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Newspaper
Austin Daily Herald
Location
Austin, Minnesota, United States of America
Date
Dec 20, 1956
Page
5
HAL BOYLE surveys Miami Beach as a luxury capital where wealth flaunts itself in hotels, tours of lobbies, high tips for bartenders, and abundance of hotels, pools, and beaches, with locals defending the opulent scene and climate as the city’s enduring allure.
England's top mystery of the year the deaths of wealthy Eastbourne women rose in intensity after the arrest of 57 year old bachelor doctor John Bodkin Adams. Adams was taken into custody yesterday at Trinity Trees his home.
The article notes enhanced security screening for Hungarian refugees entering the United States under emergency programs. It cites Eisenhower’s order admitting 21,500 Hungarians, 6,500 permanent visas under the Refugee Relief Act, and 15,000 parolees awaiting permanent visas, with checks in Austria and potential congressional action. It also mentions Columbia University providing 10 scholarships to Hungarian refugees.
Rolling Hills residents weigh becoming a private city to preserve card access gates and privacy. At a January 8 election they would vote to incorporate with 1 200 residents, no stores, and minimized government. services would be county contracted.
Sixteen loaded freight cars barreled down a grade smashing a mail train. A diesel engine and three freight cars tumbled into a downtown parking lot. Fireman Thomas Hale, 56, died at a Syracuse hospital. Two railroad workers were injured. Police and railroad investigators opened inquiries.
A USDA survey shows winter wheat acreage may fall 15 percent next year, cutting 1957 production to about 625 million bushels from 735 million. A drought in the southern Great Plains and soil bank retirements of 10.7 million acres drive the prospects for lower surplus stocks and potential drawdowns to meet demand.
The Shanghai port once loaded 30 ships daily with silk tea and narcotics now handles about 50 ships a month. Restrictive action by Chinese Nationalists has strangled the waterfront, while Chaing Kai shek’s strength does not reach the port.
The Miami City Commission voted a midnight curfew for children under 17 and approved a county-wide study on a curfew. It also urged the state legislature to raise the minimum driver age to 18.
Grand Junction Colorado 15 year old Larry Easley says he believes in honest people. He has lost his wallet twice and both times it was returned with nothing missing, data shows.
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