East Germany presses for recognition over Berlin barge traffic
East Germany demands ministerial handling of West Berlin barge traffic to force recognition. Russians empowered East Germany to approve or deny Western barge permits, risking a partial blockade. West Germany counters that no blockade is imminent and condemns panic.
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East Germany
West Berlin
Berlin
Unifax
West Germany
Neues Deutschland
East German
Communist Party
Edmund Forschbach
Bonn
Konrad Adenauer
Forschbach
Five Teens Die In High Speed Car Crash Near Shafter
A racing car traveling at 90 to 95 mph plowed into the rear of a cotton trailer truck near Shafter California Saturday night killing five teens all residents of Shafter. The victims are Finis Loran Ashmore 19 driver Ronnie Colvard 18 Freda Brown 17 Marvin Taber 18 and Viola Bernice Taber 15. The truck driver Ernest Ladell Pace 26 of Wasco was uninjured.
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Shafter
Calif.p
Finis Loran Ashmore
Ronnie Colvard
Freda Brown
Marvin Taber
Weekend Gifts Push La Crosse Chest Toward 187000 Goal
Weekend gifts reduced the La Crosse Community Chest shortfall to 16300, bringing the 187000 goal within reach for 1956 Red Feather agency needs. Miss Abbie G Skaff organized a Syrian dinner at the YWCA with about 300 attendees, raising over 200 including receipts to come. Campaign chair A N Christensen commended Skaff and helpers while Elks added 500 to boost the drive and urged community support via mail or pickup.
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la Crosse Community Chest
Red Feather Agency
Abbie G Skaff
West Ave. S
YWCA
A. N. Christensen
Chest
Red Feather
Miss Skaff
James Malesytcki
Salem Skaff
Mary Joseph
Anna George
James Skaff Sr
James Skaff Jr
Louis Skaff
Mary Taylor
la Crosse State College
The
la Crosse Elks
Christensen
la Crosse
Delinquency Study Committee Sets First Meeting
An 18 member citizens group appointed by County Board Chairman Ray Parmenter meets at 4 pm Monday with Hugh Reed of the National Probation and Parole Association. Reed will review local juvenile statistics as the committee gauges the NPPA survey scope and objectives.
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Citizens’ Committee
Ray Parmenter
National Probation and Parole Assn
Hugh Reed
Chicago
NPPA
Peter G. Pappas
Reed
Parmenter
Fisherman’s Tale Sets Early Pace in Burlington Liar Contest
Burlington officials reported that a Virginia fisherman’s excuse set an early pace in the Burlington Liars' Club contest. The dry weather, as described by T. D. Bishop of Norton, had fish stirring up dust so they could not see the hook.
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Burlington
Virginia
Liars’ Club
T. D. Bishop
Norton
Regents Approve Sugar Bowl Trip for Georgia Tech
The Regents of the University System of Georgia voted to back Georgia Tech in the Sugar Bowl game against Pittsburgh on January 2. The resolution states contests within Georgia align with state laws and traditions, while games abroad follow the host state’s rules, with exceptions for conflicts with Georgia’s norms.
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Atlantap— Regents
Theniversity System of Georgia
Georgia Tech
Pittsburgh
Georgia
Navigation Season Ends as Mississippi Ice Clears South
Icebound on the Mississippi near Dresbach Minnesota the navigation season is declared over as nine towboats and 32 barges plus the icebreaker Fern completed a southbound scramble. Operators report open water downstream with shore ice and a season marked by early cold weather.
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Dresbach
Minn
Mississippi River
Fern
Locklin McCleay
Erwin A. Ganshow
Ganschow
Aviation pioneer Martin dies in Baltimore
Glenn L. Martin founder of the Glenn L. Martin Co died at 69 in Baltimore. He led the company to build landmark aircraft and missiles and pioneered the first manned space efforts while contributing to air mail and parachute design, with a career spanning many aviation firsts. Unknowns and early life details follow.
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Martin Dies
Baltimore
Glenn L. Martin
Glenn L. Martin Co
Glenarm
Maryland
Univer
Bal
Will
Timore
Martin
Santa Ana
Calif
Doctor Held For Beating Wife To Death
Chicago police charged Dr. Hobart H Todd 43 with murdering his wife Hazel 45 after he admitted giving sedatives and beating her unconscious He said two morphine and nembutal injections preceded a fatal beating in their Skokie home Firemen found Hazel on the bedroom floor in a nightgown Todd told police the couple quarreled over money and he struck her after she slapped him He then gave himself a sedative and tried to revive her before summoning help
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Chicago
Hobart H. Todd
Hazel
Skokie
Todd
Hel
William Griffin
Griffin
Local Weather for La Crosse Tonight and Tuesday
Fair and cold tonight in La Crosse and vicinity. Tuesday will be fair and somewhat warmer with a low near 5 and a high around 25 degrees.
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la Crosse
Eisenhower urges AFL CIO to show democratic processes
President Eisenhower tells the AFL CIO merger delegates in Gettysburg to exhibit democratic processes and protect minority rights within the new union. He stresses mutual prosperity with employers and urges labor members to see themselves as citizens first.
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Gettysburg
Eisenhower
AFL
CIO
Afl-Cio
New York
Fisenhower
New Unions
Mitchell
Countess Bismarck's Sow Faces Charge Of Swindling
New York reports Robert Schlesinger son of Countess Mona Bismarck returned to face grand larceny charges over a 330000 oil deal swindle. He was traced after a six month, eight country search ending in a Canadian town.
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New York
Robert Schlesinger
Mona Bismarck
Big
Schlesinger
Dist. Atty
Frank Hogan
Count Albert Edward Bismarck
J Harrison Williams
Milwaukee Industrial
Henry Schlesinger
Milwaukee
Los Angeles
Linda ‘Christian
Tyrone Power
Schiesinger
van Cleef and Arpels
Two Semi Drivers Killed in Tomah Icy Crash
At 9 30 p m Sunday two semi trailer drivers died instantly in a collision at the U S Highway 12 and STH 21 intersection three miles north of Tomah Wisconsin The drivers were Murrell Nelson 30 Eau Claire and Robert Meyers 27 Haywarden Iowa The Foreman livestock truck from Horn City Iowa failed to stop at a stop sign and hit the Briggs Transfer Co truck from St Paul Eau Claire both trucks left the highway and ended in a field Nelson pinned under the Briggs cab Meyers ejected Meyers died 38 feet from the road Local officials reported icy roads and snow continued at the scene No inquest will be held.
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Central
Carpaul
St. Paul
Locklin McCleay
Alma
Dairyland Power Cooperative
Helena
United States Coast Guard
Fern
Tampico
Cree
Tom Thumb
Bruce Walker
Mississippi River
Briggs Transfer Co
Murrell Nelson
Eau Claire
Horn City
Iowa
Tomah
Wis
U.S. Highway 12
Robert Meyers
Haywarden
Deweey Reinstra
Briggs
Nelson
Stevere
G. A. Landman
Harry C. Johnson
Wallace Brown
Charles Sullivan
White Funeral Home
Eden Ike To Confer Next Month
British Prime Minister Eden will confer with President Eisenhower in Washington at the end of January to plan cold war strategy in light of Russia's belligerent stance. Eden will be joined by Foreign Secretary Harold Macmillan, and they will arrive in Washington to meet with President Eisenhower.
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Eden
Eisenhower
Washington
White House
Russia
James C. Hagerty
United States
Ton
Britain
Harold MacMillan
John Foster Dukles
Geneva
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Montreal
Canada
Harris B
Steinberg
Emilie
Ike
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