California Declared Disaster Area in Flood Chaos
Marysville and surrounding regions faced rising rivers and breached levees as floods bathed a 500 mile stretch from central Oregon to southern California. About 15 deaths were reported and 10 million dollars in damage. President Eisenhower declared a major disaster, directing federal relief efforts. 2,000 volunteers and Beale Air Force Base troops patrolled levees to protect Marysville as engineers warned of a possible 18 foot surge.
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California
Oregon
Nevada
Marysville
Feather River
Beale Air Force Base
Reno
Eisenhower
Nationwide Christmas holiday traffic toll tops 560 deaths
The holiday period brought a deadly pre Christmas stretch with 560 expected traffic deaths by midnight. A United Press tally reports 96 fatalities since Friday 6 p.m. and eight more in fires. Illinois and Missouri each reported 12 traffic deaths, while California and Georgia led with 35 each. In Pa a head on crash killed three teens near Washington.
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National Safety Council
United Press
Illinois
Missouri
Michigan
Pennsylvania
Ohio
New York
California
Georgia
Washington
Our Lady of Grace
Guilford
Conn
Oregon
Nevada
Gov Craig Frees Nine Convicted Killers In Christmas List
INDIANAPOLIS Dec 24 Gov Craig released nine convicted murderers including two Foggy Dean gang members and Dean himself on a Christmas parole list. Among those freed are Ernest Red Giberson and George Murphy serving life terms for second degree murder in the Sgt Lester Jones killing. Police Chief John E Ambuhl attacked the move calling for harsher action. Other freed killers include Joseph Anich from Lake County and Charles Carter. The note ends with continued on page two.
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Indianapolis
Craig
Edward ‘Foggy Dean
Dean
Indiana
Indiana State
Michigan City
Lester Jones
Ernest Red Giberson
George Murphy
Jones
John E. Ambuhl
Ambuhl
Joseph Anich
Lake County
Charles Carter
French Algerian Troops on Alert Amid Unrest
In Algiers French troops man checkpoints as Arab terrorists threaten Christmas Eve action. A Moslem party urged a boycott of the Algerian government. Paris dispatches report 98 suspects arrested and seven identified as rebels. some farms burned and telegraph lines cut, but officials say the area remains generally quiet.
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Algiers
Algeria
Paris
Edgar Faure
Ordinance Bans Beer Taverns In Shirley Town
The Shirley town board adopted an ordinance prohibiting sale or storage of beer or liquor after a petition signed by 279 residents. If valid under Indiana law, the ordinance would outlaw two taverns in the town.
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New Castle
Ind
Shirley
Attack Fatal to Paul J. Rausch
Paul J. Rausch aged 58 died at 11 30 PM Friday at St. Anthony Hospital after a heart attack upon entering his residence earlier Friday. Survived by sister Leona Rausch Newport Ind. Garfield High School graduate and Oakley Drug Store pharmacist. Body to P J Ryan and Sons Funeral Home. Funeral at Ryan Chapel 11 AM Monday. Burial Calvary Cemetery.
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Paul J. Rausch
North Fifth Street
St. Anthony Hospital
Leona Rausch
Newport
Ind
Garfield High School
Oakley Drug Store
Seventh
Hulman
P. J. Ryan and Sons
Ryan Chapel
Calvary Cemetery
Nehru Receives Russian IL14 Airliner Meghdhoot
New Delhi December 24 Nehru was presented with a Russian built IL14 airliner named Meghdhoot Messenger of the Clouds to honor Khrushchev and Bulganin historic visit. The ceremony linked to the Soviet leaders visit and featured the christening of the two engine aircraft.
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New Delhi
Jawaharlal Nehru
India
Nikita S. Khrushchev
N. A. Bulganin
Weather Roundup Cloudy Mild On Page Two
Local conditions show a cloudy mild day with a river stage of 2.2 feet and rising. Yesterday's high and last night’s low are not fully legible but a trace of precipitation is recorded.
Weather forecast for Terre Haute and Indiana region
Considerable cloudiness and mild nights with rain and a mix of snow possible near the northern border. Sunday remains cloudy and windy with rain likely, milder conditions overall. Lows 35 to 50s, highs in the 30s to 50s, sunset around 7:23 p.m. local time.
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Terre Haute
Indiana
C.D.T
Fire Damages Seelyville Home on Robinwood Drive
A sofa burst into flames when E G Kuhns opened his living room door around 4 pm Friday. A short in an outlet box caused the blaze in the all metal residence at 110 Robinwood Drive, with $2000 to $2500 damage. Smoke and heat spread through the house. Two Seelyville volunteer fire trucks responded.
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E. G. Kuhns
Robinwood Drive
Seelyville
Harold Roberts
Kuhns
Roberts
Yardmasters Delay Milwaukee Strike Amid Mediation Action
The Railroad Yardmasters of America postponed a planned Christmas Day strike against the Milwaukee Road after the National Mediation Board asked for more time. Federal Judge Julius Hoffman issued a temporary injunction, which the union criticized as unnecessary since mediation had been accepted. The railroad had sought the injunction after the union reportedly refused to bargain peacefully.
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Chicago
Christians Prepare Christmas Observance
Christians worldwide recall Bethlehem as they anticipate Christmas Eve pilgrimages and midnight services in a tense Arab-Israeli area. Despite a curfew lift after riots, nerves remain high amid security. Eisenhower and grandchildren will perform carols at the White House.
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Bethlehem
Jordan
St. Catherine's Church
City Council Transfers 134,835 For Meter Fund 1956 Plan
Terre Haute officials approve a special session ordinance moving 134,835 from the parking meter fund to accounts for 1956 expenses. Funds cover salaries, freight, postage, advertising, repairs, oiling, contracted services, meters, street signs, signals, and one way street plans on Eighth and Sixth streets.
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Terre Haute
Sixth Streets
Stores Close Early Downtown Terre Haute for Christmas Observance
Downtown Terre Haute stores will close at 5 o'clock this evening and remain shut until the customary opening hour Tuesday morning in observance of the Christmas holiday.
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Terre Haute
Santa's Christmas Eve Run Aboard Gift Laden Sleigh
Santa Claus takes to the Arctic sky on Christmas Eve bound for the American border. The RCMP clears air lanes with a no speed limit signal as wonderment fills homes. The sled overflows with gifts in a winged hayrack of cheer. Continued on page 2.
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North Pole
Santa Claus
Jolly Old Saint
Royal Canadian Mounted Police
Santa
Eisenhowers to Celebrate Christmas at White House
Christmas carols by Maj. John Eisenhower’s children kick off the First Family’s planned White House celebration. Barbara Eisenhower is recovering after a hospital birth, Mary Jean, a fourth grandchild, joins the four generations of the Eisenhower Doud family for the holiday dinner.
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Washington
Eisenhower
White House
Maj
John Eisenhower
John Sheldon Doud
Denver
Barbara Eisenhower
Walter Reed Hospital
Mary Jean
Eisenhowers
Eisenhower-Doud
David
Barbara Anne
Susan
Prison guard Gyori’s sentence suspended after traffic stop dispute
Indiana parole judge suspended a 10 day county jail term and an $18 fine for William Gyori, a 24 year old Indiana State Prison guard, who claimed a traffic light violation by Mrs. Joan Hess. Hess disputed the officer facts and Gyori wore a prison guard uniform during the incident in South Bend Indiana.
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South Bend. Ind
Indiana
William Gyori
George Farage
Gyori
Joan Hess
Hoosier Walter Hale Killed Crossing Chicago Street
Walter Hale 50 of Rosedale Indiana was struck and killed by a car while crossing a suburban Chicago street Friday night. Police quoted driver Herbert Jones 31 of Lyons Illinois saying he did not see Hale until impact. Jones is charged with reckless homicide. Hale's papers identify him as a railroad laborer.
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Chicago
Walter Hale
Rosedale Ind
Herbert Jones
Lyons
Ill
Hale
Jones
Christmas Tragedy Ends For Noel Family
In Moline Illinois an 18 month old boy Steven Allan Noel choked on Christmas candy and died Friday night amid a family already grieving a recent death of the father just weeks before.
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Moline, Till
Steven Allan Noel
Noel
Steven
Nuns Die as Fire Destroys Guilford Convent
Four buildings of Our Lady of Grace Monastery in Guilford were leveled by a blaze that killed three nuns Sister Mary Delores Sister Mary Regina and Sister Mary Con stance and injured another Sister Mary Pierre who was treated for a broken foot. Forty one other occupants escaped to safety.
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Monastery of Our Lady of Grace
North Guilford
Conn
Guilford
U.P
Our Lady of Grace
Mary Delores
Mary Regina
Mary Constance
Mary Pierre
St. Raphael's Hospital
New Haven
Elizabeth
N. J
Frances Anthony
Immaculate Conception Church
Albertus Magnus College
Hopes of White Christmas Fade With Forecast
A warm southern air mass across Hoosierland dispels Christmas snow hopes and brings foggy driving conditions. Rain and drizzle expected statewide with heavy cloud cover through Sunday and potential freezing rain in the north delaying travelers.
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Hoosierland
Indiana
Bond loss shocks Wall Street broker hours after deposit
Harold Davis a 55 year old messenger for C. F. Childs and Co. reported twenty five thousand dollars in negotiable U S treasury bonds vanished Friday from a teller cage in a Wall Street district bank. Davis said he left the bonds on a ledge while checking his briefcase at Marine Midland Trust Co. 120 Broadway.
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New York
U. S. Treasury
Wall Street
Harold Davis
C. F. Childs and Co
Marine Midland Trust Co
Broadway
Prisoner Walks Away From Indiana Reformatory
Pendleton Ind December 24 Wilson Adams 21 serving 1 to 10 years for grand larceny from Allen County escaped from a farm detail at the Indiana Reformatory Friday.
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Pendleton
Ind
P—Wilson Adams
Allen County
Indiana Reformatory
Mile of Dimes Brings Cheer to 433 Children
The Terre Haute Optimist Club Mile of Dimes campaign clothed 433 needy children Saturday morning. The effort aims to clothe 500, aided by a $1,250.55 auction led by Col. C. L. Bartley and a private restaurant drive at Violet L. Cottrell’s Lafayette avenue eatery. Santa greeted the children after a downtown shopping trip and a Deming Hotel breakfast where Miss Cottrell was made an honorary club member.
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Optimist Club
Wabash Avenue
Bert Williams
Edward S. Everett
Terre Haute
Miss Cottrell
Terre Haute Opti-Mrs. Club
Santa
Stevenson’s Son to Undergo Knee Surgery
John Fell Stevenson aged 19, son of Adlai E. Stevenson, will have right kneecap removal surgery after an automobile crash near Goshen Indiana. Dr James K Stackbone of Passafant Hospital says the patient is doing well and could be discharged about ten days after the operation. Stevenson is connected to Illinois politics as the former governor’s son and 1956 presidential hopeful. The crash also killed two Chicago area youths returning from Harvard.
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Chicago
John Fell Stevenson
Adlai E. Stevenson
James K. Stackbone
Young Stevenson
Passafant Hospital
Stack
Northwestern University
Classified Ads Closure For Christmas At Tribune Star
The Classified Department will be closed all day Sunday December 25 and until 6 p.m. Monday December 26 in observance of Christmas. No copy accepted during closure. Copy for Sunday Monday and Tuesday due by 6 p.m. Saturday. Open Monday evening 6 to 8. Dial 1531 for ads.
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