Buried Gold Hunt On Korean Isle Captivates Inchon
A tiny cone shaped island near Inchon, Peony Island, is the focus of a three week hunt for a rumored $660,000 in gold buried by a Japanese merchant after World War II. Army-led excavation, guarded and secret, continues with bulldozers sweeping the isle known for herbs and a beach drawn by locals in summer.
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Inchon
Korea
INS
Yellow Sea
South Korea
International Park
Douglas Macarthur
Hisao Suzuki
Japan
Suzuki
Toyo
Suzukd
ROK Army Criminal Investigation
Special Yule Message For Servicemen
President Eisenhower and ten government and military officials send holiday greetings to U S armed forces worldwide. The message extols service, gratitude, and a pledge to pursue enduring peace with justice, with signatories including McElroy Brucker Gates Douglas Anderson Twining Ryan Taylor Burke White McC. Richmond.
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Eisenhower
Defense
Neil H. McElroy
Army
Wilber M. Brucker
Navy
Thomas S. Gates, Jr
Air Force
J James H. Douglas
Treasury
Robert B. Anderson
Nathan F. Twining
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Patrick J Ryan
USA
Armed Forces Chaplains Board
Stat
Maxwell’ D. Taylor
Naval Operations
Arleigh A. Burke
Air Force Chief of
Thomas D. White
Marine Corps
Randolph McC
Pate
Coast Guard
A. C. Richmond
Melamine Dinnerware Sales Seen Surging in 1957
New data from the Melamine Council, a trade group of 24 U S molders in the United States and Canada, projects melamine dinnerware sales will exceed 70 million dollars in 1957 and account for about 25 percent of total United States dinnerware sales.
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New York
United States
Radford warns Sputniks do not grant US military edge
In Tokyo Admiral Arthur W. Radford says Soviet two Sputnik launches produce a psychological victory but do not secure strategic superiority for the USSR. He notes missile progress, stresses containment of communism in the Far East, and dismisses rumors about a SEATO ambassadorship.
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Tokyo
INSI
Arthur W. Radford
Russia
United States
U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff
Pearl “Harbor
U.S
Onch Ford
R Weshed
U.S. Joint Chiefs
Pee
Radford
Far East
Indonesia
Netherlands
New Guinea
Heart Revival Techniques Cut Deaths on Operating Tables
Los Angeles reports that revival methods and a new selfstarter drug have reduced deaths from heart stoppage during surgery. Dr Harold Miller, head of the Cardiac Resuscitation Committee, cites courses in heart massage and revival drugs like Isuprel as key factors lowering fatalities.
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Los. Angeles
INS
County Heart Assn
Harold Miller
Association
Jacuzzi son to be released before Christmas from federal prison
An attorney for draft dodger John B. Jacuzzi says the 27 year old son of a wealthy East Bay pump maker will be released from Terminal Island Federal Prison about six weeks early, before completing his six month sentence, due to outstanding behat. The Immigration Service was expected to try deportation since Jacuzzi lost U.S. citizenship after fleeing to Mexico to avoid the draft.
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Oakland
John B. Jacuzzi
East Bay
Terminal Island
Jacuzzi
Behat Joseph Atioto
Immigration Service
U.S
Eitizenanes
Mexico
Indonesia
Netherlands
UN Assembly Shifts Power as Afro Asian States Rise
Gen Carlos P Bomido notes two key changes at the United Nations General Assembly Afro Asian states emerge as a large bloc and Soviet allies outpace the West in rocketry. These shifts alter voting, with more abstentions and conciliatory resolutions. Small and mid-sized nations gain influence, while the Assembly acts more as a clearinghouse for views and a center for conciliation.
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Carlos P. Romulo
United Nations
N.Y
INS
General Assembly
Russia
United States
Soviet Union
Jpower
Chicago Police Solve Boy's Gift Problem
Seven year old Brian Lane Tam of Birmingham Michigan arranged a Christmas kitten gift for Chicago girl Kathy Brown. Police Commission Timothy O Connors office sent seven officers to fetch a kitten in Chicago and deliver it with a red ribbon and bell, matching the boys plan and sending $5 back to Brian.
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Chicago
INS
Brian
Soncrent
Birmingham
Mich
Chica-go
Law
Kathleen Brown
Kathy
Katy
Sonorant
Timothy, O'Connor
Ett
Brian Lane Tam
O'Connor
Leroy Ste
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Hayward
Chamber of Commerce
George Oakes
Phil White
al Kingman
Foothill
Howard
Jane Yeremjan
Oes
USN
Southeast Asia Treaty Organization
Baguio
Philippines
Amelica
Seato
Jacuzzi P Son
Gallenkamp’s
Little Girls
Little Boys
Oxford
Hacter
San Lorenzo
Paseo Grande
Hesperian
14Th
San’ Leandro
Bones
Gallin
Kampe
SUL Purchagie
Oalreland
Romulo
Carlos P.bomido
Joho
Security Council
Chicago Purchase & Fitten
Birt
Baily
Bce
Sythe
Ceres
Moschus
East Bay Producers’ Milk Council
Singer
DART
Castro St
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