UN General Assembly urges Egypt troop withdrawal from Egypt
The United Nations General Assembly pressed Britain France and Israel to pull all troops from Egypt. It adopted a withdrawal resolution 635 10 with 10 abstentions and authorized Hammarskjold to report back urgently. A second resolution backed a UN emergency force to supervise cease fire and canal clearance. israel has begun pulling troops but no full evacuation plans announced.
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United Nations
N.Y
UN General Assembly
Britain
France
Israel
Egypt
Canada
Colombia
India
Norway
Yugoslavia
Hammarskjold
Suez Canal
Port Said
Indians Sets Boy Bed Afire
A 6-year-old boy in Long Beach used a lit candle to search under his bed for Indians and started a fire that firefighters contained. Traffic was halted for about a quarter mile in each direction on Pacific Coast Highway. The father, Ray W. Mace, 30, told responders he would give his son a flashlight.
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Long Beach
Calif
Wayburn Mace
Pacific Coast Highway
Ray W. Mace
UN Troops to Land by Sea at Suez Canal
Port Said will host ships bringing in UN units as a British French decision allows sea arrivals in addition to airlift. Maj. Gen. Burns pressed for faster buildup while talks continue on replacing invaders with UN troops. First seaborne contingent: 700 Yugoslav troops aboard three ships crossing the cease-fire line.
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Port Said
Egypt
Suez Canal Zone
Middle East
E. L. M. Burns
Cairo
Capodichino
Naples
Italy
Abu Suweir
Ismailia
Hugh Stockwell
Canal Zone
Five Day Forecast Notes Cooler Than Normal Week
The forecast expects temperatures four to six degrees below normal with highs 43 to 48 and lows 28 to 30. Snow chances persist daily through Friday with precipitation around an inch across most areas and up to two inches in extreme northeast.
Pen Fights to Stay Mightier Than the Sword
A string of humorous and oddball items from across North America highlights the week. Three Vancouver girls mail Santa letters in one envelope and receive a return for better direction. The Seafarers union criticizes female cooks for profanity aboard the M V Coastal Creek. In Whitehorse the birth column stops printing babies' names amid a hospital policy change. A Chicago maintenance suit recounts a wife hearing a dream girl named Ann. the judge warns the husband to keep dreaming about his wife.
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New York
Vancouver
B. C
Santa Claus
North Pole
M. V
Coastal Creek
Whitehorse Star
J. C. Halliday
Chicago
Mary
Edith
Helen
Barbara
Leona
Ann
Syria under martial law as pro Soviet officers seize control
In Beirut report, Syria pro-Soviet officers led by Col Abdul Hamid Saraj seize real power as Egypt’s crisis sparks martial law. Damascus boosts anti air defenses and Iraqi oil pipeline sabotage follows, while press omits Western coverage. Saraj shifts Syria toward an offensive posture with Soviet arms.
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William L. Ryan
Beirut
Lebanon
Egypt
Syria
Abdul Hamid Saraj
Damascus
Iraq Petroleum Co
Mediterranean
Europe
Hungary
Moscow Radio
Tass
Saraj
Gamel Abdel Nasser
Nasser
Saraf
Revolution Council
Nazam al Edin
al Edin
Inside job blamed for record Oxmoor mansion burglary
Police suspect an inside job in a $274000 wall safe theft at William Marshall Bullitt's Oxmoor estate near Louisville. Detectives say a concealed safe in the study held cash from $10 to $1000 bills and was opened via a hidden bookshelf panel after entry through a library window.
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Louisville
Oxmoor
William Marshall Bullitt
Bullitt
Bert Heuser
Wyatt
Eleven Firefighters Die Battling California Blaze
Eleven fire fighters were killed when trapped by a shifting blaze in the Cleveland National Forest near Eagle Peak, about 30 miles northeast of San Diego. Eight inmates from the Vegas Honor Farm and three U S Forest Service personnel died as six other fighters escaped. The fire began Saturday from a trash fire on the Inaja Indiana Reservation and grew to be one of California’s deadliest, surpassing the 1933 Griffith Park disaster.
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San Diego
Calif
Cleveland National Forest
Walter Puhn
Vegas Honor Farm
U.S. Forest Service
Puhn
Eagle Peak
el Capitan
Inaja Indiana
California
Griffith Park
Los Angeles
Ohioans Stay Home Seven Killed In Weekend Toll
An Associated Press survey covering 6 p.m. Friday to midnight Sunday shows seven accidental deaths in Ohio over the frigid weekend, five from traffic. A 43-year-old Painesville man was crushed when a snowplow tractor rolled over him, and a 24-year-old woman died in a house fire on U S 52 near Manchester.
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Associated Press
Painesville
U. S. 52
Manchester
Many Women Looking For House Work Ad Draws Burden
Mrs Clarence Bartlett of 12 Charles St ran an ad seeking light housework and child care for a 4 year old. She received about 26 calls. The notice urges housewives to place a Help Wanted ad by calling 31242, with 3 days of runs starting at $1.20.
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Clarence Bartlett
Charles St
Charles
Communists in Colleges Say Red Cells In Major Universities
Ohioan and University of Cincinnati alumnus Robert E. Sullivan now a Pittsburgh steel plant worker says colleges harbor Communist cells. He testified at UC about leading a sociology club and notes Senate probes and the Smith Act weaken cells. Sullivan disclosed undercover ties to J. J. Killian in Wisconsin in 1949.
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Pittsburgh
FBI
University of Cincinnati
Robert E. Sullivan
The
Cincinnati Enquirer
Senate
Sullivan
Chicago
J. J. Killian
University of Wisconsin
Killian
Typhoon Machine Fails to Reach East Luzon Coast
A weather system named Typhoon Machine dissipated before making landfall along the east coast of northern Luzon Island. No damage reports accompany the short-lived storm as it weakened rapidly.
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Manila
Luzon
Soviet Navy Expanding Says Jane's Fighting Ships
Jane's Fighting Ships 1956 57 survey places the Soviet Navy as second in size to the United States but far behind in guided missiles and atomic powered ships. It notes more than 100 submarines, many new long range, and that Russia and the U S have led in construction and experimental naval development since WWII.
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London
Russia
United States
Soviet Union
Jane's Fighting Ships
Jane's
Jane’s
Britain
Eisenhower Plans Augusta Vacation Amid World Affairs
President Eisenhower intends to depart today for a vacation at the National Golf Club in Augusta Georgia barring major international events. Press secretary James Hagerty said the trip may last indefinitely and will include a larger staff as he follows Middle East Europe and United Nations developments.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Augusta
James C. Hagerty
National
Middle East
Europe
United Nations
Bomber Aces Set 17,000 Mile Nonstop B52 Flight Record
Eight B52 jets from Castle California and Loring Maine completed a 32 hour, 17,000 mile nonstop mission. They circled the North Pole in subzero temps, reached about 700 mph, and flew above 35,000 feet while simulating bomb drops across a course from Maine to Greenland Alaska Seattle Houston Miami and Baltimore. SAC officials called it a routine display of capability with in-flight refueling by KC97s. Maj Sam Morris of San Angelo Texas commanded the Castle base crew that set the record.
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Baltimore
U. S
Air Force
Castle
Calif
Loring
Maine
United States
North Pole
Thule
Greenland
Anchorage
Alaska
Seattle
Wash
San Francisco
Houston
Tex
Miami
Fla
SAC
Castle Air Force Base
Sam” Morris
San Angelo
Enver Hoxha Castigated as Tito's Public Enemy
Article portrays Enver Hoxha of Albania as Tito's top public enemy in Eastern Europe. It notes Hoxha's Moscow alignment, Albania's isolation, and the ongoing Yugoslav Soviet feud. Hoxha condemns Stalinist personality cult while pledging loyalty to Moscow.
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Tito
Moscow
Hoxha
Albania
Soviet Union
Yugoslavia
Greece
Stalin
New York
Europe
Enver Hoxha
Matyas Rakosi
Hodzhah
Belgrade
Balkan
Noxha
Kremlin
Pravda
Strikes Loom In Revolt-Torn Hungary Amid unrest
Vienna AP reports Hungarian workers promised to return to machines to lift the revolt battered economy. Widespread dissatisfaction with Premier Janos Kadar’s explanations over Imre Nagy’s disappearance fueled demands for Nagy’s return and more strikes if the government does not meet them.
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Vienna
Janos Kadar
Kadar
Imre Nagy
Budapest
Nagy
Hungary
Moscow
Yugoslavia
Workers’ Council
Romania
Tito
Belgrade
Josef Cardinal Mindszenty
U. S
Red Army
Nepszabadsag
Associated Press
Eric Waha
Waha
Ports Busy Strikers Return to Work as Walkout Ends
About 60,000 longshoremen from Maine to Texas went back to work ending a nine day strike. In New York harbor operations returned to normal as ships and cargo resumed movement. A federal court order and Taft Hartley action helped end the walkout started Nov 15 over a contract dispute between the independent ILA and 170 shipping firms. The stoppage halted more than 200 ships and cost the economy an estimated 20 million dollars daily. President Eisenhower warned the strike threatened national health and safety.
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New York
Maine
Texas
New York Harbor
International Longshoremen's Association
ILA
New York Shipping Association
Employers’ Group
Gulf Coast
Eisenhower
Speidel Newspapers chief resigns as president
Colorado Springs board accepts Merritt C. Speidel resignation as president and director effective Dec. 31. He began as a newspaper carrier 63 years ago and will stay on as a consultant for the transcontinental Speidel group, which includes the Chillicothe Gazette.
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Colorado Springs
Speidel Newspapers, Inc
Merritt C. Speidel
Speidel
Speidel Newspapers Inc
Albania Boosts Salaries and Cuts Prices
Communist Albania announced salary increases and price reductions effective January 1 aimed at easing public discontent. The move signals a state led effort to stabilize the economy and improve consumer conditions amid unrest.
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Rome
Albania
Democrats Face Million Dollar Campaign Deficit
The Democratic National Committee's 11 member executive committee opens talks amid a roughly one million dollar deficit. George Rock urges resignation of party chairman Paul M. Butler who was kept on after the Chicago convention. Humphrey proposes a "victory ball" for showing continued control of Congress.
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Washington
Democratic National Committee
George Rock
Colorado
Paul M. Butler
Butler
Chicago
Adlai E. Stevenson
Sen
Hubert Humphrey
Minnesota
Congress
Romania Seeks Moscow Aid From Communist Leaders
Romanian Communist leaders traveled to Moscow to request increased economic assistance from the Soviet government. The trip signals Romania seeking support amid economic pressures and political ties with the Kremlin.
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Romania
Moscow
Kremlin
Soviets Likely to Withdraw Troops from Hungary
U S Rep John M Vorys predicted Russia will remove troops from Hungary before the UN imposes economic sanctions He spoke on a local TV program and added that changes behind the Iron Curtain and stronger UN powers have lessened the chances for war.
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Columbus
GOP
House Committee On Foreign Affairs
Russia
Hungary
U. S
John M. Vorys
Rohio
Vorys
Shouldn't Have Been Born Condemned Slayer Awaits Execution
Samuel Woodrow Tannyhill, 27, slated for Ohio Penitentiary electric chair after multiple postponements and gubernatorial review. He killed Mrs. Shirley Bradford in 1955 after a tavern robbery attempt and has alternated between desires for death and life while studies and appeals unfold.
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Columbus
Ohio
Samuel Woodrow Tannyhill
Tannyhill
Sandusky County
Thomas F. Dewey
Bradford
Fremont
Ohio Penitentiary
Fred H. Paul
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Youngstown
Lewis J. Johnson
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