Year End Celebrations Priced Across the Nation
As Americans take time off to ring in 1956, venues from New York to Salt Lake City publish diverse price points for New Year’s Eve dinners, drinks, and shows. Hotels and clubs list packages from about 7.50 to 30 dollars per person, with variations in meals, drinks, and entertainment.
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Maine
California
New York
Embassy Club
Knight Box
Ambassador Hotel
Park Avenue
New York City
Latin Quarter
Copacabana
Chateau Madrid
Cocoanut Grove
Los Angeles
Ciro’s
Hollywood
New Orleans
Roosevelt
Louisiana
Primr
Lily Christine
Detroit
Wonder Bar
Motor City
Sheraton-Cadillac
Motor Bar
Victor Lim
Philadelphia
San Francisco
Bimbo
Sheraton Palace
Chicago
Chez Paree
Ambassador East Pump Room
Bismarck
Washington
Atlanta
St. Louis
Salt Lake City
Utah
Empire
Jaycees Distribute Christmas Food Baskets
Decatur Junior Chamber of Commerce and the Salvation Army distributed about 50 Christmas baskets valued at 1500 dollars. The Jaycees spent 500 dollars for contents with merchant donations and price trims extending the budget. Bill Lee chaired the effort.
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Jaycees
Decatur
Salvation Army Chapter
Bill Lee
Brecker Redevelops Roseland After 37 Years of Dance Fame
Lou Brecker, founder of Roseland and longtime Broadway dance impresario, prepares to leave the old site after 37 years and 20 million dancers. The new Roseland Dance City will seat 5,000 with three television sets, reflecting a shift from the former lively venue to a sedate glamor.
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Hal Boyle
New York
Broadway
Louis J. Brecker
America
Lou
Dorothy
Brecker
Roseland
Rudolph Valentino
Joan Crawford
Fred
Adele Astaire
Tony de Marco
al Jolson
Ruby Keeler
George Raft
Jimmy Walker
Jayne Mansfield
California
Vincent Lopez
Harry James
Tommy Dorsey
Glenn Miller
Birmingham Negro minister leads civil rights clash after blast
Fred Lee Shuttlesworth, a 34 year old Birmingham preacher, survived a Christmas night dynamite attack and leads a Negro push against segregation laws. He cites God’s hand guiding his mission and vows immediate action, aiming for a federal test of Birmingham's bus seating rules and broader race integration.
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Birmingham
Fred Lee Shuttlesworth
Shuttlesworth
Montgomery
Mobile
Ala
Selma University
Selma
Selma U. and
Alabama State Teachers College
Dallas
Bethel Baptist Church
Alabama Christian Movement For Human Rights
National Assny For Advancement of Colored People
South
World Today non ending year leaves big questions for 1957
James Marlow surveys 1956 as a year of unanswered questions spanning the West, Middle Europe, the Middle East and Asia. He argues Russian policy, Hungary and Poland revolts, and the Egypt crisis strained Western unity and raises what the next year may bring. He notes Nasser and Nehru could shift blocs as the alliance reevaluates how to confront Moscow.
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Washington
West
Middle Europe
Middle East
Asia
Kremlin
Poland
Hungary
Russia
Stalin
Britain
France
Egypt
United States
Nasser
India
Nehru
Constipation and Thrifty Colon Remedies
Medical note describes a thrifty colon causing dry hard stool that blocks the bowel. It explains that remoistening the waste and adding bulk is needed to stimulate a normal urge to purge. Recommends bulk laxatives to restore regularity.
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Ross Allen
South America
Silver Springs
Fla
Marlin Perkins
NBC
Amazon
Perkins
Associated Fress
Convoy
Tlaeach
2Nd Avenue
Boyle
Ister
Air Force
Arnold I. Beck
Brooklyn
N.Y
Wright Air Development Center
Dayton
Ohio
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