Eisenhower outlines 1957 GOP agenda for Congress
President Eisenhower with Vice President Nixon and Brundage plans to brief Senate and House GOP leaders on the 1957 domestic program including school aid tax labor and farm legislation. Foreign issues such as Middle East troops and aid may be discussed but reserved for tomorrow.
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Washington
Senate
House
Eisenhower
Nixon
Percival Brundage
State Dulles
Defense
Wilson
GOP
U.S
Middle East
Augusta
Ga) National Golf Club
Congress
Arends
Rep. Allen
House Rules Committee
Martin
Benson
Iron Curtain
NAACP Agrees to Tune Law Compliance in Louisiana
The NAACP planning to file 1924 law lists by today’s deadline under state secretary rules in Louisiana ends a court fight over membership disclosures. Atty. A. P. Tureaud said New Orleans filed 300 members and branches at Lafayette Lake Charles Alexandria Shreveport Baton Rouge planned to file about 1,000 total members.
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Baton Rouge
National Assn. For
Advancement of Colored People
Louisiana
Ku Klux Klan
NAACP
A. P. Tureaud
New Orleans
Jack Gremillion
A. J. Chapital Sr
Tureaud
Lafayette
Lake Charles
Alexandria
Shreveport
Rejects Conference on Arms Drawn In To UN Talks
President Eisenhower rejects a Russian invitation for a firepower disarmament conference and plans to keep discussions within the United Nations for now. He may reopen such talks later if progress seems possible while urging continued UN based discussions through a disarmament commission. The Bulgarian note to Bulganin was revised and prepared for dispatch.
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Washington
Eisenhower
U. S
United Nations
Bulgaria
Britain
France
Russia
United States
India
U. N
Bulganin
N. Y
Dulles
Dag Hammarskjold
Middle East
Hammarskjold
Suez Canal
Congress
Gibraltar
Arabian Sea
U. N. Security Council
A Year Ends With Spiritual Balance
A religious reflection urges reviewing both worldly and spiritual accounts. The author calls for counting gifts from God, confessing sins, and seeking repentance as a remedy for moral deficits before the new year. It notes Christ’s atonement and the season’s birthday as the offset to spiritual debt.
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Robert L. Dieffenbacher
D.D
NEA
California Fires Under Control in Malibu Region
Fog cooled the Santa Monica Mountains as three fires burned out, with 67 homes destroyed and one death. Fire officials said the blazes were under control after equipment from across California flowed in. A large 840 acre fire near Piru Canyon was also contained as damp weather halted the winds that fueled the flames.
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Malibu
Calif
Santa Monica
California
Zuma Beach
UN Salvage Fleet Aims Channel Through Suez By March
U N salvage vessels clear the southern Suez end with a 25 foot draft channel. By May the 103 mile canal will reach full depth 34 feet 3 inches enabling all ships to use the waterway. Wheeler says Egyptian government decides timing. Dutch Danish contractor leads the effort with Belgian West German Swedish and Italian experts assisting.
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Port Said
Egypt
Raymond A. Wheeler
U. N
Suez Canal
Eastwest Waterway
Wheeler
U. S
United Nations
U.N
Belgium
West Germany
Sweden
Italy
Temptation Fear Keeps People From Wrestling With It
A reflective saying notes that many avoid facing temptation because they fear they could overcome it. The line implies courage and restraint shape moral choices more than risk.
Police Renew Efforts To Nab Mad Bomber In New York
New York police intensify efforts to catch the mad bomber as bomb scares decline. Morrie Rubin, 37, of the Bronx, was seized near a phone booth in Grand Central Station and committed for psychiatric observation after a false device was found. he denies wrongdoing and claims he was reporting a bogus device.
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New York
Grand Central Station
Morrie Rubin
Bronx
Rubin
Bellevue Hospital
Robert B Wagner
Death Toll Rises in New Year Holiday Crashes
The Associated Press reports 260 highway and 74 nontraffic deaths during the New Year weekend era, with 204 highway fatalities at 4:30 a.m. EST and safety officials predicting up to 490 highway deaths. Ned H. Dearborn cautioned the trend could be slowed by renewed caution as crowds travel over the long weekend.
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Associated Press
Ned H. Dearborn
National Safety Council
Dearborn
NSC
Hey
Eleven Violent Deaths Reported In N C Holiday Period
North Carolina counted at least eleven violent deaths during New Year’s holiday four day period ending Friday night. Victims include Tutus Henry Davis 69 of Albemarle struck by car on Highway 52 nearby. Samuel Howell 68 shot at his Pineville home. Mary Plooma Ransom 28 burned in home fire near Bladenboro. S Wentenent Fhadows 50 perished in CharloTT e home fire. Joe Monks 22 killed in car train crash near Fort. two Fort soldiers killed in auto crash on post railing. Ralph Bennett 24 and Fino T Robbins 22 of High Point both specialists third class. Louise Reid 43 wife of Marine Sgt G Reid died of pistol wound. Wayne Lee of Asheville and others injured when her car hit a tree near Asheville.
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Associated Press
North Carolina
Tutus Henry Davis
Albemarle
Highway 52
Samuel Howell
Char
Joe Monks
Seaboard
Ralph Bennett
Finoe T. Robbins
High Point
Louise — ‘Reid
Siege State Proclaimed Over South Sumatra
President Sukarno declared a state of war and siege in South Sumatra amid political and military unrest over Jakarta policies. The order follows a bloodless coup by Col Maludin Simbolom in protest at tax handling and government actions. the coup was quelled and officials prepare consultations with the provincial governor Winaro Damatmodjo.
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Jakarta
Indonesia
Sukarno
South
Sumatra
Ali Sastron
North
Col
Maludin Simbolom
South Sumat
Interior Ministry
Winaro Damatmodjo
Eight Survivors Identified From Daharan Air Crash
Charleston Air Force Base identified eight of the 12 crew members who survived a C121C Super Constellation crash at Daharan Saudi Arabia. The crash left 41 aboard. 26 were hospitalized, three were dead on arrival, and 12 were missing. Surviving crew included co pilot Robert Wearley and navigator Thomas Heenan, with Iranian observer Lt. Col Ali Rafat among the aces.
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Charleston
Robert S. Wearley
Charleston Heights
Thomas W. Heenan
Glen-Ellyn
Robert L. Saylors
C. S
A D. Proctor
Robert
Leston
Integration Rulings Back Desegregation Deadlines in Virginia
The 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals upheld lower court orders directing Arlington and Charlottesville to desegregate schools by set deadlines. Chief Judge Parker joined by Soper Sobeloff affirmed, noting the decrees require law observance, not harshness. The actions stem from NAACP suits, with Charlottesville ordered to begin in fall 1956 and Arlington to start by Jan 31 with later high school integration.
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Richmond
U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Arlington
Charlottesville
John J. Parker
District Court
Morris A. Soper
Simon E. Sobeloff
Dist
John Paul
Paul
Alexandria
Albert V. Bryan
Arlington County
Virginia
National Assn. For the Advancement of Colored People
Fifteen Die as US Constellation Crashes in Fog at Dhahran Airfield
A US Air Force Constellation crashed at Dhahran Saudi Arabia in dense fog killing fifteen aboard and injuring many others. The aircraft, on a MATS route from Charleston via Lagos Azores Tripoli to Dhahran, struck sand 1000 yards short of the runway and burst into flames amid non functioning ground control at the field. Twenty seven were saved, with 26 listed on survivors. The Charleston base prepares an investigative team as the total crew reached twelve with thirty nine passengers aboard.
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Bahrein
U.S. Air Force
Saudi Arabia
Dhahran
Police Chief and motorist wounded in muffler dispute
Burnsville North Carolina police chief Ralph Peterson and motorist Eugene Proffitt were in critical condition after a midnight shooting on the public square following a muffler dispute. Sheriff Terry Hall said Proffitt shot Peterson in the chest and head and then wounded himself, with both men hospitalized in Asheville.
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Burnsville
N.C
Yancey
Terry Hall
Ralph Peterson
Eugene Proffitt
Rt. 1
Asheville
Hall
Peterson
Proffitt
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