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Newspaper
Anderson Herald
Location
Anderson, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 27, 1955
Page
11
Yuba City faces renewed danger as the Feather River swells toward a new crest threatening the same levee breach. An Army Engineers spokesman warned the river’s upstream rise could reach a 105 000 foot per second flow by Tuesday morning.
The crash victim was a member of the Middletown Masonic Lodge and the Fraternal Order of Eagles. Survived by widow Ella Genevieve son Dale Eugene at home and mother Ruth Johnson of Richmond. Body to Baker Brothers Funeral Home for arrangements.
U S losses rise as flood waters subside revealing wreckage across Indiana and California. Indiana victims include Betty Ellinger Hooker 19 Terre Haute Earl Em bry Jr 42 Indianapolis and James Edward Cole 18 East Chicago. Rescue crews battle silt and disease risks while levees strain and forecasts warn of renewed flooding in San Joaquin Valley.
Egypt Syria Lebanon and Saudi chiefs meet as Britain negotiates to bring Jordan into the Baghdad pact in exchange for increased aid. Talks followed anti pact riots in Jordan last week that left more than 40 dead.
Five TEMPO rage , new three cent stamp commemorating Andrew W. Mellon born centennial held at the National Gallery of Art. The event marked a $50 million gift from the late Secretary to the American people. Mellon, Pittsburgh banker and industrialist, died in 1937 at age 2. He served as Secretary of the Treasury from 1921 to 1932 under Harding Coolidge and Hoover.
The article outlines a long budget discussion tied to the arms outlay and West attacks, noting delays and criticism. It mentions Zverev, Delco Remy hires in Muncie, and shifts in housing and consumer goods emphasis. It also references Louisiana oil lands and Georgia Malenkov's speech.
Thousands of Californians return home as cleanup spreads from Oregon through the Central Valley to Visalia. Ground travel resumes on opened roads while highways reopen north into Oregon east into Nevada and south from San Francisco. Coastal U 101 remains blocked by slides in Humboldt and Del Norte counties. Rail traffic nears normal as Western Pacific and Southern Pacific restore regular lines after detours.
A fragmented summary notes oil reserves in Kansas City dating to 1953 and shifts after Malenkov's resignation. It mentions Schuyler aged three to ten, Kansas City leadership, RKO film distribution delays, and new U.S. budget allocations. It also cites Zverev on Soviet training of 760,000 technicians in 1956 and Iran joining the Baghdad Pact.
A federal judge ruled Frank C. Hughes lacks standing to challenge government chaplains on the payroll. Hughes, who calls himself pope of the badlands, claimed the chaplaincy violates the Constitution but the court found no actionable case. Separate dispatches note Javits urging U S backing for Israel and a disputed South Korea border line with fishing restrictions.
Matthew Fox, president of C & C Television Corp., says the pact with Irene Dunne and W C Fields promises 80 to 85 percent of homes access to the new programming. The deal signals a major shift toward expanded home viewing under the C & C Super umbrella.
John Fall Stevenson 19 son of Adlai E. Stevenson had knee operation after a car truck crash near Goshen Indiana that killed two Harvard classmates William C. Boyden Jr. and William S. North I. The driver Fred Gill 29 was released on 6000 dollar bond and faces involuntary manslaughter and reckless homicide charges. He is expected to stay 10 to 14 days in Passavant hospital then begin physical therapy. The accident also injured James F. Gilligan Nebraska City Nebraska.
Washington reports that Alben Barkley presided as bride and groom exchanged vows between his grandson and his stepdaughter Jane Hadley. Army Corporal Thomas Truitt, son of Washington attorney Max Truitt, wed in a ceremony led by Rev. Malcolm Marshall at St. Margaret's Episcopal Church. Mrs Max Truitt is Barkleys daughter. Parliaments Renovated Ottawa Undergo $250000 Facelift With new lighting and elevators ahead of January session.
Authorities identify the deceased as a native of the city born October 13 1917. He leaves four sisters Mrs Rosella Kilin ski Mrs Martha Jane Story Mrs Doris Oberlie and Mrs Dorothy Van Dyke two grandchildren Rita Sue and Johnny Dale Jeffers both of Anderson, plus several nieces and nephews. The body is at Waltz and Widay Funeral Home pending funeral arrangements.
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