Santa Claus on radar track across North America
Juneau reports a night visit by Santa Claus who leaves gifts in town before continuing southeast. CONAD confirms radar tracking from Alaska to the lower 48 with fighter escort and jet stream acceleration possible. Royal Canadian and U S Air Force radar stations monitor the sleigh path. Ground Observer Corps will verify progress to chimneys across the United States.
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Colorado Springs
Colo
Continental Air Defense Command
Santa Claus
Conad
Santa
United States
Ground Observer Corps
Nunivar
Alaska
Royal Canadian Air Force
U. S. Air Force
U. S
Canada
New Snags In Suez Clearing Delays Salvage Work
In Port Said on December 24, United Nations salvage chief Lt. Gen. Raymond A. Wheeler faced Egyptian refusals to allow British salvage crews to work on clearing the Suez Canal. Negotiations with Egyptian officials and Hammarskjold potential impact the start of actual clearance as UNEF withdrawals begin amid lingering delays and scattered troop movements.
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Port Said
U.P
United Nations
Suez Canal
Raymond A. Wheeler
U.N
Wheeler
el Qantara
Mahmoud Younes
Suez Canal Authority
Tewfik El-Dib
Dag Hammarskjold
Hammarskjold
Gamal Abdel Nasser
Sinai Peninsula
Walter Lundquist
UNEF
Sinai Desert
Rudolph Leads Santa Over Pt Barrow In Arctic Dawn
Rudolph reportedly led Santa Claus over Pt Barrow Alaska during a December morning sighting. Radar and visual observations confirmed a direct southerly course with the front reindeer displaying a bright red nose.
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PT. Barrow
Alaska
Santa Claus
U. S
Rudolph
Optimist Club Drives to Cloth 500 Terre Haute Children
Optimist Club members in Terre Haute push Clothe-a-Child donations to clothe about 500 needy children though the fund trails the $10,000 goal. Treasurer Pennington reports about $5,500 raised via Mile-of-Dimes, mail, and an auction with Christmas deadlines looming as final gifts are urged at the Mile-of-Dimes booth or by mail.
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Terre Haute
Lester E. Pennington
Wabash Avenue
Town Placed Under Quarantine In Switzerland County
Patriot Indiana is under quarantine after a black and white dog with rabies bit ten to thirty other dogs in town. State veterinarian Dr Joe W Green may extend the order to all of Switzerland county. Dogs in the quarantined area must be confined or leashed. holding pens are available for strays.
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Patriot
Ind
Ppatriot
Joe W. Green
Green
Switzerland
Weather Map Update and River Stage Report
Weather map on page two from the Weather Bureau shows sunrise at 7 08 and sunset at 4 32. River stage reads 2.2 feet and is falling.
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THE
Weather Br
Weather
Weather Summary for Terre Haute and Indiana
Yesterday reached 56 degrees with a 0.4 inch precipitation. Tonight, Terre Haute sees partly cloudy and colder conditions with a low near 2. Indiana will be cloudy and cooler with occasional snow flurries ending tonight. Tuesday is partly cloudy with a high near 35 to 40 and a low around 25 to 23.
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Terre Haute
Indiana
Arab pilgrims cross into Jordan from Israel
A group of 1,700 Arab Christians from Israel entered Jordan during a religious procession. The march moved from Jerusalem area shrines toward Jordanian sites as reported by the Israeli section.
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Jerusalem
Israel
Jordan
Auto Deaths Mount During Christmas Weekend
The Associated Press reports at least 512 Americans killed in Christmas weekend incidents by noon Monday, with 424 in traffic. The National Safety Council warns a 660 highway death total could be surpassed if drivers stay reckless through the remaining four-day period. President Eisenhower renewed calls to drive as a national emergency, urging motorists to watch out for others.
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National Safety Council
Council
Ea le Ellie
Ae Finn
Mrs Gold Maynard Breaks Ankle Delivering Christmas Package
In Rumford Maine on December twenty fourth Mrs Gold Maynard aged forty five slipped on a doorstep while delivering a Christmas package. Dr Peter B Aucoin treated her broken ankle and arranged hospital care.
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Rumford
Maine
Gold Maynard
Peter B. Aucoin
Six Die in Hospital Fire at Doctors Hospital
Six people died and seven remained in critical condition after a Christmas tree light chain shorted, causing a blaze at Doctors Hospital in Minneapolis. Fire spread via a stairwell as smoke choked the five story center, with a baby in an incubator dying later from a congenital heart condition.
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Minneapolis
Doctors Hospital
Ella M. Mullins
Caroline Vale
Lydia Becken
Sara C. Stone
Mary S. Balliet
Clarence O. Green
Loring Park
Anget Ramberg
Minneapolis General Hospital
Coroner Rules Cowan Poison Death by Own Action
Funeral services for Edward M. Cowan 36 of 673 Swanstreet president of Cowan Bros Inc will be held Thursday at P J Ryan and Sons Funeral Home He died Sunday at St Anthony Hospital within four hours after taking a non corrosive poison Deputy Coroner Dr D M Ferguson Jr said cause will be listed as death by own action Pathologists may take several days to identify the poison Police reported additional vials were found and given to the coroner's office Cowan's mother Ivy May Cowan was hospitalized with a fractured hip He is survived by three sisters and his body was taken to the funeral home Burial will be in Green Hill Cemetery Bedford.
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Edward M. Cowan
Swanstreet
Cowan Bros., Inc
P. J. Ryan and Sons
Cowan
St. Anthony Hospital
D. M. Ferguson, Jr
Ferguson
Charles Kell
George Maloof
Ryan
Swan Street
Mother
Ivy May Cowan
Union Hospital
Terre Haute
Edward B. Cowan
Gladys Pound
Philip O’toole
Katherine Smith
Long Beach
Cal
P. J. Ryan and Sons Funeral Home
Green Hill Cemetery
Bedford
Desegregation Efforts Hit Florida Buses on Holiday Backdrop
In Tallahassee demonstrators sat in front, middle and rear of near empty city buses amid a mass meeting pledge to end a five month bus boycott and ride with whites. Police monitor larger travel as Florida A and M and Florida State University students are away for holidays. In Tennessee six Texas jailbreakers were captured after robbing a motel and wounding a state trooper as they fled toward New York.
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Tallahassee
Fla
Deep South
Montgomery
Ala
Florida A and M
Florida State University
Dover
Tenn
Texas
Georgetown
Tex
New York
Groesbeck
Hulman Elected To Board Of General Telephone Indiana
Anton Hulman Jr a Terre Haute industrialist and civic leader was elected to the board of directors of the General Telephone Company of Indiana Inc Announcement by L H Meyer president notes the election follows the Citizens Independent Telephone merger completed earlier this month Hulman had served as director of Citizens Independent since February 1944 Other new directors include Frank E Bohn of Fort Wayne former chairman of the Citizens Company and The Home Telephone and Telegraph Company
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Anton Hulman, Jr
Terre Haute
General Telephone Company of Indiana, Inc
L. H. .Eyer
Hulman
General Company
Citizens Independent Telephone Company
General Telephone Company
Frank E. Bohn
Fort Wayne
Citizens Company
Home Telephone and Telegraph Company
35 Die in Passaquatro Flood Ravage Brazil
Disaster workers counted 35 dead after a flash flood swept through Passaquatro, flooding the city center and sending others missing. The disaster struck about 200 miles from Rio de Janeiro as rescuers searched for survivors amid the wreckage.
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Rio DE Janeiro
Brazil
Passaquatro
Hungarian relief fund reaches 2500 in Terre Haute chapter
Terre Haute Vigo County American Red Cross reports 2500 collected for Hungarian relief funds. The local goal stands at 4051, with 1500 still needed to meet the target as other chapters nationwide have already reached their allocations.
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Terre Haute-Vigo County
American Red Cross
Snow Flurries Dim White Christmas Hopes in Indiana
Christmas Eve snow flurries fell across Indiana but a white Christmas remained unlikely. Officials welcomed thin snow for safety as highways stayed slick on the western edge. more than six holiday weekend crashes were reported. North regions saw light snow with highs around 37 to 40 in most areas and cooler overnight lows in the 20s.
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Indiana
State Highway Department
Dulles Sees Promise of Peace Yet Caution Remains
Secretary of State Dulles says the 1950s may bring peace but also danger as non Communist leaders weigh prospects. Menzies and Rhee warn of greater risk while Pineau urges Western unity and realism to prevent war. reports appear in U S News and World Report.
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Washington
Dulles
U.S. News and World Report
R. G. Menzies
Australia
Syngman Rhee
Suez Canal
Menzies
Rhee
751 More Refugees Arrive in Austria
Austrian border police report 751 additional Hungarians crossed the snowy border seeking refuge in the West, along with a 34 year old Russian tank soldier Nikolai Rokanoff who surrendered his pistol and asked for asylum after exiting a Hungarian freight train on Sunday night.
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Vienna
Nikolai Rokanoff
Christmas Basket Contributions Record
Previous report shows a collection totaling 506.69 dollars with listed donors including Lucile Brown and others. The item notes contributions toward a Christmas basket effort with entry showing five dollar amounts and partial donor details.
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Juneau
Ft. Wayne, Ind
Greg Shideler
Adelle Schwan
Hollie Shook
A.P. Wirephoto
Suez
Ivan
Optimist Club
Karl Threlkeld
Club Persident
Frank Callahan
Holy Land
Fifea
Associated Press
Tennessee
Nashville
A.P
General Phone
United Press
Austria
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