World observes Christmas across churches and celebrations
Churches in America and Europe held services and festive gatherings as families exchanged gifts amid postwar prosperity. President Truman lit the White House tree and urged support for soldiers. Eisenhower helped trim a New York tree. Pope Pius XII called for charity and peace while the Archbishop warned of attacks on Christianity. In the Holy Land pilgrims filled Bethlehem shrines as barricades opened briefly.
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Trumans Spend Quiet Christmas With Relatives
President Truman and his family enjoyed a quiet Christmas with relatives in Washington. The Trumans usually travel to Independence Missouri for holidays, but this year guests from the Midwest joined them in the capital for their last White House Christmas.
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Only Trace of Snow for Christmas Day
Only light snow fell across much of the nation on Christmas Day. Snow was confined to upper Michigan Wisconsin Minnesota and parts of Illinois and Indiana. Flurries occurred in New England while northeastern New Mexico and the Texas Oklahoma Panhandle enjoyed a white Christmas after five inches fell in Amarillo. Snow also covered areas in the Plains States the Rocky Mountains and parts of northern New York and New England.
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Christmas Day clash over Brookfield Zoo care
An angry animal lover protested the Brookfield Zoo's treatment of animals on Christmas, but Zoo Director Robert Bean rejected the claim saying Christmas is for people.
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Weather Summary for Terre Haute and Vicinity
Light snow ongoing with a high of 36 today and 39 expected Friday. Cloudy conditions linger tonight with a slight cooldown. River stage 2.8 feet and trace precipitation noted yesterday.
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Santa pays fines freeing 15 prisoners in Alabama
An unknown Santa Claus paid $138 in fines for 15 inmates at the Fairfield and Southside jails in Birmingham Alabama last night. The gifts released men held on minor charges with little time left to serve, one freed until January 1. The stranger told desk sergeant E L Davis that he once faced jail for $3 and never forgot it.
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Turkey Courtesy of Cop Ends Christmas Goose Chase
Detroit policeman Patrolman Richard Leutzke shot a live turkey that escaped on Christmas Eve and perched in a tree, enabling Edward Sales and his family to have turkey on the Christmas Day menu. The incident occurred as Leutzke was dispatched to the scene and he felled the bird with a single neck shot.
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Stalin Signals Open to Talks With Ike Over Korea
Soviet Premier Joseph Stalin told the New York Times he favors a meeting with President-elect Eisenhower and does not view conflict with the West as inevitable. He said Russia is interested in ending the Korean War, signaling a possible shift in Kremlin stance and diplomacy ahead of Christmas.
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Best Christmas Since War For Many Europeans
Western Europeans face a hopeful Christmas as a 13 nation survey notes 240 million people outside the Iron Curtain will eat better than any postwar Christmas. Queen Elizabeth’s first radio address since her ascent, from Sandringham, is a focal point for Britons. U S troops in Germany get two days off with open house for locals, while German French and Italian families plan to host allied guests. Norwegian families spend a full week of wages on a traditional feast of cod pork and brandy.
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Triplets Born in Cohoes On Christmas Eve
Mrs. Peter Woodin 25 gave birth to triplets all boys on Christmas Eve in Cohoes New York. Husband a 27 year old television repairman said I feel fine but gosh. Doctors at Cohoes Hospital reported mother and sons doing well.
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Smathers Seeks Early Hearing on Election Change Proposals
Senator Smathers of Florida announced plans for quick Senate Judiciary Committee hearings next session. He backed constitutional amendments for a nationwide presidential primary, proportional electoral votes, and making the vice presidency a temporary role prompting a new election if the president dies early.
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Christmas Observance Highlights Terre Haute Churches
Christmas services marked by midnight masses and candlelight prayers as chimes sounded in Terre Haute. Volunteers and civic groups distributed food, clothing, and toys to the needy, with Christmas baskets funded by the Tribune Star effort.
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Evansville Man Buys Oil Leases in Texas Deals
P G C Shoonmaker president of Dearborn Oil Corp Evansville Ind has purchased an interest in seven Texas oil leases for 925000 in cooperation with unidentified Canadian interests. The leases from Johnson Wichita Falls Texas cover 35 wells on 1000 acres across four northern Texas counties.
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Visitors From Space Possible Says Air Force
The Air Force says no evidence visitors from space have landed on Earth but concedes such a possibility cannot be denied. It notes limited human knowledge and stresses there is no proof that intelligent beings from elsewhere have visited our atmosphere.
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Former Purdue professor named to Eisenhower advisory panel
Dr G Burton Wood head of Oregon State College Agricultural Economics Department received notice of his appointment to an interim agricultural advisory committee under the Eisenhower administration. Wood, 42, a University of Oregon and Oregon State College graduate, has worked with the Farm Credit War Food and Agricultural Research administrations and moved to Oregon in 1951 after leaving Purdue.
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Opera Star Helen Traubel Tours Korea
Taegu Korea December 25 Opera star Helen Traubel said audiences here are the most polite and appreciative of her career while touring to sing for the Gls.
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Film Year In Review Rates Past Year Movies
Hollywood notes business up but quality down as television threats push studios to rely on sure formulas. Best pictures include High Noon The Bad and the Beautiful Moulin Rouge The Quiet Man and The Thief. Top male performers are Cooper Olivier Milland Guinness Ferrer while Booth Davis Crawford and Waters lead female honors.
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Christmas Wedding Bells For Kosub And Glyden
Christmas wedding bells will ring today for Jan Ford Kosub 23 after she accidentally tore up her license unwrapping gifts. County Clerk Edgar M Braning issued a duplicate license so her marriage to Sergei Glyden 31 of Charleston Indiana can proceed as scheduled.
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Weather Seer Predicts Snow or Rain at Inauguration
Dr Charles Greeley Abbot of the Smithsonian predicts snow or rain for the January 20 oath of office for President-elect Eisenhower. The 80 year old scientist previously forecast fair weather for Roosevelt in 1945 and Truman in 1949 using a long range precipitation model. He stressed his forecast is not political.
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All-Electric Home of the Future Nears Reality
Government officials and experts foresee an almost entirely electric home after the next decade with heat pumps for year round climate control electrostatic air cleaners insecticide systems in conditioning air and dishwashers that sterilize tableware. Home laundry may include a dry cleaning unit while lighting becomes more uniform as bulb changes fade from view.
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Queen Delivers Yule Message To British People
Queen Elizabeth II delivers her first Christmas broadcast to the British commonwealth and Empire from Sandringham. She urges faith in forefathers, world peace, youth in heart, and service to all nations, pledging renewed devotion to duty and a seek for wisdom for the coming coronation.
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Montreal volunteers ready to drive tipplers home
Twenty volunteer drivers stood by in Montreal on December 25 to transport intoxicated celebrants home. Recorder Didier Lernoux said the volunteers would charge only a nominal fee for the rides as a holiday service.
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