Probers Label Commie Party As Conspiracy
Senate Internal Security subcommittee declares the Communist Party USA a Moscow dominated conspiracy against the United States. The 100 page handbook A Handbook for Americans aims to expose communism and cites 1953 findings that the party is substantially directed by the Soviet Union.
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Commie Party
Washington
Senate Internal Security Subcommittee
Communist Party of the United States Today
Subversive Activities Control Board
U. S
Communist Party
Soviet Union
Eastland
D-Miss
Reds
United States
U. S. Communist Party
Devastated Yuba City Faces New Flood Crest
Flood warnings return to Yuba City as Feather River surges toward a new crest threatening evacuees. Deluged areas in California and Oregon report at least 41 dead and millions in damages, with Red Cross prepared to aid thousands.
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Yuba City
Calif
California
Feather River
Oregon
San Francisco
Pacific
San Francisco Bay
Sacramento
San Joaquin
Joe W. Sanderson
Soviet Budget Promises Cuts and Economic Shifts in 1956
Moscow reports six hours of praise for the 1956 budget amid complaints on prices and shortages. Finance Minister Arseny Zverev outlines expenditures of 568.8 billion rubles and revenues of 590.2 billion, with defense at 168.2 billion rubles. The plan trims heavy industry funding but boosts capital investment and consumer goods programs, aiming to lower retail prices and expand atomic power.
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Communist Party
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India
Burma
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Zvereyv
Soviet Union
Rescued Tires Vanish After Station Fire
C. F. Carty and a helper saved $1,000 worth of tires tubes and batteries from a service station north of Ironton but found the rescued materials stolen after the blaze. The one story station and its contents were destroyed with investigators estimating losses at $59,000.
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Ironton IP
C. F. Carty
Here
Carty
Egyptian General Heads Arab Army Unites Arab Forces
Cairo reports that Egypt Saudi Arabia and Syria formed a joint army command under Maj. Gen. Abdel Haim Amer. The arrangement aligns with anti Baghdad Pact and positions Amer as likely supreme Arab commander if war erupts with Israel.
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Cairo
Egypt
Saudi Arabia
Syria
Abdel Haim Amer
Israel
Amer
His Yule Present: Cooked Golf Balls
A textile worker, Lew Luquire of Biscoe North Carolina, promised to return home for a family movie but arrived late and found three well cooked golf balls mixed into warmed turkey hash as Christmas gifts from his wife.
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Biscoe, N. C
Lew Luquire
Opium Seized in Rome by Turkish Police Team
Turkish police with undercover American narcotics agents seized 660 pounds of opium on Christmas Day bound for the U S illicit market. The haul was valued at about half a million dollars.
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Rome
U. S
Americans Reach Out With Polio Aid For Ventura Couple
Betty and Herb Smith in Ventura County General Hospital prompted nationwide sympathy after an initial polio bout. Messages from 31 states arrived with cards, gifts, prayers, and pins for a map in the isolation ward as families tied by shared illness formed a national support network.
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Ventura, Calif
Betty
Herb Smith
Ventura County General Hospital
Jody
Debby
Smiths
Hie
Spokane
Herb
William Smith
Santa Maria
Calif
Smith
GOP Leaders Plead Innocent In U S Court
Fairfield County Republicans Charles F E Myers of Baltimore and William Carson Dagger of Lancaster pleaded innocent in federal court on five counts for allegedly offering support to former Baltimore postmaster Harry Raymond Johnson in exchange for political contributions. The case was before Judge Lester L. Ceil after Judge Mell G Underwood fell ill. Bonds set at 1000 each. no trial date set. motions allowed within ten days. Johnson served as Baltimore postmaster until mid 1954.
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Columbus
Fairfield County
Charles FE. Myers
Baltimore
William Carson Dagger
Lancaster
Mell G. Underwood
Underwood
Lester L. Ceeil
Dayton
Underwood Ceeil
Harry Raymond Johnson
Johnson
Myers
Red MIGs Sighted Over Formosa by Central News Agency
Large formations of Communist MIGs have been seen flying north of the Matsu Islands in recent days according to Central News Agency reports from Taipei Formosa.
Mudslide Kills Five in Roseburg Family Home Crash
In Oregon a mudslide roared from a canyon and buried a Roseburg area home killing Marion EF Neal Acerena Neal and three children Mary Becky Tom except Tom. Surviving children Margaret Elaine Billy and Alvis were injured or unharmed and hospitalized as authorities investigated the disaster.
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Ore
Marion EF. Neal
Acerena
Mary
Becky
Tom
Remote
Oregon
Margaret Elaine
Billy
Alvis
Douglas County
Powers
Neil
John Cawrse
Neal
Temperature Rise Slows in Hocking County
Pleasant holiday weather with a low of 11 degrees and noon reading of 29 degrees. By Wednesday a milder high is forecast as sunshine returns and clouds thin across Hocking County.
Five Day Forecast With Warm Up Then Unsettled Weekend
Temperatures will average 3 to 8 degrees above normal with normal highs 35 to 41 and lows 21 to 24. Warmer Wednesday and Thursday, cooler Friday and Saturday, warmer again Sunday. Showers likely late Thursday and snow flurries near Lake Erie Friday. No other rain or snow indicated.
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Lake Erie
Ohio High School Athletic Age Limit Cut
The Ohio High School Athletic Assn votes to reduce the age limit for scholastic athletes from 20 to 19 with eligibility rules tied to the birthday month. It also bans spring football practice and ends the Class B designation, reclassifying such schools as Class A beginning next September.
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Columbus
Ohio High School Athletic Assn
U S Copters Rescue Japanese Fishermen at Sea
U S helicopter crews rescued 22 crewmen from a 1339 ton freighter off northeast Japan and a destroyer saved three more from a sinking vessel amid 65 mph winds and 40 foot waves. Several ships, including the No 2 Shinya Maru and Chiyoda Maru No 12, were missing with crews of 21 and 18 respectively.
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Japan
Asahi
Air Force
Hachinohe City
Hachinohe
Honshu
Ozbourn
Navy
Yokouka
Choshi Peninsula
Second Baby Comes On Christmas Day
New Britain Connecticut couple Mr and Mrs Joseph Bakaj Jr welcomed a daughter Nancy born in New Britain Hospital on Sunday echoing a 1954 Christmas baby. The 1954 birth in the same hospital was by Joseph Bakaj III.
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New Britain
Conn
Joseph Bakaj Jr
Mass Mayhem in Ohio as 602 Traffic Deaths Tally
The Associated Press reports a nationwide record 602 traffic deaths over the Christmas weekend with 47 accidental deaths in Ohio and 40 victims in violent incidents. Ohio’s toll stands among the highest nationally, prompting safety officials to call for cautious driving in the New Year.
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Ohio
National Safety Council
Felty
Associated Press
Westinghouse Talks Resumed After 72-Day Strike
Pittsburgh negotiators returned to the bargaining table as renewed efforts began to end a 72 day strike by the AFL CIO International Union of Electrical Workers against Westinghouse Electric Corp The walkout started October 17 over wages contract length and company time studies involving 44000 IVE members at 30 plants nationwide
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Pittsburgh
AFL Cio International Union of Flectrical
Westinghouse Electric Corps
Rift in Dionne Quintuplets Deepens Over Christmas
In North Bay Ontario the Dionne parents say none of the four surviving quintuplets sent Christmas greetings or visited home this year. Oliva Dionne says outsiders influenced the sisters after leaving home and after their 21st birthday, when they inherited money. Cecile and Yvonne train as nurses in Montreal. Marie and Annette reportedly recovering from hospital checkups. The Telegram reports four sisters using an assumed Montreal apartment name.
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North Bay, Ont
Oliva Dionne
Quints
Dionne
Yvonne
Cecile
Montreal
Marie
Annette
Toronto Telegram
State Of Union Talk Due Jan 5
President Eisenhower will deliver the State of the Union message to Congress on January 5 as he recovers from a heart attack. Clerks will read the address to the Senate and House this year, unlike in prior years when the President personally delivered it.
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Washington
Burglary at Bell Drug. thief steals $500 in Cushing
A burglar broke into the Bell Drug store in Cushing Oklahoma and stole $500 from the office safe. The intruder also tampered with an adding machine during the break in.
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Cushing
Okla
Bell
Vlsiteo
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