Mollohan Declares Governor Bid in West Virginia races
Rep. Robert H. Mollohan 46, a two term WV 1st District congressman, announces his Democratic bid for governor signaling he will not seek re election to the House. He aligns with labor groups and may gain Sen. Neely's tacit support while rivals Burdett and Ferguson also figure in the race ahead of a May 1956 primary.
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Fairmont
Robert H. Mollohan
West Virginia
House of Representatives
Mollohan
U. S
M. M. Neely
Neely
Joe F. Burdett
Point Pleasant
State Board of Control
Gov
Marland
Milton J. Ferguson
Wayne
Charleston
John T. Copenhaver
Rush D. Holt
Pairmont
Ser Cance
US and Britain Offer 70 Million for Aswan Dam Project
The United States and Britain propose 70 million dollars to help Egypt start the Aswan dam on the upper Nile with possible additional 130 million pending Congress approval. The plan aims to boost Egypt's economy and living standards while countering Soviet influence in the Middle East.
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Washington
United States
Britain
Russia
Egypt
Aswan
Upper Nile River
Congress
Middle East
Aswan Dam
Lawsuit Filed Against Singer John Desmond
A $1,520,000 breach of contract suit filed in Superior Court names singer Johnny Desmond and three Colombo family members as defendants. Plaintiff Maurice Duke says he paid $600,000 in 1953 for rights to Colombo life story and faced obstacles to filming due to Desmond’s claim as lead. The Colombo siblings also filed suit against Duke to cancel the contract two days earlier.
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Los Angeles
Johnny Desmond
Russ Colombo
Maurice Duke
Colombo
Desmond
Carmela Tempest
Anthony
John Colombo
Duke
Citizens Of Bluefield Urged Not To Forget Little Jimmies This Christmas
Bluefield residents are urged to pledge funds to the Community Christmas Tree to aid 1,500 local children in need. WHIS radio will broadcast the final tree shows this afternoon, with donations sent to the Community Christmas Tree Association or left at the Daily Telegraph office. Contributions help provide gifts, nuts, and candies for children in property-stricken homes, with all proceeds going to the kids.
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Bluefield
Little Jimmie
Daily Telegraph
Radio Sulae Whis
Community Christmas Three Association
W. Va
Ramsey Auditorium
Genoa Junior High School
Santa
Farmer Suffers Facial Wound in Horse Incident near Mendota
Finis Purkeypile of Mendota area says a mare quarrel led to his horse biting his face as he stepped between two mares being led to water. Several stitches were needed, but Purkeypile will keep the two mares, calling the event a mistake.
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Mendota
Finis Purkeypile
Purkeypile
Decoy Hearse Fools British in Cyprus Funeral Scene
In Nicosia a decoy hearse misled British troops during the funeral of Haralambos Mouskos, cousin of Archbishop Makarios. Police dispersed mourners at Metaxas Square with tear gas while a second procession with the real coffin proceeded to the cemetery undisturbed. Archbishop Makarios attended but did not speak.
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Nicosia
Cyprus
Greece
Haralambos Mouskos
Makarios
Mouskos
Metaxas
Old City
Kitium
Admiral Pearys Wife Reported Critically Ill
Portland Maine December 17 Josephine Diebitsch Peary widow of Arctic explorer Admiral Robert E Peary is critically ill at 92. She has suffered health decline and a broken hip earlier. A native of Washington DC she is the daughter of a Smithsonian Institution professor and has lived in her 1920s era. Her daughter Marie was born near the North Pole in 1893.
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Portland
Maine
Josephine Diebitsch Peary
North Pole
Robert E. Peary
Marie
Arch Criminal Seeks Parole After 22 Years In Prison
Kansas City dispatch reports Harold Bailey a famed 1930s felon seeks parole after 22 years in federal custody. Attorney Joseph M. Miniace says Bailey, 68, is pursuing release from Leavenworth noting Urschel kidnapping and 1932 Fort Scott bank robbery ties.
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Kansas City
Harvey Bailey
Joseph M. Miniace
Bailey
Leavenworth
Charles F. Urschel
Oklahoma City
Yeader
Fort Bott
Kan
Kansas State Penitentiary
Kirk Prather
Pippa Passes Receives Surge of Mail for Center Fund
In Pippa Passes Kentucky an estimated 60 bags of mail contain small contributions to Mrs. Alice Lloyd's Creek Community Center after a TV appeal. Donations range from one dollar to a top check of 150 dollars, with total funds rumored to exceed 200 dollars. Mrs. Lloyd, founder since 1916, remains in frail health.
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Pippa Passes
Pippa
Alice Lloyd
New Creek
Ken
Ralph Edwards
Television
Eee
Edwards
Lloyd
Boston
Hee
Oil Derrick Christmas Tree Lights West Texas Horizon
In Midland Texas workers wrap 150 foot derrick with 2 500 feet of wire and 175 bulbs to create a Christmas tree on Husky Oil No 1 Pasken wildcat. Parker Drilling Co crew and West Texas Santa Claus Helpers say the rig shines as rival downtown towers loom, with an eight foot star and a concrete viewing circle for miles.
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Midland
Tex
Texas
Parker Drilling Co
Husky Oil Co
Pasken Wildcat
Bob Parker
Parker Firm
Hubert Whitfield
West Texas
Santa Claus Helpers
Eisenhower Deemed Out of Danger by White
Heart specialist Paul Dudley White said President Eisenhower is out of danger after his September heart attack and has made excellent progress toward recovery. He cautioned that the future depends on increasing activity and that a second term decision rests with Eisenhower, not doctors. White projected full presidential duties by January 9, with plans for a southern rest period after Christmas.
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Gettysburg
Paul Dudley White
Eisenhower
Boston
White
Congress
Augusta
Washington
Texas Village Santa Service Delivers Holiday Cheer
In Garden City Texas Neal Cain and Mary Cain run a lifelong Christmas generosity operation. For 28 years they host gifts fruit candy and clothing for East Texas children. Each year about 3 400 kids receive a cheerful greeting and a bag of goodies at their home aided by pensions and merchant contributions.
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Garden City
Tex
East Texas
Santa Claus
Tyler
Neal Cain
Ois
Neal
Mary
Cains
Texas
Cain
Former Belle Eaters Divorce Proceedings
Mrs Wanda Jennings of 1954, known as Mrs America, filed for divorce in Cla Circuit Court claiming indignities. She cites her husband Madison refused to attend public functions unless she paid, seeks custody of their 10-year-old son Michael, child support, and divorce costs. The couple married February 24 1945 and separated December 4.
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ST. Louis
Wanda Jennings
America
Cla
Jennings
Michael
Madison
Legislators React to Reported Five-Billion Foreign Aid Plan
Washington officials reportedly consider asking Congress for about five billion dollars in new foreign aid split roughly two billion for economic aid and three billion for military assistance. Senate leaders George and Byrd oppose a large increase while others warn of a partisan clash amid White House briefing and uncertain final action.
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Washington
Congress
Russia
Eisenhower
George
D-Ga
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Byrd
D-Va
Senate Finance Committee
Berryville
Budget Bureau
White House
Sen. Langer
R-Nd
Byrd backs plan to use public funds for private schooling
Senator Byrd announces support for Virginia constitutional amendment allowing tuition grants for private nonsectarian schools in the referendum set for January ninth. He cites the need to avoid forced integration and preserve the public school system, cautioning that the battle may span years and urging flexible steps toward a gradual approach.
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Winchester
Byrd
D-Va
Virginia
Commonwealth
Gray Commission
Washington Court
Danish Vessel Elin 8 Missing Off Greenland Coast
A 498 ton Danish motorship named Elin 8 is missing in the North Atlantic off Greenland’s south coast. Danish owners said a search was arranged by Air Force planes from the U S Greenland base at Narssarsuaq, with last sighting reported near Cape Farvel.
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Copfinhagen
Denmark
Elin
North Atlantic
Greenland
Royal Greenland Trade Co
U. S. Greenland
Narssarsuadq
Cape Farvel
California Valley Sways Under Long Quake Aftershocks
Brawley and surrounding Imperial Valley residents faced ongoing tremors after a sequence of more than 70 quakes starting at 7 44 p m with a 5 3 magnitude at 10 18 p m Experts led by Charles F Richter of the California Institute of Technology warned aftershocks could continue for days No injuries reported but Brawley suffered shattered glass cracked walls and about 50000 in damage in shops and merchandise and widespread alarm
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Egs Reiamet
Charles F. Richter
Ornia Institute of Tech
Jilted Lover Douses Bed With Gasoline
Gerald Cornwell 33 held on murder investigation in Oakland after authorities say he poured gasoline on a bed where Alice Franklin 35 and Leo Hand 27 slept. He allegedly followed the couple to her apartment then used a key to enter, sparking a fatal blaze. Hand died Thursday. Franklin died Friday. Police say a formal murder charge will be filed Monday.
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Oakland
Calif
Gerald Cornwell
Hubert Murray
Cornwell
Alice Franklin
Leo Hand
Murray
Hand
Air Force
Fires Across the United States Kill Thirteen People
A sweeping string of fires across the United States left at least 13 dead and many injured. In New York a five year old and an infant perished in a fifth floor tenement blaze. Beaumont Texas saw a nursing home fire that killed four women as the roof collapsed. Masphee Massachusetts reported two Air Force sergeants burned to death in a hotel fire. Ottawa Canada had a fatal house blaze with a mother and child among casualties. Springfield Massachusetts saw a six story fire with about 70 evacuees and smoke poisoning. Philadelphia saw a mother die trying to rescue children from a home fire.
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Associated Press Pires
New York
Beaumont
Tex
Masphee
Mass
Air Force
Attaquin
Ottawa
Canada
Springfield
Philadelphia
Mary Heffner
Cops Help Aged Couple In Frigid Cincinnati Home
In Cincinnati a 99 year old woman and 93 year old husband were found living in a two room cold, foodless apartment. Police officers paid for food and secured electricity and coal. the couple has lived on relief since 1944 and faced poverty after losing their gas and power.
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Cincinnati
Thomas Osborne
Leroy Hopper
Harold Hall
Salvation Army
Osbornes
Cincinnati Gas & Electric Co
Hamilton County Welfare Department
Osborne
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