Stock Market 1956 Ends With Caution After Rally
The year saw Wall Street cling to a range with a late recovery yet failed to top the 1956 high. Key events included the Eisenhower health scare, the Suez crisis, steel strikes, and GM plant closures. Market volume eased from 1955, with volatility shaped by policy moves and elections.
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New York
Wall Street
Associated Press
Middle East
Federal Reserve Board
General Motors
Eisenhower
Suez Canal
Egypt
Europe
United States
Waitress Dies After Russian Roulette Incident
In Nashville Tennessee in December 2015 a 25 year old waitress died after a gun misfired during a Russian roulette game at her home. Her boyfriend Leon Yock Brassell was charged with murder and weapon possession after confessing the sequence leading to her death. Frank Byard reported being present but claimed no direct action after the gun failed to fire initially.
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Nashville
Tenn
Leon Yock Brassell
Margaret Jean Warrick
Frank Byard
Brussell
Byard
Mrs Eleanor Roosevelt Tops Most Admired Women List
Eleanor Roosevelt again leads the list of the world’s most admired women in a GEORUZ Institute poll. Clare Boothe Luce and Mamie Eisenhower follow, with Helen Keller, Queen Elizabeth and others in the top ten. The survey notes newcomers Helen Hayes, Marian Anderson, and Grace Kelly.
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Georuz. Wallup
Medean Fubtic
Princeton
N. J
Eleanor Roosevelt
Clare Boothe Luce
U. S
Italy
Eisenhower
Mamie Eisenhower
Institute
Kate Smith
Helen Keller
Queen Elizabeth
Helen Hayes
Mme
Chiang Kai-shek
Marian Anderson
Princess Grace of
Monaco
Princess Grace
Ost
Mrs
Roosevelt
Luce
Miss Keller
Princess Margaret Mme
Vijaya Pandit Sen
Margaret Chase
Smithy
Dear Santa Pinky Note Found Near Jail Cell
A jailer finds a letter addressed to Santa Claus begging for a hacksaw blade and rope to help a prisoner and his companion. The note asks Santa not to send the press officer a gift for Christmas. Also notes National Geographic data on population proximity to Buffalo.
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Otattle
Santa Claus
Lable
Santa Clau
Xmoss
Santa Pinky A
Fix Rickety Chairs and Tables in January Better Homes
Tips to repair broken chairs and tables using materials likely on hand. Promotes January issue of Better Homes & Gardens and urges readers to buy the magazine where sold.
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Better Homes & Gardens
Officers Seek Mad Bomber After New Scare In New York
New York police maintain an around the clock alert after a homemade explosive was planted in a Manhattan public library. They seek the so called mad bomber blamed for 16 years of incidents. Two Brooklyn scientists failed to identify suspects after examining rogue’s gallery photos.
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New York
Manhattan
Fort Tilden
Run Queens
Brooklyn
Woman Saves $9000 A Year By Cutting Army Tape
Detroit based Mrs. Ruby Finch proposed consolidating Army ordnance paperwork onto 150 inch tapes. Her idea reduced paperwork and was rewarded with 200 dollars for a suggestion that eliminated 46 million inches of tape. The Army estimated annual savings of about 9000 dollars.
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Detroit U
Army Ordinance Center
Ruby Finch
Army Ordnance
Army
Radio Mosс Broadcast Spreads Holiday Cheer Across Ocean
LONDON December Christmas spirit reached North America via Radio Moscow broadcast saying May 1967 will be healthy happy and prosperous. In Idaho an Idaho farmer paid $100 after a shot killed a neighbor’s horse when hunter Phil Ingram fired at an elk misfired. San Juan Puerto Rico boasts De Diego Avenue famed for mahogany lined streets connecting Ponce de Leon Avenue to Loiza Street.
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Dec
Radio Mosc
North America
Hunter
Orofino
Idaho
Phil Ingram
Nezperce
Homer Richardson
Ingram
Richardson
Puerto Rico
de Diego Avenue
San Juan
Ponce de Leon Avenue
Loiza Street
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Edith Nourse Rogers
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Pearl Buck
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Grandma Moses
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Arlene Francis
Dinah Shore
Jo Stafford
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Pinky
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