Eisenhower to appeal for domestic unity for world peace
President Eisenhower plans a 15 minute telecast on Thursday to urge national cooperation at home as a step toward the world peace climate sought during an 11 nation goodwill tour. He will address domestic issues including the steel strike and will discuss the trip abroad and efforts to strengthen cooperation among U S groups.
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Washington
Eisenhower
America
White House
James C. Hagerty
Hagerty
Kadar Defends Hungary Stay of Soviet Troops
January 1957 report from Budapest says Janos Kadar declares Soviet troops will remain in Hungary as long as needed. He blames the United States for the 1956 uprising and criticizes Western opposition to Hungary while urging mutual troop withdrawal among bloc nations. Khrushchev’s visit looms as the congress opens.
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Budapest
Hungary
Nikita Khrushchev
Janos Kadar
Communist Party
United States
Kadar
U.S
United Nations
Khrushchev
Congress
Tunisia Pushes France for Free Voting in Algeria Talks
UN delegate Mongi Slim for Tunisia urged France to address election guarantees and allow Algerians a real vote in peace talks with Algerian rebels. He praised De Gaulle for reconciliation but pressed acceptance of five imprisoned rebel leaders as negotiators.
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United Nations, N.Y
Tunisia
France
Mongi Slim
Slim
U.N
Charles de Gaulle
State aims to drop windshield insurance proof for cabs buses
Albany report states that as of Jan 1 the State Motor Vehicles Bureau will remove windshield sticker proof of insurance for taxicabs and buses. Commissioner William S. Hults notes the change follows a universal compulsory insurance law for all vehicles, making separate proof unnecessary.
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Albany
State Motor Vehicles Bureau
William S. Hults
Hults
Why London Airport Trip Takes Longer Than Flight to Paris
Aviation Minister Duncan Sandys told the House that airplanes fly too fast. he rejected monorail or helicopter links as costly and projected road upgrades would cut the London airport drive to 23 to 25 minutes, down from about an hour. Paris flight under an hour. In Hong Kong a 95 year old beggar fined ten dollars with 1600 in cash said she saved it for buying a coffin.
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London
Paris
Duncan Sandys
House of Commons
Sandys
Judge Clears Five Major Drug Firms in Price Fixing Case
A federal judge in Trenton, New Jersey, cleared five drug firms Eli Lilly Parke Davis Wyeth Pitman Moore Allied Merck of price fixing after a three year probe. Judge Phillip Forman ruled the government failed to negate every reasonable hypothesis of innocence in a circumstantial evidence case.
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Trenton
N.J
Phillip Forman
U.S
Forman
Eli Lilly & Co
Indianapolis
Ind
Parke Davis Co
Detroit
Wyeth Laboratories
American Home Products Corp
New York
Pitman - Moore
Allied Laboratories
Kansas City
Merck Sharp & Dohme
Merck, Inc
Air Force Limits Endurance Record for B47 Jet Flight
The Air Force reports an unofficial jet endurance record of 80 hours 36 minutes and 39,200 miles by a B47, flown from Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio, to mark testing of a tilting ejection seat with a pulsating cushion and pneumatic back rest. The flight began November 27 and ended November 28.
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Washington
Air Force
Wright- Patterson Air Force Base
Dayton
Ohio
Susan MacMurray weds Los Angeles businessman Thomas Poole
Hollywood announces the marriage of Susan MacMurray, 19, to Thomas Moore Poole, 31, a Los Angeles businessman, after Fred MacMurray disclosed the match.
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Hollywood
Fred MacMurray
Susan
Thomas Moore Poole
Los Angeles
Inside The Tiser Bridge and Theaters Pete
A compact reading of the page shows sections on television comics and theaters with editorial and market notes. It references area news and sports as part of the layout, highlighting a mixed editorial overview.
Police Elite Squad Begins Today in NYC
New York city launches a 75 member police elite squad all six feet tall or taller under 30. The unit will patrol high crime areas with first assignment focused on the Lower East Side amid a surge in mugging and robbery cases.
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New York
Stephen P. Kennedy
Lower East Side
Official History Backs Iire on War Decision
The Army’s official World War II history defends Eisenhower’s 1944 restraint on Allied advances after D-Day. It argues a dash toward Germany risked disaster for Patton and Montgomery due to fuel and supply shortages, saying rapid pursuit could have cost mobility and stretched scarce logistics.
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Washington
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Germany
Bernard L. Montgomery
U.S
George Patton
Eisenhower
R. G. Ruppenthal
Montgomery
Ruppenthal
Normandy
Patton
3Rd Army
Threatened Bus Strike Called Off
The Trans port Workers Union accepted a four point proposal to extend negotiations to Dec. 14 and grant a seven cent an hour wage rise with retroactivity. Michael J. Quill informed Mayor Wagner by phone after committee talks. The plan would avoid a walkout by 8,000 drivers and mechanics on seven private bus lines across Manhattan Brooklyn the Bronx Queens and parts of Westchester.
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New York
Transport Workers Union
Michael J. Quill
TWU
Robert F. Wagner
Manhattan
Brooklyn
Bronx
Queens
Westchester
Israel proposes talks on Palestine Arab refugees at UN
Israel offered again at the United Nations to negotiate a solution to the Palestine Arab refugee issue with the Arab governments in the Middle East. There was no immediate Arab response, and none was expected. Ambassador Michael Comay, newly appointed as permanent U.N. representative, repeated the offer to discuss all differences with the Arabs who have been at war with Israel since 1948.
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United Nations
N. Y
Israel
Middle East
Michael Comay
U.N
No Bid For African Queen Salvage at Norfolk Auction
Four Tidewater salvagers failed to get a bid above the $250000 minimum for the 428 foot stern section of the African Queen after the federal court ordered auction. No sale was made as the crowd remained silent and the quartet considers dismantling the ship for scrap or selling metal.
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Norfolk
Tidewater
A. E. Sadler
Lloyd, Deir
Belden Little
Paul K. Brady
Little
Henry E. Howell Jr
Howell
Sadler
Gifford Warner
Connecticut
Dei
Brady
Ocean City
Broker
Maryland
Gracie
Hampton Roads
Chemung County OKs 2% Sales Tax Start March 1
The Chemung County Board of Supervisors approved a 2 percent countywide sales tax and a compensating use tax in a 45 minute session. The measures pass 14 9 for the sales tax and 18 5 for the compensating use tax with Elmira City Council later approving the distribution formula. The taxes take effect next March 1 pending State Comptroller Levitt approval.
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Chemung County Board of Supervisors
Arthur Levitt
Elmira
Chemung County
Movers Praise Board For Levy Approval In Chemung County
The Elmira City Council unanimously approved resolutions accepting its share of a Chemung County retail sales tax and compensating use tax revenue. Mayor Edward Mooers praised county supervisors for good judgment and courage noting the tax will lower real estate taxes and help the elderly and low income while applying to utilities. Corp. Counsel Donovan said the city’s net share will be about 47 percent and tied to county tax procedures, with Johnson noting tax-exempt property could reduce revenue.
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Elmira
van Etten
Catlin
Charles F. Evans
Edwin C. Kesselring
Frank J. Farrell
David R. Shoemaker
Joseph Vavrasek
J. Anson Saunders
Shoemaker
10Th Ward
Samuel J. Karam
Ninth Ward
John E. Vallely
Chine
Bendix Aviation Corp
Bendix
Hazlett
Broome
Hazlet
Second Ward
Joseph E. Rice
Southport
W. Jay Holden
Saunders
Twelfth Ward
James Harper
James E. Personius
Ashland
Gerald Harbaugh
Chemung County
County Board of Supervisors
State Comptroller's Office
Edward A. Mooers
Board of Supervisors
Mooers
Corp
Paul M. Donovan
New York State
Donovan
Angus T. Johnson
Johnson
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