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Nixon Visits Refugee Station and
Consults With Austrian Leaders
ANDAU, Austria, (£1—Vice Pres-'
ident Richard M. Nixon visited
this village only two miles from
the Hungarian border yesterday
to view at first hand the condi
tion of Hungarian refugees.
The village is one of the princi
pal stations on the route used by
nearly 140,000 Hungarians in
their freedom flight from Com
munism’s iron suppression.
Nixon is seeking first-hand in
formation to guide President Ei
senhower and Congress in dealing
with the aftermath of the Hun
garian revolution.
In a village dance hall he found
hundreds of refugees—some get
ting their soup from a kitchen in
the middle of the floor, others ly
ing on straw around the edges.
The dance hall is one of the
first reception centers for refu
gees after they cross the border.
Many of the 1,500 villages have
put up refugees in their homes.
Nixon tasted the soup and said
it was good. He spoke to and
shook hands with dozens of Hun
garians.
One of them was a young man
of 20 with no legs and only one
arm. He Void the vice president
he had to leave Budapest because
he had distributed anti-Commu
nist leaflets. The boy had dragged
himself 12 miles to the border.
Nixon told him: “I have seen
many examples of courage in the
war, but nothing to equal yours.”
Earlier, Nixon delivered a let
ter from President Eisenhower to
Austrian Chancellor Julius Raab,
promising the U.S. would do all
in its power to help solve the
problem created by the hordes of
Hungarian refugees crowding in
to Austria and still crossing thru
the iron curtain to freedom.
Nixon met with Chancellor Ju
lius Raab and most of the Aus
trian cabinet for an hour and a
half today, discussing hard facts
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EIGHT DEAD IN
6 AIR CRASHES
IN ONE DAY
*«« tn« Associated Prmnm
Eight persons perished yester
| day in six air crashes from Maine
| to California. A seventh plane,
carrying two men, disappeared
and touched off a four-state
search.
A U.S. Steel Corp. twin-engine
plane exploded and smashed to
bits on a bleak mountainside near
Tyrone, Pa., killing Alden Roach,
55, of San Francisco, president of
the Columbia-Geneva Steel Divi
sion and two crewmen.
In San Francisco, Robert Walk
er, 27, of San Leandro, Calif.,
drowned when his helicopter
turned upside down as it was
making a turn and plunged into
S^n Francisco Bay.
At Mays Landing, N.J., an F-8UI
Crusader, one of the Navy’s fast
est new supersonic jet fighters,
i crashed within five minutes after
I takeoff from the Atlantic City
Naval Air Station. The pilot, Lt.
Robert D. Roth, 28, died.
In Monterey, Calif., Navy pilot
Lt. <JG> William Otis Herring of
Santa Clara, was killed when his
F-9F8 Cougar jet crashed.
In Owosso, Mich., Thomas War
ren, 40, of Columbus was killed
when his small plane crashed mo
ments after he had taken off.
At Millinocket, Maine, Air
Force Capt. Campbell M. Potter
was killed when a twin-engine
C-54 crashed while apparerttly
trying to make an emergency
landing.
A T-33 jet trainer disappeared
between Shaw AFB, S.C., and
Eglin AFB, Fla., causing a four
state search.
NEGRO BUS BOYCOTT ENDS AS
RESULT OF INTEGRATION LAW
■MONTGOMERY, Ala., UR—Ra
cial integration on buses started
smoothly in Montgomery today,
bringing to a dramatic close a
tradition in public transportation
dating back for decades.
Negroes, some of whom had re
fused to rjide segregated city bus
es for more than a year as part
of a mass boycott movement,
boarded the buses calmly, taking
seats where they chose.
At two mass meetings last night
Negroes voted unanimously to
ride buses again this morning.
Under the segregated pattern,
Negroes were required to sit in
the rear, white passengers occu
pied seats toward the front. This
rule was knocked out by the UjS.
Supreme Court decision which
went into effect here yesterday.
Some Negroes took front seats
today and white passengers sat
behind them.
There were no reports of vio
lence, but four carloads of white
men and others in a pickup truck
stayed close to a downtown bus
stop with the occupants paying
close attention to the historic
transition to integration.
One unidentified white man,
watching a Negro board a bus,
shouted to photographers, “Go
ahead and get that black — — -
-’s picture.” Negroes standing
nearby let the remark go unchal
lenged. They had been coached i
by their leaders to refrain from
violence and ignore such inci
dents.
100 Canadian Children
Being Sent to Prison—
For Party With Prisoners
VANCOUVER, B. C., W—'The
province of British Columbia is
sending a hundred children to its
Oakalla Prison in the next few
days—and it promises to be a
happy occasion.
The children and other mem
bers of the families of 106 “spe
cially selected” inmates have been
invited to an unprecedented
Christmas party with approval of
the provincial attorney general
Warden Hugh Christie said the
party will be held “sometime over
the holiday period" in the gym
nasium of the penitentiary for
prisoners serving less than two
years. It is eight miles from Van
couver.
The visitors, including the chil
dren, will be free to mingle with
the convicts in the gym, which
will be specially decorated, and
join in eating light refreshments.
American Christmas Tree Is Symbol
Of Compassion, Warmth and Hope
By RELMAN MORIN
Associated Press Staff Writer
It is a tree of matchless splen
dor, wreathed in garlands of love
and devotion.
Bright Christmas colors gleam
in the branches, symbols of com
passion and warmth, courage and
hope. That silver bell is a child’s
laugh, the holly a kindly act. The
shimmering ornaments were put
there by happiness and the can
dles speak of faith.
Where is this tree?
It is everywhere in America
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Who brings these precious gifts?
Uncounted numbers of people,
known and unknown, of many
faiths and races, from every sta
tion in life.
One was a man in Philadelphia
—a delicatessen owner. He bought
a big tree, set it up outdoors, dec
orated and lighted it, and put a
sign on it:
“This tree is for all people who
are hdhneless or who have no
Christmas tree of their own.”
And one was Judge John Walsh
in Utica, N.Y., who was about to
jail a chronic alcoholic when the
prisoner showed him a letter from
his daughter. It said she thought
the man was dead.
The judge, withholding sen
tence, gave him some money and
said
“Merry Christmas and God
bless you ... I hope you get to
her.”
Surely a bright strand was
placed on the tree this week by
Dr. Laurence Jones, 72-year-old
Negro educator. He is president
of the Piney Woods school in
Mississippi, where 500 under
privileged youngsters work their
way from gramma1' school to col
lege.
He came to Camp Kilmer, N.J.,
bringing Christmas trees and 10
bushesl of pecans grown by his
students, to the Hungarian child
refugees there.
“We have very little at Piney
Woods to share with you,” he
saicj, “but my students are deep
ly grateful to America . . . we
know it will be equally good to
you.”
And surely a television pro
gram in the Veterans Administra
tion hospital in San Fernando,
Calif., will throw a bright gleam
on the tree.
There, on Christmas Day, vet
erans suffering from tuberculosis
will talk to their families over a
closed circuit TV hookup. It has
been years since some of the men
saw their children. Those under
15 are not admitted to the tuber
culosis wards.
A group of volunteers in Cali
fornia raised the money and ar
ranged for the program.
Who knows how many Ameri
cans connected with the armed
forces have helped trim the big
tree. Even a partial list runs long.
In New York, Jewish war vet
erans are sending 50 hospitalized
servicemen to their homes in 13
states for Christmas, giving them
roundtrip tickets and pocket
money.
In Boston, employes of the
Boston Naval Shipyard planned
their annual Christmas party,
raised over $20,000 for it—and
decided to entertain 1,000 or
phans instead.
The hearts of people have gone
out to children everywhere.
In Philadelphia, Sister Maria
Vergo ran out of money while
buying dolls for poor children in
Our Lady of Mt. Carmel parish.
A saleswoman in the department
store offered to buy some more,
so did a member of the manager
ial staff. The move snowballed.
The nun went away with all
the dolls and toys she needed.
As Christmas Eve approaches,
the big tree shines with beauty
and the people come, bringing
many things to lay in its branches
—the gifts of the Magi.
Winter Starts Tonight ■ ■ ■ So This Has Been Autumn ?
CHICAGO, UFi—Winter arrives
at 4 p.m. EST (10 p.m. Bering
Time) today and the weatherman
has compiled some facts to set
people straight about the day.
For example, you’re wrong if
you think the sun rises later and
sets earlier in the United States
today than on any other day of
* the year.
That happens only at the Arc
tic Circle. The time of sunrise and
sunset varies with the latitude.
For cities stretching in a belt
from New York westward thru
Cleveland, Detroit, Chicago, Den
ver and Portland, Ore., the earli
est sunset occurs about Dec. 1,
the latest sunrise about Jan. 12.
However, when both sunrise
and sunset are taken into account
the least amount of daylight does
occur about Dec. 21.
But the least amount of day
light doesn’t mean that a seasonal
warmup is ahead. For the central
U.S., the average coldest weather
doesn’t come until late January.
It seems that the amount of
heat lost thru radiation at night
stays ahead of the amount of heat
received from the daytime until a
balance is attained by the longer
days in late January.
Sunrise in Nome today was at
10:23 a.m. and sunset at 1:56 p.m.
NOME SCHOOL CHILDREN WILL
PRESENT MUSICALE AND PLAY
TONITE AT CHRISTMAS PROGRAM
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Miami Imposes Curfew
On Children Under 17
To Check Delinquency
MIAMI, Fla., Mt—The Miami
City Commission, attempting to
erect a deterrent to juvenile de
linquency, has voted a midnight
curfew on children under 17.
The commission, meeting on
Wednesday, also called for a
study aimed at a county-wide
curfew and voted to request the
state legislature to increase the
minimum driver age to 18. It is
now 16.
The Miami City Commission
heard reports that 7,250 cases of
juvenile crime were reported last
year, most of them traffic viola
tions and cases of malicious mis
chief.
' The curtain will go up prompt
ly at 8:00 o’clock tonight for the
annual Christmas Program in the
Nome School Gymnasium.
The music part of the program,
under the direction of Mr. Fran
cis Gorman, will consist of the
following numbers:
processional
Girls’ Chorus Joy to the World
Band . Pilgrim’s Prayer
H.S. Girls’ Quartet . Star of
the Manger, Redeemer Divine
Band . Joy to the World
O Little Town of Bethleham
Girls’ Chorus . Silent Night
Band . Christmas Reveries
Flute Solo by Diane Lee
O Holy Night
Band .... O Come, All Ye Faithful
Hark, the Herald Angels Sing
Girls’ Chorus .It Came Upon
a Midnight Clear
Recessional
There v/ill also be a play, a
scene from “The Birds’ Christmas
Carol,” by Kate Douglas Wiggin.
In this play Mrs. Ruggles, a
poor, overworked, well-meaning
mother, tries to get her large fam
ily of children outfitted and
trained in manners to go to a
Christmas dinner party at the
home of Carol Bird, a rich little
crippled girl.
Mrs. Ruggles is played by Clar
ice Hardy. Her children are Larry
(Gregory Bayer), Cornelius (Bob
by Kolb), Clement (Michael Blan
ning), Kitty (Linda Lenert),
Peoria (Alice Arnold), Peter (Da
vid Grant), and Sarah Maude
(Mary Jean Longley).
The part of Carol’s uncle, Jack
Bird, is played by Joe Barber,
and Carol’s nurse, Elfrida Clif
ford, is Jeannette Amundsen.
Dorothy Russell is the narrator.
The time is Christmas Day and
the place is the Ruggles’ kitchen.
Myrtle Chambers is in charge
of properties and sound effects;
James Bell, art work; Mrs. fam
eron, the stage; Mrs. Samuels,
Mrs. Dunbar and Mrs. Grant,
fnake-up; and Dorothy Russell,
costumes.
Gail Mclver will usher and
Edna Johnsen served as student
director.
The Christmas Program Com
mittee and Mrs. Witner, director
of the program, wish to thank
everyone who helped in any way
to produce this evening of enter
tainment for the community to
enjoy again this Christmas time.
All are urged to come.
Earth Tremor Marks
Annual Disaster Day
EUREKA, Calif., WV—Humboldt
County had a minor earthquake
Wednesday as it neared its annu
al disaster day, Dec. 21.
On Dec. 31, 1954, a multimillion
dollar earthquake struck Eureka
and the surrounding area.
Dec. 21, 1955, saw the start of
disastrous floods which swept the
county last Christmas.
• * •
PASADENA, Wl—A powerful
earthquake which centered ap
parently near the Queen Char
lotte Islands off British Columbia
was recorded here today.
California Institute of Technol
ogy said its magnitude was close
to 7 on a scale which rates the
largest recorded shocks at 8.6.