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Newspaper
Austin Daily Herald
Location
Austin, Minnesota, United States of America
Date
Dec 24, 1956
Page
5
James Marlow reports a Christmas vignette where Santa struggles to fill orders as political figures face delayed gifts. Adlai Stevenson yearns for the White House, while Ike remains tenant, and Santa offers a playful sign to keep off the grass.
Six Texas jail breakers who robbed a motel and wounded a state trooper in Dover Tenn were cornered after a manhunt. Authorities used helicopters boats patrols and roadblocks to track them from Georgetown Texas where they escaped Friday after slugging a jailer.
Soviet and Chinese scientists plan 1957 joint Amur River projects to divert a section of the Amur toward Vladivostok creating a new Pacific outlet. The scheme aims to generate up to 70,000 megawatts for Siberian and Manchurian regions, with China holding substantial influence since nearly half the Amur basin lies in China.
Four prisoners Floyd L. Stokes Robert Kennedy Paul Reid and Howard Luke escaped from Bernalillo County Jail in Albuquerque using a meat saw to cut through a skylight. Stokes and Kennedy were seen in a car belonging to Albuquerque Journal reporter Jack Gill who was held hostage briefly. Gill later aided by corroborating details of the escape.
Aldermen gathered in the City Hall Council Chamber to find it briefly swarmed by wasps. The lone surviving insect remained after a vast carnage as city clerk noted the swarm entered through a lowered window two hours earlier.
Shawnee resident Dee Sparks found a conventional car altered to a no shift model after thieves removed the gearshift and pin. Police were notified and are investigating the incident in Shawnee, Oklahoma.
HAL BOYLE offers a cheeky guide urging gifts of books for Christmas. The piece lists whimsical book pairings tied to public figures and personalities from Dodgers to Khrushchev, Nixon, Eisenhower, and Grace Kelly, framing reading as a diplomatic, personal present.
Fireman William Holmes woke to a missing pair of trousers after an intruder entered the sleeping quarters during the night at an El Paso station. No other items were reported stolen and no injuries occurred. Police are investigating the break in.
The long fraught relationship between Yugoslavia and the Soviet Union shows mutual suspicion despite nominal friendship. Borba printed Pravda content while condemning it, and Belgrade called the piece malicious. Yugoslav officials insist ideological differences won’t break relations as economic ties grow.
Funeral services were held for George Lamere 56 a featured singer at Wisconsin Dells summer Indian ceremonials. Lamere formerly taught music at the Flandreau Indian school and died in a La Crosse hospital Saturday. Heworked for Rath Packing Co Waterloo Iowa as a sales promoter and appeared on national TV programs.
Miami residents can expect a mild holiday with temperatures around 70 on Christmas Eve and highs of 77 to 81 on Christmas Day according to the U S Weather Bureau. The forecast suggests very warm conditions for south Florida over the holiday period.
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