Plans New Bid for Authority to Reduce Tariffs
Augusta Ga President Eisenhower will seek new authority to cut tariffs up to five percent yearly for two years as part of a foreign economic policy package. A special message to Congress January 10 will outline plans based on the Randall Commission report and include a World Bank backed international finance corporation for Latin America. The White House also seeks customs service reform and tax breaks for foreign investment earnings while monitoring Mendes France drag on West German rearmament.
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Augusta
Eisenhower
Congress
White House
Randall Commission On Foreign Economic Policy
James C. Hagerty
Customs Service
International Finance Corporation
World Bank
Rio de Janeiro
Hagerty
Washington
Mendes-France
West Germany
Dulles
French National Assembly
Tragic Arkansas Farm Family Fire Kills Eleven
Fire sparked by a stove explosion in a frame tenant house near Parkin Arkansas on Christmas Eve killed eleven people and injured five. The victims were two Mexican families including ten children. survivors include the two fathers and several older relatives. The blaze began when kerosene was added to a smoldering fire. most bodies were charred beyond recognition.
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Parkin
Ark
Here
Pete Santana
Ruel Montana
Montana
Santana
Memphis
Wynne, Ark
Mary Ann
Frail Pope Pius XII blesses Christmas crowds in Vatican
Frail Pope Pius XII appeared at his window in Vatican City on Christmas Day blessing thousands below. Despite illness and a recent collapse, his voice carried to a cheering crowd as attendants helped him up the steps. The scene in St Peter's Square brimmed with festive warmth as bells rang and sunlit domes glowed.
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Vatican City
Pope Pius XII
Vatican
St. Peter’s Square
Riccardo Galeazzi-Lisi
St. Peter’s
Michelangelo
Basilica
Christmas Gifts Unopened: Boy Disappears
In Tacoma Washington Christmas gifts lay unopened for 11 year old Dean Pickel a newsboy who vanished Friday minutes after selling his last paper near a downtown corner. His parents Mr and Mrs Oliver Pickel waited through Christmas Day for news, saying he had not run away and hoped to see his brother Donald 4 open the presents bought with penny earnings.
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Tacoma
Wash
Dean Pickel
Oliver Pickel
Donald
Safety Record Set by Airlines
WASHINGTON The Civil Aeronautics Administration reports airlines carried more passengers and remained safer this year with 16 passenger fatalities, a rate of 0.08 per 100 million passenger miles, versus 0.47 last year. Scheduled airlines may carry 34,673,000 paying passengers, up 10 percent from 1953. Nonscheduled flights near 16 months without a passenger fatality until the Dec 22 DC3 crash near Pittsburgh. Business flying hours exceed total scheduled airline hours by 700,000. Aviation manufacturing became the leading sector by employment.
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Washington
Civil Aeronautics Administration
CAA
Fred B. Lee
Lee
Pittsburgh
Couple Trapped Seven Hours in Car Fatal Crash
In Gallipolis Ohio on Christmas Day 1954 Robert Overstreet 56 of Williams Lake Michigan and his wife Estelle 56 were trapped seven hours in an overturned car in a water filled ditch. Mrs Overstreet died of exposure and shock en route to the hospital. he survived in good condition after holding her head above water through the night. A passing motorist found them shortly after 7 a.m. Saturday.
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Gallipolis
Ohio
Robert Overstreet
Williams Lake
Mich
Estelle
Here
Overstreet
Christians Worldwide Mark Joyous Christmas Day
The Associated Press reports Christians across the globe celebrated Christmas with Pope Pius XII appearing on the Vatican balcony for benediction amid his recovery. Bethlehem drew 10 000 visitors at the Church of the Nativity as Israel and Jordan opened their border for pilgrims. Ike and Mamie spent Christmas in Augusta Georgia. Queen Elizabeth II led Commonwealth observances and Cardinal Spellman praised American troops as peace missionaries on the Korean front.
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Associated Press
Vatican City
Pius XII
St. Peter’s Square
Bethlehem
Christendom
Church of the Nativity
Christ
Israel
Jordan
Israel-Jordan
Eisenhower
Augusta National Golf Course
Augusta
England
Elizabeth II
Commonwealth
St. Mary Magdalene
Sandringham
Korea
Francis Cardinal Spellman
United States
St Ignatius Girl Dies After Car Accident
Ida May Smallsalmon, 17, of St Ignatius Montana, died at a Missoula hospital after being struck by a car Friday night. Driver Tom Ambrose of Bigfork Montana was identified by Deputy Sheriff Albert La Port. the car showed right side door handles torn off. An inquest will be held. The death raised Montana 1954 traffic toll to 216.
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Missoula
Mont
Ida May Smallsalmon
St. Ignatius
Albert la Port
Tom Ambrose
Bigfork
Wallace J. Beaudry
Polson
Lake County
Ambrose
St. Ignatius Hospital
Montana
Old Issues With Foreign Policy Dominate Early Congress Talks
A Gallup style poll of 138 members shows foreign policy in the lead as Congress convenes the 84th session. National defense follows at 40 percent, with economy and budget concerns at 36 percent, taxes 33 percent, while other issues range from communism to school aid. Representatives and Senators offer varied views on how to steer policy with Eisenhower era references and calls for constitutional principles.
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Congress
Washington
Nicholson
R-Mass
Sen
Murray
D-Mont
Eisenhower
Rep
Gwinn
Rep. Eberharter
D-Pa
Hays
D-Ark
Rep. Dingell
D-Mich
Elks Plan National Scholarships Program For 1950
Butte lodge of Elks launches its annual scholarship contest as part of the Elks National Foundation program. Exalted ruler James F. McCarthy names a committee to run the event with George Haney as chair. Applications go to local high schools and colleges from Jan 2 to Feb 15, with prizes of 200 for first place both boy and girl and 100 for second place. Winners advance to state finals for 3000 in prizes plus 500 from the foundation.
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Butte Lodge of Elks
Elks National Foundation
James F. McCarthy
George Haney
Joe McCarthy
Jack Healy
Leroy Schmid
Charles Davis
Carroll Fabian
Butte Lodge
Butte High School
Boys Central High School
Girls Central High School
Butte Business College
Montana School of Mines
Whitehall High School
National Foundation
Lighted Christmas Tree Causes Fatal Fire in Atlanta
In southwest Atlanta a Christmas tree kept lit for nearly three weeks caused a flash fire that killed Earl Davis 42 and Helen F. Davis 41. Both died in separate rooms with the fire starting in the front bedroom and spread through the frame house. Fire Chief Styron cited overheated lights as the likely cause.
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Atlanta
Earl Davis
Davis
Helen F. Davis
C. C. Styron
Red Cross Reports 87 Million Dollar Year of Service
Washington The American Red Cross and its 3 720 chapters spent 87 973 387 for a wide range of services in the last fiscal year. Major areas include blood program 15 671 599 disaster relief 3 036 862 and aid to armed forces families 37 183 581. Chairman Harriman noted a 95 percent rise in overseas loans and grants.
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Washington
American Red Cross
Red Cross
E. Roland Harriman
Tito Guests at Simla Ice Carnival in Himachal Pradesh
India feted Marshal Tito of Yugoslavia with a state visit ice carnival in Simla. The event took place in the Himalayan hill station once the British viceroys summer capital, drawing dignitaries and spectators at 7 000 feet.
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India
New Delhi
Yugoslavia
Marshal Tito
Simla
Himalayas
Inferno at Prestwick Kills 28 in UK Plane Crash
A British Overseas Airways Stratocruiser crashed after landing at Prestwick Airport on Christmas Day, killing 28 aboard and injuring many. Eyewitnesses described flames 30 to 40 feet high as the fuselage burned, with only eight survivors including several Americans. The cause appeared linked to bad weather and a late approach.
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Prestwice
Scotland
British Overseas Airways
Prestwick Airport
Walter C. Mayland
Evanston
Ill
Cairo
Howard Elting Jr
Elting
U. S
Kenneth R. Davidson
Bronxville
N. Y
L. L. Goldfine
Jamaica
British West Indies
England
Prestwick
New York
Washington and London Move to Rearm Germany Without France
The United States and Britain plan immediate talks on rearming West Germany without French approval after France’s Assembly rejected the London Paris pact. Eisenhower and Dulles coordinate with Britain’s Eden while signaling France could join later. officials stress not if but how Germany will join the Western Alliance.
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Washington
United States
Britain
West Germany
France
French Assembly
Dulles
London
Anthony Eden
U. S
Germany
Western Alliance
European Union
Eisenhower
Augusta
Foreign Office
U.S
Chur
C. Douglas Dillon
Paris
Dillon
Pierre Mendes-France
Roger Makins
West
Tass
EDC
French Assembly Criticized Over West German Pact Vote
Paris papers blast the National Assembly for rejecting the seven nation pact with West Germany while denouncing Allied pressure. Mendes France faces a confidence vote as London Paris accords on West German rearmament loom. Critics note inconsistency in approving sovereignty yet denying a German army.
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Paris
National Assembly
Germany
Britain
Assembly
Pierre Mendes-France
Franc-Tireur
Figaro
Holiday traffic toll climbs amid Christmas tragedy
National Safety Council reports 219 traffic deaths by 6 p.m. Saturday with 171 in traffic, 29 in fires and 19 other deaths during the 54 hour Christmas weekend. Council president Ned H Dearborn urges sober driving as toll rises, noting 331 violent deaths overall and earlier totals from last Christmas.
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National Safety Council
Ned H. Dearborn
Council
Tulsa
Okla
Marie Foster Kane Smith
Parkin
Ark
Penn Yan
N. Y
Associated Press
First University Not Harvard in Americas St. Martos Peru 1551
The article asserts the University of St. Martos in Peru predates Harvard, founded in 1551 versus Harvard's 1636. It notes liberal education for commerce via Want Ads and ends with an example ad offering a reward for a lost Pekingese dog.
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Harvard
Americas
University of St
Montana State Forecast Two Day Snow Across Regions
Partly cloudy with light snow flurries Sunday and Sunday night. Montana east expects mostly cloudy skies with intermittent light snows spreading southeast, highs 25 to 35, cooler in northeast. Montana west sees mostly cloudy with light snow mainly in mountains, Sunday high 25 to 30.
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Montana
Montanans Observe Quiet Christmas Amid Tragedy
Christmas in Montana unfolded quietly with homes and churches at the center. In Great Falls a 54 year old trucker Burr Morris died from a skull fracture after a fall on a concrete step. In Jefferson City Byron Killpack aged 14 remained in critical condition in a Helena hospital from a .22 caliber wound near the heart.
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Great Falls
Burr Morris
Morris
Byron Killpack
Jefferson City
Helena
Jefferson County
Christmas Baby Born At Union Memorial Hospital
A 7 pound 3 ounce son was born on Christmas morning to Mrs Louise White Christmas and William G Christmas of Monkton. The baby was named William G Christmas Jr.
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Baltimore
Union Memorial Hospital
Louise White Christmas
William G. Christmas
Monkton
William G. Christimas Jr
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