California wildfire ransacks 5 000 acres under arson suspicion
The Lake Sherwood blaze scorched over 5 000 acres as 2 000 firefighters fought hot drought conditions. Evacuations expanded near Hidden Valley while authorities probed incendiary origins amid massive state and federal aid and widespread public shelters. Local celebrities faced threatened properties as the disaster stretched across foothill communities near Malibu and Ventura.
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Sherwood Lake
Hidden Valley
New Year's Highway Warnings Spark Call for Safer Driving
A wartime style appeal urges motorists to observe traffic laws during the holiday. Officials warn fair skies may invite speeding and heighten the risk of fatal crashes. In Texas, 114 violent deaths have occurred through Dec 21 with 60 in traffic. Gen George C. Stewart of the National Safety Council calls business and civic leaders to join an anti-accident drive.
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Senhower
US Weather Bureau
Texas
Department of Public Safety
DPS
George C. Stewart
National Safety Council
Stewart
Tax Cut Seen Enacted Quickly by Eisenhower
The House Republican chief said Eisenhower backers are fairly well united behind the President as he plans to push through bills proposed but not enacted in the last Congress. He expects no major new legislation beyond civil rights immigration postal rate changes and an aid to education bill while all Republican leaders prepare to meet Eisenhower and discuss the domestic program and foreign policy on New Year’s Day.
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Martin
Organization For Trade Cooperation
House
White House
Eisenhower
Mike Mansfield
Mont
U. S
United Nations
U. S. Ma ‘Rines
Mike Monroney
di Okla
United States
Francis Case
S.D
Congress
Red China
Formosa
Middle East
Moscow
Russia
Far East
State Dulles
U.S
New York City
Dag Hammarskjold
Dulles
Four Die in Austin Intersection Crash and Burglary Night
A Friday night crash in Austin killed four people when a 1956 Ford and a 1952 Pontiac collided after a burglary was reported at a nearby residence. Victims include Joe Penal Reyes 19 Vera Cantu 18 Polly Milligan 16 Willie Smith 33. Two youths 16 admitted forcing a rear door earlier. Two others injured include Paul Reyes 17 and Rachael Aresti 17. Nearby report notes about Iowa farmers without milk cows follow.
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Austin
Ansners
Idris
R. Taylor
Taylor
Wortly
Joe Penal Reyes
Willie Smith
Vera Cantu
Reyes
Polly Milligan
Smith
Paul Reyes
Rachael Aresti
Detectives Nab Gun Wielding Woman On Ave A
Detectives J. B. Florence and Lawrence Fridahl encountered a Negro woman marching toward a house with a cocked shotgun on Ave A. They seized the loaded weapon and checked the premises finding no one present. The subject was believed to have left quickly.
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J. B. Florence
Lawrence Fridahl
Ave. A
Mirage Fire Lights South Plains Then Flares Explained
Police and a Reese AFB plane helped investigate a nightly blaze spotted near the Municipal Airport and RAFB. Tower observers concluded the "mystery fire" was Sundown oil field flares seen through a temperature inversion creating a mirage over the South Plains.
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Reese Air Fores
Newton Johnson
Pay
Allison
Rafb
Johnson
Lubbock
Jerry Hoover
Arlen Mason
Teddy Daniels
Levelland Highway
Thurs Ne
California
South Plains
Crusader Jets Fly 1181 Miles In Under Two Hours
Two F8U L Crusader jets flying from Dallas to Patuxent Maryland covered 1181 miles in one hour and 52 minutes on a U S Navy delivery mission.
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Washington
Navy
Dallas
Tex
Naval Air Center
Patuxent
Births and hospital arrivals marked by families and services
The notice lists multiple birth announcements with weights and hospital times. It mentions the fathers' military or employer connections, including RAF and Southwestern Bell Telephone Co. The legible fragments reference newborns weighing several pounds and ounces, hospital locations, and parental details across several families.
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Moe
James D. Mordecai
Thuraias
Marva Hospital
Insiatler
Southwestern Bell’ Telephone Co
Standby Powers Debated in Middle East Policy Shift
The article reports on bipartisan wariness toward unilateral action and backing for a UN police role, with Senators Mansfield Monroney and Case weighing U.S. authority to use force and a new large scale aid plan. Dulles plans UN talks in New York before a White House conference.
Life saving skin transplant linked to Christmas tragedy
A hospital will graft skin from an identical twin to Cindy Evans. The donor skin sloughs off in six to eight weeks, after which doctors will assess Cindy’s own skin growth. The donor, seven months pregnant mother Mrs Genevieve Case, learned of the gift hours after her son Gilbert’s Christmas Eve death in a crash.
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Cindy
Gilbert
Gilbert Case
Santa Claus
Trafffic
Case
Cindy Evans
Indy
Eighth District Department Store Sales Rise Slightly
The Federal Reserve report shows week before Christmas district department store sales in the 8th District dipped modestly versus the prior week but were 13 percent higher than the same week a year ago. Area gains ranged from 9 to 15 percent, with four week totals up about 2 percent from 1955 levels. Louisville and Memphis matched last year’s period, while other areas reported gains.
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ST. Louis
Federal Reserve
Federal Reserve Bank of
Memphis
Little Rock
Dallas Youth Cat Narrowly Survives Car Crash
Dallas teen David Sibilia 16 emerged unhurt after his European made sedan skidded 36 feet, overturned, and slid 18 feet before stopping. He told officers he swerved to avoid a cat, narrowly escaping injury in the Dallas incident dated December 28.
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Dallas
David Sibilia
Explosion and Fire Fatalities Reported Near St Marys West Virginia
A 15-year-old allegedly poured kerosene into a burning kitchen causing a home to explode and burn. Five people died including Layman Speece his wife Dolly and a daughter and two grandchildren. Six others escaped. The rural one-story frame house seven miles above the Ohio River town was destroyed.
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Speece
Dolly
Moabe
Land 2
Speeces
Ohio River
Mad Bomber strikes city as false bombs go untold
Dozens of false bombs were found or reported across New York City while a real device exploded at the Paramount Theater in Times Square. Police boosted the bomb squad, offered a $25,000 reward plus $1,000 from the Patrolmen’s Benevolent Association, and urged vigilance as calls continued. The bombing pattern links a long-running campaign of 32 devices over 16 years, with the latest clockwork style fuse and red sock marker.
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Yorktown
James Leggett
Midtown
Paramount
Times Square
Alfred Hitchcock
Tipott
Grace Mylott
Mit
Brooklyn
Paramount Theater
New York Public Library
Grand Central Terminal
Socony-Mobil
New York Coliseum
Columbus Circle
Port of New York Authority
Abraham and Straus Department Store
Madison Avenue
Fort Washington Colegiate Church
Jencia
Jamaica
Queens
General Time Corp
Elliott van Sickle
Patrolmen's Benevolent Assn
Ocean Beach
Collapse of Hungarian ministries reshapes government
The Esti Hirlap reports the Kadar regime will abolish the Ministry of State Control and the Ministry of Town and Village Administration while merging the Ministry of Light Industry with the Ministry of Food Industries and the Ministries of Education and Culture. Civil servants face severance or unemployment. Deputy health minister Miklos Drexler and state planning deputy Janos Marton were relieved of posts. The Nepszabadsag urged foreign loans and technical exchange to lift Hungary as coal output lags. Miners in Pees area held a paid holiday, reducing regional output. Daily coal imports from the East bloc continue. Families seeking access to Imre Nagy and others exiled in Romania report no responses.
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Kaldar
Kadar
Esti Hir
Lap
Ministry of Food Industries
Cvil
Budapest Radio
Miklos Drexler
Janos Marton
State Planning Office
Nepszabadsag
Hungary
Soviet Union
Radio
Budapest
Pees
Nep- Akarat
Imre Nagy
Romania
Eisenhower Heads To Augusta For Weekend Golf
President Eisenhower flies from Washington to Georgia for a weekend at Augusta National Golf Course with son and daughter-in-law, aiming to unwind before a busy work period. The trip follows earlier reports of a bomb hoax at Grand Central Terminal and a device found in a basket with plastic explosive analyzed by police.
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Augusta
Eisenhower
Washington
Georgia
Maj
John Eisenhower
Augustan National Golf Course
Atlantic Ocean
Grand Centrali Terminal
East Texas Peas Shipped to Eisenhower for New Year Dinners
East Texas black-eyed peas will be shipped to President Eisenhower and Governor-elect Price Daniel for New Year's Day dinners, the chamber of commerce said Friday. The peas are part of the traditional good luck pot to insure successful tenures in the White House. Stockholm is noted as one of the world’s most beautiful cities.
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Athens
Tex
East Texas
Eisenhower
Price Daniel
Chamber of Commerce
White House
Chamber
Initial Man Made Satellite Set For Rocket Launching
DETROIT December 2 1957 gold plated magnesium spheres prepared for shipment to Washington for launch as the first man made earth satellites. They precede a Navy Vanguard program expected to produce 15 to 30 moons. In Washington the instruments will be installed and by early 1958 one satellite will ride aboard an 11000 ton Vanguard rocket from Patrick Air Force Base Cocoa Florida. This marks a key moment in the International Geophysical Year and space exploration.
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Cam Carter
Detroit
Brooks and Perkins
Naval Testing Laboratories
Washington
Vanguard
Outer
Space
Navy Department
United States
Naval Research Laboratory
Patrick Air Force Base
Cocoa
Flo
Hooded attacks and bus segregation tense a Florida town
Reports describe violent incidents tied to desegregation. Guy Hutchins, a 52 year old high school band director, says hooded attackers beat him after he denounced integration. A 61 year old man wounded by hooded attackers sought treatment at Camden Hospital. In Tallahassee, Rev. W. W. Woods says a white woman and her teenage son were removed from a bus after occupying seats behind him, with the driver and police present but officials unavailable for comment.
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Federarece Pele Eeesare
Guy Hutchins
Hutchins
Camden
Tallahassee
Fla
W. W. Woods
Woods
Florida State University
Wayne Todd
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