Okinawa to Be U.S. Gibraltar For Far East
Secretary of the Army Wilber Brucker, returning from the Orient, said Okinawa will be the nerve center of U.S. Far East defense with a permanent buildup. He noted 260 millimeter atomic cannons, Marines, air installations and said the U.S. will stay there for many years. He also doubted a Chinese Communist attack on Quemoy in the near term.
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Washington
INS
America
Far East
Okinawa
Pentaton
Army
Wilber N. Brucker
Orient
Brucker
Pentagon
Quemoy
Chiang Kai-shek
United States
Quiet Holiday for Teenager After Spree
A 16 year old girl identified as Lynn spent Christmas roaming the M L Parker department store in Davenport and New Year’s at the county juvenile home after a New Year’s court ruling. She hid inside the store on Christmas Eve and over three days gathered $600 in clothes jewelry and cosmetics she hadn’t paid for before being captured nearby.
Gale Faces Fund Problems In New Superintendent Term
Everett L. Gale, new Hayward Area Recreation District superintendent, will confront budget woes at his first advisory board meeting Tuesday night. The district failed in two bond elections last year and could not secure loans for recreation facilities. Directors aim to acquire a five acre park next to Arroyo High and San Lorenzo Creek, with another five acre parcel proposed by Washington Manor Community Services district.
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Everet L. Gale
Hayward Area
Laython Landis
Arroyo High School
San Lorenzo Creek
Washington Manor Community Services District
San Lorenzo Elementary
TV and Appliances Firm Moves to New Irvington Offices
Wade and Hansen Television and Appliances moved to 1349 Broadway Irvington in a new building that owners Lloyd Wade and Merv Hansen say will help serve Washington Township customers better.
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Irvington
Wade and Hansen Television and Appliances
Broadway
Lloyd Wade
Merv Hansen
Washington Township
Election clashes as Mitterand faces Poujade in Nevers rally
French partisans clashed at a Nevers rally during the final hours of the parliamentary campaign. Mitterand and Mendes led the left while Poujade’s followers disrupted meetings with violence and heckling. Polls open Monday with results expected shortly after midnight.
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Nevers
France
Francois
Mitterand
Pierre Poujade
Ofihe
Mendes
Pierre Mendes
Edgar Faure
Reds Say Nationalists Step Up China Raids
Taipei reports claim Nationalist air and naval raids along the South China coast as Beijing alleges intrusions and attacks on fishing boats and ships. Peiping radio in London cites 105 groups in 348 sorties from Dec 13 to 29. Chiang Kai-shek vows to fight Communist forces to the bitter end in a New Year message, predicting a crucial 1956.
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Tokyo
China
South China
Taipei
Matsu
Quemoy
Peiping
London
Red
Tunghsa Island
Santuao
Querang
Amoy
Formosa
Generalissima
Chiang Kai-shek
Chiang
Court Approves Scandal Trial of Attorney Calhoun
San Francisco The state Supreme Court cleared the way for the trial of Bernard F. Calhoun, Los Angeles attorney, in the Southern California liquor scandal. Calhoun, allied with William G. Bonelli, was indicted for soliciting political contributions from liquor interests via Bonelli's office to aid the 1954 Bowen campaign. The court rejected Calhoun's bid to block the case, with Justices Carter and Schauer dissenting. The grand jury charged the pair with soliciting from licensees across San Diego, Los Angeles, Orange, Riverside and San Bernardino counties.
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San Francisco
State Supreme Court
Bernard F. Calhoun
Los Angeles
Southernalifornia
Calhoun
San Diego County
Wiliam G. Bonelli
State Board of Equalization
Bonelli
Bowell
Arizona
Southern California Spirits Foundation
High Court
Jesse W. Carter
B. Rey Schauer
Carter
Board of Equalization
San Diego
Orange
Riverside
San Bernardino
Insurance Head Leaves Fortune To Secretary
CHICAGO It- An insurance executive’s will turned his secretary into a millionaire. Alfred E. Forrest, 49, president of North American Accident Insurance Co., left most of his estate to Hazel Boonstrom, 48, as probate revealed an estate of 2,370,775 with a net after tax share for Boonstrom around 1,279,968. Forrest’s sister Mrs Snider Rathbone of Pasadena receives a 200,000 trust. Boonstrom had served as secretary to Forrest’s late father and continued after the son’s succession.
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Chicago
Alfred E. Forrest
North American Accident Insurance Co
Hazel Boonstrom
Forrest
Canine Campaigner Promotes Coffee For The Road
In Rockford a police dog wearing a cask of coffee around its neck drew attention for the Coffee For the Road campaign aimed at New Year Eve drivers. The event used a Great Dane to symbolize safety and alertness on holiday travel.
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Rockford
L. 1
Police
Bandit with Siren Stuns Bettis in Gaffney Robbery
A bakery truck driver Ralph Bettis reported a bandit who used a siren to approach. he thought a police car followed but the other vehicle paused then a robber grabbed about $40,285.81. The incident occurred as markets and stock figures were also reported in New York.
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Gaffney
S.C
Ralph Bettis
Xork
Bettis
NEW York
INS
Fridaay
Stock, Exchange
American
Stock Exchange
New York Stock Exchange
Dow Jones Tone Averages Report Odd OCR Reading
A garbled New York stock report shows tone averages with unclear numbers. The fragment mentions Dow Jones indices and percentages, but the data is unreadable and partially corrupted.
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New York
Dow Jonés
Sergeant Has Host of Visitors in Nagoya Home
At a Nagoya rented home Air Force Secretary Donald A. Quarles visited Sgt. Fred T. Aguilar and his family plus a crowd of officers and aides. Aguilar, based in San Bernardino, described paying 60 dollars monthly rent and 40 dollars for utilities for the two bedroom house built by Japanese contractors under Air Force supervision.
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Nagoya
Japan
Fred T. Aguilar
Air Force
Donald A. Quarles
Aguilar
Quarles
Far
East Air Force
Laurence. S. Juter
Fifth Air Force
Roger M. Ramey
U.s.air Force
Far -East
San Bernardino
U.S. Servicermen
Car Thief Hoisted Into Trouble in Chicago
CHICAGO 1 Levi Johnson 28 admitted taking a parked car and missing help after a stall. He flagged down another vehicle seeking a push, but the situation worsened as the encounter unfolded, revealing further complications.
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Chicago
Levi Johnson
Buchanan Olds Cadillac Agency to Replace Myers Motor
Buchanan announces the new Car Agency name Oldsmobile Cadillac will begin Jan 1 with Joe Buchanan as owner at 5 Castro Street Hayward. He brings 22 years in the auto industry including Berkeley General Motors work and leadership in local civic groups and dealer associations. He vows to maintain current staff policies.
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Berkeley Elks Club
Berkeley, Kiwanis Club
Berkeley Champer of Commerce
Convention and Tourist Bureau of
Berkeley
Hastbay
National Safety Council
Eastbay Motor Car Dealers Association
Itm
Buchanan
Gregory Peck in Marriage Talk After Divorce Decree
Film star Gregory Peck refused comment on marriage plans after Greta Peck won a final divorce decree in France. Veronique Pas sani reported the ruling. Peck and Greta Peck share two sons.
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Gregory
Peck
Veronique Passani
Greta
Canadian resort owner charged after island shooting death
Brockville Ont. reports a murder case as 42 year old Sea tourist resort owner Knapp is ordered held without bail until a preliminary hearing. George Knapp was found dead in a Newboro lake cottage on an island 35 miles north of Brockville. Knapp reportedly drank heavily before the shooting, killed by a German Luger pistol and a 20 gauge shotgun, dying from stomach wounds. Knapp and Mrs Ricks had known each other about 20 years.
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Brockville
Ont
Ona. Rigks
A. Sea
George F' Nape
Thomas Coursene
Perth
Knapp
Farm Prices Fall as Nation Prospering Despite Prospects
Washington report shows mid-December farm prices down 1 percent from November and 7 percent from a year ago, with parity at 80 percent the lowest since 1940. Democrats blame surpluses, call for fast action in Congress. farm policy debate intensifies as 1956 rice allotments and price supports are cut.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Moonth
Congress
International News Service
Hubert H.humphrey
D-Minn
John Sparkman
Ala
Humphrey
New York
Sparkman
Agriculture
Ezra Taft Henson
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