Five California Towns Wiped Out by Massive Floods
Floods on the Eel and Klamath rivers devastate Pepperwood Elmnor Weatt Klamath Klamath Glen. Residents flee as water 15 to 18 feet deep in places washes away homes. Santa Cruz area reports up to three dead with more missing. Communications cut, coastal highways blocked, storms expected to continue.
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San Francisco
Northernifornia
Pepperwood
Elmnor
Weatt
Klamath
Klamath Glen
Eel
Pacific
California
Santa Cruz
Monterey Bay
Sheriff's Office
San Jose
Ta Cruz
Elmer Hodgkinson
Humboldt Times
Eureka
Naval Reserve Radio
Carlotta
Ferndale
Alton
Hodgkinson
Redwood Creek
Orick
SJA Student Lost for 19 Hours
Monte Tubbs of Little Rock a 22 year old University of Arkansas student was lost for 19 hours in a swampy wooded area south of Little Rock. Deputy Sheriff John Hardin and Bob Dunkin located Tubbs after a long search, he stayed in one spot to wait for rescue and was found unharmed though cold and hungry.
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Little Rock
University of Arkansas
Here
Monte Tubbs
John Hardin
Bob Dunkin
Scott
Tubbs
Son of Adlai Resting Well After Crash
Adlai S Stevenson Jr son John Fell 19 rests comfortably at Passavant Hospital Chicago after a Goshen Indiana crash that killed two Harvard classmates. He was brought by ambulance from Goshen hospital with Adlai and Adlai Jr aboard. His mother Ellen Borden Stevenson visits as doctors plan possible surgery next week.
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Chicago
Adlai S. Stevenson
John
Indiana
Harvard
Passavant Hospital
Young Stevenson
Goshen, Nd
Goshen
Adlai Jr
Stevenson
Near North Side Hospital
Ellen Borden Stevenson
Eight-year-old Ricky Salomon Cleared Traffic Action
Ricky Salomon, age 8, was issued a traffic summons in Miami Beach after he walked into the side of a car. Police cited the charge of failing to yield the right of way to a motor vehicle.
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Miami Beach
Fla
Ricky Salomon
Ricky
Star to Suspend Publication for Holidays This Week
The Star will suspend publication on December 26 and observe Christmas with a snappers blication on Monday. This marks one of three holidays taken yearly, the others being Thanksgiving and July 4, with regular issues resuming afterward.
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Star
Break-in at Hag erman's Auction Office
City police report a break in at Hag erman's Auction office last night. The door was broken and a cash box pried open but nothing of value appeared missing and the office safe was not touched.
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Hagerman’s
Syria not likely to force UN action on Israel attack
At the United Nations in New York diplomats doubt Syria can win Security Council support to oust Israel from the U N and impose penalties for the December Galilee strike. Syria’s Ahmed Shukairy urged seven point punitive measures while observers note Syria is not a council member and any act requires a member request. The Western Big Three plan a censure resolution, with Russia seen as likely to back only a call for council consideration. Council president Sir Leslie Munro urged a pause for Christmas week.
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United Nations N. Y
Syria
Security Council
Israel
U.N
Galilee
Ahmed Shukairy
Council
Shukiary
Israel Council
Leslie Munro
New Zealand
Ark-La Reynolds Reach New Gas Contract
Arkansas Louisiana Gas Co and Reynolds Metals Co announced a five year gas purchase agreement with higher rates than in court battles. Reynolds will drop appeals of two rate increases by the Arkansas Public Service Commission, boosting industrial and residential charges.
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Little Rock
Arkansas Louisiana Gas Co
Reynolds Metals Co
Reynolds
Arkansas Public Service Commission
Knoxville restaurateur keeps misspelled Merry Christmas sign
Knoxville owner Jimmy Caracostis drew nationwide notice for his sign misspelling M erry Christmas. He explained to a United Press reporter that he spells it as he says it and said he was flooded with calls after News Commentator Paul Harvey urged others to tell him to add the T.
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Knoxville, Tenn
Jimmy Caracostis
Caracostis
United Press
Paul M Harvey
Knoxville
Doctor Otto John Arrested in West Germany Treason Case
West German authorities arrested former intelligence chief Dr Otto John on suspicion of treason. Prosecutor Carl Wiechmann said investigators will probe possible disclosure of state secrets after John’s July transfer from East Berlin and his return from Communist East Germany.
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Karlsruhe
Germany
Otto John
East Germany
Carl Wiechmann
John
East Berlin
Wiechmann
Russia
Bonn
John L. O'Dell 71 of Fulton Dies at Home
John Lester O'Dell age 71 longtime Fulton resident died at his home Friday. He is survived by his wife Mona O'Dell two sons Paul O'Dell of Fulton and Jimmy O'Dell of Amarillo Texas and a daughter Mrs. Marie Williams of Fulton. Funeral services will be held in Fulton at 2 p m Saturday by Herndon Cornelius. Burial will be in Rose Hill Cemetery of Hope.
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John Lester O'Dell
Fulton
Mona O'Dell
Paul O’dell
Jimmy O'Dell
Amarillo
Texas
Marie Williams
Herndon Cornelius
Rose Hill Cemetery
Hope
Bold U N proposal on cutting cocktail parties for peace
Hal Boyle notes United Nations struggle to reduce wars while facing a new crisis cutting cocktail parties. Jose Maza of Chile cites endless receptions as draining diplomacy and suggests banning all cocktail events to advance peace and welfare. Continued on Page Three.
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Hal Boyle
New York
United Nations
U. N
Universal Brotherhood
Jose Maza
Chile
General Assembly
Maza
Sales Continue Upward Trend In Holiday Retail
Christmas sales in the Eighth Federal Reserve District rose 10 percent for the week ending December 17 versus 1954. The St Louis area led with 13 percent growth, followed by Louisville 6 percent Memphis 5 percent and Little Rock 4 percent. For the four week period ending December 17 sales were 7 percent higher than the 1954 period.
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ST. Louis
Federal Reserve District
Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis
Louisville
Memphis
Little Rock
Hitchhiker Sought in Texarkana Slaying Case
FBI in Little Rock seeks a blond scarred hitchhiker last seen with P F Jobe a 69 year old retired railroad man found beaten to death near Texarkana on December 8. Jobe's car is missing and police think robbery was motive.
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Texarkana
North
Little Rock
Jobe
Final Rites for Mrs. Dragoo to Be Held Today
Mrs. Carrie Dragoo 55 of 720 South Louisiana street died in a Texarkana hospital yesterday morning. Survivors include husband D. B. Dragoo two sisters Mrs. Ora O’Neal Wenatchee Washington and Mrs A G Brown Prosser Washington one brother Richard Ross Wenatchee Washington. She was active in church and civic groups and taught in Hempstead county. Funeral at Garrett Memorial Baptist Church today at 2 with Elder Elbert O'Steen officiating. Burial Memory Gardens by Gakerest Mortuary.
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Carrie Dragoo
South
Louisiana Street
Texarkana
D. B. Dragoo
Ora O'Neal
Wenatchee
Washington
A. G. Brown
Prosser
Richard Ross
Dragoo
Hempstead
Garrett Memorial Baptist Church
Elbert O'Steen
Memory Gardens
Gakerest
Spring Hill Elementary Christmas Program Presented
Spring Hill Elementary School presented a Christmas program in the school auditorium with almost all students participating. Directed by Mrs. Charles Batson, teachers included Mrs. Betty Foster Mrs. Ben Wilson and Mrs. Herbert Elam. The program featured pages from 1st through 6th grades with readers singers and scenes including Jingle Bells Deck the Halls Winter Wonderland White Christmas and Frosty the Snowman among others.
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Spring Hill Elementary School
Charles Batson
Betty Foster
Ben Wilson
Herbert Elam
Reader
Sharon Anderson
Mary
Becky Martin
Joseph
Ronnie Kidd
Shepherds
Donnie Harvel
Frankie Powell
Robert Clark
Wayne McCoy
Scotty Key
Dennis Turner
Gary Cato
Angeles
Elaine Fuller
Christmas whiskey seized by Maryland agents
A Silver Spring auto agency's annual Christmas whiskey consignment was confiscated after crossing from Washington DC into Maryland. Maryland tax agents said transporting it across the state line violated state tax laws.
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Washington
Silver Springs
District of Columbia
Maryland
Fires Fatal to 23 Persons in Various Areas
United Press reports 23 people, mostly children, died in fires across the nation on the Christmas Eve period. Victims include two New York City tenement deaths, three Indianapolis youngsters, three Davenport children, two Nashville youngsters, and losses in Ohio and Clinton Iowa. The National Board of Fire Underwriters warns winter and Christmas pose high risk and urges tree and toy safety, proper heating, chimney care, and cautious party conduct.
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United Press
St. Louis
New York City
Indianapolis
Davenport
Iowa
Nashville
Ohio
Clinton Iowa
Manitowoc
Wis
Waerren
Joan V. W Falck
Panama City
Fla
News- Herald
New York
National Board of Fire Underwriters
Heavy Damage in a Couple of Accidents
Arkansas State Police investigated two accidents in the last 24 hours with substantial property damage. Ralph L. Cole of Grannis struck the rear of Ben Cheatham’s wagon at about 7 am. no injuries were reported. On Highway 67 north of Prescott Jerome Stupaz 18 of Chicago and William Calvin Dale 31 of Prescott collided. both autos suffered heavy damage.
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Arkansas
Ralph L. Cole
Grannis
Ben Cheatham
Washington
Guy Downing
Prescott
Jerome Stupaz
Chicago
Air Force
William Calvin Dale
Travis Ward
Arkansas Holiday Week Forecast Shows Mild Temps
Extended forecast for Dec 23 to 27 shows temperatures 3 to 6 degrees above normal. Normal lows 26 to 39, except 39 to 49 in the extreme south. highs 50 to 64. Light precipitation overall with showers Saturday and in the Southeast on Sunday.
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Arkansas
Sparkman blasts balanced budget claim amid 1956 election talk
Sen Sparkman accuses the Eisenhower administration of aiming for a budget balance for political reasons in 1956 while proposing large military, foreign aid, and domestic spending increases that would create a deficit in 1957. He criticizes unused carryovers and calls for targeted foreign aid focused on technical assistance.
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Jack Bell
Washington
Sen. Sparkman
D-Ala
Eisenhower
White House
Sparkman
Group to Take Up Disaster Insurance
Senator Fulbright said the Senate Banking Committee will likely take up disaster insurance legislation early in the 1956 session. He noted several bills are before the committee and stressed the administration must present detailed recommendations next month. Severe floods in New England New York and Pennsylvania after last summer’s hurricanes spurred interest in federal disaster insurance.
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Joe Hall
Washington
Fulbright
D-Ark
Senate Banking Committee
Senate
Congres
New England
New York
Pennsylvania
Christmas Calm Grips Town Blackouts in Police Report
Two days before Christmas the town enjoys a shopping lull as City Police report few incidents and the Sheriff's Office notes similar quiet. Arkansas State Police handled a few auto accidents. Firefighters warn about Christmas trees fireworks and trash fires with grass blazes twice daily. Ouachita ROTC drill team performed at a home game. Weather swings from 10 degrees to 61 degrees with a warm midmorning Friday.
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Sheriff's Office
Arkansas
Ouachita
ROTC
France to Send 60,000 More Troops to Algeria Amid Violence
France pledges 60,000 additional troops to Algeria as violence surges. The move follows a brutal period with hundreds of deaths since independence movements intensified. Algerian elections are disrupted as Moslem officials resign or face nationalist threats. Alpine Chasseurs and other forces reinforce under Premier Faure's caretaker government with Soustelle directing rapid assessment.
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Algiers
Algeria
France
Indochina
Cars
Djurdura
Veteraal
L Soustelle
Tha
Faure Ee
Sceut Chamel
Body Sought in Charred Newport Ruins After Fire
Newport officials pursued a possible body as flames destroyed the Board Building and Minor Building. Fire Chief Alvil Alvis said parts of the ruins were too hot for a search and later doubted anyone was trapped. Damages were estimated at 350000 with seven businesses affected. The cause remained undetermined.
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Newport
Alvil Alvis
Board
Alvis
Arkansas to Get Five New Armories
Defense Department approved construction of five armories in east Arkansas including one at Paragould. Rep. Gathings said the project awaits start and total costs are 60,000 for Paragould, 50,000 for Piggott, 60,000 for West Memphis, 60,000 for Marked Tree, and 64,000 for Wynne with the federal government financing a fourth of the cost and local sources the rest.
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Arkansas
Parkansas
Defense Department
Rep
Gathings
D-Ark
Department
House Armed Services Committee
Fedral Budget Bureau
Paragould
Piggott
West Memphis
Tree
Wynne
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