Pickets, Police Clash At Westinghouse
About 100 police moved to break up mass picketing at the Columbus Westinghouse plant. One man died, possibly of a heart attack after a beating, and at least seven were injured. Eighty-six people were arrested for violating a court order and rioting amid clashes at five gates, with cars overturned and police cars stoned. Union officials blamed the death on the beating.
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Columbus
Ohio
Troy Tadlock
Robert Evans
Earl Webb
Tadlock
Webb
William Carney
Cincinnati
Mansfield
Eisenhower Finishes Two Messages in Key West
President Eisenhower completes work on the state of the union and budget messages in Key West Florida. The state of the union will go to Congress Thursday and the budget message to lawmakers January 16 as talks with Budget Director Hughes focus on balancing the coming fiscal year and possible tax cuts.
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Key West
Fla
Eisenhower
Congress
State of the Union
Rowland R. Hughes
Washington
Hughes
Gabriel Hauge
Secretary of the
Treasury Humphrey
Banks to Submit 1955 Statements
The comptroller of the currency called on all national banks to file statements of condition as of December 31. The Wisconsin State Banking Department ordered a statement of the condition of all state banks at the close of business December 31.
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Washington
Comptroller of the Currency
Madison
Wisconsin State Banking Department
Lava Flows From Stromboli as Eruption Occurs
Fiery lava streams slid down Stromboli volcano in Italy and spilled into the Mediterranean causing boiling hiss and explosions. Observers said the eruption posed no danger.
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Stromboli
Italy
Mediterranean
Weather turns colder in Kenosha with sharp drop
Unseasonable warmth ends as Kenosha forecasts show partly cloudy skies with a cold night and a chilly Wednesday. Tonight’s low 5 to 15, Wednesday’s high 20 to 25, with noon readings around 33 to 35 at local sites. Sunrise 7 18 a.m. Set 4 33 p.m.
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Kenosha
American Motors
Eden Confers Over Crisis In Mid East
Prime Minister Eden met with his Cabinet to address the Middle East crisis and Labor demands for a parliamentary debate on arms sales to Arabs and Israelis. An emergency conference with eight Middle East ambassadors was ordered, as Ben-Gurion warned of possible war while Britain eased a wartime embargo on surplus arms under strict guarantees.
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Alfred L. Drury
M. Eugene Baker
G. Adolph Strangberg
Baker
Circuit Court
Drury
Strangberg
John Belden
Eden
Mid-East
London
Middle East
Hugh Gaitskell
Kremlin
Selwyn Lloyd
David Ben-Gurion
Israel
Ben-Gurion
Britain
Belgium
House to Probe Big Business in Eisenhower Era
House Democratic Leader John W. McCormack announced investigations this year would target big business control of government under President Eisenhower. Focus areas include defense orders awarded by secret negotiated contracts and the alleged destruction of small business.
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Washington
House
John W. McCormack
Eisenhower
Massachusetts
Traffic toll hits new three day New Year record
The 84th Congress second session faced nationwide holiday deaths as 357 traffic fatalities, 72 fires, and 74 miscellaneous deaths were tallied for the New Year weekend. Total toll reached 503 with 6 p.m. Dec 30 to midnight Monday timing. Wisconsin reports 11 deaths over the period, naming victims from Racine County and Milwaukee area.
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Associated Press
Wisconsin
Racine County
Lillian D Tidgway
Great Lakes
Ernest Grosglasner
Loren Steigner
Warren
Frank Lord
Oshkosh
James Donnan
Red Gran
France votes roiled as factions clash in new Assembly
Complete unofficial returns show Communist 151 seats as the largest single party with Poujadists winning 49 deputies. Faure and Mendes France alliances split the center and right and left blocs, raising prospect a Socialist like Pineau or Mollet could form the first cabinet.
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Faure
Pierre Mendes- France
Mendes-France
Christian Pineau
Guy Mollet
Rene Coty
Death Takes Walter W. Hammond
Walter W. Hammond of Kenosha died suddenly at Kenosha hospital after visiting his ill son. A longtime lawyer since 1916, he led Hammond and Hammond with his son Willis. He served in multiple civic roles including Wisconsin State Bar Association president, Kenosha County assistant district attorney, and public administrator. He was active in the Salvation Army, Kiwanis, Elks, and Masonic orders.
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Walter W. Hammond
7Th Ave
Kenosha Hospital
Hammond
Atty
Kenosha
Buckmaster and Hammond
Hammond and Jones
Willis
Hammond and Hammond
Wisconsin State Bar Association
Kenosha County
Ile
The
Chamber of Commerce
Salvation Army Advisory Board
Elks Club
Kiwanis
First Congregational Church
Men's Club
Royal Arch Masons
State of
Arrest of Payroll Thief in Denmark
Danish police arrest Sfc. Donald F. Molier in Copenhagen after he fled from Germany with about $15,000 in Army payroll funds. He had 17,100 marks 4,072 dollars 752 kroner 100 cents and 75 cents in U S currency, far short of the missing amount. His ally Eva Bledau, a registered prostitute, disappeared with the payroll from Frankfurt on December 14.
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Copenhagen
Denmark
Sfc
Donald F. Molier
Detroit
Mich
Germany
Molier
U. S
Molter
Eva
the Mask
Fire Kills 3 Harvard Students in Quebec Chalet Blaze
Three Harvard University students died in a fire that destroyed a skiing chalet in Mont Tremblant Quebec. Thomas S Gates Jr Myron Herrick and Jedeiah McLane all perished in their sleep while Lawrence Collidge survived with burns. The blaze may have started from a cigarette ember.
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Mont Tremblant
Quebec
Harvard University
Thomas S. Gates
Lit
U. S
Thomas S. Gates, Jr
Devon
Myron
Timothy Herrick
Brookline
Mass
Jedeiah H. McLane
Millbrook
N. Y
Lawrence Collidge
Topsfield
Herrick
France
Myron T. Herrick
St. Paul’s School
Concord
N. H
Harvard
Gates
McLane
Indonesian elections still not completed
Indonesia's parliamentary elections begun September 29 and were to end November 30. Officials ordered revote in 21 precincts in North Sumatra and cautioned that final nationwide results would not be known before February or March.
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Jakarta
Indonesia
Sumatra
Blaze Extinguished Atop Eiffel Tower
Firefighters reached the Eiffel Tower top to battle an electrical fault in the television coaxial cable installation. One firefighter suffered a wrist cut, and nine trucks with fifteen men climbed stairs as power briefly interrupted the state television network's coverage of French elections.
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Paris
Eiffel Tower
Residents Battle To Halt Eviction In Ilford Clash
In Ilford England residents clash with police and bailiffs as three families totaling 17 people resist eviction over rent increases. Flour bombs and hot water doused bailiffs as crowbars and improvised rams forced entry into state owned homes amid taunts and cheering crowds.
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Ilford
England
London
Ford Reports Record U.S. Vehicle Output
Ford Motor Co reported 2,614,559 cars and trucks built in the last year, a new record for the company.
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Detroit
Ford Motor Co
Nine Escape Injury In AF Plane Crash Near Tokyo
A U S Air Force cargo plane crashed while landing near Tokyo tonight. Nine Americans aboard escaped with no injuries.
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Tokyo —i
Tokyo
State Woman 103 Dies in Bevent Rural Home
Amelia Falkowski died New Year's Day at her Bevent town home just after celebrating her 103rd birthday on May 20 last year. She was a longtime resident of Stevens Point area and is survived by family members.
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Stevens Point
Amelia Falkowski
Bevent
Congress Opens Second Session Amid Election-Year Jockeying
The 84th Congress begins its second session with debate on a farm program tax cuts and highway spending while investigations are again touted as a political tool. President Eisenhower to deliver the State of the Union Thursday from Key West. Senate and House leaders describe the session as brief and routine.
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Washington
É4th
Congress
Lyndon B. Johnson
D-Tex
Knowland
R-Calif
Senate
Miners Killed in 300 Foot Potash Shaft Fall
In Carlsbad New Mexico a cage carrying five miners down a potash shaft plunged about 300 feet. At least two were killed and others may be injured or trapped.
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