UN Faces Syria Push to Oust Israel Over Galilee Raid
The United Nations Security Council weighs Syrian demand for punitive action against Israel after a Dec 11 raid on gun positions near the Sea of Galilee. Syrian delegate Ahmed Shukairy seeks sanctions or expulsion, while Israel defends the strike as retaliation against prior Syrian attacks.
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Uneasy Peace In Holy Land In Jordan Amid Pact Tensions
In Amman calm returns after six days of rioting over Saudi? Baghdad Pact moves. Prime Minister Ibrahim Hashim pledges no treaty commitments while elections within four months may act as a plebiscite on joining the Baghdad Alliance. Pravda backs Jordanian resistance.
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Maple Park Residents Return and Visitors Planned for Holidays
Maple Park residents report travels from California and Chicago relatives visiting for holidays. Local families and individuals shopped in Parsons and joined Christmas activities at Galesburg and the Ralph Gough home. Albert Shaul delivered mail on Route 1 for several days. The Brethren youths hosted a Christmas party and residents attended a Cantata at Galesburg school while TV watching was shared at the Ralph Gough residence.
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C. M. Gough
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Ralph Hodgdon
Chicago
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Ruth Roustine
Parsons
Ed Richardson
Erie
Ralph Gough
Galesburg
Brethren
Roy Bailey
Roy Danes
Albert Shaul
Virgil Waggoner
Accidents Show No Favorites in 1955 Freak Roundup
The National Safety Council lists bizarre mishaps from 1955 with multiple drivers and pets involved. Gene Scott was shot by a car door, a dog-triggered rifle killed a ladder ascent, and two dogs drove cars into crashes. Two year olds Timmy Davis and Margaret Kilby each steered vehicles, causing wrecks and chaos.
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Long Beach
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Daring Dabs End in Hospital Beds for 80 Year Old Dancers
Quirky mishaps fill a roundup: two 80-year-old dancers in Copenhagen break legs. a New York ballet star klutzes a partner with an elbow. a Reading elevator stalls a jury. a Chicago mother saves her child from a 22 foot ledge fall. a NYC boy dives from a fourth floor window onto waiting snow. an elephant trainer breaks an ankle. planes crash after steer and jackrabbit incidents. a 20 pound teddy bear knocks Gracie Allen unconscious. a car drives through a post office window. a lab fall in Los Angeles paralyzes a safety obsessed worker.
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Else Sorensen
Karen Kirk Lessen
Nora Kaye
New York
Igor Youskevitch
Chicago
Isobel Gutierrez
Walter Adams, Jr
New York City
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Robert Bierwirth
Walter Bergman
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56 Million Pig Crop Forecast Shrinks From Last Year
The Agriculture Department forecasts a 1956 spring pig crop of 56,000,000 head, down 2 percent from 57,342,000 last year. The smaller crop signals lower pork supplies next fall and winter, following a nearly 40 percent drop in hog prices this year from about 18 to 11 dollars per hundred pounds.
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Electronics Plague in Pueblo Classroom War
A fifth grader named Manuel used a toy walkie talkie to chat with a friend outside during class, risking discipline in Mrs. Elizabeth Kelley’s second floor Pueblo, Colorado classroom. The incident shows a growing tech issue in schools as students seek electronic aids to communicate.
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Colo
Elizabeth Kelley
Manuel
Timer Device Causes Bank Lockout in Stroudsburg
A Stroudsburg bank faced a malfunction when a timer device went amiss, leaving the bank in a fix as staff scrambled to regain access. The incident occurred at a local financial institution, prompting a safety check and temporary shutdown of some operations. No injuries reported.
Auto vault timer malfunctions delaying Trust Co loan
Trust Co opened Monday. weekend timer on the vault lock failed and would not release funds until Tuesday. Officials rushed to Stroudsburg First National for a bridge loan of 13 000 dollars paid back next morning with interest undisclosed.
Lausche Enters Democratic Race For U.S. Senate
Ohio Governor Frank Lausche announces he will seek the Democratic nomination for U.S. senator from Ohio at the May 8 primary. The move follows earlier hints he might run for senator or seek a sixth term as governor. Senator George Bender questions whether Lausche can defeat him in a race.
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Ohio
Frank J. Lausche
U.S
Lausche
George H. Bender
Washington
Bender
Two Japanese Children Improve Relations
Two Japanese youngsters visited Maj. Gen. E. J. McGaw commander of the 1st Cavalry Division at Sendai Japan. They presented him a 25 pound home grown Christmas turkey as a gesture to improve Japanese American relations. They rode home in the general's sedan after touring the post.
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Japan
E. J. McGaw
1St Cavalry Division
Joe Louis to Wed Beauty Shop Operator Rose Morgan
Former heavyweight champ Joe Louis, 41, and Rose Morgan, 42, obtained a marriage license in New York and plan a Christmas Day wedding. Louis lists occupation as boxer. Morgan runs a beauty shop. Louis has been married twice before, with two divorces. Morgan’s prior marriage ended in 1945.
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