Year of Violence Flare Across Israel and Regions
United Press reports new year violence across the Mediterranean. In Algeria and Morocco French forces clash with rebels and terror groups, with 22 rebels and six Frenchmen killed in Algeria over two weeks. Israeli and Arab forces clash in the Gaza Strip and Negev, with an ambush killing two Israeli officials and wounding their driver. UN observers rush to scene as tension rises along the frontier.
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British Halt Arms Sale To Mideast
London officials say Britain suspends export licenses for surplus war materiel amid protests from Moscow radio and Daily Mirror. Foreign Office notes no licenses issued for significant quantities in months. 415 Sherman tanks sold to Belgium but none confirmed to reach the Middle East.
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Red Chief Answers Ihe Again Vernal Jousting
Bulganin replies to Eisenhower New Year's message warns hydrogen weapons keep risk of thermonuclear war. He speaks in a Telenews interview promising cautious optimism for 1956 and urges international trust. Khrushchev criticizes Eisenhower. U S reaction emphasizes Geneva spirit and liberation of captive peoples.
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Weather Outlook With Showers and Clearing Periods
Showers at times with periods of clearing today through Sunday. Little change in temperature as southerly winds run 8 to 16 mph.
Flood Threat Triggers Evacuations Across Northern California
Evacuations were ordered in two sparsely populated communities along the San Joaquin river as heavy rain swelled the waterway and weakened levees. Stockton patrols maintained watch while Crow’s Landing residents stayed put. engineers predicted the river would fall to safe levels today. Cooler weather slowed runoff signaling the end of the floods that devastated the region for over a week. President Eisenhower allocated 1 million dollars for California flood relief. Rescue workers continued silt removal and searches for flood victims, with at least 66 lives lost in the state. Undersheriff C Earl Blackburn and his son Robert were among five bodies found in Yuba City. The Kaweah and other rivers caused extensive damage. projects above cities were proposed but delayed by litigation. The Shasta dam held, keeping the Sacramento River from danger.
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DA's Last Chance In Abbott Trial
In Oakland the prosecution continues its rebuttal in the Horton Abbott kidnapping slay case as defense rests after presenting evidence including Abbott’s fly tying kit and car items. Spectrographic expert Bailey challenges Dr. Kirk on soil and boot fiber analysis while Low ell Bradford studies cat fibers from Abbott’s brother Mark’s vehicle.
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Reds Arrest Catholic Leader in Indochina
Saigon dispatch reports Indochinese communists arrested Trinh Nhu Archbishop of Hanoi, sending him to a concentration camp. The arrest follows his denial of a communist delegation access to Hanoi cathedral and the arrival of Czech missionaries to North Viet Nam to oppose the church.
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Hampton Funeral Today for Henry J Hempton
Funeral services were held for Henry J Hempton 52 at Sorenson Bros chapel Hayward after a jeep accident near Morgan Hill killed him Thursday Hempton a veteran Hayward Union High School District teacher and administrator joined the staff in 1935 serving 11 years as vice principal and also as dean of students
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Milk Price Hike Hearing Slated in California
SACRAMENTO public hearings on a proposal to raise home delivery milk prices in the Alameda Contra Costa area will begin at 10 am at 148 Alice Street Oakland. The plan seeks a one and one third cent increase per quart for the average home delivery customer who buys three quarters each delivery. The hearing is under a new law allowing quantity purchase discounts with discounts on large single wholesale deliveries over five dollars and fifty cents. Store prices are not expected to change.
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Dionne Quintuplets Reunite Despite Troubled Patched Up
The Dionne family welcomes three of the four surviving quintuplets back to the mansion for a New Year reunion. A statement from the quints and parents says misunderstandings have been resolved and forgiveness was extended. concerns linger over Father's health as he faces heart issues and high blood pressure while the sisters balance hospital duties and homecoming cheer.
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Traffic toll dips as Bay Area reports weekend crashes
Southern Alameda county sees only one serious crash while Hayward and Castro Valley incidents injure a grandmother and her grandson. A Niles Canyon pole accident injures a lineman, and a shipyard worker dies after crashing into a bridge stanchion. Police blockades, coffee stations, and 125 cars stopped yield 396 citations nationwide as traffic deaths remain below last week's Black Christmas totals.
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Snow Caps Bay Area Mountains Blanket region
Snow covered the San Francisco Bay Area with six to eight inch depths on Mount Tamalpais and Mount Hamilton. Snow also blanketed Berkeley hills and Kings Mountain and Saratoga Gap. Most melt in days, but Sierra snowpack persists with continued storms forecast. Elsewhere, floods receded in Central California while arctic cold hit the Deep South and Great Lakes.
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