Oil and Gas Producers Eye Big 1956 Activities
Washington Independent Petroleum Association officials forecast a 9 million barrel daily US petroleum demand in 1956, up 3.4 percent from 1955, with domestic use near 8.669 million and exports 328 thousand. They warn imports, gas legislation, and tax issues could shape the upswing, with potential drilling gains of about five percent if conditions allow.
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Independent Petroleum Assn. of America
Cabinet Committee
Defense
Arthur S. Flemming
U. S
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Association
Congress
Slayer of Wilma Allen Scheduled for Hearing
Arthur Ross Brown, a Kansas ex convict, faces a January 23 jury hearing on death penalty eligibility after pleading guilty to kidnapping and admitting he abducted Wilma Allen on August 4 and forced her to a Johnson County farm, where she was killed.
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Arthur Ross Brown
Wilma Allen
Charles Whittaker
Brown
Alien
Johnson County
Kansas
San Francisco
Israelis Report an Ambush on Negev Desert Road
Israeli military spokesman says an ambush hit an Israeli jeep on the Negev Desert road on Friday, killing two soldiers and wounding others. The jeep was escorting a road attendant from the department of public works. The attack was reportedly staged by six or seven men.
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Jerusalem
Negev Desert
Department of Public Works
Re-Election Sought by Tulsa Republican Leader Vinson
Bailie W. Vinson of Tulsa Oklahoma announces he will seek reelection as Republican national committeeman in 1956. He urges the party to field a full slate of candidates in state races and says continuation of the Eisenhower administration is vital to the country.
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Oklahoma City
Bailie W. Vinson
Tulsa
Oklahoma
Eisenhower
Vinson
Weather extends warmth across plains despite cold fronts
Fair to partly cloudy conditions dominated most of the nation with no heavy rainfall or snow. Central and western California saw more rain while Great Lakes and Northeast had light snow flurries and the Gulf states chilled with freezing temperatures as far south as Jackson Mississippi. Westerly winds lift readings in the Great Plains and upper Mississippi Valley. Early figures: New York 17, Chicago 20, Miami 71, Denver 30, Salt Lake City 37, Seattle 29, San Francisco 43, Springfield Ohio 19.
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Associated Press
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Great Lakes
Atlantic
Gulf States
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Miss
Birmingham
Ala
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Broadway Bests of 1955 Crown Top Performers
New York gossip by Earl Wilson lists 1955s top stars and trends. Jayne Mansfield is named Broadway Gal of the Year. Jaye P. Morgan and Al Hibbler top singer categories. Frank Sinatra tops as all around sensational figure. Color TV called Mirage of the Year. Terry Moore crowned Picture of the Year for a Istanbul shoot. Major names and dramatic moments fill the lists with awards, comebacks, busts, and wild anecdotes from press, sports, and stage circles.
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al Hibbler
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Sinatra
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Inherit the Wind
Terry Moore
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Montanan Wins Liar's Award for Big Wind Tale
Claude T. Yerkes of Kalispell Montana won the Burlington Wisconsin P Bagging the Burlington Liars Club 1955 top prize for a shaggy tale about a 100 pound flour sack hung on trailer nails and blown away by a Montana wind. The club founder O C Hulett presented a diamond studded gold plated medal after judging.
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al Westerner
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Mont
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Soviet Communist Party
Soviet Union
Britain
France
Helen Hayes Celebrated For 50 Years On Stage
New York crowds at the Waldorf Astoria pay tribute to Helen Hayes in a gala marking fifty years before the footlights. Dozens of show figures re enact Hayes career with performances while the actress watches from a stage box.
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Helen Hayes
New York
Waldorf-Astoria Hotel
Miss Hayes
Pravda Rates Asian Tour Top Event of Year
Pravda calls Khrushchev’s Asian tour the most important event of the year in a yearend review. The Soviet newspaper highlights the trip by Premier Bulgaria and Communist Party head Nikita S. Khrushchev, noting its significance on the international stage.
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Pravda
London
Pravda Today
Bulgaria
Communist Party
Nikita S. Khrushchev
Dionne Quintuplets Reconcile With Family After Misunderstanding
The Dionne quintuplets and their parents say a misunderstanding caused a rift, now ironed out. Three of the surviving quints visited Callander home to see their parents after Oliva Dionne blamed outsiders for the tension. A family statement issued after the reunion said the trouble has been resolved.
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Ont
Dionne
Oliva Dionne
Callander
Employment Gain in State Reports Continued Growth
State Labor Department data show employment rising for the third consecutive month. Nonfarm jobs increased by 1,000 in the 30 days ending November 15, with manufacturing driving the gain as farm employment totaled 549,800.
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TOPEA
Kansas
State Labor Department
Decision Next Week On Drought Aid to Kansas
The Agriculture Department will decide next week if 44 more Kansas counties join the drought feed program. The scheme already covers 24 Kansas counties with the federal government paying $1 per hundred pounds for feed to eligible livestock producers after a survey of conditions by a department official last week.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Kansas
Kins
Kansas Drinight Committee
Dulles Backs Soviet Peace Wish for New Year
Secretary of State Dulles said he could join Soviet Premier Bulganin in expressing hope for peace in the new year. He declined to comment on Bulganin's assertion that an atomic war remains possible.
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Washington
Dulles
Bulganin
Dulles Backs Bulgaria Peace Hope Before New Year
In a brief remark on Bulgaria's wish for peace in the new year, Secretary of State Dulles expressed cautious approval and said he could agree with the sentiment. He noted that both sides possess weapons of mass destruction but would join in supporting peaceful aims. Dulles then departed for New York to spend the New Year weekend.
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Dulles
Jean
New York
Richard Preis to Speak at Trinity Lutheran Sunday
Richard Preis, a theology student at Hamma Divinity School Springfield Ohio, will speak at three Trinity Lutheran Church services 10:30 11:00 and 3. He has served 1951 to 1983 as Lutheran student counselor at K L while pursuing graduate studies and a masters in English literature. He plans to receive his Bachelor of Divinity from Hamma next May. There are over 1000 known earthworm species.
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Hamma Divinity School
Springfield
Ohio
Trinity Lutheran Church
K.L
Europe
Hamma
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