Gas and Blood Holiday Toll Exceeds Christmas Record
A 1940s style holiday toll analysis notes gas oil and blood linking to car travel. It cites 705 Americans killed and 24 000 injured during Christmas and up to 490 expected New Year fatalities. Causes include speed, weather, and alcohol with calls for civic backing to reduce deaths. It also references safety officials and quotes from Texas and California officials.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Safety Council Now
J. O. Musick
Texas Safety Assn
Malibu fires rage as second blaze prompts arson concern
State and federal officials mobilized aid as two brush fires ripped through Malibu. A second fire erupted last night and by morning had scorched more than 1,800 acres, destroyed nine homes, and at one point threatened a 75-room Franciscan Monastery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Malibu
Calif
California
Fire Chief Warns of New Malibu Fire as Satellite Talks Loom
County Fire Chief Keith Klinger described a second fire near Malibu as possibly sparked by the earlier blaze. Officials noted an odd hour start and the Malibu area evacuated monks and residents as the Ventura County fire expanded. A Bel Air brush fire burned 40 acres before being controlled. Imogene Coca reported hearing a speeding car before seeing the flames. Governor Knight declared a state disaster. the Sixth Army offered aid. Channel leasing rumors tied to Garden City satellite transmitter and Channel 2 NBS affiliate KCKT were also referenced amid the turbulence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Keith Klinger
Watson
Los Angeles
Santa Monica
Garden City
Klinger
Channel 6
Ensign
Goodwin J. Knight
Henry Haton
California
Sixth Army
Ventura County
Los Angeles County
Malibu Township
Malibu Canyon
Comedienne
Imogene Coca
Bel Air
Explosion Shakes Dynamite Plant in New Castle Area
An explosion ripped through Ameri tan Cyanamid Co dynamite plant near New Castle causing structural collapse and window damage across the site. Orrin W Calder Goodland Wood, 57, suffered critical injuries in the ammonia building as shock waves rattled homes seven miles away in New Castle and surrounding towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Caste
Ameri Tan Cyanamid Co
U.S
Edinburg
Barder City
Orrin W. Calder
Goodland Wood
New Castle
Bend Min
Rungell
Denver Dows
New Psaion Castle
Lamar
Tree Blaze on Jan 6 Sponsored by Garen City Youth Council
The annual hurting of the green ceremony by the Garen City youth council will be held Sunday night January 6. A short service begins at 8 30 pm at Brethren church and the burning will occur behind the football stadium. Residents should place trees behind the stadium for collection by council members who can be reached at 3115 or 4936. Bob Logan, youth council president, will lead the program.
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Garen City
Bob Logan
Mars Showed Gray Drought Color At Closest Reach
ALTON S BLAKESLEE reports from New York that Mars during its closest approach in 132 years displayed gray areas that may indicate plant life under a severe drought. Carl Sagan and G P Kuiper noted possible greens and blues earlier, but this year gray patches dominate, suggesting tough, efficient Martian flora if life exists.
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Alton “S
Blakeslee
New York
Mars
Excelent
Carl Sagan
McDonald Observatories
University of Chicago
Sagan
G. P. Kuiper
Advancement of Science
Earth
Sagda
Nixon says no bottleneck possible at refugee camp Kilmer
President Nixon, after a two continent refugee airlift tour, visited Camp Kilmer New Jersey and observed orderly processing and ample mess hall seating. He said there is no evidence of a bottleneck if resettlement goals expand and noted screening is generally effective though reports of Hungarian secret police accusations persist without confirmed arrivals in the United States.
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Camp Kilmer
N.J. U
Richard M. Nixon
Nixon
Army Center
Freedom
Austria
United States
Immigration Service
Washington
Building Board Names Coming topeka appointment plans announced
Gov elect George Docking said he would name new members to the State Office Building Commission within days. The current commission's terms expire April 1 and Docking aims to have appointees meet the existing panel to learn the commission's work. Incumbent head W. Shaw trails in the 1957 race, with only two returning Republicans. Docking plans to appoint Democrats to the new board.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Topeka
George Docking
State Office Building Commission
Docxire
Commissior
Stren Shaw
Docking
Streamlined Army Divisions To Handle Atomic Battles
Washington reports the Army plans to replace old three regiment infantry divisions with five combat units geared for atomic warfare. New light 7.62mm machine gun and a guided missile named Dart are part of a major reorganization aimed at dispersal and increased firepower.
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San Francisco
Donna Brad
Ford
Finneycoun
Army
Movnced
Washington
6Th Army
Ft. Ord
Bradford
Calif
California
Cecil B. DeMille
Talion
Eisenhower
Wilson
Two Haskell Papers Merge Consolidation of Sublette Monitor
Rolland Jacquart announces the consolidation of Sublette Monitor and Satanta Chief into the Has kell County Monitor Chief starting next week. The two papers have run since 1929, with Beatrice L Jacquart and Henry J Jacequart among the longtime publishers. since 1885 the area has seen 13 papers. The merger aims to simplify production by removing dual mechanical make-up as the counties move toward a single consolidated news source.
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Sublette
Haskell County
Sublette Monitor
Rolland Jacquart
Monitor
Henry J. Jacequart
Beatrice L. Jacquart
Ivanhee Times
Whittles
Kansas
Morehhan
Meade, Gray
Ford
South-Dominated Committee Pushes for DC School Segregation
A House subcommittee majority urged abolishing racial integration in District of Columbia public schools, claiming integration harmed schools and should be maintained on a separate and equal basis. The panel faulted integration for higher costs and white flight, naming James C. Davis, John Bell Williams, Woodrow W. Jones, and Joel T. Broyhill as signatories. Miller and Hyde criticized the report as incomplete yet factual in parts.
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Associated
District of Columbia
House
Washington
Virginia
James C. Davis
D-Ga
John Bell Williams
Dmiss
Woodrow W. Jones
D-Nc
Joel T. Broyhill
R-Va
Broyhill
Potomac River
Sixeman
A. K. Miller
R-Necht
DeWitt
Hyda
R-Md
Maryland
Tallahassee
Fla
Birmingham
Ala
Cities Transit
Inec
Transit Compus
Miller
Hyde
Supreme Court
Robert E. Lindbergh
Miller and Hyde
Lindbergh
F. L. Shutf
Bettlesworth
Tister
Birm
Bingham
Louisiana
District of Co
Umbia
Baton Rouge
Tax payments lag 1955 rate by date
Payments are slower this year with 79 percent of taxes paid by this date in 1955 residents had contributed at a higher rate.
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William J, Conway
Chicago
Son
Outer Space
Te Hdi
Texas
Hiiness
Bernar R. Caldwell
Highway Patrol
Sant ‘Francisco
Texas City
State Division of Traffic Safety
William G. Stratton
NSC
Agriculture Committee
J. Floyd Breeding
D-Kas
Decoy
Clifford Hope
McGovern
Harold Q. Leyte
South Dakota
Republica
Weaver
Nebraska
Avery
Gross
Iowa
Wint Smith
Karsats
Hope
Congress
Ayers
Smith
Harrison
Hoeven
Town
le Commie
Aera
Jata
KCKT
Great Bend
Here
FCC
Wichita
Kansas City Star
Jack Williams
Uncle Joe
KIUS
Joe Tennessen
Gardiner
Clyde Daniel
Joe
Gardiner’s
Bunnet
Richard’ Henkle
Jay
Henkles
Haskell
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