Porgy and Bess Premier Draws Leningrad Audience
In Leningrad the Soviet premiere of Porgy and Bess played to a packed 2,400 seat Palace of Culture. Leslie Scott and Martha Flowers headlined the American cast as U S Ambassador Bohlen and wife observed. The audience, unfamiliar with the plot, followed the Gershwin score with enthusiastic ovation and a drummer keeping time after the curtain calls.
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Leningrad
U.S.S.R
Palace of Culture
Russia
Leslie Scott
Porgy
Martha Flowers
Bess
U.S
Charles Bohlen
Moscow
Texas Holiday Traffic Toll Rises Amid Violence Deaths
The Associated Press reports 95 total deaths in Texas during the Christmas holidays, with 58 traffic fatalities and 37 from other causes. The tally began Thursday midnight and Texas police projected 112 traffic deaths and 204 total deaths across an 11 day period ending New Year’s.
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Texas
Associated Press
Department of Public Safety
John Denton
Return of 4 Seamen Demanded Koreans Bark at Red China
South Korea threats strongest possible action unless Red China returns four seamen seized in a Christmas sea clash. Peiping radio says South Korean warships shelled Chinese fishing vessels and seized two fishermen. The incident occurred about 80 miles off Korea in the Yellow Sea within Seoul’s 600 mile offshore line.
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Seoul
South Korea
Red China
Peiping
Tokyo
Hongkee Karl
Karl
Coast Guard
Korea
Yellow Sea
No. 51
Rec
Amarillo Woman Central in Lubbock Holiday Tragedy
Barbara Carpenter Keene 23, a former Amarillo resident, sparked a deadly Christmas Day affair in Lubbock. Gerald Witherspoon 20 of Hereford killed I C Enochs Jr. 30 and then shot himself after learning of Enochs engagement to Keene. The couple's engagement followed By phone call from Hereford. Police reconstructed the sequence at the Carpenter home on Christmas morning.
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Amarillo
Lubbock
Barbara Carpenter Keene
Texas Tech
Gerald Witherspoon
Hereford
I. C. Enochs, Jr
White Sands Proving Grounds
N.M
Mrs. Keene
Gether
Enochs
Mr. Carpenter
Witherspoon
House Antitrust Panel Denounces Merger Enforcement
The House Antitrust subcommittee says Justice and the FTC show only token enforcement of merger laws. It urges higher funding and tougher laws to curb rising industrial and bank consolidations, while Republicans defend the administration’s record.
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Washington
House Antitrust Subcommittee
Justice Department
Federal Trade Commission
Congress
Celler
CNY
FTC
Department of Justice
Asst. Atty
Stanley N. Barnes
Antitrust Division
Homecoming Day Festivities Set At Amarillo College
Amarillo College hosts homecoming activities with a student tea from 3 to 5 p.m in the Student Union. About 300 alumni and guests are expected for the basketball game against exes and an informal dance. Jerre Lewis named homecoming queen by student vote.
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Amarillo College
Bert Ballengee
Ex-Students Association
Exes
A. M. Meyer
Jerre Lewis
Edith Lewis
Alabama
Carmen Snook
Phyllis Billups
Bill Sparks
Ballenger
Charles Osgood
Mary Ware
Tom Jones
Black Christmas Death Toll Sets Record in Holiday Traffic
The 78 hour Christmas weekend posts a record 724 traffic and accident deaths with 567 highway fatalities by 12:30 a.m. and 62 fire deaths. National Safety Council head Ned H Dearborn calls it a sobering tragedy and warns for New Year’s.
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Associated Press
Ned H. Dearborn
National Safety Council
Airman Rescued From Precipice After 24 Hour Ordeal
In Tucson Arizona a 28 year old airman Ellison from Marana Air Base endured a 24 hour stay on a rock ledge in the Catalina Mountains. A rescue team including two newspapermen lowered him to safety after he became separated from a companion during a Christmas stroll. He though shaken could walk unaided afterward.
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Tucson
Ariz
Oly
Donald Lilison
Juvsyyr
Marana Air Base
Ellison
Catalina Mountains
Weather Summary for Amarillo 1955 Sunshine Streak
Reading at 3 30 pm Monday shows Houston 6 miles visibility 9 sky clear wind 6 mph. Dallas 8 miles visibility 15 sky clear. Oklahoma 10 miles visibility 5 sky clear. Amarillo 15 miles visibility partly cloudy.
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Amarillo
Flood Waters Surge Through Yuba City Re-floods Expected
California floods worsen as Yuba City and Marysville endure renewed cresting by six am Tuesday. Death toll rises to 41 with nine in Oregon. Civil Defense predicts flood depth similar to last week with water six feet up house sides. Residents return briefly on special passes to wade through mud and debris.
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San Francisco
California
Yuba City
Here
Pacific
Oregon
Monterey Bay
John Mayer
Marysville
Feather River
Mayer
Joe W. Sanderson
Civil Defense Co
Wade
Sanderson
U. S. Army Corps of Engineers
Sacramento
F. P. Wisner
City Civil Defense System
Wisner
KODEO
Weather forecast and public health warning during flood relief
The forecast calls for a high near 70 after a day under 60 with 56 yesterday. Officials from the U S Army Corps of Engineers and city health services warn of contamination and damaged sewage as authorities consider typhoid inoculations and evacuation measures.
RKO Film Library Sold for TV Use in Major Deal
C & C Super Corp buys RKO library of 740 feature films and 1,000+ shorts for 15.2 million dollars. 80 to 90 percent to be available to TV stations immediately. rest released over months. RKO reserved three-year release rule. Notable titles include The Hunchback of Notre Dame and nine Fred Astaire Ginger Rogers musicals.
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New York
C &C Super Corp
RKO
Rko-Radio Pictures
Howard Hughes
General Teleradio, Inc
General Telerado
General Tire and Rubber Co
General Teleradio
C & C Super Corp
Notre Dame
Charles Laughton
Maureen O'Hara
Katharine Hepburn
Jane Russell
Industry survey forecasts peak 1956 output across sectors
Secretary Weeks cites Commerce Department survey showing major industries expect near peak operation in early 1956. Automobiles, aluminum, chemicals and shipbuilding are highlighted with record shipments, rising construction spending, and strong aircraft backlogs shaping the first half of 1956.
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Washington
of Commerce
Weeks
Tron and Steel
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Robert Hole
James L. Kelly
U.S. Weather Bureau
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C&c
W. C. Fields
Roscoe Ates
Lew Fields
Ned Sparks
Phil Harris
Harry Langdon
C&c Corp
Walter S. Mack
Pepsi Cola Co
Matthew Fox
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Nedick
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Power Products Co
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