Colliers and Home Companion To Cease Publication
New York based Crowell Collier will suspend Collier's after the January 4 issue and end Woman's Home Companion with the January issue due to losses over 7.5 million dollars this year. Gardner Cowles plans to take over unfilled subscriptions and publish Look while handling refunds. About 2,400 jobs will be cut, including 368 editorial and advertising staff, as Crowell Collier liquidates its oldest magazines.
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New York
Collier’s
Woman's Home Companion
Paul C. Smith
Crowell- Collier Publishing Co
Crowell-Collier's
Collier's
Crowell-Collier
Colliers
Look
Cowles
Collier
Smith
Woman’s Home Companion
Springfield
Ohio
Chevrolet
Companion
Federal Job Total Rises Despite Budget Cut Push
Congressional critics fret as the administration’s four year effort to trim the federal payroll stalls. Merriam testifies civilian workers rose about 50 000 since January, after a prior 240 000 drop since the Eisenhower era. Lawmakers blame the Budget Bureau for delaying payroll reductions and warn of continued growth.
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Democratic
GOP
Budget Bureau
Robert E. Merriam
House
Merriam
Eisenhower
Subcommittee
James C. Davis
D-Ge
August E. Johansen
Ke Mich
Ep. M. R. Bross
Ris
Gross
Former Star Cager Jailed In Auto Theft Case
OAKLAND Don Lofgren 28 former University of San Francisco basketball star is charged with grand theft and forgery in the sale of his sister s car. He was jailed on a 4000 bail after his sister Melvina Lofgran 27 a nurse accused him of forging her name to the ownership certificate and cashing a 45 dollar cash payment and a 1830 dollar check from an Oakland dealer he failed to cash the check. Earlier trouble included bad checks in 1954 and a 1953 disappearance from Philadelphia where he played for the Warriors and later wandered Salt Lake City. He spent time in Wyoming near his wife s parents. His wife later divorced him.
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Oakland
Don Lofgren
University of San Francisco
Lofgran
Melvina Lofgran
Nurst
Lotgran
Philadelphia
Warriors
Salt Lake City
Wyoming
Haiti Revolt Deselects Magloire By Passive Strike
Haitians oust President Paul Magloire in a nationwide strike that paralyzed Port au Prince and spread across the republic. Military units escorted officials, shops closed, and lawyers refused cases as citizens pressed for a return to constitutional order. Chain letters rallied further noncooperation, highlighting a peaceful yet decisive transfer of power.
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Port-Au-Prince
Haiti
Eimperor Jones
Paul E. Magioire
Caribbean
Magloire
Tron Pants
Napoleon Byrabarte
Republic
United States
Fort-Au- Prince
Refugee Camp Threats Told by Red Cross Officials
Swindon reports Red Cross officials charging that Kedar government stooges pressure Hungarians at Chiseldown refugee camp to return home. About 800 new arrivals in two weeks, 1,200 processed, lack of interpreters heightening fear. Stooges, possibly Soviet agents, alleged to coerce refugees with threats, including a boy returned with his father. Hungarian Legation contacted one refugee by phone.
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Swindon
England
INS
Red Cross
Stooges
Kedar
Chiseldown
Hungary
Bevin
Wiltshire Downs
E. L. Stephenson
Iit
Legation
Trys to Detrack SP Investigated in Santa Barbara
FBI and railroad detectives investigate four attempts in two days to derail Southern Pacific trains in Santa Barbara. Obstructions placed on SP tracks were found and removed before trains struck them. A maintenance car was hit but no damage occurred. A school crossing guard saw a young man place one obstruction.
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Santa Barbara
Southern Pacific
FBI
S. P
Student Unrest Sweeps Satellites Into Russia
Berlin reports rising student unrest across Soviet satellites and within the Soviet Union. East German and Baltic state campuses face demonstrations while the Soviet leadership warnings spark fear of crackdown. Armed guards and loyalty squads monitor Leipzig Halle, Dresden, Rostock, and East Berlin universities to deter protests.
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Itis
Leningrad
Komsomol
Communist
Moscow
Soviet’ ‘Union
Baltic States
Lithuania
Soviet Lithuania
Amast
Baltic
Eusslay
East Berlin
Lnternational
Leipzig
Hallegena
Dresden
Rostock
Georgia NAACP Leader Jailed Freed By Judge
J H Calhoun Atlanta head of the NAACP was jailed for contempt of court for refusing to turn NAACP records over to Georgia authorities. A weekend release was granted on partial compliance as state agents study records to determine full compliance and possible continued confinement.
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Atlanta
National ‘Association
Georgia
NAACP
J. H. Calhoun
Freed
Georgia Records
Calhoun
Dixié
Superior Court
Durwood Pye
William Strickland
Strickland
St Pye
Driver Rams Police Car in San Francisco Chase
Robert D. Weinmann, 31, a law student and KYA salesman, surrendered on charges after ramming a police car and resisting arrest. Officers Earl Taylor and Harry Farethan chased him at 1:10 a.m. near Nineteenth Avenue, Golden Gate Park, where their car was forced aside as Weinmann allegedly struck Taylor and fled.
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San Francisco
Robert D. Weinmann
KYA
Ion
Earl Taylor
Harry Farethan
Weinmann
Nineteenth Avenue
Golden Gate Park
Thair
NATO to switch from men to machines in defense plan
Paris reports say NATO ministers approved a shift to mechanized force planning. SHAPE advocates the move for a nuclear era, with officials noting the change will take years to implement and reduce manpower as missiles and machines dominate defense.
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Paris
Lauris Norstad
NATO
Supreme Headquarters
Allied Powers Europe
SHAPE
Woman Hurls Wedding Ring At Moving Car
Patrolman Howard Frankel in Elizabeth New Jersey says he witnessed two cars halted at a traffic light when a woman emerged from one vehicle and threw a wedding ring at the second car. Both cars then drove away as witnesses described the impulsive act.
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Elizabeth
N. J
Howard Frankel
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