Cyprus Declares State of Emergency Amid Cyprus Unrest
London AP reports Cyprus, Britain’s key Middle East base, declares emergency granting Sir John Harding powers to ban meetings and detain movement. Five British soldiers killed in recent weeks as Enos movement backs union with Greece. underground group Enka blamed. Troops reinforced, travel restricted, arms carried off duty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Rottorn
Cyprus
Colonial Office
Mediterranean
John Harding
John
Alan Lennox
Boyd
Britain
Mideast
Greece
Enka
Turkey
Nick Soja's House Torn Down In Caprile Italy
A 1948 structure built by Nicolo Soja and his family near Caprile Italy was demolished after artillery shells found on a military dump. The evacuations involved his wife and two daughters as demolition crews removed the unsafe living quarters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Caprile
Italy
Nicolo Soja
Segan
Nicole
U S H Bomb Tests to Resume in Spring
Washington reports the United States will relaunch H-bomb testing next spring in the Pacific at Eniwetok in a new series of weapons tests. Sources say models will range from smaller to far larger than the 1954 shot, with yields up to tens of millions of tons of TNT.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
United States
Eniwetok
R-Pal
Comgressional Atomic Energy Committee
Pacific
van Zandt
Soviet hydrogen bomb claim shocks world in 1950s era tone
Moscow announced it exploded a hydrogen bomb claimed to be the most powerful yet, equating to about one million tons of TNT. Khrushchev earlier spoke in Bangalore of a “maximum strength” nuclear device. US sources noted the claim amid Bikini Atoll tests as of 1954. concurrently, a Chicago fire killed a grandmother and three grandchildren, with a knife found in the victim’s neck, prompting murder suspicions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moscow
Foreign Ministry
Bangalore
India
Nkita Mhpushchev
Soviet Union
U. S
Bikini Atoll
Kheushchev
Chicago
Moroccans Kill 17 Frenchmen in ambush near Rif
Rabat Morocco rebels ambushed a French ambulance convoy in the Rif Mountains killing 17 soldiers and wounding 30 others as a rescue column was attacked. French forces reported no civilian casualties and blamed Moroccan terrorists for the ambush amid ongoing hostilities in the area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rabat
Morocco
Riff Mountains
Red Cross
Ohio Woman Delivers Quadruplet Girls in Norwalk
Mrs Margaret Briehl 25 delivers four girls in Bellevue area with weights from three to five pounds each. First birth at 12 20 AM at mother in law's home, others born at Bellevue Hospital within an hour. The family has one 25 month old son, father works for GE in Cleveland. Quadruplets occur about once in 650 000 births.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norwalk
Ohio
Vpi
Margaret. Briehl
Bellevue
Bellevue Hospital
Soviet Protest Over Iran Baghdad Pact Peril
In Moscow, the Soviet Union warned Iran that joining the Baghdad Pact endangers Soviet frontiers. Foreign Minister Molotov delivered the note to Iranian chargé Sami at 3 p.m. and said Iran must report back promptly. The note, disclosed at a Soviet press conference, asserts Iran allied with the pact alongside Iran, Iraq, Turkey and Pakistan, under Britain’s defense umbrella.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
America
Union
Arhiava
Moscow
Soviet Union
Iran
Molotov
Battaires Ette
Sami
Baghdad
Iraq
Turkey
Pakistan
Russia
Britain
Harold MacMillan
Rescued Driver Dives Into Blaze for Radioactive Capsule
Richard Muro of Azusa pulled a cobalt capsule from the overturned burning truck at Vermont Avenue and Sepulveda Boulevard after a collision with a car driven by David J. Costello of Los Angeles. Costello and passenger Frank Amexza were hospitalized with possible serious injuries. Muro injured his ankle. The cobalt is used in N-ray pipe lines and the driver worked for an El Segundo engineering firm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carson
Richard Muro
Azusa
Muro
J Amos
Vermont Ave
Sepulveda Blvd
Allies Demand Reds Reply on 450 Yanks
At Panmunjom the United Nations command pressed for a reply from the Communists on 450 Americans listed as missing in the Korean War. It also sought information on 3,294 South Korean soldiers and 45 other Allied prisoners. Details note 244 soldiers 190 airmen 13 Marines and three sailors among the missing. Rear Adm Walter E Moore announced the demand after the full dress meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Panmunjom
Korea
United Nations Command
James A. van Fleet
Tee
Adm
Walter
BE. Moore
Chick U
Korean Areaistice Commission
6,000 Play in Greatest Band Fete
Thousands watched the All-Western Band Review open the Christmas season with 6000 musicians from 63 marching bands along Ocean Boulevard. The three hour parade featured a mix of marches bebop and waltz as majorettes and majors led the colorful procession. Winners in five divisions to be announced tonight at Municipal Auditorium. Judges led by Anthony F. Gill. Host City College provided the host band. Major Moore noted no progress from Communist delegates on repatriation of prisoners.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sheila Braman
Long Beach City College
City College
Chuck Sundquist
Océan Blvd
Ives
Municipal
Truce Commission
Moore
Ralph Selby
The
Alle
Communistsp
Asem
Jong
Raymond Kealer
Sonnel
Classifieds and notices guide readers by page
The document lists where to find sections in the newspaper such as churches on A-4 and A-5, classifieds on B-3 to B-9, comics on B-10, crosswords on B-3, finances on A-10, obituaries on B-2, radio and TV on B-2, schools on A-10, shipping label on A-10, sports on A-6 and A-7, theaters on A-3, tides and temperatures on A-10 and vital statistics on B-2. It serves as a page index for readers seeking specific content.
Bank held up by masked duo in Germantown
Two gunmen robbed a Germantown bank of about 10 000 forcing three women employees into the vault. One guarded the door while the other gathered cash from the drawer and vault into a satchel. They fled in a light green car with stolen license plates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maysville
Germantown
Meri] Walton
Mason County
Beech
Daring Pilot Saves 21 From Stricken Liberian Freighter
In Halifax area weather, a helicopter crew rescued 21 crewmen from the Liberian freighter Kismet II after it ran aground on Cape Breton Island. The operation faced 80 mph winds, 1,009 foot cliffs, and heavy seas as lifelines and breeches buoy gear were used to reach the vessel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Halifax
N.S
Cape Breton Island
Gulf of St. Lawrence
Sydney
Gulf
Royal Canadian Air Force
Peter Hig
Philadelphia
Somerside
Pete
Red Chinese Forming Fleet to Invade Oil Shore Islands
Taipei Formosa dispatch states Chinese Nationalist news agency claims Red China is massing a fleet of 500 motorboats to spearhead an invasion of the Nationalists oil shore islands. The agency says the boats will be manned by a 10,000 strong do or die corps.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Taipeh
Formosa
Red China
Interior Ministry
Turnabout Speeding Suspect Arrests Constable Fulton
Fulton Kentucky reports constable Joe Fuller charged with speeding after a truck driver he hired to follow him to the courthouse swore out a warrant. Fuller’s trial is set for December in the related case against the driver.
Weather outlook: mostly clear with Sunday high clouds
A light, mostly clear forecast mentions some high cloudiness Sunday and a modest rise in temperatures. No precipitation expected and humidity remains low. Stronger sunshine is possible in the late morning to afternoon period.
McCarthy Nominates Ex-Convict for Appleton Postmaster
In Appleton Wisconsin the GOP reacts as Senator McCarthy’s Washington office names Thomas Miller to serve as acting postmaster. Miller has prior convictions including 1931 prohibition violations and 1946 1951 horse betting offenses. Miller deflects questions, saying he has nothing to add.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Apeleton
Wis
Joseph B McCarty
Outagamie County
Republican Committee
McCarthy
Washington
Thomas Miller
Appleton
Miller
Also Mentioned on This Page
ARS
Ann Woodward
William Woodward
Murray I. Gurfein
George Cross
Nassau County Grand Jury
Mineola
Nick Soja
U.S
Soviets
Khrushshev
Eisenhower
Middle East
Hero
Blaze
Chung Kook Rok
Chung
Reds
Alves
Air Force
Jamies A. van Fleeter
Lcots Bank
Bracken County
Genevieve Hitt
Gop
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!