Malibu brush fires devastate 60 homes and 350000 acres
Malibu fires rage across 350000 acres and hurl destruction at 60 homes as Los Angeles and Ventura counties battle five major blazes. President Eisenhower is urged to grant standby troop powers to respond to the crisis and deter further violence.
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Ike
Harry Boyle
Aalibu
Calif
Malibu Beach
San Fernando Valley
Los Angeles
Ventura County
Santa Monica Mountains
Lake Sherwood
Malibu
Little Sycamoro Canyon
Eisenhower
Los Angeles County
Keith Klinger
Hollywood Hills
Hollywood
U.S. Forestry Service
GOOD MORNING In Today's Paper Editorial Page Snags Sues Operations
The edition announces a snag affecting operations as reported in the editorial section. It notes nationwide and state context, with separate panels on women’s news, oil news, radio and TV programs, and a comic dictionary entry on a Savings Club defined as a costly weapon against the cost of living.
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Women's News
South Plains Oil News
Mad Bomber Strikes Again Vexes New York Crowd
Reports from Madison Square Garden and Macy’s Herald Square describe fake bombs planted by the so called mad bomber. Police say several devices found in the past hours appear identical in method including a five inch pipe wrapped in a sock. A theater bomb was removed after an anonymous warning.
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New York
Manhattan
Paramount Theater
New York Public Library
Andrew Sweeney
John O'Brien
Ft. Tilden
Queens
Madison Square Garden
Associated Preses
York
Macy's Herald Square Department Store
The
Garden
Walter Leroy
Bomber Page
Tax Cut Seen as Possible in 1957 Prediction by GOP Leader
House GOP Leader Joseph W. Martin Jr predicts a small tax cut next year and major liberalization of immigration laws. He spoke after a 30 minute chat with President Eisenhower, saying he would have the highest batting average in Congress among recent presidents. He cautioned no specific legislation was discussed. Also noted were radar enforcement spikes with 404 tickets in Lubbock, and talk of an emergency measure to admit more Hungarian refugees entering the country.
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Tashington
Administration
Eisenhower
Congress
U.S
Middle East
Rosana
White House
Russia
Dulles
United States
House
Senate
Fisenhower
Joseph W. Martin
Mass
Martin
Democrats
Joseph C. O'Mahoney
Wyo
Thomas J. Foley
GOP
Death Of Boy In Wreck Gives Girl Chance For Life
In Chicago on December 28 a Christmas traffic crash led surgeons at Children’s Memorial Hospital to transplant skin from 3-year-old Gilbert Case IT to badly burned Cindy Evans of Decatur. The operation, five hours, aimed to save Cindy’s life and cover burns from knees to chin. Gilbert’s skin now covers about 90 percent of the burned area, offering her a fighting chance amid recovery uncertainties.
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United Preney
Chicago
Children's Memorial Hospital
Gilbert
Cindy Evans
Decatur
Mil
Cindy
Lee
New Look Plan for Hungary Drives Red Pullout
Reports compiled from Avalanche Wires say Soviet forces pull back 12 to 14 divisions, moving tanks and troops toward Hungary to weave a new lock into the exiled Communist government. Independent sources say Poland’s new regime and border crossings into the USSR marked a staged withdrawal as indictments loom against Mihaly Farkas and son Vladimir for Stalin era purges, amid a sweeping turnpike and police retrenchment across Indiana, Ohio Valley, and Pennsylvania.
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Hungary
Munist
U.S.S.R
Poland
Romania
Soviet Union
Mihaly Farkas
Vladimir
Theecret Police
Matyas Rakosi
United Press
Commu
Ohio Valley
Lantic Seaboard
Theering
Chicago
Laszlo Bajk
Indiana
Vladimir Farkas
Ohio
Pennsylvania
New York State
Janos
Kadar
Mihaly
Vladimir Friday
Farkas
Tober
New York
Tennessee Maid of Cotton Crowned From 23 Finalists
Blonde Helen Landon of Huntingdon Tennessee, daughter of Maj Gen T H Landon, was chosen 1957 Maid of Cotton over 22 other cotton belt beauties. She will represent the industry on a six month goodwill tour. Sherry Sinex of Lubbock and Jo Ann Deason of Enoree, DC, were among the top finalists as 5,000 packed City Auditorium for the crown events.
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Tennessee
Helen Landon
United States
Europe
Miss Landon
Huntingdon
University of Tennessee
T. H. Landon
Panama
Caribbean Air Force
Tech
Sherry Sinex
Texas Tech
Lubbock
Patricia Cowden
Raleigh
N.C
Mississippi
Kathryn Louise Cooper
Crenshaw
Memphis State
Pat Rainwater
Rock Hill
University of Florida
Sally Wade
Kenton
Bennett Junior College
Millbrook
N.Y
Texas
New Year Deaths Seen On Bloodied U S Roads
National Safety Council predicts 490 people will die in traffic accidents during the four day New Year weekend from Friday 6 pm to Tuesday midnight. The toll trails the 713 holiday record last weekend but exceeds the 1952 53 New Year record of 407. With 12 deaths reported by Friday, the summary toll included one fire fatality and a Baldwin Borough crash. President Eisenhower voiced remarks on the hazard.
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Hicago
National Safety Council
Baldwin Borough
Pittsburgh
Eisenhower
Woman Shot In Race Row On Montgomery Bus
Rosa Jordan, 22, was shot in both legs aboard a Montgomery Alabama city bus amid violence tied to end of segregation. A second, noninjury attack occurred on the same bus later. Police halted all city bus service for the night as Jordan received treatment at Oak Street General Hospital.
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Associated Press
Ontgomery
Ala
Clyde Sellers
Rosa Jordan
Oak Street General Hospital
Two Tot Deaths From Apartment Fire In Georgia
In Fitzgerald Georgia an apartment fire started by an overturned Christmas tree with electric lights burned two children to death. Five other children were in the care of a 15 year old babysitter. three escaped. Door latch trapped others. Phyllis Anne Tooten and Jeannie Carol Lack died at Ben Hill County Hospital.
Weather Map Page Lubbock Forecast Sees Mild Day
Fair and mild weather anticipated in Lubbock and vicinity with a morning low around 27 degrees and a daytime high near 60. North winds 10 to 15 mph, with partly cloudy or lane conditions noted in the scattered text.
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Lubbock
P Anneiy Nee Toda
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Santa Monica
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