Yearlong World Peace Prayer Begins Tonight
World peace prayer marathon starts at midnight in 21 communities and will run nonstop through 269 days ending December 31 next year. Organizers from the Methodist Church expect over 1,000 congregations to participate with daily prayers in churches nationwide.
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New York
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Chain of Prayer
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The
Methodist Church
Harry Denman
Nashville, Tenn
Fr. Denman
Betts Gins
Washington
Jackson
Tenn
House of Constant Prayer
Ogden
Utah
Boston
United Nations
First Church
Shreveport
Trinity Church
Grand Island
Neb
Eisenhower to Seek 90 Cent Minimum Wage Increase
President Eisenhower plans to ask Congress next month to raise the federal minimum wage to 90 cents per hour, under the Fair Labor Standards Act affecting about 24 million workers. White House press secretary Hagerty confirmed the proposal, signaling a move to adjust wages as the economy expands.
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Eisenhowry
Congress
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Hagerty
Emer Sid Eisenhower
Urie Ali
G Vergesty
Howe
Eisenhower
Washington
Mitchell
Morse Und
CIO
Worth $9 000 Peanut Theft Not Peanuts
Thomas F. Jones, 30, of Anaheim surrendered in Orange County jail after admitting he embezzled 9000 from a truckload of peanuts. He allegedly took peanuts from Texas to San Francisco, cashed a check, bought a car, and fled to Anaheim before his girlfriend prompted surrender to sheriff's officers.
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Santa Ana
Thomas F. Jones
Hickory St
Anaheim
Orange County
San Francisco
Jones
Texas
German Rearmament Row Roils Europe for Roses Parade
AP reports Europe contends with West German rearmament amid treaty ratifications in Paris and across NATO nations. Adenauer faces Socialist opposition at home as ratification drags on, while Europe braces for a long political road and a New Year’s Rose Parade in Southern California. Miriam Stevenson, Miss Universe, to ride the Long Beach Rose Parade float, prompting shopping delays as officials discuss attire and possible replacements.
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Veranch Nations Assembly
France
Council of the Republic
Montes-France
Belgium
Italy
Netherlands
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Greece
West Germany
Konrad Adenauer
Germany
Adenauisa
Misa Universe
Jong
U. S
Warner Jy Pasadena
South Carolina
Miriam Stevenson
Long Beach
Horstuay
Fred Delano
City Publicus
Elderly Man Shoots Self in Lincoln Park Bench
An 87-year-old man identified as E. O. Wilson of the Stillman Hotel committed suicide in Lincoln Park using a 38 caliber revolver. Two notes named his nieces as persons to be notified, and police were alerted by a caller before the victim died at the hospital.
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Lincoln Park
E. O. Wilson
Stillman Hotel
I Pearson
Fairhaven Ave
Ern Heritinges
Broadway
Poller
Wilson
Seaside
Tospital
A.envenor
Full Patrol on Alert for Gay Drivers
Full Patrol on alert as California Highway Patrol prepares for New Year. Officers will be on duty across the area to deter holiday crashes by drunk driving and vehicle faults. In Los Angeles County roadblocks stopped 22,089 cars in eight days with 84 citations, including 18 for drunk driving and 453 for faulty tests.
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California
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Daryea
Los Angeles
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Insp. Ca
John Reed
Norvalk
A. Watkins
Compton Squad
Compton Avsa
Cap Watkins
Bank Robbed of 40000 Near Santa Rosa Cotati
Santa Rosa area bank robbery nets about 40000 at the Exchange Bank branch in Cotati. Two young gunmen fled in an automobile after locking three employees in a vault. no one was hurt and a manager arrived to unlock them.
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Santa Rosa
Exchange Bank
Cotati
Allied Navy Planned for Asia Protection
Secretary of State Dulles proposed to explore with Manila Pact allies a combined U S British French naval force to shield southeast Asia from Communist aggression. He urged stronger than treaty words, stressing no standing force like NATO and emphasizing mobile striking power for Southeast Asia.
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L'Hailand
Ditles
United States
Britain
France
Australia
New Zealand
Thailand
Pakistan
Philippines
Stocks rise as 1954 bull market gains steam
Shares advanced in New York with the year end rally lifting Steel and National Steel by over $4 and $2 respectively. Republic Steel Montgomery Ward and General Motors showed notable strength while Chesapeake & Ohio and Chrysler also traded actively as market breadth remained positive. The tape lagged in reporting transactions three times in the morning session.
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Republic
Montgomery Ward
Standard OF
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Chesapeake & Ohio
Geker
Army to Cut 44 000 Draftees by June Under New Plan
The Army announced a plan to release about 44,000 draftees ahead of schedule in May and June as term limits near completion. The move, needing final approval, would trim active duty rolls to about 1.1 million by end of June, with further reductions via a March through June reserve lieutenant release program and ongoing downscaling of draft calls through next June.
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Servier
Army
Kmmy
Defense Department
U N chief travels London for Peiping airmen release
Dag Hammarskjold, U.N. secretary-general, flies from New York to London en route to Peiping to press release of 11 American airmen held as spies and other U.N. personnel. He will confer with British officials, then visit Paris, New Delhi, and Peiping to press the case with Premier Zhou En-Lai.
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U. W
Dag Hamtarsiaid
Peiping
U. N
Haramarskjald
New York
Denis Allen
Foreign Office
Huan Hsiang
William Jenson
Britain
Hammarskjold
Hammarsijold
Doreney House
Dore Eign
Anthony Eden
Eden
Dorney Wood
Broadehall
Wiltshire
Hammarsfjord
Paris
Pierre Mendés-France
New Delhi
Nehru
China
Coou En-Lai
Weather Forecast Says Mild, Cloudy Through Weekend
Weather outlook reports mostly sunny periods through Saturday with considerable cloudiness at times and little temperature change. Forecasters expect calm to light winds and dry conditions overall.
N California Rivers Flood in Downpour
Eureka reports heavy rains flood rivers and streams prompting evacuations near Fortuna. About 75 people left homes in South Fortuna as the Eel River sent three feet of water and twenty homes were damaged. Evacuees sheltered at Rohner Park Fortuna for the night as Kla math River overflowed north of the area and two country roads closed. Highway 101 north of Klamath was submerged but later reopened per state patrol.
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South Fortuna
Bue Inekca
Rohner Park
Fortuna
Klamath River
Here
Klamath
Jay
Good Little Quake Registered in Bishop
A short earthquake was felt in Bishop at about 8:59 a.m. today. Residents called it a good little quake lasting around two seconds with a single brief shock and no damage reported. Bishop, a town of about 3,000, sits on the eastern side of the Sierra Nevada.
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Bishop
Sierra Nevada
Classified and features index for the newspaper pages
A reader guide lists sections and page numbers including Beach Combing Bridge and Classified on B-7 to B-11 Comics on B-12 Crossword on B-4 Editorial on A-3 Financial on B-3 Obituaries on B-2 and B-2 radio and TV on B-4 Shipping Table on B-2 Sports on A-10 and A-11 Theaters on B-6 and B-7 Tides temperatures on 2-2 Wilson on A-9 Women on B-5 Your World on A-2
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