Saar Vote Brings Pro German Coalition Within Striking Distance
Saarland voters backed three big pro-German parties in a parliament election, winning 63.9 percent and 33 of 50 seats. They vow to pursue reunion with Germany, but fell short of the 73 percent threshold to scrap autonomous status immediately. Caretaker Premier Heinrich Welsch to form government as cross-party talks begin.
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Saar P
Saar Valley
West Germany
Christian Democrats
Democratic Party
German Socialist Party
Bonn Republic
Saar
Heinrich Welsch
Christian People’s Party
CVP
Johannes Hoffmann
Hoffmann
Germany
78 Quakes Hit Valley in Weekend Tremor Series
Imperial Valley residents assess weekend earthquake damage across 800 square miles of Imperial Irrigation District with Brawley facing about 50000 dollars in damage from cracked walls and buckled ceilings while no injuries are reported. The 78th shock rattled dishes and windows in El Centro but caused no discernible damage. The valley sits atop the San Andreas fault and experienced the most extended tremor sequence in years.
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EL Centro
Calif
Imperial Valley
Brawley
Imperial Irrigation District
Freight derailment delays Empire State Express near Silver Creek
Three freight cars derailed from a Chicago to New York train in Silver Creek, New York, blocking three mainline tracks for hours. Officials said the incident occurred around 11 a.m. and the Empire State Express was delayed nearly an hour before all tracks were cleared by late afternoon.
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Silver Creek
New York Central
Empire State Express
New York
Chautauqua County
Federal aid debated for pockets of low mood across states
Sylvia Porter discusses federal aid on today’s Editorial Page as widespread mood issues draw attention. Regular features appear on pages Bridge 3 Financial 31 Amusements 26 Ing Reporter 5 City Life 21 Radio-TV 30 and Classified 32-35 Women’s 24-25 Deaths 18 Sports 28-29 Editorials 22 Year Money 7 Letters 22 Today’s Pictures page 16.
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Bridge
Financial
Ing
City Life
Army Court Acquits Two Privates After Berlin Fracas
A six member U S Army court acquitted privates Willie Holden and Richard Calbert of disorderly conduct stemming from an incident in a Soviet sector Berlin bar. Witness Helene Ehlers testified German cabaret performer Werner Lierck provoked the fight, Holden claimed self defense, and Russians released the men to U S authorities after brief Soviet detention.
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Willie J. Holden
Poplarville
Miss
Richard L. Calbert
Kansas City
East Berlin
East Germany
U. S
Helene Ehters
Werner Lierck
Lierck
Holden
Ehlers
West Berlin
Don’t Dig Santa at Montreal Immigrants Aid Party
Santa Claus spoke in seven languages at Montreal’s Immigrants Aid Society Christmas party attended by 165 children. Seventeen nationalities were represented among attendees, highlighting a diverse community celebration.
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Montreal
Santa Claus
Immigrants’Aid Society
Kefauver Eyes New Hampshire Primary Clash With Stevenson
Associated Press reports Sen. Estes Kefauver announces entry into the New Hampshire primary and aims to challenge Adlai Stevenson for support there. Stevenson’s camp has yet to respond, while Knowland aides speculate on Eisenhower’s potential 1956 bid as Elsenhower tests fitness for a possible run.
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Estes Kefauver
New Hampshire
Adlai Stevenson
Stevenson
John Rogers Penn
Two Admit Guilty In Traffic Court Drunk Driving Case
In traffic court this morning two motorists pleaded guilty to driving while intoxicated. Edward Cotter 41 of 615 Catherine St and Joseph Crossman 21 of 624 Midland Ave were held for sentencing Thursday after pleas before Judge Truman H Preston. Crossman was arrested after erratic driving and stopping signs. Cotter’s crash involved Gertrude Simmons 51 of 331 Winton St. Donald Goldthwait 36 of 100 Linwell Ter who pleaded innocent has a felony DWI on record and was released on 1500 bail to Jan 10 for possible preliminary hearing or grand jury.
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Catherine St
Joseph Crossman
Midland Ave
Truman H. Preston
Cotter
Gertrude Simmons
Winton St
James St
Sigmund Grudzinski
Crossman
John McCormack
McCormack
South Ave
Grant Pl
Donald Goldthwait
Linwell Ter
Louis Sposato
Goldthwait
Preston
Bombs Hurt 3 Americans in Cyprus Attack
In Nicosia three hand grenades were thrown through a window at a Christmas-decorated nightclub injuring more than 13 people. Americans Mr and Mrs Robert Murphy of Brooklyn and Gail Wheeler of Sioux Falls were among the wounded with superficial injuries from flying glass. Mrs Wheeler escaped harm. The Murphys work at the U.S. consulate radio monitoring station.
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Cyprus
Robert Murphy
Brooklyn
N.Y
Gail Wheeler
Sioux Falls
Wheeler
Murphys
U.S
Tokyo bans women teachers under five feet tall
controversy erupts as Tokyo's Metropolitan Board of Education bars teachers shorter than five feet from next school year. critics argue it treats women as physically handicapped while officials cite safety, crowd control, and reaching blackboards. Diet member Haneko Takada, herself 4 feet 10, decries policy.
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Metropolitan Board of Education
Diet
Parliament
Haneko Takada
Asahi
Japan
Arctic Blast to Hit City Tonight
Central New York faces a severe cold wave with five below zero in Syracuse and ten below in the North Country. Snow squalls and 30 mph winds join the deep freeze as four to six inches accumulate, prompting a national Weather Bureau alert for the eastern U.S. with temperatures swinging to near zero after brief rises.
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New York
Andrew P. Keller
Mercury
Syracuse
North
Keller
U. S. Weather Bureau
Washington
Weather Bureau
Rockies
Ohio Valley
West Virginia
Pennsylvania
Middle Atlantic States
Tennessee
Hancock Field
Reds Put U S Allies On Spot War Memo
Secretary of State Dulles returned to Washington from Paris after four days of talks with NATO leaders. The United States and Western Europe discussed new cold war fronts in the Middle East and Asia and an expanded radar warning network. The administration revealed plans during the Paris meeting and Dulles offered no comment on a Saturday disclosure.
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Russia
United States
Dulles
U.S
Paris
North Atlantic Alliance
Middle East
Asia
Wilson
Treasury
Humphrey
NATO
Europe
Flood Devastation Kills 160 in Lebanon Town Tripoli
In northern Lebanon the Abou Ali River swelled flooding Tripoli, causing 160 deaths and 200 missing. The disaster split the coastal city, destroyed about 100 buildings and wrecked six bridges as President Chamoun and Premier Karami rushed to coordinate rescue with troops and police from other towns.
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Lebanon
Abou Ali
Tripoli
Camille Chamoun
Rashid Karami
Ingersoll Becomes New 7th Fleet Commander
Vice Admiral Stuart H. Ingersoll assumed command of the U.S. 7th Fleet in a Buckner Bay ceremony aboard the cruiser St. Paul succeeding Vice Admiral Alfred M. Pride who will move to command the Pacific Fleet Air Force in San Diego. Ingersoll previously served as chief of staff to the commander in chief of the U.S. Atlantic Fleet.
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Formosa
Stuart H. Ingersoll
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Buckner Bay
Okinawa
Alfred M. Pride
U.S. Pacific
Fleet Air Force
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Caif
Ingersoll
U.S. Atlantic
Police arrest high school teacher in bookstore theft
Tokyo police say they arrested Hideo Nakamura, 45, who has lived apart from his wife and three children for four years, at a bookstore while attempting to steal a book titled Auto biography of a Wife-Fearer.
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Tokyo
Hideo Nakamura
Nakamura
Bethlehem Curfew Sparks Christmas Mass Uncertainty
Jordan announces dusk to dawn curfew for Bethlehem amid unrest in Jerusalem Amman and nearby Amman riots raise fears of disruption to Christmas rites. Reports say curfew could cancel the midnight mass at the Church of the Nativity as Jordan cites security and political tensions in the Holy Land.
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Holy Land
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Israel Has Jurisdiction Over the New City of
Russians Pledge Aid to Afghanistan After Kabul Visit
In Kabul premier Bulganin and Khrushchev departed for Moscow pledging a 100 million dollar long term loan focused on agriculture and power, plus technical support. They announced a 10 year extension of the 1931 neutrality and nonaggression pact, with the full program surpassing the current 42 million dollars in U S aid.
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Afghanistan
Bulganin
Nikita Khrushchev
Moscow
U.S
Soviet Asia
Russia
Eisenhower Says Christmas Peace Near Despite Cold War
President Eisenhower, in Gettysburg, voices belief that the Biblical goal of peace is closer this Christmas despite renewed Soviet tension. He lights the Washington tree by remote control, hints at a White House Christmas plan, and notes a two-week Augusta vacation with golf at the Augusta National. Adm. Strauss will visit on social and AEC matters, as the year ends with a concluding radio address.
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Eisenhower
Soviet Union
Washington
White House
Augusta
Boston Heart
Paul Dudley White
Augusta National Golf Club
Adm
Lewis W. Strauss
Atomic Energy Commission
Fire at Husky Oil refinery in Moose Jaw quelled
A massive blaze at the Husky Oil refinery in Moose Jaw Sask erupted with an explosion shaking the city and threatening its East Side as winds and subzero temperatures tested firefighters. Fire chief Gordon Higson warned the city could be engulfed if fuel oil spilled. the fire was finally extinguished at 2:30 a.m., about four hours after the explosion.
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Moose Jaw
Sask
Seil
Prairie
Husky Oil, Ltd
Gordon Higson
Today's Chuckle Caption on Psychosis and Rent Hikes
A lighthearted quip contrasts neurosis, psychosis, and psychiatry with a witty metaphor. The joke frames the neurotic as castle builder, the psychotic inhabitant, and the psychiatrist as rent collector.
Firm Gives Strogers $100 Loans in Pittsburgh
Westinghouse Electric Corp began disbursing 100 Christmas loans to striking workers, with 120 workers receiving funds within 20 minutes at Sharon plant. The loans, interest free and repayable after the strike ends, aim to aid over 50,000-strong idle workforce, with more funds to be issued through Wednesday.
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Pittsburgh
Westinghouse Electric Corp
Sharon
Big Electrical Corporation
Funeral Instead Of His Wedding In Kannapolis
Ernest Clyde McLeod 21 of Peekskill N C prepared for his wedding to a Kannapolis girl when his car collided yesterday. He died on arrival at Cabarrus County Hospital after the wreck.
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N.C
Ernest Clyde McLeod
Peekskill
N. C
Cabarrus County Hospital
Gifts From Christmas Second of a Series
A reflective holiday piece on the grace of giving at Christmas. The author links generosity to innate goodness awakened by the Bethlehem scene, describing Mary and Joseph, shepherds, and the wise men as symbols of charity and humility, and citing the grace of the Lord Jesus. Concluded on page 13.
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Joseph
Christ
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