Venice Gondolas Face Motorization Challenge
Venice gondoliers weigh motorization as 30 of 428 artists consider winter upgrades to run tourists’ gondolas with outboard motors. The shift would alter a 850 year tradition as engines raise speed beyond city limits and threaten palaces along the Grand Canal. Protests include mass parades and a doomed 1951 gondola funeral demonstration.
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Venice
Adriatic
Loenans
Pennle
Herry
Eondoliiers
Condaliers
Grand Canal
Sweater Fads Rise Among Girls In College and High School
The Associated Press reports a surge in women’s sweaters with bulky magnified woolknits dominating the scene. White remains favored, with styles ranging from hooded shawl collars to ribbed V-neck pullovers and sailor-inspired pieces. Bulky knits pair with dresses, skirts, or Bermuda shorts, while rhinestone accents spark resort evenings.
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Associated Press
America
Slim Rocky Mountain News prints 24 pages
Denver readers received a slim 24 page Rocky Mountain News edition with no ads except funeral notices. The paper historically runs up to 112 pages on weekdays as advertisers cut back to conserve scarce newsprint.
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Denver
Rocky Mountain News Today
Okmulgee County's Only Republican Official Dies
BEGGS Okla Henry Heck 65 prominent Okmulgee County resident died yesterday at his home. For many years he was the county's only Republican official. Heck suffered a stroke during his campaign for re election as county commissioner last year and was defeated.
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Beggs
Okla
Henry Heck
Okmulgee County
Heck
Monroney Pushes to Make CAA Independent Agency
Senator Monroney says the Civil Aeronautics Administration should become an independent agency after the firing of Frederick B. Lee as CAA administrator. He notes Lee was replaced by Charles Lowen and cites pressure from Secretary Weeks and Louis Rothschild. Hearings are planned for January 4 to probe the ouster and policy aims.
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Sen. Monroney
D-Okla
Senate
Civil Aeronautics Administration
Frederick B. Lee
CAA
Commerce Department
Civil Aeronautics Board
Lee
Charles Lowen
Monroney
Secretary of Commerce
Weeks
Louis Rothschild
Senate Commerce
Congress
Mrs Santa Skips Christmas Party For Newborn Daughter
Mrs Robert Siegfried and her husband who have played Mr and Mrs Santa Claus for seven years welcomed a holiday baby girl one minute after midnight Saturday The Siegfrieds already have three other children and planned the family Christmas.
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Tulsa
Okla
Robert Siegfried
Mrs. Santa Claus
Siegfried
Burgess and Stephenson Rites Held at Native Missions
Funeral notices detail services for Bobbie Arnold Burgess 22 of 1201 Georgia at Deyo Indian Mission with burial in Deyo Mission cemetery under Lawton Funeral Home. Burgess born Feb 3 1933 in Cache is survived by wife son Ronald and parents. Also listed are Mintie Stephenson 41 who died Sunday afternoon with services at Comanche Indian Mission Church and burial at Highland Cemetery under Becker Funeral Home. Stephenson born Jan 24 1913 in Lawton lived in Comanche County. survivors include husband Dudley, daughter Debra, sister Mrs Robert Chant Jr., two brothers Henry Tomahsah and John Tomahsah, four half-sisters and a half-brother Willis Attocknie.
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Bobbie Arnold Burgess
Georgia
Kiowa Indian Hospital
Deyo Indian Mission
Deyo Mission
Lawton Funeral Home
Burgess
Cache
Ronald
Harold Waters
Comanche Indian Mission
Henry Tomahsah
Faxon
John Tomahsah
Tulsa
Pasquerita Ruier
Fort Worth
Tex
Josephine Pratt
Blossom Pratt
Lillie Tieyah
Elgin
Willis Attocknie
S. 10Th
Dogs as Meat Eaters Prefer Fruit Varieties Too
A note on canine eating habits shows dogs are meat eaters yet many enjoy fruit like apples peaches and grapes. The observation highlights dogs often ingest a range of foods beyond meat.
Solons Say Tax Cut Is Possible
Washington lawmakers on the House Ways and Means Committee floated a potential personal income tax cut for next year while urging delay until the government’s fiscal picture clarifies. Rep. Reed and Rep. Mills offered mixed views, with Reed predicting a strong possibility of rate cuts and Mills cautioning against action in 1957, favoring debt reduction first. talks also hinted President Eisenhower may address tax policy in a future message after the State of the Union.
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Washington
House
Ways and Means Committee
Congress
Daniel A. Reed
New York
Rep. Mills
Arkansas
Sen
Byrd
D-Va
Senate Finance Committee
Bob Hope Hurt After Fall During Christmas Show
Bob Hope nursing a sore neck and head after a fall during a Christmas show for U S troops in Iceland. A spokesman said he slipped from British strongwoman Joan Rhodes shoulders, cracked his head on the platform, cut his nose and strained his neck before appearing as a guest star on a British TV program. He showed no visible effects and made no comment. newsmen could not reach him at his hotel.
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London
Bob Hope
U. S
Iceland
Hope
Keflavik
Joan Rhodes
Paraguayan bank chief resigns amid revolt ties
In Asuncion, Epifanio Mendez Fleitas resigns as president of the Paraguayan Central Bank after unofficial sources linked him to a failed revolt against President Alfredo Stroessner. The cabinet reportedly accepted the resignation.
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