand more revenue from rubber, coal and oil, and reduced Java dominance. Revolt could spread to south Sumatra. Sukarno and Hatta discussed cabinet crisis as possible solution.
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Ali Sastroamidjojo
Sumatra
Sastroamidjojo
Troe
Iself
Malaudin Simbolon
Sukarno
Mohammed Hatta
Hatta
North
Jakarta
Java
Jesse Grant Dies at 64 in Marion Heart Attack
Jesse W. Grant of Marion died of a heart attack shortly after 11 a m. He was walking from his home east of the Third Baptist Church through the county fairgrounds toward a grocery when he was stricken. Mitchell Funeral Home of Marion is in charge of arrangements.
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Jesse W. Grant
Marion
Grant
Third ‘Baptist Church
Mitchell Funeral Home
Christmas Day No Publication Notice
Southern Illinoisan will not publish on Tuesday for Christmas day and schedules will resume with the next issue.
Weather forecast for southern Illinois and lake levels
Partly cloudy and cooler tonight with a high near 45 Tuesday. Low tonight around 30, with yesterday's temperatures noted and sunrise and sunset times. Crab Orchard Lake 4 inches below spillway today and Little Grassy Lake 32 inches below spillway today.
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Illinois
Crab Orchard Lake
Little Grassy Lake
Bad Footwork Spoils Effect In Kid Pageant
In Kuna Idaho on December 24 AP reports a church Christmas pageant disrupted as thirteen young children mislined their placards. The intended message BETHLEHEM STAR drifted when the star bearers walked backwards spelling BETHLEHEM RATS.
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Kuna
Idaho
Carbondale Boy and Nephew Escape Serious Injuries in Crash
A 15 year old Carbondale boy and his six year old nephew escaped serious injury when their car crashed into a tree on Carbonale Reservoir road. They were treated at Doctors Hospital in Carbondale and released. James Hagler six suffered minor bruises Herbert Hagler fifteen a minor scalp laceration.
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Carbondale
Carbondale Reservoir
Paul Doetch
Doctors Hospital
James Hagler
Herbert Hagler
Rt. 4
Wanted Gift For Mommy Boy Loses Leas
Nine year old Robert Forbes Long in Everett Washington lost both legs after a switching engine ran over him while he hunted for bottles in the Northern Pacific yards. He asked ambulance driver Lonnie Nichols to deliver a Christmas present for his mother and collected 16 cents to buy it. Police firemen and railroad workers contributed after word spread. Remaining funds will help start a fund for an artificial limb. Robert, child of Mr and Mrs Robert B Long, remains in fair but critical condition after multiple transfusions. he recognized his parents at the hospital.
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Doctors Hospital
Ella M. Mullins
Caroline Vale
Lydia Becken
Sara C. Stone
Mary S. Balliet
Clarence O. Green
Minneapolis
Loring Park
Angot Ramberg
Minneapolis General Hospial
Frances Menefee
Cecilia Janick
Barbara Brassil
Everett
Wash
Robert Forbes Long
Robert
Northern Pacific Railroad
Lonnie Nichols
Nichols
J. R. Otto
Robert B. Long
Mother and four children die in downtown apartment fire
A flash fire in a five story downtown apartment in Deckden, Genn. killed a mother Julia Morales Rios 79 and her children Gladys 17 Isobel 6 Eddie Nelson 4 and Eddie 3. An injured child and wounded uncle are described. Police noted the building housed Puerto Ricans with few speaking English.
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Julia Morales Rios
Gladys
Isobel
Eddie Nelson
Eddie
Betsy Swindell Corrected as Carbondale Sno Ball Candidate
Name Corrected Miss Betsy Swindell is named as a candidate for Carbondale Sno Ball queen. Her prior listing as Betty in Sundays edition was incorrect. She is the daughter of Mrs Alberta Swindell of 503 Hays Carbondale.
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Carbondale
Betty
Alberta Swindell
Hays, Carbondale
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