Ike to Press Mideast Plan in Congressional briefing
President Eisenhower outlines a new Middle East plan to block Soviet expansion and seeks swift action. A White House briefing will involve top leaders as a possible opening day congressional message pending hearings and votes on emergency armed forces authority and a 400 million dollar two year aid fund. The plan faces opposition from some Democrats favoring United Nations police action and wider consultation with Congress.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Middle East
Democratic House
Senate
White House
Mieenhawerie
Aret and Ta
Congress
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Israel
Senate Democrats
United Nations
Sens
Sparkman
D-Ala
Mansfield
D-Mont
Monroney
Dokla
United States
Russia
U.N
Russell
D-Ga
Byrd
D-Va
New Year Fight At Pierson Road Home Ends In Mess
A New Year’s night brawl at a Pierson Road home near Trenton left a window shattered and a man with a head cut. Mrs. Fugate fought with her brother Charles Conrad and a 16 year old niece during a disturbance that spilled through the four room cottage. Conrad was treated then released. no charges had been filed as of morning.
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Trenton
Pierson Road
Leonard Fugate
Pierson Rd
Fugates
Conrad
Holster Traps Young Bandit in Cincinnati
A fleeing burglar, aided by a gun holster snagging on an iron fence, was captured after police arrived. The eight year old thief, who named a two gun companion, found the claimed weapons turned out to be toy cap pistols. The boys stole two school writing tablets from a junior high school.
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Cincinnati
Not Afraid Boy Survives 2 Day North Arizona Ordeal
Seven year old Jack Hodges walked from a Seligman ranch into freezing terrain near Mt Floyd. Found by cowboys Oscar Pannick and Alvin Wagner after wandering about fifty miles in frigid 14 degree conditions. He was treated for exposure in Williams Arizona hospital and requested chicken soup after eating snow and spotting wildlife.
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Williams Hospital
Oscar Pannick
Alvin Wagner
Mt. Floyd
Seligman
Grand Canyon
Jack
Lloyd Hodges
Airmen Aid Edwards Search For Missing Boy
Airmen combed Edwards Air Force Base grounds in a full scale search for 3 year old Billy Ray Tryce who wandered from a GI housing area with his mother. General Holtoner cancelled all passes and New Year Eve parties and mobilized the base for the operation. Nighttime temperatures drop to around 20 degrees in the high desert.
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Edwards
Calif
Edwards Air Force Base
Billy Ray Tryce
J. S. Holtoner
Man Quizzed in $5 Million Hartford Church Fire
James M. Windridge, 30, was held for questioning after authorities tied him to the St Joseph's Cathedral blaze. He told a policeman that priests and nuns should die, and was arrested on breach of peace, resisting arrest, and vagrancy charges. The St Patrick's and St Joseph's fires raised Hartford church damage to about $5.25 million. Windridge, with a Bible, attempted entry at Shiloh Baptist Church and resisted arrest. seven men were questioned with others released.
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Hartford
Conn
James M. Windridge
St. Joseph's Cathedral
St. Patrick’s
Windridge
Pantrelman Theodore Napper
Syna
Napper
Shiloh Baptist Church
Gas Main Fire Controlled After Seven Hour Blaze
Firefighters ended a seven hour blaze in an open gas main on Mound Street and Parsons Avenue Columbus Ohio. A ripped six inch main leaked gas feeding the fire as construction equipment disturbed the street.
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Columbus
Ohio
Mound Street
Parsons Avenue
Angler Rescued From Midstream After Tank Drifts Out
Cincinnati reports Harry Ridge Jr fishing from a 6 foot square oil tank near the Ohio River bank. When the perch drifted midstream two friends raised the alarm and police used the tug Pat Murphy to cut out and recover him from the empty tank. He kept his fishing tackle. An hour aboard felt like a year.
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Cincinnati
Harry Ridge Jr
Ohio ‘River
Pat Murphy
Dulles Sees Hope in Year Ahead for Free Nations
Secretary of State Dulles in a year end statement cites hopeful signs against Soviet communism while warning of dangers ahead. He urges the United States to assume more responsibility to aid free nations in the Middle East and elsewhere to preserve freedom and welfare. He notes rising patriotism in Poland and satellite states but emphasizes Soviet power and continued effort toward success.
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Washington
Dulles
United States
Middle East
Poland
World Hails New Year With Hopes For Peace
The world welcomed 1957 with mixed peace hopes and varied celebrations. Leaders like Churchill Mollet and Voroshilov voiced hopes for harmony while individuals mourned Hungary’s unrest and Americans faced rising traffic deaths over the holidays. In Hungary crowds faced curfew amid revolution fallout. In the U S Washington marked a quiet eve as New York hosted a 450000 New Year crowd.
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Japan
Hungary
United States
Washington
Eisenhower
White House
Dulles
Times Square
New York
Washington, D. C
Europe
Winston Churchill
Guy Mollet
France
Poland
Israel
Mollet
Klementi Y.voroshilov
India
Nehru
Red China
Chou En-Lai
News-Phone plan proves a big hit at Montgomery paper
Montgomery Advertiser Journal reports its automatic news and weather box service drawn heavy traffic since December 24. From 6 am to 1 am the system handled about 720 calls per hour for 30 second headlines with three machines. 3,121 calls in first 24 hours and 6,481 overflow calls.
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Montgomery
Ala
Montgomery Advertiser-Journal
R. F. Hudson Jr
Southern Bell Telephone Co
Telephone Company
Hudson
Chuckle: Most Children Take No for an Answer
A lighthearted riff on how youngsters frequently reply with no when asked to agree or comply. The brief note notes a common parental frustration and playful resistance in daily conversations.
Gas Truck Blows Up Killing Two in Kenedy Texas
A trailer tank truck carrying bottled gas swerved to avoid a collision, crashed into a ditch, and exploded. Driver M. M. Camargo died trapped in the cab. A pregnant woman, 22, Mrs. Robert Blomsted, was killed by debris. Four firemen and 11 spectators were burned. five hospitalized. Police say a car caused the swerve and exit. Fireball rose 300 feet.
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Kenedy
Tex
R. B. Schuster
M. M. Camargo
San Antonio
Robert Blomsted
Schuster
Camargo
Girl Slain and Brother Found Safe in Dallas Night Case
Jean n ette Irene Mangan, 12, was found murdered near an isolated area after 7 p.m. Her 14 month old brother Dick Dean was found unharmed nearby with blood on his fingers. Police arrested two Latin American youths, ages 16 and 19, who deny the assault.
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Dallas W
Jeannette Irene Mangan
Dick Dean
Carl Hansson
M. D. Mangan
Jeannette
Parkland Hospital
Joe Pena
Pena
Cars Crack Lake Ice for New Year Rescue
HOUGHTON LAKE Michigan two men and two women were feared drowned after their cars failed to reach shore from a New Year’s Eve ice fishing trip. John Worley of Lansing crawled to solid ice and reported the others may have plunged through as 300 volunteers search the 20 000 acre lake for Mr and Mrs Arthur Klatt and Doreen Butler of Lansing.
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Houghton Lake
Mich
Michigan
John Worley
Lansing
Whorley
Albert Sohn
Sohn
Arthur Klatt
Doreen Butler
Federal hiring dips by 1,830 in November report
Washington reports a net decline of 1,830 federal employees in November despite civilian agencies adding 2,115 to 1,214,926. Military payrolls show 1,179,407 civilians, down 3,945 from October per Sen. Byrd.
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Washington
Sen
Byrd
D-Va
Senate
House Committee On
Record New Year Holiday Traffic Toll Reaches 900
The nation's New Year holiday toll climbs to 900 for Christmas to New Year combined deaths, with 706 Christmas fatalities and 304 total deaths from fire and other causes. Officials note high Christmas deaths, while traffic fatalities lag behind. Ned Dearborn of the safety council cautions a bad end could undo progress.
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National Safety Council
Associated Press
Ned Dearborn
Safety Council
Three B and O Freight Trains Crash Near Martinsburg
Three crewmen are believed dead after a collision of two Baltimore and Ohio freight trains two miles west of Cumbo West Virginia on the low grade line. Dr J C Godlove of Martinsburg said he was told three men died in the wreckage as 20 to 30 cars left the rails. Main line traffic was not affected, officials reported.
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Martinsburg
W. Va
Martins ‘Burg
J. C. Godlove
Martins‘burg
Cumbo
B&o
Texan oilman hosts $125000 Hollywood party in style
David Feldman hosts a high profile New Year bash at Romanoff's Crown Room with $75,000 in decor by Tom Douglas and a guest list including Conrad Hilton Clark Gable Bing Crosby Edith Piaf Jeanne Crain Paul Brinkman and Jack L. Warner. The event drew industry leaders as Feldman sought to prove Texans can rival gentility.
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Hollywood
Texas
David
Tex) Feldman
Feldman
Jane
Romanoff
Crown Room
Tom Douglas
Delmonico
Hame
Conrad Hilton
Clark Gable
Bett Butler
Bing Crosby
Nancy Eiland
Delta Airlines
Drew
Miss
Edith
Piaf
Jeanne Crain
Paul Brinkman
Jeanne
Brinkman
Jack L. Warner
Warner Bros. Studio
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