City Suspends Bus Service In Move To Halt Violence
Gov. Leroy Collins orders a temporary halt to Tallahassee bus service under emergency powers to curb violence amid a tense desegregation dispute. The action follows shelling at a Negro leader’s home and a Negro grocery store as Rev. C. K. Steele denounces the move as guided by the White Citizens Council. No injuries reported.
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Tallahasee
Fla. Ir
Leroy Collins
Tallahassee
Collins
Florida
Cities Transit Co
C. K. Steele
Florida White Citizens Council
White Citizens Council
Secretary of State
Morgan works on sideways slide trombone invention
Bandleader Russ Morgan says a new slide trombone design will move sideways to reduce shoulder strain for short-armed players and lessen danger to musicians marching in front during parades.
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Hollywood
Calif
Russ Morgan
Tax Season Relief Hint for Annual Filers
A brief advisory notes a simple approach to easing the burden of filing gross and federal taxes. It reassures readers that help is available and that worries over tax time are unnecessary.
Bombs Threats Panic Swirls Through New York
New Year's bomb threats and two explosions kept police busy in New York as 150 crank calls since Christmas Eve fed a wave of fear. Four youths, including Marine PFC John Beckman and his brother, were arrested for disorderly conduct after a cherry bomb exploded in the 57th Street shopping district. Police searched the Statler Hotel and St George Hotel while a bomb found in the street had been hurled from a passing car.
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Marine Corps
Marine Corps Training
57Th St
Manhattan
Statler Hotel
Pennsylvania Station
Brooklyn
St. George
Joseph Tittman
Upper Manhattan
IKE WILL ASK CONGRESS FOR ACTION ON MIDEAST
United Press reports on a New Year traffic toll, noting that despite a high death count through the weekend, experts expect the final total to rival or slightly exceed past records. Safety officials cite strict enforcement and public sobriety as key factors.
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Ike
Congress
Mideast
United Press
California
Texas
Pennsylvania
Michigan
Illinois
Rapid City
S.C
Safety Council
Ned H. Dearborn
Carl Erskine To Receive Jaycee Distinguished Service Award
Marion Collins announces Carl Erskine will receive the 1956 Distinguished Service Award from the Anderson Jaycees at the Jan 17 Founders Day banquet at the Anderson Country Club. Don Miller chairs the event as a five member committee including Mayor Ralph Ferguson and others selected Erskine, Anderson High School graduate, world famous Dodgers pitcher.
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Marion Collins
Anderson Junior Chamber of Commerce
Carl Erskine
Anderson
Jaycee
Anderson Country Club
Don Miller
Brooklyn Dodgers
Ralph Ferguson
Charles F. Hardy
Theodore Bloom
Phillip S. Cooper
Thomas McMahan
Erskine
Anderson High School
Saarland Reunited as German State Takes Saar Back
Chancellor Adenauer welcomed the Saar’s return to Germany naming it a model for East West reunification. Nearly a million Saarlanders became German citizens again as the Saar joined West Germany under a October agreement. Economic integration will await 1960 while the Saar retains French currency and customs ties.
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Saarbruecken
Germany
Konrad Adenauer
East Germany
West Germany
Saar
France
Saarland
14 Lose Lives In Crashes In Indiana
The Associated Press reports 14 people died in Indiana traffic crashes during the New Year period with several fatal incidents across multiple counties. Victims include Janette Davis in St Joseph County and James Shepard near Mooresville, among others.
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Associated Press
Eisenhower Opens Door to More Hungarian Refugees
President Eisenhower agreed to admit an indefinite number of Hungarian refugees beyond the 21 500 quota and ordered Attorney General Brownell to parole refugees until Congress acts. He backed Nixon’s call for a substantial increase and left the exact number open, citing national interest and ongoing relief in Austria.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Nixon
United States
Atty
Brownell
Congress
Free Nations
White House
James C. Hagerty
Austria
Hungary
Raiders Die In Attack On North Ireland Village
In Belfast area a shooting and grenade attack hit the Brookeborough village guarding the premier home. Two raiders were killed in a 10 minute firefight at the village station with no police casualties.
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North Ireland
Belfast
Northern Ireland
Irish Republican Army
Lord Brookeborough
Brookeborough
New Year Cold Grips Indiana and Rhode Island Vote Court Case
Indiana endures a deep cold snap with ten degree readings and a 31 degree high. Winds of 25 miles per hour intensify the chill as light snow flurries appear in Anderson and surrounding counties. In Rhode Island Gov. Dennis J. Roberts wins a fourth term after the Supreme Court voids absentee ballots that favored the opponent by about 427 votes.
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Anderson
Mercury
Lafayette
Evansville
Fort Wayne
Goshen
South Bend
Logonier
Providence
R.I
Dennis J. Roberts
Rhode Island Supreme Court
East German Red Chiefs Leave For Moscow Parley
East Germany leaders headed by Otto Grotewohl Walter Ulbricht and 10 others departed by night train to Moscow amid talk of a satellite summit sparked by the Hungarian revolt. Ulbricht had proposed tightening the penal code to crush counter revolutionary activity.
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Berlin
East Germany
Moscow
East Berlin
Otto Grotewohl
Walter Ulbricht
Ulbricht
Poland
Germany
Offices reopen as New Year observance ends
Quiet holiday ends as business and industrial activity resume. Two teenagers were injured in a single vehicle crash on Sycamore Street with Peter Bolles and Richard Davis transported to St. John's Hospital. Estimated damages totaled $2,200. Local officials were installed at the courthouse in brief ceremonies led by Judge Harold Achor.
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Anderson
Sycamore St
4Th
Sth Sts
Peter C. Bolles
Winding Way
Richard Davis
Nichol
St. John’s Hospital
Brown and Butz
Bolles
Davis
Sam Adams
Sycamore
Harold Achor
Indiana State Supreme Court
Sid Cleveland
Superior Court
Clifton Paddock
Carl Smith
Fred Hiday
Club Destroyed By Fire In Crawfordsville
Crawfordsville Sportsman's Club building burned Tuesday night causing about 40000 dollars in damage. Wayne Jones who lives nearby discovered the blaze and said his wife had to drive a mile to report it since the fire had burned out the telephone line.
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Crawfordsville
Ind
Eisenhower seeks new powers to halt Communist advance in Middle East
President Eisenhower urged Congress to approve a stop Russia resolution granting the president authority to use U S military forces if needed in support of Middle East nations under attack. He asked for expanded economic aid up to about 400 million dollars over two years from the emergency fund, with Dulles outlining the threat of Soviet expansion.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Congress
United States
Middle East
White House
Dulles
Tion
Senate
Lyndon B. Johnson
Texas
Johnson
Russia
Gibraltar
Arabian Sea
Israel
Arab Nations
Khrushchev Declares Stalinist Stand in Fight Against Imperialists
In Moscow Khrushchev, addressing Asian diplomats, said when fighting imperialists we are all Stalinists. The remark signals a possible Kremlin shift toward a tougher Stalinist line amid Hungarian unrest and satellite tensions.
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Moscow
Communist Party
Nikita Khrushchev
Kremlin
Russia
Central Committee
Soviet Communist Party
Khrushchev
Bulganin
Belgrade
Tito
Stalin
People's Daily
Peiping
Newborns at St. Joan's Hospital Flare Up
New arrivals include a girl to Mr and Mrs Fred Heffines of 3334 Burton Pl a boy to Mr and Mrs Robert Stewart of Lapel a boy to Mr and Mrs Robert Swango of 2106 Cedar St a boy to Mr and Mrs Ebertt Cole of Middletown and a boy to Mr and Mrs Cecil Robinette of 416 E 37th St all welcomed in the latest hospital births.
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St. Joan’s Hospital
Fred Heffines
Burton Pl
Robert Stewart
Robert Swango
Cedar St
Ebertt Cole
Middletown
Cecil Robinette
E. 37Th St
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