Montreal Rioters Protesting Fare Increase Clash With Police
About 25 youths and students attempted to revive a violent protest in Montreal against a 2 ½ cent fare hike. Police arrested several for disturbing the peace and property damage as 172 street cars and 64 buses were damaged.
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Montreal
William Minogue
Ernest Pleau
The
Transportation Commission
Montreal Transportation Commission
Jean Drapeau
City Hall
MTC
Drapeau
Frigid Blasts Che's Florida
A stark cold front grips the East Coast with freezing readings from Maine to Florida. Florida temperatures dip into the 30s and 50s. Miami reports 51. Strong drops also hit the nation from the northern Plains to the Southeast with scattered light snow and rain in the Northwest.
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Associated Press
Maine
Florida
Miami
East Coast
Gulf
Texas
Pacific
New Mexico
Arizona
Dakotas
Minnesota
Plains
Minot
N.D
Aberdeen
N.D. There Was A Slight Warming Trend In the Western Plains
Rockies
Chardon
Neb
Pierre
S.D
Midatlantic States
Appalachians
Tennessee
Great Lakes
Kansas
Montana
Pacific Northwest
Chubby 14 Year Old Dies After Severe Diet
In Oldham England Doreen Butterworth a 14 year old who believed others mocked her weight ate only eggs and apples during September losing two pounds weekly. After four weeks she developed pneumonia and died in hospital Coroner John Watson recorded death as pneumonia caused by her poor condition due to not eating.
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Oldham
England
Doreen Butterworth
John Watson
Watson
Duluth Youth Struck and Killed on Highway
A Duluth youth, Norman Parker aged 15, was killed early today when struck on a highway after his car, freed from a snow bank, stalled nearby. Airman Richard L. Oellerich of Duluth Air Force Base drove the striking vehicle. The death raises Minnesota 1955 traffic toll to 544. Other fatalities include Reinold Krebs of Cobden and Bert Eaton of Minneapolis.
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Duluth
Norman Parker
Norman R. Parker
Noel Tosseland
St. Louis
Young Parker
Duluth Air Force Base
Parker
Tosseland
Richard L. Oellerich
Acciden
Minnesota
Reinold Krebs
Cobden
Minn
Highway 14
Anthony Turbes
Sleepy Eye
Bert W. Eaton
Minneapolis
Lester Kjeldahl
Fridley
Eaton
Body of Ex-Convict Found in Blazing Car
In suburban Cook County, the body of 37 year old ex convict John Coletta was found after his car was set ablaze. He had been beaten to death and gasoline poured over him before the fire. A five gallon can was found in the front seat. Coletta had 15 prior arrests since 1938 and a 1950 Joliet Penitentiary burglary sentence. He worked in Chicago City Water Department sewer division.
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Chicago
Cook County
Charles W. Richards
John Coletta
Coletta
Joliet Penitentiary
Chicago City Water Department
Cypriot Children Stoning Incident Sparks Outcry
In Nicosia a group of Cypriot children led by girls stoned a British housewife as she shopped. The attack drew concern over youth violence and colonial-era tensions in Cyprus.
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Nicosia
Cyprus
Eisenhower to Ask Congress for 2.67 Billion in Foreign Aid
The Eisenhower administration plans to request 2.67 billion dollars in new foreign aid for the next year, a slight reduction from this year’s total. The Budget Bureau approved the figure after talks with agencies, with no room for cuts if the program is to succeed.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Congress
Budget Bureau
Middle East
Russia
Slaying Suspect Hunt in Lindbergh Case Faces New Leads
Minnesota authorities pursue multiple angles in the Lindbergh murder and bank theft case. A Missouri ex-convict, James P. Taylor, is moved toward Detroit on federal charges while investigators weigh if one or more assailants were involved. Key witnesses in Thief River Falls may be asked to identify Taylor.
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Associated Press
Minnesota
Kenneth Lindbergh
Missouri
John MacGibbon
Sherburne County
Lindbergh
Thief River Falls
MacGibbon
Northern State Bank
Detroit
James P. Taylor
Kansas City
Joplin
Minnesota Bank
Taylor
Thief River Falls Bank
Charles D. Kennell
Kenneth McKinney
Herbert F. Johnson
Minneapolis
George Rockstad
Chris Kierk
Kierk
Gertrude Heyman
Johnson
Suspensions Set for 3 Beer Dealers
Three Minnesota wholesale beer dealers admit selling strong beer illegally and will lose licenses for 10 days after the holidays. Effective Jan. 1, per Liquor Control Commissioner Harry Sieben. Dealers are Frank Bartoletti and Allessio Cappoletti of Virginia and George J. Brince of Eveleth.
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ST. Paul
Minnesota
Harry Sieben
Minnesota Liquor Control Commissioner
Frank Bartoletti
Allessio Cappoletti
Virginia
George J. Brince
Eveleth
Omaha Coed Found Slain
The body of Carolyn Marie Nevins, 20, a University of Omaha junior and part time library worker, was found on campus driveway early today with four bullet wounds. Her father reported she missed a meeting to be driven home. Police compare bullets to those used in the murder of taxicab driver Erick Burkwist.
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Omaha
University of Omaha
Carolyn Marie Nevins
Arthur J. Nevins
Erick Burkwist
Miss Nevins
Thomas Frandle
Arthamese Titus
Jeanne Chase
DeVera Wehner
Queen of Angels
Iron Ore Shipments Reach High Mark Since 1953
Great Lakes iron ore shipments for the 1955 season totaled 87,459,853 tons, the Lake Superior Iron Ore Association said. December shipments were 18,390 tons, up from 17,644 in December 1954. The 1954 season totaled 60,793,697 tons, while 1953 saw 95,844,449 tons.
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Cleveland
Great Lakes
Lake Superior
Benson Urges Cut in Pig Production
Secretary of Agriculture Benson says no change to the hog price support program but urges farmers to cut pig production next spring. He notes the 85 million dollar purchase program will continue and warns against excessive farrowing to lift prices.
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Washington
Benson
Sen. Hickenlooper
Hickenlooper
South Salem
N.Y
Henry A. Wallace
Wallace
Farmer Fined $119 for Moonshine Possession
William Litke of Pierz Minnesota paid a $119 fine in municipal court after pleading guilty to possession of unlicensed liquor. Liquor agents found moonshine and home brew in his house during a raid.
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Little Falls
Minn
William Litke
Pierz
Litke
Convicted in Shooting of Estranged Wife in Minneapolis
Charles Nellermoe, 39, Minneapolis, was found guilty of second degree assault for shooting his estranged wife Grace Nellermoe, 34, mother of four. Grace was struck in the head by a .22 caliber bullet October 7 and was in court when the verdict was read.
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Minneapolis
Charles Nellermoe
Grace
Former banker A. T. Lenertz dies at 71 in Grand Forks
A. T. Lenertz 71 native of Tyler Minnesota and former president of Old Farmers National Bank Red Lake Falls died Friday in Grand Forks after a career in banking and later in the insurance business.
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Grand Forks, N. D
A. T. Lenertz
Tyler
Nationalist Move Could Delay Voting at U N
United Nations Security Council faces two veto threats over 18 nations seeking entry. Nationalists press to vote on 13 non Communist candidates first, risking a delay in the 18 nation package and drawing Soviet objections. Formosa list excludes Soviet backed entries and replaces them with Korea and Vietnam.
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United Nations
N. YY. A
U. N. Security Council
Th Council
U. N
L-Nation Council
General Assembly
Formosa
Finland
Nepal
China
Korea
Viet Nam
Koreas
T. F. Tisng
Outer Mongolia
Eisenhower
Eight Die in Iowa Highway Crashes Overnight
Eight people, including four teens, died in two Iowa highway crashes. In Keokuk a car carrying seven youths from a YWCA dance left the road, crossed a field 141 feet, and hit a tree killing four and injuring three. Names include Judith Loring, Mary Winkleman, Stanley Perley, and George King. In Guthrie Center area a car carrying Mrs Ellen Hansen and three men collided, killing four. Names include Ellen Hansen, John Kerwin, Delton Christensen, and Victor Borkowski.
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Des Moines
Iowa
H. R. Delahayde
Keokuk
YWCA
Judith Lynne Loring
Mary Grace Winkleman
Stanley Gene Perley
Summitville
George King
William Harsch
Loretta Anne Williams
Martha Sgsmond
Guthrie Center
Ellen Hansen
Marshalltown
John Vincent Kerwin
Wiota
Delton Christensen
Victor C. Borkowski
Audubon
Hansen
Donald
Extra
Farm Woman Dies Trekking For Help In Freezing Weather
In Minnesota a 65 year old farm woman Bertha Setering froze to death in a snow covered field while trying to reach a neighbor for aid for her ailing brother, 63, who lay on his farm yard after suffering a stroke. Both were found by authorities and taken to Hendricks hospital in serious condition.
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Marshall, Minn
Bertha Setering
John
Setering
Miss Setering
Hendricks, Minn
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Sugar Ray Robinson
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Red China
Erwin L. Johnson
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