Gunfire and arrests mark Southern bus integration drive
Across Alabama and Florida, gunfire followed by mass arrests highlighted local fights to end seating segregation. In Montgomery, shots hit buses after federal orders integrated service. in Tallahassee, authorities suspended Cities Transit Co., arresting managers and drivers. Birmingham, Mobile also saw shifts as Negro riders pressed for equal seating with ongoing legal pressure.
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Montgomery
Ala
Alabama
Tallahassee
Florida
Cities Transit Co
Charles Carter
Charles Ausley
Inter-Civic Council
Birmingham
F. L. Shuttlesworth
Shuttlesworth
Mobile
Mobile City Lines, Inc
Mobile City Commission
New York Central Plans Modern Yards in Indiana and Ohio
New York Central Railroad announced plans to build the most modern push-button railroad yards at Elkhart Indiana and Youngstown Ohio. The electronic equipped freight yards are budgeted at 21 million dollars with Alfred E. Perlman, the railroad president, saying work will begin soon and end in late 1957 or early 1958.
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New York
New York Central Railroad
Elkhart
Ind
Youngstown
Alfred E. Perlman
the Central
1956 Military Claims From Off-shore Mainland Conflict
Nationalist army headquarters reported that artillery fire from offshore forces and commando raids killed 1262 people on the Communist held Chinese mainland in 1956.
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Taipei
American newsmen defy ban in Peiping China
Two Look magazine staffers Edmund Stevens and Phillip Hollington arrived in Peiping, signaling a first wave of American reporters moving into Communist China. The State Department keeps a travel ban, citing U S citizens as political hostages, while Look and others avoid confirmation. William Worthy of the Baltimore Afro American had previously crossed the border with a one month visa.
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Hong Kong
Peiping
China
Edmund Stevens
Phillip Hollington
Look Magazine
Moscow
U. S. State Department
Red China
U. S
Look
New York
Stevens
Hollington
Aeroflot
State Department
William Worthy
Baltimore
Revolt Leader Surrenders in North Sumatra Crisis
In Medan Lt. Col. Djamin Gintings announced he has replaced Col. Maludin Simbolon as military commander after Simbolon surrendered to his second in command as tanks surrounded his home. Gintings pledged to obey President Sukarno and maintain connections with the central government. Sukarno ordered Simbolon to hand over command. Simbolon had ousted local governments appointed by Premier Ali Sastroamidjojo and demanded his resignation.
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Sumatra
Djamin Gintings
Medan
Gintings
Sukarno
Simbolon
Ali Sastroamidjojo
Sastroamidjojo
Zoo Welcomes Sun Bears From Thailand at Cincinnati
Cincinnati Zoo officials introduced two sun bears from Thailand, a rare tropical species. A zoo spokesman noted only two other American zoos house sun bears, highlighting the new addition as a notable acquisition.
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Cincinnati
Cincinnati Zoo
Thailand
Expensive Homes Endangered as 50 mph Winds Whip California Fire
A brush and timber fire near Malibu, fanned by 50 mph winds with gusts to 70 80 mph, raged for a second day burning 20000 plus acres. Two new hot spots opened in Corral Canyon and Sequit Canyon as more homes burned including a luxury beach house of Ralph Edwards. One man, Frank L Dichover Jr, died in a wrecked car while trying to save his house. Firefighting chiefs reported about 1000 firefighters on scene with evac centers and aid teams assisting residents fleeing and returning after flames moved through.
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Malibu
Calif
Pacific Ocean
Santa Monica Mountains
Corral Canyon
Pacific Coast Highway
U. S. 101
Sequit Canyon
Mulholland Highway
Raymond Burr
Gordon Jenkins
Charles Erskine
Arthur Freed
Hugo Freed
Jackie Coogan
Paradise Cove
Coogan
Frank L. Dichover, Jr
Zuma Beach
Alabama Sergeant and Michigan Infant Die in Wreck Near Point Pleasant
A head on collision on Route 35 near Point Pleasant killed Sgt. W. L. Manuel of Montgomery Alabama and his three month old grandson Don James Ritchie of Detroit. Manuel’s wife Pauline and driver Tommy Warner were injured. the crash also left both cars demolished and prompted sheriff investigations.
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Michigan
Point Pleasant
Here
W. L. Manuel
Montgomery
Ala
Don James Ritchie
Detroit
Holzer Hospital
Buffalo
Pauline Manuel
Holzer
Tommy Warner
Columbus
Warner
Sherman Warner
W. Va
Manuel
Fort Bragg
Gus Douglas
Sheriff's Department
Mason County
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Henderson
John McCausland
Nancy Eveline Lemasters
Charles Lee McDade
Leon
Jefferson Boulevard
Carrie Blee Shirley
South Side
Little Ten Mile Creek
Marie Martin Knapp
Baltimore and Ohio
Twelfth
Vland
490 To Die on Roads Over Coming Holiday
CHICAGO AP Traffic deaths during the Christmas period rose to a holiday high and may reach 490 during the New Year weekend. The National Safety Council estimates 490 highway deaths from Friday 6 p.m. to Tuesday midnight, surpassing prior records.
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Chicago
National Safety Council
U.S
French Senate OKs Saar Valley Treaty Return
The French upper house voted 209 to 66 on Wednesday night to approve the French German treaty returning the Saar Valley to West Germany, clearing the way for the accord.
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Paris
Saar Valley
West Germany
OSU study links youth mental health to family and school instability
Ohio State University researchers report troubled family life repeated school changes and isolation from groups adversely affect youth mental health. The 1955 follow up of 384 public school students, first tested in 1946, shows 14 percent with significant upward changes and 8.6 percent downward shifts, with family breakups posing a major threat to personality development.
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Columbus
Ohio State University
American Association For the Advancement of Science
New York City
A R. Mangus
Institute of Child Development and Family Life
Ohio
Ohio State
Plane Crashes Near Willow Alaska During Training Flight
An Air Force KB29 four engine tanker with eight aboard crashed northwest of Willow about 50 miles north of Anchorage during a routine Elmendorf Base training flight. A ground party headed to the scene as residents reported a large explosion and fire in the Bald Mountain area. It was not yet known if any survived.
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Anchorage
Alaska
Alaskan Air Command
Willow
Bald Mountain
Elmendorf Air Force Base
Air Force
Police Plan Interview After Bride Kidnapped by Husband
A 17 year old runaway bride and her 16 year old husband were injured in a Denver crash during a chase with a police car. Denver General Hospital to release DENVER-Cle Ann Wiegner and Mike Wiegner amid police intent to quiz her on the husband’s alleged escapades. Mike faces auto theft and assault charges.
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Denver
Cle
Ann Wiegner
Denver General Hospital
Mike Wiegner
Mike
Israeli villages hit by fedayeen raid from Jordan
Tel Aviv reports Jordanian fedayeen attacked central Israeli villages. guards and watchmen repelled the assault.
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Tel Aviv
Fedayeen
Jordan
Israel
Four youths arrested after city crime spree
Dayton police nabbed an 11-year-old and a 14-year-old admitting to starting a $2000 restaurant fire, stealing a car, taking $206 cash from homes and $7000 in stocks and bonds, then burning the securities. Two more 14-year-olds with stolen goods pointed to the pair. all four held for juvenile authorities.
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Dayton
Soil Bank Funds Set for Farmer Land Retirement
Secretary Benson allocates 750.685 million dollars in payments to farmers who retire land from production under the soil bank program for next year.
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Washington
Secretary of Agriculture
Benson
Soil Bank
Egyptians Approve UN Fleet to Clear Suez Canal
Cairo announces the Egyptian government has agreed that UN salvage ships may begin clearing the southern end of the Suez Canal immediately. Egyptian technicians reportedly started removing mines at Ismailia and Suez as British and French vessels continue salvage work in Port Said.
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Cairo
Raymond A. Wheeler
Suez Canal
Wheeler
Ismailia
Suez
Port Said
el Cap
UN Information Office
Egyptian Canal Authority
Mahmoud Yanes
Canal Authority
Red Sea
Aden
Legislators Split On Eisenhower Refugee Proposal
Rep Burleson of Texas opposes increasing Hungarian refugee admissions while Rep Burdick of North Dakota backs raising the quota. Burdick sits on the Judiciary Committee. Burleson leads a House Foreign Affairs subcommittee. The split signals a rough path for a proposed easing of refugee limits as Eisenhower orders continued processing despite a filled quota.
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Washington
Rep
Burleson
D-Tex
Eisenhower
Burdick
R-Nd
Judiciary Committee
House Foreign Affairs Committee
Phone Talks Start Again in Ohio Strike Talks
Negotiations between Ohio Consolidated Telephone Co and the Communications Workers of America resume today at 2 p.m. in Columbus with federal mediators present. Previous talks before Christmas failed to reach a settlement over a union shop clause supervisory classifications and other contract issues delaying an agreement.
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Columbus
Ohio
Ohio Consolidated Telephone Co
Communications Workers of America
CWA
Seneca Hotel
Ohio Consolidated
Quintuplet Marie Dionne Closes Flower Shop in Montreal
Montreal reports that Marie Dionne has closed her flower shop, the first personal business venture of any Dionne quintuplet. Neighbors note tourist interest centered on Marie, not the flowers, with $25 000 loss over seven months. Miss Bourget says personal reasons and that Marie will live with her sisters and manage the quiet household. The quintuplets, on their 21st birthday in 1955, inherited about a million dollars earned in childhood.
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Montreal
Marie Dionne
Marie
Ellen Bourget
Miss Dionne
Gorilla Visit Draws National Zoo Leaders to Columbus
Prominent zoological leaders from across the nation travel to Columbus on Friday to view the only baby gorilla born in captivity. The visit highlights the infant ape and reflects interest in the Columbus zoo's milestone arrival.
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Columbus
Israelis Open Base at Gulf of Aqaba Port Elrat
Israel officially opened a naval base at the Gulf of Aqaba port of Elrat to guard the southern sea lane through the gulf to the Red Sea.
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Tel Aviv
Israel
Gulf of Aqaba
Elrat
Gulf
Red Sea
The Messenger Want Ads Drive Quick Tire Sales
A Reader notes tire sales were completed before the advertiser received The Messenger, illustrating the speed of bargains from daily want ads and underscoring the value of the paper's classified section for quick purchases.
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the Messenger
Nike May Be Added To European Forces
In Heidelberg Germany a year end review notes the Nike supersonic anti aircraft missile could join the U S Army in Europe amid a boost in firepower and mobility during 1956. The report claims the European force has more killing power per man than any other army.
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Nike
Heidelberg
Germany
U. S
Europe
U.S
Meteors Kiss Earth Often
New calculations report that 200 million shooting stars enter Earth's atmosphere daily, speeds between 30,000 and 180,000 mph, ranging from dust specks to BB size, weighing at least 10 tons, most burning up on entry. Space travel faces potential barriers from these frequent space visitors.
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New York
Space
Earth
Moon
Mars
Death of auto innovator Preston Tucker ends dream of Torpedo
Tucker 53 of Capac native who popularized the rear engine Torpedo dies in Ypsilanti after three weeks with cancer and pneumonia. His plans for a teardrop car with 150 hp and 130 mph speeds faced SEC warnings and mail fraud indictments. the company later collapsed but Tucker returned to manage his family’s machine shop. Survivors include his widow, mother, two daughters and three sons.
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Ypsilanti
Mich
Preston Tucker
Capac
Tucker
Securities and Exchange Commission
SEC
Ypsilanti Machine and Too Co
Lucille Holmes
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