Canada Plane Missing With 62 Aboard
A Trans-Canada Air Lines four engine North Star with 59 passengers and 3 crew vanished in a gale over southern British Columbia after departing Hope for Montreal. The craft likely ran out of fuel around 11 pm with no radio contact. Captain Allan Clarke, 35, Dorothy Bjornson, 24, and John Boon, 26, were aboard the missing plane.
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Trans-Canada Air Lines
Vancouver
Montreal
B. C
British Columbia
North Star
Hope
Here
Trans-Canada
Calgary
Regina
Winnipeg
Toronto
Penticton
Paul Brindamour
Fraser River
TCA
Allan Clarke
Dorothy Bjornston
Swan River
Man
John Boon
North Vancouver
B.C
Canada
RCAF
Trans-Canada North Star
Moose Jaw
Sask
Abbotsford
Suez Policy Is Shaped In Paris
Dulles and Lloyd met at the American Embassy in Paris and reported real progress toward a unified NATO stance on the Suez issue. They discussed canal clearance and operation as well as future control, signaling Western unity during a week of allied diplomacy and upcoming NATO talks.
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NATO Alliance
Dulles
Pineau
Dulles-Lloyd
NATO Council
Western European Union
Lloyd
NATO
United States
Middle East
Egypt
The Clothing We Wear Reflects Inner Spirit and Character
The text argues attire mirrors personality and is chosen to please others yet satisfies the wearer. It states clothing affects morale, attitude, and daily work, and that spiritual dress, not worn or changed with seasons, reflects nearness to His pattern and reveals sincere, brave, kind qualities.
United States seeks UN censure of Soviet action in Hungary
At UN General Assembly, the United States and 15 nations urged condemnation of the Soviet Union for violating the UN Charter by depriving Hungary of independence and rights. The draft resolution calls for immediate withdrawal of Soviet armed forces under UN observation and reestablishment of Hungary's political independence. Cuban delegate Emilio Nunez Portuondo planned a rival measure to censure Russia if it ignored Assembly resolutions, but suspension or expulsion was deemed unlikely.
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United Nations
N.Y
United States
U.N. General Assembly
Hungary
Emilio Nunez-Portuondo
Assembly
Russia
U.N
Byrd backs delay in British payment
Sen. Byrd says he will support an emergency postponement, not cancellation, of Britain’s nearly 82 million dollar December interest payment on the postwar loan and the 600 million dollars lend lease settlement. He favors no broad new aid program and backs limited military aid, urging Britain to honor contracts.
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Washington
Sen
Byrd
D-Va
Great Britain
United States
Senate Finance Committee
Suez Canal
Europe
Britain
Eisenhower
Congress
Secretary of the Treasury
Humphrey
New York
Kadar Expands Martial Law Drive Against Rebels
Vienna reports rigid controls as Premier Janos Kadar’s government enforces martial law in Hungary. Military trials for serious offenses are ordered and major workers councils are dissolved, aiming to crush resistance amid a seven week revolt and separation from Western broadcasts.
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Vienna
Hungary
Janos Kadar
Budapest
Red
Moscow
Harold Milks
Radio Budapest
Tthe
Eisenhower Presses Human Rights Day Appeal
President Eisenhower, in Augusta, denounced Soviet tyranny and Hungary terror on Human Rights Day. He urged free peoples worldwide to remember the oppression, note the misery caused by the USSR, and observe church bells and prayers for Hungary's liberty-loving citizens.
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Augusta
Eisenhower
Hungary
U.N. General Assembly
America
Jets Will Commemorate First Flight
A 40 jet formation will fly over Wright Brothers National Monument in Kill Devil Hills on December 17 to mark the 53rd anniversary of powered flight. The ceremony begins at 10 15 a.m. with the flyover at 10 37 a.m. The First Flight luncheon follows at Nags Head with Vice Admiral A C Richmond as speaker. Sponsored by Kill Devil Hills Memorial Society National Park Service and the Air Force Association.
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Kill Devil Hills
Wright Brothers National Monument
Orville
Wilbur Wright
Nags Head
Adm
A. C. Richmond
U. S. Coast Guard
Mountain Forest Fire Controlled Near Tryon North Carolina
The Big Warior Mountain forest fire, likely started by a discarded cigarette along Highway 176 between Tryon and Saluda, was brought under control for the fourth time. Firefighters, led by Asst. State Forester R. F. Penland and Fire Warden Joe Ritchey, reported the blaze whipped yet again after winds. More than 100 firefighters worked 48 hours or more as a new backfire lane was cut and the fire finally subsided.
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Tryon
N.C
Warrior Mountain
U.S. Highway 176
Saluda
Polk County
Asst
R. F. Penland
Joe Ritchey
One Man Wounded As Egyptian Guerrillas Hit British Patrol
In Port Said Egypt Egyptian guerrillas fired on a British patrol from a rooftop wounding one Royal Scots member. Seven Egyptians were arrested as Britain and France rush withdrawal plans under UN cease fire supervision.
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Port Said
Egypt
Royal Scots Regiment
U.N
U.N. General Assembly
School Reopens Peacefully in Clinton Tennessee
Clinton High School reopened peacefully with eight Negro students returning to classes amid a jovial mood. About 800 students enrolled as 16 whites faced U S District Court arraignments for criminal contempt related to previous integration clashes.
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Clinton, Tenn
Clinton High School
Tennessee
U.S. District Court
Eee
Robert L. ‘Taylor
Anderson Cous
Mukden Hub of Red China Industry
Canadian reporter David Lancashire describes Mukden in Liaoning Province as a factory hub with 1,834 factories and mines, where life centers on production. He notes nightly schooling, widespread housing for workers, and banners urging political consciousness as industry dominates daily life.
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Red China
Mukden
David Lancashire
U. S
State Department
Lancashire
Manchuria
Liaoning Province
Mukde
Anshan
49 Year Old Actor Clubbed To Death In Chicago
A 49 year old actor Malcolm Beggs was clubbed to death in his 16th floor La Salle Towers hotel room. Detectives arrested two 19 year old suspects Frank Cerone said the youths admitted robbing and killing Beggs. Beggs starred in No Time for Sergeants at the Erlanger Theater.
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Chicago
Malcolm Beggs
la Salle Towers
Frank Cerone
Robert Mitchell
St. Louis
Haskell Keliems
Evansville
Ind
Cerone
Beggs
Erlanger Theater
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Suez
Paris
R. L. Dieffenbacher
D.D
NEA Service
Sen’ Humphrey
D-Minn
Christian A. Herter
Massachusetts
Herbert Hoover Jr
Herter
Hoover
Kadar
Asturias
Cairo
Zakaria Mohieddin
al Messaa
Peiping
Shenyang
China
Suy Enrigtmas
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