Record Mass of Holiday Traffic Deaths Hits 597
The National Safety Council reports 597 deaths on the Christmas weekend, with 67 fires and 105 other accidental fatalities, totaling 760. The prior holiday high was 734 in 1950, while the four-day July period reached 805 in 1968.
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New Flood Threats Hit West Coast Cities and Delta
Heavy rain swelled rivers in California Oregon and Nevada racing to the sea. Yuba City area faced renewed crest threats as Feather River floods loomed. Sacramento and San Joaquin rivers drove record flood waters toward the delta near San Francisco Bay. Death toll reached at least 41 with 19 more presumed dead. 150 million dollars in damage estimated. Red Cross president Ellsworth Bunker urged donations for long term relief.
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Yuba City
California
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Oregon
Feather River
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Sacramento
San Joaquin
Caliornia
Ellsworth Bunker
National Red Cross
Helicopters Rescue 22 Jap Sailors Off Northeast Japan
American Air Force helicopters rescued 22 Japanese crewmen from raging seas off northeast Japan. A U S destroyer saved three fishermen from the Handa Maru as it sank in 65 mph winds and 40 foot waves near Hachinohe. Seven men remained missing.
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Japan
U. S
Asahi
Ant Air Force
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Ozbourn
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Yokoosuka
Quints Ignore Family Christmas Says Dionnes
Oliva and Anna Dionne say the four Dionne quintuplets did not send Christmas greetings to their siblings this year. The parents accuse outsiders of influencing the sisters after they left home at 21 and gained money, saying they may stop camouflaging the situation any longer.
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Dionne
Oliva Dionne
Stevenson kneecap removed after wreck in Bedford case
John Felt Stevenson, 19, son of Adlai Stevenson, was wounded in a wreck near Berkeley. His kneecap was removed and he remains at Passavant Hospital. The case involves a kidnapping murder trial of W Abbott, with attorney Harold B Hove stating proceedings may continue soon.
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Harold B Hove
Abbott
Stephanie Bryan
Berkeley
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John Felt Stevenson
Passavant
Lorain
Stevenson
Adlai E. Stevenson
Nil Co
New Drugs Offer Hope For Mental Illness And Blues
ATLANTA reports five new calm-acting medicines described at a science meeting may ease symptoms of mental illnesses and the blues. Researchers liken the effect to penicillin for psychiatry, noting dramatic results and potential to reveal illness mechanisms.
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Atlanta
American Association For the Advancement of Science
Nina Toll
Largest Cave Discovered World’s largest cave found in Kentucky
ATLANTA reports scientists announce Floyd Collins Crystal Cave as the world’s largest cave system with over 32 miles of passages surveyed. Researchers Roger W. Brucker and David B. Jones cite Yellow Springs Ohio and Cave City Kentucky figures, noting more passages remain undiscovered and connections to other caves may exist.
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American Association For the ‘Advancement of Science
Floyd Collins
Roger W. Brucker
David B. Jones
Yellow Springs
Ohio
William ‘. Austin
Cave City
Brother G. Nicholas
PLC
Cumberland
Switzerland
Cry
Mental Patient Quizzed In Stabbing of Mother
A 31 year old mental patient questioned at Toledo State Hospital in the Christmas stabbing of Mrs. Jo Burlage. Police have no evidence to hold him. He escaped from the institution last August but is not eliminated from the case. Mrs Burlage died after delivery of her baby at Mercy Hospital. Detectives review details and possible purse theft as lead.
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Toledo State Hospital
Burlage
Mercy Hospital
Murphy
Burrage
Egypt and Arabs Form Joint Arab Command Against Baghdad Pact
Egypt and Saudi Arabia plus Western aligned Baghdad Pact allies present a united front on paper under Maj Gen Abdel Haim Amer as commander in chief and war minister. The three Arab nations establish a joint army command linked to the anti Baghdad alliance and a defense treaty drafted last spring faces financing hurdles.
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Egypt
Saudi Arabia
Abdel Haim Amer
Amer
Syria
Strike Talks Start Again In Westinghouse Dispute
Renewed talks resume between AFL-CIO IUE and Westinghouse Electric Corp after a 72 day strike. About 44,000 IVE members at 30 plants nationwide walked out over wages contract length and time study concerns. The union seeks an all cash hourly raise and a 11 year term. Westinghouse proposes a five year agreement with 23 to 24 cents per hour raises. Before the strike workers averaged about $2.10 hourly.
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Korspunun
Ical
UN Secretary General Hammarskjold Eludes Miami Newsmen
Swedish diplomat Dag Hammarskjold arrived in Miami for a rest but slipped away from reporters. His aide rented a blue and white car and Hammarskjold dashed to the vehicle, tossing his luggage inside before leaving the airport terminal.
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Miami
Dag Hamnarskjold
United Nations
Aiport
Hammarskjold
Five Day Outlook Temperatures Run Above Normal
Forecast calls for average temperatures about 3 10 8 degrees above normal. Highs near 41 and lows around 24. Warmer at midweek then cooler Friday and Saturday, warming again Sunday. Showers likely late Thursday with otherwise dry period.
Getaway Robber Nabbed After Fall From Car
Edward Ranaldson, 29, seized after a deli robbery sequence in Cleveland. The trio demanded 45 dollars from proprietor Joseph Ha char and 100 dollars from the cash register. Ranaldson fell from a fleeing car during a hail of bullets fired by the victim's son Paul Ha char, 33, who chased them and fired as Ranaldson tried to enter the car. He suffered a head bruise and was treated by officers upon arrest.
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Leveland
Edward Ranaldson
Joseph J. Hachar
Harchar
Paul
Chas
Ranaldson
Man Kills Self Over Money Talk Ends Life After Visit
In Havre de Grace Maryland Nathan Murray Jr a separated husband visited his estranged wife Nancy Jane Murray and after a brief coffee confrontation told her she needed money then killed himself. Murray had driven from Savannah in a newly bought car and approached the trailer home where the fatal shooting occurred. The incident followed a heated exchange over his alleged insurance money. The report links the shooting to a financial request and references the couple's two year separation.
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Nathan S. Murray, Jr
Murray
Nancy
Jane
Savannah
Christians of the World Look to Athens Meeting
Ohio recorded one of its highest Christmas holiday death tolls as a three day period ended, with 45 accidental deaths and 38 traffic fatalities. Officials blamed speeding and irresponsible driving, noting record pedestrian deaths and forecasts that were exceeded. The AP survey tracked incidents from Friday 6 pm to Monday midnight.
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Associated Pres
Ohio
Felty
Trresporvers
Associated Press
Delegates Gather for Global Christian World Mission Conference
Athens OHIO University hosts the opening of a six day conference with 3200 delegates from around the world. Registration at Edwin Watts Chubb Library. opening session at Memorial Auditorium features discussions on Encounter with Revolution with IPS figures from Indonesia Kenya and the US. Evening prayers and services led by regional Christian communities. More than 200 colleges represented.
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Globe
Edwin Watts Chubb
Christian World Mission
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Thurber
Sultan M. Hutaga Tung
Indonesia
Julius Gecau
Kenya
Charles West
United States
Asia
Booth
Burma
Bae Ho Hann
Korea
Benita Biswas
Pakistan
Wasan J
Darius L. Swann
Will
Anthony Trisolini
Margaret Flory
Praise of Cut in Soviet Defense Budget Smoothed by Delegates
Delegates to the Supreme Soviet endured six hours of speeches praising a planned defense budget cut while addressing price, shortage, and delivery concerns. The two houses were to meet again Wednesday as the Premier and party secretary prepared a report on their India Burma and Afghanistan trip delayed by budget discussions.
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Moscow
Supreme Soviet
Kremlin
Budge
Nicola Bolganin
Communist Party
Nikita, Khrushchev
India
Burma
Afghanistan
Arseny Zverev
Film Library Sold for TV Rights Amid Studio Shakeup
The article notes RKO will sell its complete output to a television network, with a formal agreement covering all feature films aired on its stations. RKO also retains rights related to distribution and future handling of the catalog during the transition.
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New York
RKO
Crete
Reese
Rites Held for Sherwood Smith in Ohio River Tragedy
Funeral services are set for Wednesday at 3 p.m. at Wetherholt Funeral Home for Sherwood Smith 60, whose death followed a bullet wound found in the Ohio River Monday. Rev. Line Son H H Stebbins will officiate, with burial at Mound Hill Cemetery.
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Sherwood Smith
Ohio River
Wetherholte Funeral Home
Lineson HH. Stebbins
Mound Hill Cemetery
Petaite
Pilot Mistakes Runway For Taxi Strip At L A X
An Air Force pilot in a jet trainer landed on a taxi strip at Los Angeles International Airport by error. The jet plunged through a fence and struck vehicles on Sepulveda Boulevard, causing a three car crash. Capt. Dwight J. Cook ejected and was hospitalized. A Oakland couple, Mr and Mrs Lafaymonge, suffered injuries with the wife believed to have a possible skull fracture.
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Dwight J. Cook
Riagara
NY Air Force
Bela ‘Cook
Sire Louise Lat
Montaigne
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Martin
Vernon
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Helen
Linda Lut
la Moyfaigne
Cook
Man Spends 24 Hours On Ledge
Tucson airman Don Ellison, 28, spent a full day clinging to a two foot ledge in the Catalia Mountains after taking a shortcut during a Christmas trip with his wife and friends. Rescued by a four man rope team, he endured sleep deprivation and fear until his muscles loosened and help arrived.
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Ariz
Don‘ald Ellison
Ellison
Catalia Mountains
Industry Seen Active in 1956 Outlook
Secretary Weeks says a yearend survey by his department shows major industries likely to hold peak or near peak output in the first half of 1956. Iron and steel, aluminum, autos and trucks, construction and lumber expected to drive record production, with aluminum shipments about 18 percent higher than the first half of this year and 7 percent above the last half.
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Secretary of Commerce
Unclear Morning Fatalities Reported Across Counties
A Christmas weekend spate of accidental deaths includes Floyd West near Triadelphia in Morgan County found in his car from carbon monoxide exposure after leaving the road. Louis Maher of Somerset in Perry County died Friday night in a hit and run incident in Somerset. Larry F Miller of Gallipolis Route 1 was hospitalized for an accidental gunshot wound to the left thigh at Holzer Hospital.
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Algiers
tWwo
Floyd West
Triadelphia
Morgan County
Louis Maher
Somerset
Perry County
Gallipolis
Larry F. Mil 15
Fos F'Miller
Route 1
Holzer Hospital Esterday
Airman Missing After Berlin Crash Disputed Tale
U S Air Force sergeant MSgt. Mike Kliman of Brooklyn vanished after a Monday night crash in Soviet sector Berlin. He had visited East Berlin with his wife and reportedly was taken from a hospital by police. East German ADN dispatch cited a drunken driving collision involving his American car and another vehicle.
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Amene
Paris
Berlin
U. S
Fed
Mike Kliman
Brooklyn
N.Y
Kliman
Orly Field
East Berlin
ADN
Coaches Approve Age Rule Change For Nebastic Athletes
The Oto High School Athletic Association voted to lower the age limit for athletes to 19 and end spring high school football. About 1,083 principals were eligible to vote and the proposal passed 3 to 208. The rule allows 19-year-olds to compete based on birthday timing and season, with different start dates. The rule takes effect next September.
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Columbus
Oto High School Athletic Association
Nebclastic
Bob Hope Flips From Stage in Christmas Show
Bob Hope suffered a head injury and two fingers after a tumble while entertaining troops with Joan Rhodes. He plans to resume film work Wednesday as doctors in Salt Lake City evaluate the accident with X rays showing no clear cause of his headache. An American Airlines jet with 46 aboard made an emergency landing at Bryce Canyon Airport after a fire warning in engine No. 4. flames came from engine No. 1 but were extinguished. Passengers remained aboard while a replacement plane was dispatched from Los Angeles to Newark.
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Bob Hope
London
Joan Rhodes
Hope
Salt Lake City
Utah
Inghe
Bryce Canyon
Rhodes
American Airlines
DCT
Los Angeles
New York
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Newark
Smoking forecast shows rise in U S cigarette output
The Agriculture Department projected a gradual rise in cigarette use and output for the year reaching 414 billion smokes up from 402 billion last year. It notes king size filtered cigarettes gained traction while overall consumption nears historical highs amid 1950s trends.
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Washington
Lion
Mudslide Claims Five in Roseburg Family Home
In a canyon near Remote Oregon a mudslide struck a one story frame house at about 4:30 am killing five members of the Neal family, Marion and Acerena and their children Mary Becky and Tom. Three children survived and authorities fight through slides to reach the scene.
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Billy
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Douglas County
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Neil
Powers
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