Texas Leads U.S. Holiday Death Toll on New Year Weekend
New Year holiday deaths rise with 232 total so far as Texas tops the states at 18 dead in traffic crashes. Pennsylvania follows with 17, California 12, Michigan 10, while Dallas youths die in a Sunday crash. The National Safety Council cites shock from Christmas toll and teamwork by police and drivers as key to the lower rate early in the weekend.
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Texas
Pennsylvania
California
Michigan
Ned H. Dearborn
National Safety Council
Dearborn
Dallas
Tesas Devareman of Public Safety
Associated Bee
Khrushchev warns West against interference behind iron curtain
Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev warned in a year end interview that any attempt by the West to aid anti-Communists behind the iron curtain would be met with a proper rebuff. He said the communist bloc is now strong enough to curb aggressors and that imperialists must not unleash a war or impair socialist achievements.
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London
Nikita S. Khrushchev
Communist Bloc
Khrushchev
City To Close Shop On New Year's Day
New Year observances are planned in several churches tonight and Tuesday while most Lub bock firms stay open for business as 1956 ends. Eighteen firms of the Retail Furniture Assn. of Lubbock will close both today and Tuesday, but most businesses serve today and close New Year's Day. City Hall and courthouse offices stay open today but close New Year's Day along with banks and the post office.
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Lubbock
Redeemer Lutheran
First Methodist
Parkdale Baptist
St. Paul’s Episcopal Church
Retail Furniture Assn. of
Earl Kerr
Retail Merchants Assn
Firestorms Near Containment Lifts Looming Threat
Moisure weather dampened fires around Los Angeles as sea breezes and high humidity reduced danger. The Zuma Malibu Beach and Lake Sherwood blazes were 95 percent controlled, with a 1,000 acre Piru fire contained. Many residents including movie figures evacuated or aided firefighting while Duncan Renaldo was trapped briefly near his ranch.
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Weather Bureau
California
Zuma
Malibu Beach
Lake Sherwood
Piru
Calif
Los Angeles
Ventura County
Piru Canyon
Santa Monica Mountains
Duncan Renaldo
Little Sycamore Canyon
Costliest New Year’s Eve Seen Across Major Cities
United Press survey shows Americans will spend heavily on New Year celebrations from Milwaukee to Honolulu. Prices at top venues run from 35 dollars at the Royal Hawaiian to 2.50 dollars at Larue’s Nightclub piano bar in See New Year’s Page.
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United Press
Milwaukee
Waikiki Beach
Blue Front
Herrin
New York
Chicago
Las Vegas
Los Angeles
Honolulu
Royal Hawaiian
Larue
Phantom Bomber Blasts Pay Phones
Dallas police seek a phantom bomber who exploded ten pay phones with homemade bombs. No injuries reported. Southwestern Bell officials estimated $500 in damaged equipment. A shotgun shell bomb was found unexploded. Robbery motive not indicated as coins were left untouched.
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Dallas
Southwestern Bell Telephone Co
Birmingham Bus Struck by Pellets from Air Rifle
A Birmingham city bus carrying 30 passengers was shot at tonight with pellets from a high powered air rifle. No injuries were reported though glass was shattered on a female passenger. Detective Joe Lindsey said the bus was hit three times on the left and once on the right side. It was the second such attack on city buses within 24 hours.
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Birmingham
Ala
Joe Lindsey
Appointment in six months Shivers may be next envoy to Mexico
El Paso Times reports from border sources that Gov. Allan Shivers of Texas is strongly favored as the next U.S. ambassador to Mexico. The move would follow his term end in January and stems from discussions during President Ruiz Cortines’ Chihuahua visit.
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el Paso
Shivers
Mexico
Associated Press
Paso
el Paso Times
China
Allan Shivers
Texas
U.S
Latin America
Adolfo Ruiz Cortines
Chihuahua City
Ei- Seo Shivers Fage
Cold Wave Blasts East and 15 Inches Fall in Maine
A brutal cold wave hit the East after a major snow storm in New England. Maine reported 15 inches in Houston and 12 in Caribou, with Concord and the region seeing 14 and 12 inches. Temperatures plunged to minus 20 in northern areas as winds roared to 90 mph at Mt. Washington.
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Maine
Houston
Concord
N.H
Caribou
Boston Weather Bureau
Canada
Mt. Washington
N. H
Mercury
Great Lakes
New York
Wellesley College
Massachusetts
Two Killed, 28 Hurt In Bus-Truck Crash Near Rock Springs
A Greyhound bus rear-ended a semi-trailer on U S highway 30 about 35 miles east of Rock Springs Wyoming killing nine people and injuring 28. The bus en route from Omaha to Salt Lake City split apart on impact. two bodies a woman about 40 and a girl about 10 could not be identified immediately.
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Wyo
Greyhound
U. S. Highway 30
Omaha
Neb
Salt Lake City
Utah
Correspondence: When Letters Worth Keeping Were Not Meant to Be
A brief note on mail exchanges in which the only letters kept are those that should never have been written.
Congress Battle Over the Doctrine Looms
President Eisenhower returns to Washington to present the 1957 legislative program and consult with congressional leaders on the State of the Union. Discussions cover domestic plans and ways to deter Communist influence in the Middle East with military means and economic aid.
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Marvin L. Arrowsmith Ashington
Eisenhower
Washington
Congress
Augusta
National Golf Club
Middle East
Columbine III
National Airport
GOP
State of the Union
Ith Congress
White House
America
Murray Snyder
United States
HOUSE
British Papers React To Eisenhower Doctrine
London papers on December 30 greeted the proposed Eisenhower Doctrine for the Middle East with petulance and sarcasm. They viewed it as vindication of Britain’s invasion of Suez while noting Paris studies the American move as a signal of U S interest in the region.
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Washington
United States
Suez
Paris
Dud Found In Stadium Bomb Hoaxer Held In New York
New York police removed a dud device from a Yankee Stadium telephone booth as 56 000 fans watched a championship game. Morris Rubin 38 unemployed bachelor was held on suspicion of making hoax calls. He carried 9 70 in dimes and a list of thousands of names. He admitted making annoying calls since the rash of bomb scares began. The device was a short pipe with graphite. Rubin was charged with disorderly conduct. See BOMB Page 9
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Yankee Stadium
Batchelor
Grand Central Terminal
Morris Rubin
Edward T. Feeley
Manhattan
Rubin
Makig
Wanted Fugitives Arrested in Chicago by DOJ
The Department of Justice announced the arrest in Chicago of Joseph James Bagnola, 40, one of the FBI’s 10 most wanted fugitives. He was sought for the 1950 stay of a New Orleans used car dealer.
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Washington
Department of Justice
Chicago
Joseph James Bagnola
New Orleans
East German prep pupils flee to West Berlin
About fifteen male students from a small East German high school fled to West Berlin to escape reprisals for backing Hungary’s freedom fighters. They traveled in groups after a secret meeting on a local soccer field and are now at a city youth home awaiting transport to West Germany.
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Berlin
West Berlin
Hungary
West Germany
Sermon
Berin
Dem Senators Oppose Plan For Middle East Doctrine
Democratic senators demand a thorough investigation into President Eisenhower's new Middle East security plan likened to the Truman doctrine. It would authorize use of force if needed and include more than 400 million in two year economic aid, with Eisenhower deciding allocations. Congress could be convened for rapid action if emergencies arise.
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Dec
Torough
Russia
Middle East
Congress
Eisenhower
Sec
John Foster Dulles
Dulles
Eisenhower Administration
U.S
Greece
Turkey
Washington
White House
Farid Zeineddine
John J. Sparkman
Senate Foreign Relar Cs Committee
Seaston
Foreign Relations Committee
Sens
Hubert H. Humphry
Minn
CONGF
Dulles To Meet With UN Chief In New York
Secretary of State Dulles arrives in New York to present a U.S. economic military plan aimed at halting Soviet influence in the Middle East. He will meet UN Secretary Dag Hammarskjold at lunch and confer with Henry Cabot Lodge Jr. before joining President Eisenhower at the White House.
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Associated Press
New York
Dulles
Washington
United Nations
U.S. 1
Eleanor
State Department
Waldorf Towers
Lodge
Lancaster Fire Damages May Chevrolet Co and Melrose Co
A six alarm blaze in Lancaster today caused an estimated 125000 dollars in damages to the May Chevrolet Company and the Melrose Manufacturing Company. No injuries were reported and the fire was brought under control early this morning.
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Que
Lancaster
May Chevrolet Co
Melrose Manufacturing Co
Weather Summary for Lubbock and Vicinity
The weather map notes generally fair conditions with no severe temperature changes. Morning low near 15 to 7 degrees with a west wind. no significant events expected today.
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