President Promises He'll Work for Party
The President and GOP leaders urged unity while weighing a possible second term. Eisenhower signaled a future bid would depend on his physical strength, and party speakers praised peace and prosperity, defense, and anti socialism as core themes. Nixon and Dewey defended policy as strong and not liberal enough to alarm conservatives.
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Nixon
Thomas E. Dewey
New York
America
Chicago
Poulson Richards Clash Over Transit Bond Deal
In a tense hearing on Los Angeles transit matters Senator Richards pressed MTA officials about a proposed purchase of private lines. Mayor Poulson defended actions and asserted the deal involved a New York investment firm, with figures fluctuating around 37 to 41 million, as lawmakers seek broader MTA powers and a possible special legislative session.
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Lee Kaiser
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Everett G. Burkinlood
Los Angeles
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Metropolitan Coach Lines
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Assembly to Send Inquiry on Long Beach Tide Bill to Brown
The California Assembly committee said it will follow the Senate and have the attorney general handle any probe into possible illegal lobbying connected with Long Beach tide and oil legislation. The Allen bill would have diverted petroleum revenues from Long Beach to the state, and the matter already went to the attorney general for action. The Assembly plans to request a copy of the AG report but will likely defer any action to Brown.
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UPI
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Atty
Exnimund G. Brown
Bruce F. Allen
San Jose
Allen
Sagitta Docks After Crashing Into Cape Cod Tower
The 5202-ton US Navy ship Sagitta limped into a South Boston annex dock after a half-speed run from the Texas Town radar post 100 miles off Cape Cod. It struck a tower leg, tearing a hole in the starboard side while transferring supplies. About 15 feet of water flooded hold No 2 but the crew stabilized the vessel. Captain John J. Albers noted minor damage, with paint scuffed and groceries displaced, during calm weather on Georges Banks.
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Military Sea Transport Service
Boston Navy Annex
Cape Cod
John J. Albers
USN
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Georges Banks
Judge to Tell Instructions on Chessman Trial
In a habeas corpus hearing in San Francisco Federal Court, Daryl Chessman challenges jury instruction by Judge Charles W. Fricke in the 1948 conviction and death sentence for kidnapping and rape. Chessman contends bias affected the verdict while Fricke is set to testify next Tuesday. A Los Angeles reporter testified the trial transcript is accurate and the phrase the worst criminal does not appear.
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Los Angeles
Charles W. Fricke
Daryl Chessman
Chessman
Louis FE. Goodman
Fricke
Ban
Fridday
Dept. Atty. Ges
William H. Bennett
Paul H. Burdick
Parker Retires From City Hall Auto Parking Lot
Bert TL Fone, 65, longtime City Hall parking lot attendant, retires after 11 years. Tone began in the city garage in 1944 as dispatcher, later guiding a systematic parking method for police cars and city vehicles at City Hall, expediting traffic. He lived at 329 W 8th St.
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City Hall
Tone
W. 8Th St
Automotive Division
Valley Teamsters Vote on Settlement
Local BF of the Teamsters in Bakersfield slated to vote today on ratification of a settlement in the rock and sand strike that has tied up operations. The dispute, dating to Oct 1926, has involved eight companies and 2,000 workers, with longstanding figures and arbritration efforts noted.
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Rock, Sand
Wenneth L. McKeen
Kern County
Snore
Obispo Ave
Earl J. Security First National Bank
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Bixby Knolls
Koen
Longs Beach
Fourth & Cherry
Second Soviet Polar Ship Off Antarctica
Moscow WP reports the Soviet polar expedition's second survey ship Lena has reached Antarctica near the Mesweil Islands Friday, joining the Oo which has operated in the area since last month.
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Lena
Antarctica
Mesweil Islands
Colorado 65 Highway Blocked by 300-Foot Slide
A 300 foot landslide Friday blocked Colorado Highway 65 two miles northwest of the community, forcing the closure of the route that connects the town with U S 6 24. Tons of earth and rock dump onto the paved road as the State Highway Dept. builds a 900 foot long detour.
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Tattoo Club Murder Suspect Freed in Mixup
San Antonio police say Rudy Apolinar, 22, was released from Bexar County Jail by mistake after a name mixup. He has a green cross tattooed on his forehead and was believed to be Henry Apolinar, accused in a Christmas Day stabbing. No one has seen Rudy since the release.
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Rudy Apolinar
Bexar County
Apolinar
Sawyer
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Rudy
Apolinars
Henry
Fangster
John Dillinger
Dillinger
Lake County
Crown Point
Ind
FBI
Tn Irvin
Prince Lon
Irvin
Grave Digging Punished. Five Boys Ordered to Work
Five 16 year old Lake Wales High School students who dug up a grave will spend two hours weekly for the rest of 1956 maintaining and restoring graves under supervision. Juvenile Judge G Bowden Hunt revoked their licenses and ordered their families to pay for reinterment. The act followed reading Dickens Tale of Two Cities.
Clever Killer Leaves Myriad Cold Trails
Evansville and St Louis police chase Irvin, Indiana’s noted escapee, after a jail break near Princeton. A cardboard key and multiple unlocked doors aided the escape, with letters mailed from Mount Carmel and sightings at the Milner Hotel.
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FBI
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Leslie Tr Jescape
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John Dillinger
Louis County
Roltz
Springfield
Dietmouth
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Vandalia
Ohio
Watseka
Chicago
Gibson County
Princeton
Mount Carmel
Arctic Storm Drives Snow Across South and Midwest
An Arctic mass blasted from the Plains to the South, bringing heavy snow and freezing temps. Kansas Missouri Texas Alabama Georgia faced the major snowstorm with 8 to 15 inch depths in places, while at least six deaths were blamed on the storm.
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Body Found as Five Workmen Fell in River Grove
Divers recovered William G. Bethea 24 of Dallas from Brazos River bottom under a steel girder after a bridge collapse near Hempstead. Four other men missing believed trapped under 60-ton derrick. thirteen worked on the bridge when it fell. Injured include Roy Evans and Frank Susan of Bellville. Investigation ordered into cause of the pier crumble on the 622-foot bridge replacing an older span.
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Brazos River
William G. Bethea
Dallas
Jimmy Jones
Houston
Richard St. John
Roy Evans
Bellville
Frank Susan
Lowe
Torpedoman Falls Overboard From Sub Near Golden Gate
A 30 year old torpedoman aboard the submarine USS Tilefish was knocked into the sea by a heavy wave just outside the Golden Gate and did not survive. He was pulled from the water 15 minutes later but died of shock and immersion. The Navy stated he may have been unconscious when washed overboard.
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Tilefish
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Red Cross Disaster Fund Near Bottom of Year Finance
San Francisco reports the Red Cross has under one million dollars left to fund disaster relief in the final six months of the fiscal year. Campaign chair Joseph R. Stewart said the fund is "down close to the bottom of the barrel" after spending or committing a record 27,553,200 since July 21. About 18 million supported eastern flood areas and roughly eight million aided flood victims in California, Oregon, Nevada, and Idaho.
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Red Cross
Joseph R. Stewart
California
Oregon
Nevada
Idaho
Taxi Waiter Indicted Over Tax Reports At Waldorf
Hans Paul a retired headwaiter at the Waldorf Astoria indicted for failing to report tips totaling about 122 677 over four years from 1949 to 1952. Government says he paid taxes on 11 428 while the pool system split two thirds to waiters and one third to captains. He faces up to five years on each of four counts and a 10 000 dollar fine per count if convicted. Paul to plead on February 9 in New York.
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Miami
Fla
Astoria Hotel
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Internal Revenue Service
Hans Paul
U.S
David Jaffe
Jaffe
C. C. Philippe
Waldorf-Astoria
Astoria
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Renew Effort for Electrical Strike Truce
Negotiations continued between Westinghouse Electric Corp and striking unions AFL-CIO IUE and United Electrical Workers with Federal Mediator John R. Murray presiding. No public update on progress was available after today’s meetings. In Philadelphia Westinghouse delayed talks with UK local 107 to allow probe into incidents at the plant.
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Westinghouse Electric Corp
Afl-Cio International Union of Electrical Workers
John R. Murray
Westinghouse
United Electrical Workers
Philadelphia
107
Lester Pant
Crash Kills GI in Korea Truck Accident
An Army truck skidded off a road near Seoul and overturned into a rice paddy, killing an American soldier and injuring others. Seog reports indicate dispatches and circulation details from Long Beach, with references to a press telegram and area offices.
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Pina Avenue
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Seoul
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Garror
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