Bomb Scares Tie Up New York Police in 24 Hours
Police hunted the so called Mad Bomber after 36 bomb scares in one day. A fake 12 inch pipe at Times Square Theater led to stalls but no injuries. Two real bombs had already damaged the city since 1940 with 15 injuries and $26,000 in rewards offered.
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New York
Times Square
Madison Square Garden
Macy's Department Store
Queens
Manhattan
Grand Central Terminal
Paramount
Dead Boy's Skin May Save Girl
A Chicago girl with 70 percent body burns received a skin graft from a dead 3-year-old boy to aid healing at Children’s Memorial Hospital. Surgeons grafted skin from Gilbert Casell of Chicago, killed in a Christmas traffic crash, hoping to stimulate regrowth along neck to knees.
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Chicago
Decatur
Ill
Children’s Memorial Hospital
Cincy Evans
Gilbert Casell
Piqua Man DieS From Knife Wound
Darnell Davis, 32, was found with a knife wound in the left side at the rear of the Veterans of Foreign Wars Building in Piqua. He was pronounced dead on arrival at Piqua Hospital. Sheriff Richard Seifried leads the Mi ami County investigation into the death.
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PIQUA
Darnell Davis
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Piqua Hospital
Richard Seifried
Miami County
Davis
Ohio Bell Plans Stock Issue to Reimburse Treasury
The Ohio Utilities Commission approved Ohio Bell Telephone Co. to issue 106 million dollars in common stock to reimburse its treasury for 106 203 744 dollars spent on improving its telephone system.
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Columbus
State Utilities Commission
Ohio Bell Telephone Co
Salvage Crews Stand By To Start Suez Clearance
Salvage workers waited for orders to begin clearing the Suez Canal south at Ismailia. U N and Egyptian officials spoke of a Friday start, but a double blockage and wreckage hindered progress as crews prepared aboard Tyne and Protector.
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Egypt
Suez Canal
U. N
Suez Canal Authority
Ismailia
U. S
Raymond A. Wheeler
P. W. Dekoe
Hocking County GOP Endorsements Still To Be Made
Hocking County Republican chairman Dean Collison reports no formal endorsements yet for state and county posts. He expects final determinations within a week as the GOP committee plans a later meeting to decide endorsements.
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Hocking County
GOP
Dean Collison
Hocking
Dollison
Phone negotiations drag on as strike persists
Columbus officials say talks to end the 168 day strike against the Ohio Consolidated Telephone Co. will resume January 8. A bargaining session between company reps and Communications Workers of America officials recessed at midnight with no progress reported.
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Columbus
Ohio Consolidated Telephone Co
Nicholas Fillo
Communications Workers of America
Most County Offices Change Monday Plans
All Hocking County Courthouse offices except the treasurer and auditor will be closed on Monday December 31 after earlier plans. The treasurer’s office stays open for final sales tax stamp purchases and a skeleton crew will serve the auditor’s office. The Daily News will not publish New Year’s Day and will resume Wednesday.
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Hocking County
Daily News
Dope Raid Nets Four Arrests in Cincinnati
A Friday night raid by police and federal agents seized James Harvey Jr. and three others in Avondale Cincinnati. James Albert Coleman Florence Buchner and Babette Harvey faced narcotics charges after heroin capsules were found.
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James Harvey Jr
Harvey
Avondale
James Albert Coleman
Florence Buchner
Babette
Buchner
Multimillionaire Matron's Son Seeks To Wed Ex-Maid
William Wallace Mein III said he and Isolde Constantani are not married yet and plans to wed later while his mother says an annulment is unnecessary. The UC student revealed they obtained a Reno marriage license but did not marry. Constantani, 24, came from Mannheim and worked as a secretary for the Meins in Woodside.
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Berkeley
Calif
William Wallace Mein
Mein
William Wallace Mein Jr
San Francisco Society
San Mateo County Superior Court
Young Mein
University of California
Isolde Constantani
Reno
Constantani
Mannheim
Meins
Woodside
U.S. Reactions Prompt East Peace Plan Test Run
Washington reports show the Eisenhower administration weighing a combined military pressure and large aid strategy for the Middle East. Dulles and the President planned a New Year’s briefing for congressional leaders to gauge support. Initial reactions from Congress appeared cool as officials prepared for potential policy moves.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Middle East
Three Ohioans Guilty In Moonshine Cases
In Cincinnati federal court Judge John H. Druffel sentenced Everett Adkins of Chesapeake to two years for possessing tax unpaid liquor after a moonshine bust. Allie Bryan Harris of Portsmouth received two three year terms and $500 fines per count, suspended. Leo R. Hawthorne of Proctorville, who pleaded guilty to possessing four gallons of moonshine, faces sentencing on January 9.
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Cincinnati
John H. Druffel
Everett Adkins
Chesapeake
Adkins
Druffel
Allie Bryan Harris
Portsmouth
Harris
Leo R. Hawthorne
Proctorville
Police Gun Duel Ends in Death on Cleveland East Side
A gun duel on the East Side left 25 year old Charles Alexander dead after being shot by a wounded officer. Officers Edward Swansinger and James Chaloupka returned fire wounding Alexander after he fired at them from a stairway during a disturbance reported by his wife Charlotte 28.
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Cleveland
East Side
Charles Alexander
Edward Swansinger
James Chaloupka
Alexander
Charlotte
Swansinger
Chaloupka
Snowball Punishment Stirs Aurora Youths Court Order
Five boys aged 14 to 16 will throw snowballs across the Fox River for three hours today and again Sunday as ordered by Police Magistrate Bob W. Robinson for vandalizing a windshield with a snowball. They must write the Ten Commandments 20 times daily for five days and observe a 7 PM curfew. An inch and a half of snow covers Aurora. The youths are Larry Zakosek 16 Alex Bumbar 15 and Michael Bumbar 14.
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Aurora
Fox River
Bob W. Robinson
Robinson
Larry Zakosek
Alex Bumbar
Michael
Eisenhower Eyes Another Golf Round at Augusta
President Eisenhower, on vacation in Augusta, Ga, hopes for another round at his holiday retreat before Congress returns. He flew from Washington aboard Columbine Five to Bush Airport and headed to the links within minutes. He plans to fly back Sunday night for meetings with congressional leaders about 1957 domestic and foreign policy priorities. The session with Republicans will cover the administration’s program, while New Year’s Day focus will be on foreign policy amid risks of Communist influence in the Middle East. The refugee quota issue, currently 21,500 Hungarians, may be raised if leaders approve.
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Eisenhower
Congress
Washington
Columbine NL
Bush Airport
White House
Middle East
United States
Prosecutor Receives Ballot Tampering Evidence in Mahoning
Mahoning County Board of Elections forwarded tampering evidence from the November 6 precinct election to County Prosecutor Bryan Wade. The board met in closed session and indicated at least two, possibly four, individuals were involved. About 80 ballots were reportedly altered with evidence presented by Joseph Tholl of Cleveland, an investigator for the secretary of state.
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Youngstown
Mahoning County
Mishap Kills Boy in Delaware Hunting Accident
Eight year old Jimmy Terry died after a shotgun in his older brother's hands discharged while the brothers prepared to go hunting in Delaware. Police said the incident occurred Friday and the cause was accidental.
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Delaware
Jimmy Terry
Violence Flares In South as Bus Desegregation Sparks Attacks
Rioting and violence flare in Montgomery Alabama and Camden South Carolina amid desegregation pressure. Rosa Jordan, 22, is shot in both legs on a Montgomery city bus. Guy Hutchins, 52, a high school band director, is beaten by hooded men near Camden. Separate incidents occur in Tallahassee as legal challenges test seating rules.
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Ala
Camden
S. C
Deep South
Rosa Jordan
Alabama
Guy Hutchins
Charlotte
N. C
Newsmen Lose Passports Over China Trip
The State Department revoked passports of three American journalists William Worthy Edmund Stevens and Phillip Harrington who entered Communist China by Hong Kong and Peiping. They face possible government action while China holds 10 U S citizens in prison despite a prior agreement.
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Washington
Red Chin
United States
State Department
William D. Worthy
Baltimore
Look Magazine
Edmund Stevens
Phillip Harrington
China
U. S
Worthy
Hong Kong
Stevens
Harrington
Peiping
Moscow
C. W. MacKay
New York
Florida Vacation For Gray Trailer Sales Staff
Burdette Gray owner of Gray Trailer Sales Co. in Muskegon offers 12 salesmen and their families an expense paid two week trip to Florida. Eleven families fly south while one employee takes an extra week by auto. Christmas bonuses are additional to the trip.
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Muskegon
Mich.p
Florida
Burdette Gray
Gray Trailer Sales Co
Indonesian Premier Gains Backing to Stem Sumatra Revolt
Premier Ali Sastroamidjojo gains party support to keep his cabinet amid bloodless army seizures in Sumatra. Nationalist and orthodox Moslem groups vow to stay, while Sukarno urges dissidents to return to duty as central government sends warplanes to counter potential rebel moves.
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Indonesia
Ali Sastroamidjojo
Sumatra
Sastroamidjojo
Sukarno
Col
Maludin Simbolon
Achmad Hussein
Simbolon
Hussein
County Roads Slippery Amid Two Inch Snowfall
In Hocking County a two inch snowfall and ice caused very slick roads this morning. Snow began around 5 30 p m yesterday and continued to 11 a m today with no let up. Police Chief Roy Kelch urged caution during the four day New Year holiday and warned against driving after drinking on New Year s Eve.
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Hocking County
Roy Kelch
Snowbound Roads Prompt Plows and Salt Spreading
Logan streets were slick early as city crews spread calcium and ashes at main intersections after 7 a.m. Highway crews deployed trucks by 8 p.m. and expanded to all routes, with Rt 75S worst. Snow to continue tonight and Sunday, 25 degrees this morning, 42 yesterday afternoon.
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Logan
Ed Rutgers
State Highway Department
Rt. 75
Highway safety teams monitor slick New Year travel
National safety officials warn slippery roads may raise crashes during the holiday weekend. The NSC predicts 490 fatalities and traffic deaths number 35 on the weekend while Ohio reports wet roads and light snow. President Eisenhower urges motorists to make the weekend the safest in history.
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National Safety Council
Ohio
Ohio Highway Department
Ohio Turnpike
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