Mrs. Luce Resigns as Ambassador to Italy
Mrs. Clare Boothe Luce has resigned as ambassador to Italy effective after the Christmas holidays. President Eisenhower called her tenure a real loss and praised a superb job, while Luce cited health and a need for several months’ rest. James D. Zellerbach is named as potential successor. Luce will return to private life but remains available for service.
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Luce
Eisenhower
Clare Booth Luce
Italy
Wilmot Hercher
Washington
Clare Boothe Luce
Pi Luce
Henry R. Luce
Time
Life
Fortune
Lace
Leckie Faces Prison Risk Over Tax Shortfall
William S. Leckie, 65, head of Leckie Coal Co and operator of six mines in Virginia, West Virginia and Kentucky, pleaded guilty to $150000 tax underpayment from 1947 to 1951. A doctor’s testimony on health might avert prison as he awaits a court ruling and potential probation.
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Columbus
Ohio
William S. Leckie
Leckie
Leckie Coal Co
Virginia
West Virginia
Kentucky
Loren G. Windom
Underwood
U. S. Marshals Office
Heag
Charleston
William H
Fred T. Leckie
Normal Temperatures Forecast For Week in West Virginia
Near normal temperatures are forecast for West Virginia through Saturday. It will be warmer Tuesday and Wednesday, turning cooler Thanksgiving Day. Precipitation during the five day period will total about an inch, mostly as rain.
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Huntington
West Virginia
Feed Dealers Meet In Huntington Today
The West Virginia Feed Dealers Association will convene in Huntington tomorrow for its annual conference. The program includes addresses on the latest nutritional information and business problems facing feed dealers.
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Huntington
Navy
W. Va
Lodge Demands Halt to Hungarian Deportations at U N
United Nations heard Henry Cabot Lodge Jr accuse the Soviet Union of deporting at least 16,000 Hungarians from Budapest. He warned many would die from cold and exposure, urging Assembly action for withdrawal of troops and observers to Hungary.
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Soviet Union
Budapest
United Nations
N. Y
Henry Cabot Lodge Jr
U. N
United States
Monor-Szolnok-Debrecen
Hungary
Russia
Siberia
Dachau
Lodge
Ong Semar
Sion
Hungarians Move to Sitdown Strike Amid Revolt
Budapest reports show Hungarian workers shifting from walkout to sitdown protests as Soviet divisions move into Hungary. They demand release of hostages and deportees while calling for Russian troops to withdraw. few workers appear in plants, with some repairing bicycles.
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Budapest
Vienna
Janos Kadar
Radio
Workers Council of
Huners
Ment
Brownell Calls Meeting On Segregation
Attorney General Brownell summoned federal prosecutors in 14 Southern states to a Washington conference on enforcing the Supreme Court order against racial segregation on buses. The Dec 10 meeting aims to unify enforcement across districts and carriers.
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Washington
J. W. Davis
Brownell
Supreme Court
U.S
Montgomery
Ala
United States
Thirty One Die In Plane Crash in Colombia
A Colombian airliner crash between Cali and Buenaventura killed thirty one people on Sunday. Thirty victims were buried in a common grave with two others taken to Buenaventura. Among the American dead were Ashley Oughterson a 61 year old Rockefeller Foundation official and former Yale surgery professor and Joan Reilly a U S Air Force colonel and part owner of the plane. Also among the dead were Joseph Rosen of Philadelphia and Ralpha Barrett of Miami a Sinclair & Valentine manager and two Germans.
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Cali
Colombia
Here
Buenaventura
Ashley Oughterson
Rockefeller’ Foundation of
New York
Yale
Seneca
Cali Medical Center
Joan Reilly
U. S. Air Force
Aerovias Pacifico
Jeanne
Miami
Sinclair & Valentine
Manufactoes Printing
Anes
Eisenhower Meets 40-Pound Thanksgiving Turkey
President Eisenhower was introduced to a live 40 pound turkey in the White House rose garden. He stroked the bird and quipped it was a big one while accepting the gift from J Arza Adams of Pleasant Grove Utah, president of the National Turkey Federation.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Eiser
White House
J. Arza Adams
Pleasant Grove
Utah
National iTurkey Federation
Red Cross Convoy Arrives In Budapest
Vienna dispatch reports a Red Cross convoy arrived in Budapest with 18 tons of supplies after two prior missions. It notes the convoy sails from Austria and mentions potential future crossings from the border amid ongoing aid efforts.
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Red Cross
Budapest
Vienna
Red Cross Voys
Soi
Bor
Underwood Sees No Need for New Taxes Next Year
West Virginia governor elect Cecil H. Underwood said he does not expect any new taxes in 1957. He urged economies to improve services with current funds and expressed optimism that business activity and state revenue will stay strong. He would not comment on legislative party control.
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Charleston
West Virginia
Cecil H. Underwood
Wchs-Tv
Determined hunter pursues deer despite accident
Lewis Roberts, 53, failed to shoot a deer on a Saturday hunt near Lufkin Texas. He later struck a deer while driving, chasing the animal into the woods. Roberts seized his year old son's baseball bat from the car and killed the deer about 50 yards away.
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Lufkin
Texas
Lewis Roberts
Roberts
Railroads Halt Export Freight Amid Longshore Strike
New York reports railroads stopping almost all export freight to East and West Coast ports as a longshoremen's strike enters day one. The Taft Hartley framework and government machinery are discussed as possible remedies while dock workers, ships idle, and perishable cargo risks rise. losses are mounting with examples like $200,000 in melons, urging a quick settlement for public welfare.
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New York
Robert H. x
Taft-Hartley
Assa
Caid
Pilot Safe In Va. Jet Crash
An Air Force F 100 Sabre Jet spun into a field near Warwick High School in Warwick Virginia. Captain Eugene N Bolin of Greenville DC parachuted to safety with two broken legs and facial cuts. The jet was destroyed in the field after the spin.
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Warwick
Warwick High School
Temple Baptist Church
Bolin
Hampton
Snowstorm Hits Great Plains
The Midwest faces a major storm as high winds and heavy snow disrupt travel from Colorado to Nebraska and Kansas. Denver residents brace for five foot drifts while disruptions hit highways, flights, and daily life across the plains.
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Denver
Poe Mlce
Lizzards
Colorado
Nebraska
Kansas
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