21 Dec 1955
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Newspaper
Jefferson City Post Tribune
Location
Jefferson City, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Dec 21, 1955
Page
1
Foreign office reports Atlee as foreign secretary for eight months. Macrae owns under considerille fire. Conservatives accuse Kin purt of inderisiveness toward the rising crisis in the Middle East where Communists are amassing about thirty mused in art Une diplomatic and economic Tanks.
Names in the News item notes William V Smith on Christmas leave with parents at 107 1 Circle Dr Smith stationed at White ing Field near Pensacola Florida in Marine Corps air wing flight training with return to duty Jan 2. Also reports on Hungarian border fortifications along the Austria Hungary line to curb refugees as Austria pledges asylum and border tensions rise. A separate local collision at Lafayette Street and Madi Raistson Street caused vehicle damage to two cars. Conway North Carolina factory closing cited for 10 years of impact on hats production.
London reports Eden reshuffles seven Cabinet posts. Richard Butler becomes government leader in the Commons, effectively deputy PM. Harold Macmillan moves to Treasury, Selwyn Lloyd takes Foreign Office, Walter Monckton becomes Defense minister chat.
Lt. Cal. Paul WV. Liles of Birmingham Ohio was convicted today of making propaganda recordings while a prisoner of war in North Korea. He was reprimanded and suspended two years in rank, while other charges were acquitted. He was the 12th soldier tried on collaboration charges since Korea’s end, with two officers and six enlisted men convicted.
Islanders near Quebec celebrate Christmas Eve Mass in a modern stone church while the old wooden church, built in 1717, becomes a museum. Villagers still travel by horse sleigh with bells to Mass and share parking with late model cars. The piece notes shifts in Quebec Christmas customs toward a more modern, secular approach while preserving many rituals.
A long serving Baptist minister, Mr. Jones, who preached since 187? in a church near Elarminers, Mo., became superintendent of missions for the Kansas City Methodist Union in 1914 and served until retirement in 195? He is survived by his wife two sons and a daughter.
A Ford foundation plans to offer 10 million common shares to the public, aiming to broaden ownership beyond the Ford family. The filing to the SEC shows a 1 percent underwriting fee and estimates a possible price around 15 a share, with a record fee for an industrial concern. The action loosens the family’s voting power and marks a major shift in ownership.
The Jaycee Jills will fundraise to help a needy family by collecting funds for groceries vegetables milk and clothing. Volunteers Mrs Ilmur Chase Mrs William Ott Mrs Clifford Summers and Mrs David C Marrison lead the drive aiding a mother father and their son.
A translated fragment notes English speaking jam featuring tufted wickey, baked potatoes, vegetables and dessert, usually pie. It contrasts with a scarcity of the strictly French culinary tradition in the meals.
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