Fighting Marine With Heart Like This Is Mighty Lucky
A Tucson Marine in Korea sent home seventy dollars to brighten three local children’s Christmas. Sister Mary Grace of El Centro Pio Decimo used the funds to provide a Boy Scout uniform, a coat for a girl, and a doll for another child. The mother and sister learned of the impact, and the Marine’s generosity was celebrated as a warm, hopeful act.
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Human Error Crashed C-124 Killing 86 at Moses Lake
The Air Force says an accident board found the C-124 Globemaster’s elevator and rudder surfaces locked during takeoff. The throttle was unlocked, allowing power but causing the fatal crash with 86 dead. the pilot’s responsibility to check controls is emphasized.
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Larson Air Force Base
Moses Lake
Wash
Man in Phoenix Surrenders to Police After Drunken Claim
Ruddell Beam, 40, Phoenix, flagged down a police wagon claiming he was drunk and should be jailed. He told officers he had been searching the town for them before surrendering to custody.
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WUP
Ruddell Beam
Looted store safe found in desert hills near Nogales
Police pursue fresh leads after a 760 pound safety vault stolen from Consumers Market was cut into eight pieces and buried in a dry river bed 12 miles south of Tucson. Acetylene and oxygen tanks scattered with vault parts suggest the tool set used. Fred Ray of Sundt Construction found the remains near the H. A. French ranch west of Nogales highway. Investigators coordinate between South Tucson police and Pima County sheriff to identity parts and recover cash and checks estimated over 30,000 dollars.
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Consumers Market
Fred Ray
Sundt Construction Co
H.C. Rodriguez
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Consumers Market Safety Vault
Larry Wilson
John Breglia
City Police
James Lykins
Communists Send MIG-15s Near Seoul as Cease Fire Bid Emerges
41 MIG-15 fighters swept toward Seoul the deepest penetration in months. U N Sabrejets intercepted but the MIGs returned to Manchuria. Communist loudspeakers proposed a four hour Christmas cease fire, ignored by U N and allied forces. North Korean assaults meanwhile challenged U N trenches as fighting persisted.
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Yalli
South Korea
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Tucson
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Gook’s
Stalin Seeks Meeting with Eisenhower on Korean War
Soviet Premier Stalin in a New York Times Q A says he favors a meeting with President-Elect Eisenhower and sees potential to end the Korean War. He asserts Russia is interested in reducing world tension while Western disavows of change are noted by UN observers. The White House declines immediate comment.
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North Korea
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Dean Acheson
Eisenhower High Command
James Reston
U. S
Christmas Weather Delights Arizona Cities Aboard
Christmas brought bright sun and clear skies in Tucson with warm, calm conditions and a cool night ahead. Statewide, Arizonans enjoyed similar weather with snow flurries in the north, while Flagstaff reported a high of 30 and a low of 15 amid the season.
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Tucson
Spirit Is Willing Flesh Weak Christmas Mail Carrier Injured
Postman Kenneth Burge collapsed under heavy Christmas mail on his final round. He was treated at a hospital for a back strain after his load buckled his spine.
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Phoenix
Kenneth Burge
Nationalists Retire Ex-Chinese Premier
In Formosa Gen Chen Cheng premier of Nationalist China since 1949 and two other generals were retired yesterday as part of a plan to streamline the Nationalist army.
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Taipeh
Formosa
Chen Cheng
Nationalist China
Yule Decorations Contest Continues in Tucson
The Tucson Daily Citizen reports the Christmas Decorations Contest is ongoing with judges working through next week. Contestants are asked to display identity signs and illuminate decorations from 6 p.m. to 11 p.m. each evening. Winners are named New Year’s day with $500 in prizes awarded soon after.
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Tucson Daily Citizen
Citizen
Radio Announcer Guarantees Product
San Mateo California disc jockey Jerry Leeds on KVSM Rise and Shine explains snores prompted sheriff calls as he admits reading a mattress commercial multiple times during his show. He says the incident started after he was reading the promotion aloud on air.
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Calif
Jerry Leeds
KVSM
Rise and Shine
Brodie Twins Hold To Life After Separation
The Brodie Sia mese twins, 15 months, remain in critical condition at the University of Illinois hospital after a Dec 17 head to head separation. Roger Lee is unconscious and Rodney Dee is still critical, though doctors report no backward slide and easing tension at bedsides. Parents Royt and wife from Moline, IL, will be with them today, joined by their 9 week old Barbara Anh, while siblings stay with relatives.
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Chicago
Brodie
Royt Brodie
Moline
Illinois Neuropsychiatric Hospital
Barbara Anh
Holy Mass in Nativity Grotto Marks Bethlehem Midnight Rite
In Bethlehem's Church of the Nativity Monsignor Albert Gori leads a candlelit midnight Mass. A procession of choir boys acolytes and priests moves to the Grotto of the Nativity where the Christ Child image is placed on an altar above a silver star inscribed with the birthplace claim.
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Palestine
U.P
Bethlehem
Christendom
Albert Gori
Jesus Christ
Elizabeth to visit New Zealand for Christmas season
Prime Minister Sidney Holland announced in a nationwide broadcast that Queen Elizabeth II and the Duke of Edinburgh will spend Christmas in the dominion. The royal party will land in Auckland on December 23, 1953, and concludes their tour at Bluff on January 30, 1954 before sailing to Australia.
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Auckland
New Zealand
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New Animal Display At Arizona Desert Trailside Museum
Tonight at 8 Tucson Boys Chorus Parents association hosts a square dance at Tucson Garden 144 W. Orest with floor show and prizes. Tomorrow 8 to 6 Cook's tour of Colossal Cave near Benson highway, 20 miles southeast of Tucson. 10 to 5 new animals on display at Arizona Desert Trailside museum near Old Tucson in Tucson mountain park.
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Tucson Garden
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Tucson
Benson Highway
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Old Tucson
Tucson Mountain Park
Latest casualty list of Korean war released
Index item notes a fresh casualty list from the Korean War as Gen. Van Fleet plans to stay on active duty as Eighth Army chief beyond retirement. Other page references list features on Arizona Album 8 Films 16 Books 4 Financial 19 Comics 18 Radio 16 Crossword 18 Sports 13,14,15 Editorials 8 Women’s 19,11.
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