French Cabinet Dissolves Assembly to Permit New Elections
Paris November 30 The French Cabinet voted to dissolve the National Assembly and order new elections. Premier Edgar Faure, who faced a no confidence vote, pushed the move amid internal dissent from five Radical Socialist ministers. Elections must occur within 20 to 30 days, with date to be set within 48 hours, potentially timing polls around Christmas or January 8.
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Paris
National Assembly
Edgar Faure
Faure
Radical Socialist Party
Elysee Palace
White House
Dulles Calls Soviet Disarmament Insinuations Infamous
Secretary of State Dulles told Molotov at the Geneva Conference that insinuating Western powers ignore disarmament is almost infamous. The State Department released a 307 page record of talks from Oct 27 to Nov 16, noting Russia’s disarmament proposals as a cruel deception. The record followed autographed copy handoffs to Paulo Cunha and was published after Britain and France agreed to release their accounts.
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Washington
Dulles
Molotov
State Department
Russia
Soviet Union
Portugal
Paulo Cunha
Britain
France
10 Year Scout Plan Outlined At Parley Here
Jefferson City and surrounding leaders gathered at the Missouri Hotel where the Lake of the Ozarks Council committee outlined a 10 year long range program to accommodate more boys seeking scouting. Richard R. Nacy led the planning with L. E. Moody noting camp, personnel, and office space needs. The plan will go before the council executive board in Sedalia on December 6.
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Lake of the Ozarks
Missouri Hotel
Council
Sedalia
Nacy and Moody
Jefferson City
Rex Whitton
Harry Miller
Paul Doll
Robert Burt
Ira Mounts
Windsor
Lawrence F. Geiger
Julius Stehr
Louis Linn
Charles Bailey
Eldon
Edgar G. Ward
Lake Ozark
Henry Rohlfing
Hermann
Lyle Leighton
Kansas City
Boy Scouts of America
Versailles Youth In Critical Condition After Crash
Shelton Marcellus Vogt 18 of Versailles remained in critical condition at St Mary's Hospital yesterday from head injuries suffered Tuesday night when his car flipped during a high speed turn. The Highway Patrol reported a fractured skull scalp lacerations from the crash.
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Shelton Marcellus Vogt
Versailles
St. Mary’s Hospital
Highway Patrol
Weather outlook for Jefferson City and central Missouri
Considerable cloudiness with scattered light rain or snow and rising temperatures. Expect a warmer Friday with variable moisture across Jefferson City Boonville Hermann and Osage River regions. Missouri River forecast shows fall levels near Boonville and nearby cities with unsettled precipitation through Thursday.
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Jefferson City
Missouri
Kansas City
Boonville
Senenerrereepescces
Seesseeee
Hermann
Osage River
Lake of the
City weighs Bolivar Street span dock plan for river barge
State Public Service Commission heard arguments for and against converting the Bolivar Street span of the old Missouri River Bridge into a barge loading dock. City Attorney Rose led for the city, while Missouri Pacific Railroad officials warned of dangerous clearances and unsafe girders. Representatives cited substandard vertical and horizontal clearances and need for repairs before any such use. The PSC deadline to decide is about a week away.
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Missouri River Bridge
State Public Service Commission
State Commission
Thomas P. Rose
Missouri Pacific Railroad
Bolivar St
State Highway Commission
PSC
D. M. Smith
Brotherhood of Railroad
R. C. Renick
Smith
James Pasley
Arthur W. Ellis
Rose
Harold Harvey
Missouri Pacific Railroads Co
Transportation Company
Ellis
Eisenhower campaign by television and radio eyed
Chicago news dispatch reports Republican leaders weighing a television and radio driven 1956 campaign for President Eisenhower pending his condition and timing. Leonard Hall says Eisenhower would run if able, with TV time plans and a peace and prosperity theme. Nixon predicted overwhelming support, while Hall notes no rival candidate and a same ticket for VP.
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Chicago
Eisenhower
Leonard W. Hall
GOP
Hall
Republican National Committee
Gettysburg
Henry Cabot Lodge Jry
U. S
United Nations
Nixon
White House
Ball
Mrs Prost Wins Safe Driving Award in Missouri
Mrs. Prost of 218 Filmore St was surprised to receive a $25 U S Savings Bond for safe driving after police randomly checked drivers on Tuesday. She correctly used hand signals on a very cold 10 degree day, while following standard checks and stopping at key intersections.
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Missouri
Propst
Washington
Dunklin St
State
Highway ‘Patrol
Sandard Harrison
Attempts to deter Dalton from Democratic gubernatorial bid
The St Louis Post-Dispatch reports attempts to discourage Atty Gen John M Dalton from entering next year's Democratic gubernatorial race. The push aimed to narrow the field to Lt Gov James T Blair Jr and Agriculture Commissioner L C Carpenter, both allied to run. CIO official James Davis urged Dalton not to run, while Dalton declined to comment and said it was too early to decide. Frank Land of Kansas City is also considered a possible candidate.
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ST. Louis
Post-Dispatch
John M. Dalton
James T. Blair Jr
L. C. Carpenter
James Davis
Missouri Cio Industrial Union Council
POW who chose Reds to return to Hong Kong
Richard R. Tenneson, an American GI who elected to go to Red China after the Korean War, has been released and is expected home tomorrow. The British Red Cross reported Peiping’s acceptance of 21 “turncoaters” who denounced U.S. conditions and asked to be free in Red China. Tenneson, captured in May 1951, told his mother he stayed with communism because of love for peace and mankind.
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Hong Kong
Richard R. Tenneson
Red China
British
Red Cross
Tenneson
United States
States
Peiping
Portia Howe
Alden
Minn
Tokyo
Korea
Richard
Priest to face federal kidnapping trial in Fort Worth
Thurman L. Priest, convicted slayer of his 11 year old niece Jeannette Earnest, now serving a Missouri term, is slated for a federal kidnapping trial in Fort Worth on January 30. He was brought to a hearing on a continuance motion filed by one of his two court appointed attorneys while under observation at the U S Public Health Service Hospital.
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Fort Worth
Tex
Thurman L. Priest
Jeannette Earnest
Missouri
Priest
U. S. Public Health Service
Lewis demands CIO repay old loan to UMW
New York Nov 36 United Mine Workers chief John L Lewis demanded the CIO repay an old loan of 1,665,000 dollars advanced in the CIOs early days. CIO officials replied the fund was a gift and will not be repaid. The dispute comes as AFL and CIO merge plans advance with a joint convention next week.
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New York
United Mine Workers
John Lb. Lewis
CIO
Lewis
AFL
UMW
James 8. Carey
Carey
CLO
Democratic Labor Movement
AFL and Cio
Parked Truck Triggers Fire At Daumgartner Service Station
A parked truck rolled from its space at Daumgartner's Service Station in Kingdom City and struck a gasoline pump, igniting it and burning part of the station and another truck. State patrol offered no cause. Damages totaled about 1,000 to the station and 6,000 to a nearby truck driven by Harry Sapp, 29, of Hartsburg. Edwin Bailey, 35, Mokane, was in another truck and not in the cab when the mishap occurred. that truck sustained about 310 in damage. The incident occurred at 12:45 p.m.
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Daumgartner
Kingdom City
State Highway Patrol
Harry Sapp
Hartsburg
Edwin Bailey
Mokane
S D Sticker Lock Chaotic Safe Driving Day
In Kansas City on November 30 two policemen hunted for a safe driver for Safe Driving Day. JA Frank Wells and Set Mer i Thurman chased a car and believed they had the winner but the driver turned out to have four driving violations this year. Investigators continue the search.
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Kansas City
Frank Wells
Meri Thurman
Wells
Thurman
Awards at State BIA Convention Highlight Highway Safety
Approximately 400 attend Missouri Bus and Truck Association two day convention at Governor Hotel. Highlights include third annual distinguished citizens award for highway safety efforts, Driver of the Month, and a Truck Fleet Safety Contest. Event includes panels, banquets, and officer elections with city officials and industry leaders participating.
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Missouri Bus and Truck Association
Governor Hotel
A. G. Lewellan
Missouri Bta
R. W. May
Standard Oil Co
St. Louis
Ralph Young
Spencer Chnmical Co
Kansas City
Lloyd Larson
Dohrn ‘Transfer Co
Rock Island
I. C
Miss
Carrollton Residents Get Christmas Light Bills Paid
Carrollton Missouri residents will have December electric bills paid by the Municipal Utilities plant for the third consecutive year. The total amount cleared was 10,953.50 dollars, easing holiday expenses for local households.
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Carrollton
Eisenhower cheers cows with new tractor bel low
Gettsburg Pa November 30 President Eisenhower celebrated a shiny new fourwheel tractor cultivator by calling his cows with an electronic bell low and cheering them as they ran in. He praised the animals and noted this convalescence from a heart attack remains satisfactory with restrictions on golf and similar exertions. Cabinet discussions and a twohour Camp David security meeting followed the Barnside ceremony, amid medical notes declaring him feeling fine.
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Gettysburg
Eisenhower
Howard M. Snyder
Thomas W. Mattingly
Army
Washington
Walter Reed Hospital
Health, Education and Public Welfare Department
Folsom
Rowland Hughes
National Security Council
Camp David
Catoctin Mountains
Cabinet
Pennsylvania
Ohio
Indiana
Farm Bureau Cooperatives
Golly
New Trouble Breaks Out On Rulebook At Missouri Prison
Col James D Carter said Missouri state penitentiary officials would run the prison rather than inmates after a disturbance over a new inmate rule book. Convicts damaged books and windows, with 69 sent to 10 days solitary confinement and loss of good time.
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James D. Carter
Missouri
Carter
State Director of Corrections
Ralph N. Eidson
Col. Carter
Full City Sewer Survey Sought by Chamber and Council
The Chamber of Commerce Community Planning Committee will attend a City Council session to back a full sewer system survey. Finance proposed up to 4250 for a resurvey, with cost estimates for partial survey around 3000 from Black and Veatch. Residents urge complete reevaluation as commission discusses off street parking highways and a community building.
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Chamber of Commerce
Black and Veatch
Kansas City
Community Planning Commission
N. R. Beagle
Jefferson City
State Highway Commission
Oil spill floods Alton water plant after barge sinks
Alton residents avoided tap water after a Federal Barge Lines diesel barge sank in the Mississippi River Monday. About 190,000 gallons of fuel spilled into the river and flowed toward the Alton Water Co pumping plant, prompting safety concerns.
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Alton
Mississippi River
Alton Water Co
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