Russia Moves to Cut Defense Spending in 1956 Budget
Delegates in Moscow heard Finance Minister Arseny Zverev present a 1956 financial plan that trims defense outlay to 1024 billion rubles, about 18 percent of total expenditures, while postponing detailed budget reports until Thursday. The defense cut will fund education and culture as Russia seeks to ease world tensions.
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Moscow
Supreme Soviet
Kremlin
Bulganin
Khrushchev
Arseny Zverev
Zverev
Russia
Finland
Porkkala
Man Holds Baby Captive Six Hours in Milwaukee
A 26 year old man Ysaias Sanchez held a 3 month old baby captive for nearly six hours at the Garcia apartment in Milwaukee. He knifed Sepharino Garcia and pushed another man through a plate glass window during the escape. Father Gerald broadcast appeals over WOKY aiding the manhunt. Sanchez is jailed on suspicion of assault with intent to do great bodily harm.
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Milwaukee
Ysaias Sanchez
Sanchez
Sepharino Garcia
Garcias
Garcia
Gerald
Our Lady of Gadalupe Catholic Church
WOKY
Income tax forms mailed to households nationwide
The Internal Revenue Service released 60 million income tax forms and instructions by mail. Tax officials said everyone should receive their forms by January 4 and return them by April 15.
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Washington
Internal Revenue Service
Helicopters Rescues 22 From Japanese Freighter Gales
US and Japanese rescue efforts plucked 22 crewmen from debris of the freighter Handa Maru amid northeast Japan gales. A US destroyer saved three fishermen from another sinking vessel. seven more remain missing as helicopters rush to reach them.
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Tokyo
Japan
U. S
Asahi
Air Force
Hachinohe City
Eight North Shore Train Hits Auto. Eight Passengers Injured
An out of service auto stalled on the tracks a mile north of Waukegan was struck by a speeding Chicago North Shore and Milwaukee interurban train. Eight passengers sustained cuts bruises and minor injuries.
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Waukegan
Chicago, North Shore & Milwaukee Interurban
Here
Iranian general seeks death penalty for naval rebel leader
Tehran reports Gen. Hus sein Azemadeh, chief army prosecutor, demanded the death penalty for Naval Safavi, leader of the Fedayan Islam and seven co defendants accused of plotting to overthrow the government.
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Tehran
Iran
Hussein Azemadeh
Naval Safavi
Fedayan Islam
Crusaders For Islam
Adlai Group Eyes Field For Veep
Washington supporters of Adlai E. Stevenson quietly canvassed potential vice presidential candidates as they seek a liberal balance for a ticket. Stevenson appears uninvolved. allies discuss names like Governors Meyner and Leader and former Gov Bowles to appeal to moderates and Southern delegates at the Chicago convention while balancing liberal aims.
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Washington
Adlai E. Stevenson
Stevenson
Illinois
Chicago
Democratic Party
Labor
Robert B. Meyner
New Jersey
George M. Leader
Pennsylvania
Chester Bowles
Connecticut
U S Sergeant Arrested in East Berlin After Traffic Mishap
The U S Army said M Sgt Mike Kliman of Brooklyn New York was arrested by East Berlin police after a minor traffic accident in East Berlin Monday and is now missing. Authorities urged the Russians to return him, last seen around 10 30 p m at East Berlin police headquarters.
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Berlin
U. S
East Berlin
Mike Kliman
Brooklyn
N. Y
Kliman
U S Traffic Toll 605 Two County Fatalities
The Christmas holiday period set a new record with 605 motor vehicle deaths, 68 fire deaths, and 105 other accident fatalities, totaling 778. The period ran 78 hours from Friday 6 p.m. to Monday midnight.
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National Safety Council
Council
Ned H. Dearborn
Associated Press
Plane sinks through ice on Lake Geneva no injuries
A light passenger plane taxiing toward shore plowed through thin ice on Lake Geneva Wisconsin. All four passengers escaped uninjured as water depths reached about five feet where the craft broke through. Pilot is 25 year old Lee Biarnesa of Elmwood Indiana.
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Lake Geneva
Wis
Lee Biarnesa
Elmwood
AMC Chief Will Be Washington Witness
President George Romney of American Motors will testify as the first witness in a Senate Commerce subcommittee probe into automobile industry practices described as bootlegging and wild credit. Senator Monroney outlines dealers and manufacturers including Studebaker Packard Ford Chrysler GM, with hearings starting January 19 and potential law revisions on dealer relations.
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Washington
George Romney
American Motors
Sen. Monroney
D-Okla
Senate Commerce Subcommittee
Studebaker-Packard
Ford
Chrysler
General Motors
Death Ends Longest Marriage in Sagle Idaho
Benjamin Hartley aged 96 died after a fall and long illness. His wife Josie Hartley also 96, celebrated their 80th wedding anniversary on Thanksgiving. The pair, childhood sweethearts from London County Tennessee, married in 1875 and lived as farmers in Kansas and the western plains.
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Benjamin Hartley
Hartley
Josie
London County
Tenn
Hartleys
Kansas
Tribloe
Plains
Quintuplets Snub Family in Christmas Silence
North Bay Ontario reports the Dionne parents say four surviving quintuplets did not send Christmas greetings or visit. Oliva Dionne cites influence of outsiders and notes two daughters train as nurses while Marie and Annette recently recovered from hospital checks. Each daughter inherited nearly $250 000 at age 21 last May.
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North Bay
Ont
Oliva Dionne
Dionne
Yvonne
Cecile
Montreal
Marie
Annette
Floods Recede Slowly as West Coast Toll Rises
Heavy rains flood California and Oregon kill at least 41 this week with 29 dead in California and 12 in Oregon. Yuba City faces renewed crest as Feather River breaches levees while authorities warn of lingering danger and plan typhoid inoculations.
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San Francisco
Feather River
Yuba City
California
Oregon
Remote
Marysville
Ellsworth Bunker
National Red Cross
San Joaquin
Sacramento
San Francisco Bay
Bay
Pacific Ocean
Golden Gate
Val Peterson
Civil Defense
F. B. Wisner
Health Service
Weather Bureau
Eureka
Santa Cruz
Colfax
Santa Rosa
Stockton
Susanville
Clash at Sharon plant leaves three injured in fre-for-all
A fist fight erupted at Westinghouse Electric Corp Sharon transformer plant injuring three men. In Milwaukee John Burggraf 29 faces criminal negligence charges over the shooting of 13 year old Duncan Himes. Sidney Kaufman a veteran Milwaukee newsman and attorney died suddenly at the wheel of his car, suspected heart attack.
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Sharon
Westinghouse Electric Corp
Milwaukee
John Burggraf
Duncan Himes
Sidney Kaufman
Japanese Storm Sinks Ships. Seven Fishing Vessels Missing
A violent winter wind storm swept northern Japan after affecting the eastern coast. At least seven fishing ships and a freighter were sunk or reported missing, with crews unaccounted.
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Tokyo
Japan
Huge Opium Seizure Stuns Europe Trade
Turkish police and undercover American narcotics agents seized 660 pounds of opium on Christmas Day destined for the U S market. The haul, worth about 500000 dollars, was announced by Charles Siragusa of the U S Bureau of Narcotics Europe and the Middle East district. Police Chief Kemal Aygun led the raid at Kirkkale near Istanbul.
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Rome
U. S
United States
Charles Siragusa
U. S. Bureau of Narcotics
Europe
Middle East
Kemal Aygun
Kirkkale
Istanbul
Cab Driver Killed in Milwaukee Collision
Clayton H. Jarvey of Oconto Falls 50 a part time cab driver was killed early today when his taxi collided with an auto at an intersection.
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Milwaukee
Clayton H. Jarvey
Oconto Falls
Separate Mishaps Kill Kenoshans
The holiday traffic death toll rose to two in Kenosha County with Herman Meyers 63 dying at St Catherine's hospital after his car hit a power pole on County Trunk EA. Tutlewski 48 died at St Catherine's hospital after a rear impact on Hy 43 near Hillcrest Rd. The two fatalities push 1955 toll to 27 with 21 in the county.
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Kenosha
St. Catherine’s Hospital
Herman Meyers
56Th St
Joseph T. Tutlewski
16Th Ave
St. Catherine's Hospital
Tutlewski
Russell R. Morris
Rt. 4
Box 116
Hy. 43
Hillcrest Rd
Morris
Meyers
Hermansville
Mich
American Motors
Herman, Jr
Racine
Helen Meyers
St. Petersburg
Fla
Agnes Tucker
Chicago
Annie Tutlewski
Walter Tutlewski
Uaw-Cio
U. S. Army
82Nd Airborne Division
Rudolph
William
Sparta
Wis
Alvin
Frank
Elsie Sikorsky
Dorothy Tutlewski
Ann Thomas
Evelyn Tutlewski
Wisconsin
Kenosha County
Walter G. Hefty
Janesville
Lillian Renke
Merrill
Richard Haas
Fond du Lac
Albert Nutter
Black River Falls
August Toman
Waukesha
Anon Darling
Waupun
Herbert Ro
Agana Lee Dryll
Manitowoc
Leroy H. Wenzlaff
Whitelaw
Edward Whitish
King
Marvin R. Neurer
Amery
Quake Strikes Damascus as Minor Shake Rattles Syria
An earthquake struck Damascus and other Syrian cities in two brief three second waves today. Reports say there was little damage and no major injuries.
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Damascus
Syria
Wisconsin Weather Echoes Holiday Calm Across State
Temperatures ran above normal as Wisconsin enjoyed mild holiday weather. Noonday readings ranged from 33 to 34 degrees at key sites, with sunrise at 7 16 and sunset at 4 26. Yesterdays high was 37 and low 23, this mornings 29. Tonight cloudy and warmer with a low 20 to 26. Wednesdays forecast calls for cloudy windy and mid 40s.
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Wisconsin
AMC
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