Ten Year Foreign Aid Plan Seen
JOHN SCALI reports the Eisenhower administration plans to ask Congress for power to commit the United States to a 10-year foreign aid program. The sum for any country would vary, with a maximum of half a billion to a billion dollars, paid in annual installments. The move faces opposition in Congress, which has grown wary of long-term commitments while voting billions for yearly aid.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Congress
United States
Sen
George
D-Ga
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Europe
Earthquake Waves Read Sea Bottom Shatters Moon Theory
AP science report details a method using earthquake waves to map ocean floors, challenging the asteroid moon origin theory. Dr. Frank Press of California Institute of Technology and Dr. Maurice Ewing of Columbia University show uniform subsurface layers beneath oceans and dismiss Atlantis-like lost continents.
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Rennie Taylor
Science
Los Angeles
American Physical Society
Pacific Ocean
Frank Press
Atlantis
Atlantic Ocean
Press
California Institute of Technology
Maurice Ewing
Columbia University
Pacific
Flag Flies Again At Little America
At Little America in Antarctica the Stars and Stripes were raised anew as the first two Byrd camps lie buried under heavy snow. The USS Glacier team seeks a safe, crevasse free site for a three year IGY base, weighing cargo loading ease from bay ice to the shelf. Bare tops of towers and poles linger above wind swept snow, marking the remains of the 1928 and 1933 35 structures and radio lines from the second settlement.
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Little America
Antarctic
Richard Byrd
United States Antarctic Expedition
International Geophysical Year
Bay Ice
Bay of Whales
Elephant for sale at Wanamaker’s store in Philadelphia
The John Wanamaker department store in Philadelphia offers Hannibal the elephant for 4995 as part of a two day Christmas sale. The 14 month old, 550 pound pachyderm promises unique ownership and quirky habits including a preference for kale oats and hay.
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Hannibal
Reeves Wetherill
Philadelphia
Wetherill
John Wanamaker Department Store
United States
Coast-To-Coast Police Teletype Network Opens Coast-To-Coast Teletype Links 34 States
Albany reports the coast to coast police Teletype network opens today linking New York with 33 other states and the District of Columbia. Gov. Averell Harriman is to send the first message. 14 more states will join as budgets allow. The system spans from Maine to California and Georgia to Washington. Officials say it speeds cross state criminal apprehension and costs less than other communications.
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Albany
N. Y
New York
District of Columbia
Averell Harriman
Francis McGarvey
State Police
Maine
California
Georgia
Washington State
Harriman
Bandit Is Getting Palsy With Victim
Los Angeles market operator Max Linger says he has been robbed by the same man three times. The robber uses a .32 pistol and now calls Linger by his first name. He demanded money and Linger handed over $53 from the till, as in previous assaults in March and April.
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Los Angeles
Max Linger
Max
Linger
Dust Storm Threat Shrouds Plains States
Washington reports new dust storm risk across 10 Great Plains states as of December 1 with about 26 million acres in condition to suffer wind damage. Severe storms last winter and spring caused crop losses and erosion. Kansas, Texas, and Colorado account for most vulnerable land, with others including New Mexico, Oklahoma, Montana, Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota, and Wyoming.
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Washington
Great Plains
Agriculture Department
Kansas
Texas
Colorado
New Mexico
Oklahoma
Montana
Nebraska
North Dakota
South Dakota
Wyoming
Shawnee Kids Get Thanks A Bit Late
Shawnee Oklahoma children finally receive thanks for Christmas packages sent to Greek children in 1953. A Greek cafe operator, George Theodore, translated a letter from Greece thanking the American children and noting poverty and lack of material gifts. The packages traveled via Red Cross routes, causing the two year delay.
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Shawnee, Okla
Greece
George Theodore
Red Cross
Washington
More Rubber Consumed In 1955 First Eleven Months
The Commerce Department reports that 1,400,512 tons of synthetic and natural rubber were consumed in the first 11 months of 1955, up 25.7 percent from 1,113,815 tons in the same period of 1954, marking a record level for any full year to date.
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Washington
Commerce Department
Rent a Refrigerator Range or Washer
Wolverton Electric and Applied Ice advertise rental options for refrigerators ranges and washers with telephone numbers 181 and 8120 for contact. The message emphasizes renting appliances directly from the supplier rather than buying.
Moral decline in Soviet bloc society alarms East Europe
After a decade of control the Communist regimes in Russia's satellites confront rising moral problems cited by refugee reports and press accounts. Alcoholism juvenile delinquency and prostitution are highlighted with Prague Warsaw Szczecin and Sofia named for conditions. Bulgaria Poland and Czechoslovakia report tightening controls and new laws to curb juvenile crime and vice.
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Richard R. Kasischke
Viennap
Russia
Mlada Fronta
Czechoslovakia
Communist Youth League
Czech
Bulgaria
Poland
Szczecin
Stettin
Lublin
Prague
Warsaw
Mother
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Youth Ambassadors Club
Columbia Pictures Presents
Jean Simmons
Stewart Granger
Bill Travers
Ronald Louire
Finlay Currie
Belinda Lee
Technicolor
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Banke Nese
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Richard Conte
R Bros
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Caravan Club
John Hardee and His Orchestra
William Elliott
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Adrian Booth
Walter Brennan
Forrest Tucker
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