California Floods Spread in Pacific Coast Disaster
Calamity from storms stretches from San Francisco Bay area to Santa Cruz and into Oregon. Death toll rises to nine in northern California and three in Oregon with hundreds exposed or missing. Floodwaters inundate Reno and coastal towns as rivers surge and villages are emptied.
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River Floods Reno Center
Reno downtown faced river flooding as the Truckee overflowed its banks. National Guardsmen and 500 airmen helped sandbag shops and two main hotels the Riverside and Mapes, with many gambling rooms moved to upper floors to avoid damage. Authorities warned more rain would bring continued danger.
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Stead Air Force Base
Riverside
Turncoats in Red China Tell Why They Stayed
Ex-POWs from the United States and Britain describe their reasons for remaining in Communist China after Korea. They cite fear of persecution in the United States, oppression of Negroes, and sympathy with Communist ideas, while denying party membership. They mention germ warfare claims and incidents at the prison camp as influencing factors.
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R-Wis
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Yule Festivities Staging Throughout City
Yuletide spirit grows as merchants extend hours for last minute shopping. Churches schedule midnight masses and candlelight services across Fort Sill area. Fort Sill observes Christmas and New Year schedules with schools and post office set to follow Sunday timetables.
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Lawton
Yule
Capital Chamber Backs Fort Sill Land Expansion Drive
Oklahoma City Chamber of Commerce joined Lawton leaders in an all-out effort to secure 10,700 acres plus adjacent private land for Fort Sill artillery and missile training. Interior Secretary McKay approved limited use. Congress earlier approved annexation and private land purchase. Gen. William S. Key heads the military affairs panel backing this land drive.
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Wichita Mountains Wildlife Refuge
Interior
Douglas McKay
Congress
Key
Fires Across U S Kill 23 Persons
Nationwide fires on the eve of Christmas killed 23 people, many children. Tenement blazes in St Louis and New York claimed several young victims, with deaths also reported in Indianapolis Davenport Nashville Ohio Clinton Manitowoc War ren Panama City and a freighter deckhand. The National Board of Fire Underwriters warned winter and the holiday season are especially hazardous.
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Davenport
Iowa
Nashville
Tenn
Ohio
Clinton
Manitowoc
Wis
Warren
John V. W. Falck
Panama City
Fla
News- Herald
National Board of Fire Underwriters
Santa Burglar Kills Two Men
An unkempt burglar who claimed to be Santa Claus killed Air Force Captain Edward Felknor and his father in law Frank Miller after surprising them during a burglary in Alexandria Louisiana. Police questioned 13 people but had no clues. The killer fled in a late model Chevrolet before dawn.
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Santa Claus
Mary Susan Felkner
Frank
Mary Susan
Air Force
Edward M. Felknor
Frank E. Miller
Clinton
S. C
Oakdale
Natchez
Miss
Safecrackers Start A $500,000 Fire
In Newark New Jersey thieves using an acetylene torch started a fire at Ward Motors an auto sales agency. The blaze wrecked the business and 25 new cars while escaping with only a portion of a Christmas bonus stash remaining in one safe. Fire officials believe the torch was dropped on the floor starting the blaze.
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N.J
Ward Motors
Veteran James Kutcher Loses Pension Amid Asss Charges
New York Post reports VA halted 282 monthly disability pension for James Kutcher of Newark New Jersey for alleged cooperation with enemies of the United States. Kutcher, a Socialist Workers party member, was told he may reply by January 12 to charges based on anonymous allegations accusing him of undermining public confidence in the U.S. government after remarks in summer 1951.
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New York Post
Veterans Administration
James Kutcher
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Socialist Workers Party
United States
U. S
Lawton Recruiters In State's Top Six
Oklahoma City announces the state's six top National Guard recruiters. Prizes over 225 dollars were awarded for a campaign that signed up 860 men from September 1 to October 31, 1955. The six are Pfc Lorace Leatherman Alva M Manole L Meeker End Sgt Richard H Pate Durant Pfe Charles E Williams Poteau M Sgt Jerry W Glandon Lawton and Cpl Rudolph W Perez Lawton. The 45th Infantry Division now has 6726 officers and men with a goal of 8000 by June 30, 1956.
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Oklahoma
National Guard
Lorace Leatherman
Alva
Manole L. Meeker
Richard H. Pate Durant
Charles E. Williams
Poteau
Jerry W. Glandon
Lawton
Rudolph W. Perez
45Th Infantry Division
A New Twist To Old Rule
Police booked a 54 year old man and a 68 year old woman in a role reversal drunkenness case. Each was charged within minutes of the other in a shared incident.
Oklahoma Mother and Child Die in Californian Flood
In Colfax California a Christmas trip ended in tragedy as a wall of water debris and trees struck a cabin by a river fork 16 miles east of Colfax. An El Reno Oklahoma mother 30 and her 2-year-old daughter were drowned. The mother in law Mildred Strula 50 also drowned. Husband John Siler 30 and a 7-year-old daughter Millie Lou escaped with Louis Strula 47 at whose cabin the flood struck.
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Okla
Here
Siler
Mildred Strula
John Siler
Millie Lou Siler
Louis Strula
Paratrooper survives four days in Cascade snow
Easton Washington 25 year old paratrooper from Maynard Mass Sgt John Horan bailed from a C46 during a spin at 12000 feet. He trekked through eight feet of snow to a cabin where he lit a fire had cocoa and melted snow for warmth. He longs to see his Japanese wife Teruko and three children who arrived in Seattle.
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Wash
John Horan
Maynard
Mass
Cascade Mountain
Teruko
Seattle
Japan
Ft. Lawton
Horan
France Pledges 60000 More Troops To Algeria
Algeria facing increasing violence as France vows 60 000 extra soldiers to quell unrest. Death toll surpasses 200 in recent weeks while international elections loom. Rebels concentrate in the Djurdura Mountains as Alpine Chasseurs press the offensive.
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Algiers
France
Indo-China
Djurdura Mountains
Warm Christmas Forecast Brightens Lawton Outlook
Forecasters predict no white Christmas for Lawton and southwest Oklahoma. Temperatures through next Wednesday will average five to ten degrees above normal with highs near 70 Friday and Saturday and cool nights in the upper 20s to 40s. Partly cloudy conditions expected with limited fog and no precipitation in the five day outlook.
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Lawton
Oklahoma
Civilian Military Trials Questioned by Supreme Court
Washington urged the Supreme Court to decide civilians accompanying the armed forces overseas fall under military trials. Clarice B. Covert, 35, was convicted by an Air Force court martial in England for murdering her husband, Sgt Edward E. Covert, and sentenced to life. Her conviction was reversed by the Court of Military Appeals on a technicality, pending a second trial after Judge Edward A. Tamm freed her.
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Leo A. Rover
U. S
Tamm
Armed Services
Eisenhower Grants 41 Yuletide Pardons
President Eisenhower pardoned 41 convicted criminals and commuted one death sentence at a White House ceremony following an hourlong meeting with Atty. Gen. Brownell. The action mirrors last year’s pattern and the list will be released by the Justice Department. The president and Mrs. Eisenhower will attend 11 a.m. church services at National Presbyterian Church, his first since his September heart attack.
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Eisenhower
White House
Justice Department
Brownell
James C. Hagerty
National Presbyterian Church
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