Eden calls cabinet to discuss Middle East crisis
British Prime Minister Eden convened his Cabinet to weigh Labour demands for a parliamentary debate on arms sales to Arabs and Israelis and to consider inviting the Kremlin for peace talks. Lloyd summoned Middle East envoys as Ben Gurion warned of looming war amid a partial lifting of the arms embargo.
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Middle East
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Israel
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Belgium
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Russia
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Geneva
Eisenhower
Washington
Lloyd
Henry Byroade
U.S
Dulles
New Year's Holiday Traffic Deaths Set Record
The Associated Press reports a three day New Year holiday toll of 345 traffic deaths, plus 69 in fires and 71 in other accidents, for a total of 485 fatalities. The prior New Year peak was 317 traffic deaths in 1953-54, with officials noting the record is still alarmingly high.
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Associated Press
National Safety Council
Ned H. Dearborn
Council
Dearborn
France Votes Split Gov't as Communists Grow in Assembly
Prolonged instability looms as Communists win 151 seats and Poujadists gain 49 in France’s National Assembly. Faure and Mendes France split about 350 seats of 544, Socialists rebound in vote, while gold rises and markets dip on the unsettled result. A Socialist premier may be named by President Coty.
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Paris
France
Edgar Faure
National Assembly
Antitax
Pierre Poujade
Assembly
Faure
Pierre Mendes- France
Mendes- France
Christian Pineau
Guy Mollet
Rene Coty
Parks May Head State Board of Higher Education
Dr J Harris Parks, acting president of the Consolidated University of North Carolina, may be named director of the State Board of Higher Education at meetings in Raleigh tomorrow. The board and its executive committee plan sessions, with rumors of an offer and a possible departure.
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J. Harris Parks
State Board of Higher Education
Parks
Consolidated University of North Carolina
Higher Education Board
University Board of Trustees
D. Hiden Ramsey
Asheville
Consolidated University
Gordon Gray
Gray
Ramsey
Dr. Parks
Bartow
University Revost
General Education Board
New York
North Carolina
Earthquake Reported Across Los Angeles Area
An earthquake of magnitude 4.5 rattled the Los Angeles region near Pasadena as the Rose Bowl game neared its end. Shocks were felt 50 miles east and south, with plaster cracks reported in homes and a window broken at a Pasadena supermarket. Charles Richter of Caltech estimated the quake centered about 40 miles away. The San Bernardino sheriff reported the county courthouse top floor shook as the event unfolded.
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Pasadena
Riverside
Santa Ana
Aasadena
Charles Richter
California Institute of Technology
San Bernardino
Farm Income Decrease Spotlighted
Washington reports that in 1955 farmers received 41 percent of the consumer food dollar, down from 53 percent in 1945. Rising handling and processing costs, higher freight charges, and wage increases are blamed for the shrinkage, while marketing profits show no marked rise. Secretary Benson released the department study after discussions with President Eisenhower.
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Washington
Benson
Ping
Eisenhower
One Dead Seven Hurt In Ohio Strike Violence
About 100 police moved to disperse mass picketing at the Columbus Westinghouse plant sparking violence. One man died after a beating, possibly from a heart attack, according to an International Union of Electrical Workers official. 86 persons were arrested during the clashes.
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Ohio
Westinghouse Electric Corp
Cincinnati
Mansfield
Charles Clark
Westinghouse
IWE
United Electrical Workers
Westingthouse
E. L. Smith
Columbus Westinghouse
Iue-Cio
Yester
Eisenhower completes State of the Union and budget plans
President Eisenhower finished the State of the Union and budget messages in Key West. The budget calls for about 63 billion dollars for the year starting July with a possible tax cut discussed but likely delayed. The State of the Union will be read in Congress Thursday and the budget goes to lawmakers January 16.
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Hughes
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Secretary of the Treasury
Humphrey
Senate
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Oklahoma
Maryland
Washington
John S. Doud
Denver
Mass demonstration erupts at Westinghouse plant
At least seven arrested as violence erupts at Columbus Westinghouse plant during a mass demonstration. Troy Tadlock, 34, died en route to hospital amid claims he was beaten and stepped on by demonstrators. Union leaders blamed the beating. authorities cited a court order limiting pickets to six per gate and riot investigations.
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Robert Evans
Earl Webb
Tadlock
Webb
William Carney
West Broad St
Congress opens second session in election year focus
The 84th Congress begins its second session amid plans to tackle farm policy tax cuts foreign aid and highway building. Democrats push investigations into big business and President Eisenhower seeks to deliver the State of the Union from Key West.
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Washington
Ex mental patient confesses to Texas slaying in New Jersey
Ronald Edward Menter, 22, formerly of Keene New Hampshire, admitted killing Texas A M senior Jan David Broderick, 20, during a drunken Texas Houston trip dispute. He was taken to Newark police after selling a car radio for $10 and found with 28 bullets in a car.
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N.J.P
Texas A&m
Ronald Edward Menter
Keene, N.H
Jan David Broderick
Panama Canal Zone
Menter
Texas
Broderick
Howard Gee
Hempstead
Tex
Tf Eines
U. S. Army
Canal Zone
el Paso
Houston
New Hampshire
Norfolk
Shirley Stone
Key West
Fla
Elsie Smith
Narvon
Henry Patwick
Concord, N.H
Clarksville
Tenn
Tennessee
Sacramento
Calif
Kefauver Enters Florida Primary For Presidency
Sen. Estes Kefauver announced he will enter Florida's May primary for the Democratic nomination to run against Adlai Stevenson. He stressed the Florida vote will influence the race elsewhere and dismissed VP ambitions, saying he seeks the presidency alone and will pursue the nomination or nothing.
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Fla
Estes Kefauver
Florida
Adlai Stevenson
WMBR
Kefauver
New Ane
Wisconsin
Ries
Stevenson
California
Richard B. Russell
Georgia
Bandits Rob Vidalia Bank Chief in Early Morning Heist
Three masked men forced Vidalia Banking Co. president Gilbert Gibson to open the bank and reveal cash totaling about 17 500 dollars. They tied his wife and two children and fled in Gibson s car abandoning it near Vidalia. Police FBI and GBI pursued the getaway and investigated the home invasion and robbery.
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Vidalia
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Georgia Bureau of Investigation
Gilbert Gibson
Vidalia Banking Co
Gibson
Bank Regulators Seek End-of-Year Bank Reports
Washington reports that the comptroller of the currency called for a statement of condition of all national banks as of the close of business Saturday in December. The Federal Reserve Board and the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. also requested statements from their member banks as of December 31.
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Washington
Comptroller of the Currency
Dee
Federal Reserve Board
Federal Deposit Insurance Corp
Husband Hides In Trunk Kills Man In Parking Lot
In Charlotte a husband, Thomas Walter Taylor 34, admitted hiding in the trunk of his car before shooting and killing Talmadge A. Parker 39 in a restaurant parking lot. Police reconstructed the events after questioning.
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Thomas Walter Taylor
Talmadge A. Parker
Taylor
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