Sub-Zero Cold Grips U S Amid Historic Winter Warning
A severe cold wave envelops the nation with sub-zero temperatures from New England to the Pacific Northwest. Snow events bury autos in Sun Valley Idaho while floods threaten in the Pacific Northwest and paratrooper rescue efforts unfold in Washington State.
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New England
Alaska
California
Sun Valley
Idaho
Washington State
Pacific Northwest
Euhistory
Morrow
Atlantic
Mercury
Boston
Two Polio Cases Reported in Arkansas
The Arkansas Health Department reports two new paralytic polio cases in White and Randolph counties, raising this year’s total to 186 while last year had 358.
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Little Rock
Arkansas
State Health Department
White
Randolph
Tax trouble hits Chicago group in Cook County case
Cook County officials filed a tax delinquency claim of 56139 against the Women s Christian Temperance Union. The case contends the Evanston based society cannot claim tax exempt status due to its activities. An unrelated line notes a North Carolina State College estimate about food costs and nourishment.
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Chicago
Cook County
Women’s Christian Temperance Union
Evanston
North Carolina State College
Over 70 Senate Members Highlight Age The Aging chamber notes
A Washington report lists twelve U S senators over 70 including George who at 77 plans reelection in 1956. Theodore Green of Rhode Island at 87 is the oldest current member and may become the oldest in history by term end. The article notes several others aged 71 to 79 and rounds out with historical comparisons.
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Washington
Sen
George
Georgia
U.S. Senate
Senate
Theodore Green
D-Ri
Green
Nely
D-Wva
Smith
Rnj
Murray
Barkley
D-Ky
Hayden
D-Ariz
Lehman
D-Ny
Martin
R-Pa
Flanders
Wiley
R-Wis
O'Mahoney
America
Morrill
Grog Rumors Aboard Whaler In Store Shortage
Captured mate Naish gets confessions from two crew on the whaler Obis about lending money for grog made from fresh potatoes and lemons. Half the stores depleted. Naish orders strict rationing as Captain grapples with guilt and mutinous tension. Alfy vanishes below deck as tension mounts.
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Blageen
Obis
Naish
Checkers
Ben
Naish Leads In Whale Harvest Ledger On Deck
In a brisk sea chase at the cutting platform Naish and Albemarle Morrow spear two whales while Wilson Finnie and Company press the hunt. The crew continues to drive the herd as four more animals are counted beside Naish’s two. The men rest briefly then resume work, determined to claim the next kills.
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Naish
Morrow
Albemarel Morrow
Messrs. Wilson
Finnie and Company
Mr, Ilson
Green Nearing Record As Oldest Senator Ahead of Glass
In the article Green is within two months of tying Sen. Glass who died in 1946 at 88 years and 4 months. Senate historians say Merrill Glass and Green are the oldest senators, though they caution they have not verified every senator’s age back to the first Congress.
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Tommy Woodward
Baltimore
Tommy
Green
Sen. Glass
Senate
Merrill Glass
European Defenses Topic of Talk
President Eisenhower met with Secretary Dulles to review last week's North Atlantic Treaty Council gathering. Dulles reported Western Europe feels secure and discussed a proposed $4.9 billion foreign aid request. the proposal faces congressional opposition. The President and Mrs. Eisenhower awaited news of their fourth grandchild as Barbara Eisenhower stayed at Walter Reed Hospital.
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Washington
Western Europe
Eisenhower
John Foster Dulles
North Atlantic Treaty Council
Dulles
Paris
Congress
Feisenhower
White House
Barbara Eisenhower
Walter Reed Army Hospital
Five Gunmen Rob United Parcel Service Office
Five armed men robbed a United Parcel Service office in Chicago, taking 15 fur coats and $2,000 in cash. They served coffee and candy to five employees during the gunpoint hold up.
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Chicago
United Parcel Service
United Parcel
The Bull and the Battle at Sea
A seafaring chase ends with Naish closing in on the enormous bull whale as his crew fights to keep their craft afloat. Naish frees the whale and returns to the ship while Morrow notes the killer’s fearsome legend. The injured narrator tends to his wounds and asks after his crew.
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Mr. Wilson
Ford Jubilee flop draws writer’s sharp verdict
A New York critic pans Ford Star Jubilee as weak for the season noting a poorly balanced program titled I Hear America Singing. Eddie Fisher delivers a pleasant voice but lacks star authority while Debbie Reynolds shows charm in a closing routine.
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New York
Cbs—Tv
America
Eddie Fisher
Debbie Reynolds
TV Review of Christmas Programs and Salome Teleplay
A nostalgic columnist critiques Red Skelton and Nat King Cole acts showing fatigue with TV holiday bits while praising Jessica Tandy Hume Cronyn Omnibus and Eartha Kitt in Salome. The piece notes Kitt’s fresh portrayal and ends with a reminder of a December 21 end adv.
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Jessica Tandy
Hume Cronyn
TV Playhouse
NBC
Ernest Kincy
Oscar Wilde
Salome
Eartha Kitt
Miss Kitt
Honeybear
Herod
Adv
Pms
Patrolman Hinders Theft by Securing Suspects in Taxi
Washington police report patrolman Daniel J. Andrews stopped two men seen fishing coins from a sidewalk telephone booth. He summoned a taxi, which blocked the booth door while the pursuers were detained until a paddy wagon arrived.
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Washington
Daniel J. Andrews
Andrews
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Skinless
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Otarketed
Vogel's Inc
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Iful
Veronique Zuber
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Veronique
HEA
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Alfy
Lizzard
Robert Cars
YALE
Spirit
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S. Mein
Hope, Ark
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Greece
Greek Rally Party
Alexander Papagos
Papagos
Red Skeltonn
Bedlam
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Nat King Cole
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Ella Fitderald
Merry Christmas
John S. Gibson Drug Co
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Davy Crockett
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