Prayer Pilgrimage Amid Mass Arrests in Montgomery
In Montgomery Alabama a minister calls 10 000 Negroes to prayer on the eve of a planned mass protest through city streets against numerous bus boycott arrests. Rev R D Abernathy says 10 000 will gather at his church tonight while 112 leaders await arraignment and bond postings set at 300 dollars each.
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Montgomery
Ala Ih
R. D. Abernathy
Rase Parks
Abernathy
Montgomery County
Grand Jury
Highway 50 Crash Kills Youth In Livermore Pass
Six Oakland youths all aged 16 were in a crash on U S Highway 50 near Livermore pass. Donald Johnstone 16 was killed, Richard Critchlow 16 was critically injured, and four others including driver Bruce Graybiel 16 were treated for injuries. The car rolled over after losing control on a curve near Livermore.
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U.S. Highway 50
Livermore Pass
Donald Johnstone
Rawson Street
Highland Hospital
Richard “Jeff” Critchlow
Kingland Avenue
Bruce Alan Graybiel
Tresile Glen Toad
St. Paul's Hospital
Livermere
Traty
Graybiel
Basil E. Graybiel
Livermore
California
Johnstone
Livermore Hospital
Gary Gates
Birdsall Avenue
James Walfertingen
Kingsland Avenue
Richard Hill
Redding Place
Michael Cunnane
Maubert Avenue
San Leandro
162Nd Avenue
Mateo Street
Patricia Kelly
East 34Th Street
Kelly
Fairmont Hospital
Eden Hospital
Hayward
San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge
Josie D. Carter
Charlene
Marie Libby
Carter
Edith V. Dar
San Francisco
Tracy
St Santa Rita
St. All's Hospital
Federal Hike In Fuel Tax Is Approved
Washington The House Ways and Means committee approved a one cent increase in the federal gasoline and diesel fuel tax and a higher levy on trucks and buses to fund a multi billion dollar highway network. The plan would raise taxes on trucks and buses from eight to 16 percent of manufacturers' sales price, with further votes on retreading material taxes.
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Washington
House
Ways and Means
Hale -Boggs
Philippines urged to host SEATO maneuvers in Manila
Manila reports Lt Gen Jesus Vargas chief of staff said he would recommend at the SEATO meeting in Kerachi that the next SEATO maneuvers be held in the Philippines. He recalled that demonstrations were approved at the Melbourne conference. Thailand sponsored maneuvers last week.
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P.M. T
Jesus Vargas
Philippines Armed Forces
SEATO
Kerachi
Philippines
Vargas
Melbourne
Thailand
End of Storms Sparks Sunny California Forecast
Cloudy conditions ease across the region with sun and a few showers tonight. Governor Knight appeals to Nixon and Knowland to unite California Republicans for 70 delegates to the GOP national convention, aiming to keep Ike Eisenhower’s reelection bid strong while tensions linger over primary strategy.
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Oregon
Cavcern
Washington
Sacramento
Goodwin J. Knight
Richard M. Nixon
William F. Knowland
Eisenhower
Knight
Hisenhower
Knowland
Senate
Ike
Santa Helps Flood-Stricken Yuba City Rejoice
In flooded Yuba City and Marysville a local effort brightened Christmas for children. Stewart Stanton, seven, cheered as Santa seemed set to visit, while thousands faced evacuation and lost presents. Gov Goodwin planned to tour the area with Santa, gifting items from state and Lions clubs as relief actions continued.
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Yuba City
Stewart Stanton
Santa Claus
Stewart
Marysville
Santa
Eisenhower
Goodwin Jight
Alaméda Naval Air Station
Southern California
Lions Clubs
U S Releases Uranium Stock for Peaceful Use
Washington announced a major move in the atoms for peace program by releasing 1 billion dollars worth of uranium for peaceful uses at home and abroad. About 40 tons of uranium 235 will be distributed to reactors and research, with half leased in the United States and the rest abroad, excluding Russia and its satellites and Britain already a producer.
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Washington
United States
Eisenhower
Thomasville
Russia
Great Britain
Nikolai Bulganin
Ussia
Readith
Spring Nuclear Test Series Set in March
The United States plans a major spring nuclear test series in the Pacific starting in March or early April. The tests will include the first drop of an H bomb under the spring program and may extend into June, shifting earlier than previously scheduled.
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Washington
U.S
Pacific
Hattie Carnegie Dies at 70 Fashion Pioneer in New York
Austrian immigrant Hattie Carnegie died at 70 after a long illness. She helped position New York as a global fashion center designing clothing for society matrons, a WAC uniform, and a Carmelite order nun habit. Born in Vienna, she came to the United States as a teen and rose from Macy's messenger to fashion designer and partner with Rose Roth.
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New. York
Hattie Carnegie
New York
WAC
Miss Carnegie
Vienna
United States
Toke Ane
Macy's Departmentore
Werather
Rose| Roth
Job
Tee
Miss Roth
Floods and storms strike the West and South Regions
Evacuations near the Russian and Napa rivers amid rising floodwaters. Rail lines and highways mostly reopen after slides. Sonoma County avoided major damage while some families faced possible evacuations. Alameda and Oregon disaster declarations followed heavy rains and floods. Nationwide, Gulf towns faced storms as northern states endured freezing temperatures and snow.
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Eel River
Napa
Sonoma County
Alameda County
Washington
Oregon
Elmo Smith
Grants Pass
Gulf
Texas
Mercury
Plains
Idaho
Dakotas
Minnesota
Mississippi Valley
Suffocation Blamed For Death Of Sudanese Farmers
In Khartoum officials report 190 of 285 prisoners died from suffocation after riots by cotton farmers at Kosti in Blue Nile. The dead include 20 farmers, two policemen, and a guard amid protests over crop delivery and pricing. Authorities investigate the so called black hole confinement and the government links to Ansar followers led by Abdel Rahman El Mahdi.
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Sudan
Ihn
Anjet Kosti
Blackhole
Nile Tenants League
Goda
New Toting
White Nile
Kosti
Blue Nile
Shazly
Suden
Frazier Izmail el Azhary
Ansar
Abdel Rahmen “el Mahdi
Knight Outlines Four Point State Water Plan
Governor Goodwin Knight announced a four point program to advance the Feather River project and unify state water resources. He seeks legislative action in March for dam and reservoir sites, 1957 funding for full scale construction, a special session to create a single water department, and grants on a matching basis to repair flood damaged public facilities. He also proposes revising tidelands royalty distribution to fund water resources, with FRP funding possibly between seven and twenty six million dollars.
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Los
Angelesia
Goodwin J. Knight
Feather River
Department of Water Resources
Knight
Chamber of Commerce Water Con
Oroville Dam
San Luis Dam
Tidelands
Eisenhower to Meet Mexican President and Canadian PM
The White House announced that President Eisenhower will meet Mexico's president and the Canadian prime minister for a conference on matters of common interest in late March.
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Thomasville
INS
White House
Eisenhower
Mexico
Judge Hoyt Seeks Tougher Juvenile Policy
Judge Ralph Hoyt of Alameda County adopts a sterner stance toward serious juvenile offenders, hoping to deter crime though initial effects include crowding at Juvenile Hall. Proba tion Officer Buckley reports an influx of detainees as word spreads about the judge’s rough approach. He questions traditional methods and outlines eight key issues guiding the new policy.
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Lorenzo Buckley
Hoyt
Niles
Tig County
Earl Says Ihe May Run Again
Earl Eisenhower said last night he believes his brother, the president, will seek a second term though he called it his personal opinion. He noted there is no inside information and stressed he has no certainty about Dwight D. Eisenhower's plans.
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LA Grange
Earl Eisenhower
Eisenhower
Edgar
Iel.centre
Calif
Chicago
Dwight
Copter Crash. Admiral Saved in Tokyo Bay Rescue
A U S Navy helicopter carrying Admiral Fitzhugh Lee and three officers crashed and sank in Tokyo Bay but all four were rescued in under five minutes. Lee suffered a dislocated right shoulder while Lt. Cmdr. Raymond and Lt. McGrath received minor cuts. Cmdr. Morelock escaped injury.
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Gppama
Japan
U. S. Navy
Tokyo Bay
Fitzhugh Lee
Fleet Air Commander
Western Pacific
R. IH. Raymond
Chula Vista
Calif
K. McGrath
Cmdr
J. P.morelock
Opening of First Stage Bay-Fair Bids Set Today
Bids for the first stage construction of the Bay Fair shopping center were to be opened at 2:30 p.m. today in San Francisco. The $25,000,000 center, to be built around a Macy's store at East 14th Street and 134th Avenue, will be constructed in two stages. The first stage, put out for bid Jan. 4, includes site preparation, the two story Macy's store, and a large market.
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San Leandro
San Francisco
East 14Th Street
134Th Avenue
S-acre
Dulles Ready On Tank Deal
Secretary of State John Foster Dulles prepared to testify before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee that he originally approved the shipment of 18 U S tanks to Saudi Arabia. Undersecretary Herbert Hoover Jr. will accompany him as they explain the on again off again tanker deal amid a Middle East arms embargo.
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Washington
John Foster Dulles
Senate
U. S
Saudi Arabia
Dulles
Herbert Hoover, Jr
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
State Department
U S Weather Balloon Found in Formosa Mountains
Reports from Hualien in the eastern region say a U S weather balloon was found Wednesday afternoon in the aboriginal area on Formosa s east coast. The balloon was in good condition with only slight damage to its weather observation apparatus.
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U.S
Hualien
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