Uneasy Peace Settles Over Holy Land
In Amman Jordan a fragile calm returns after six days of rioting over the Baghdad Pact. Prime Minister Ibrahim Hashim vows no treaty ties while King Hussein schedules parliamentary elections and curfews ease as riots over consulates and foreign involvement fade.
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Holy Land
Amman
Jordan
Ibrahim Hashim
Iraq
Iran
Turkey
Pakistan
Britain
Hashim
Hussein
Bethlehem
Jerusalem
U. S
Imperial General Staff
Gerald Templer
Baghdad
Crossett Council Votes On Budget
Crossett Arkansas December 22 The city council approved a yearly budget for 1956 totaling 105000 with no dissent. Fire police radio system will be ready by February 1 James Armstrong named fire chief a taxicab service license study a 7 am to 6 pm no parking zone on Alabama street and blinker rights for Unity Road intersection were authorized. A four year tree planting program on city property was approved at the request of local garden clubs.
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Crossett
Ark
James Armstrong
Jack Tucker
Alabama Street
Unity Road
West Crossett - Paper Mill Road
Iris and
Garden Gate Garden Clubs
Fresno housewife confesses to killing husband in closet
Barbara Schattinger 27 told officers she struck James Schattinger 28 about the head and shoulders with a pipe during a midnight Friday argument in their Fresno duplex. She hid the body in a closet for five days while continuing daily chores.
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Fresno
Calif
Melvin Willmirth
Barbara Schattinger
James
Schattinger
Kathy
Wage Increases Granted to 800000 Railroad Workers
Chicago reports wage increases from 10 to 14 cents an hour for nearly 800,000 railroad workers. Eleven rail brotherhoods representing about 750,000 nonoperating employees signed an agreement with carriers for a 14 cent hourly raise and company paid hospital and medical benefits.
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Chicago
National Guard unit hosts Christmas party and announces new Washington building
The Jonesboro unit of the National Guard held its annual Christmas party and learned an official plan for a new National Guard building in Washington. The project is valued at over one million dollars.
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Jonesboro
National Guard
Washington
Mrs Myrtle Jones retires as Eros High cafeteria chief
Mrs Myrtle Jones ends a 15 year tenure as head of the Eros High school cafeteria. Teachers and some grade pupils gave her a gift. Mrs Willie Wolfe and Mrs Estelle Castin will operate the lunch room for the rest of the semester.
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Jones
Eros
Myrtle Jones
Eros High School
Willie Wolfe
Estelle Castin
Penthouse Club atop Fort Worth hotel destroyed
A spectacular fire destroyed the Penthouse Club on the 11th floor of the Fortune Arms Hotel in Fort Worth, causing an estimated 150000 dollars in damage. No injuries were reported as 600 to 700 residents evacuated calmly. club manager Frank Self, treated for smoke, was released. Fire officials cited an undetermined cause, suspecting a forgotten cigarette or faulty wiring.
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Fort Worth
Tex
Frank Self
Palm Springs
Calif
C. C. Killian
Joe Burress
Des Moines man confesses in Lincoln double homicide case
Parker, a Town State College graduate, confessed after being questioned in Lincoln about the death of his wife Nancy and the assault of her sister. Nancy Parker was fatally injured and her body found after a breakfast incident. The suspect, tied to the scene and charged, attended his wife’s funeral in Des Moines and underwent a polygraph test by criminologist John E. Reid before admitting.
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Nancy
Scheele
Parker
Des Moines
Lincoln
Town State College
John E. Reid
Chicago
Robert Morrison
Burns cites Syrian toll in Israeli Galilee raid report
Burns report says 56 Syrians and 6 Jews died in the Galilee strike. He warns such force risks broader war and recalls earlier raids in the region. Khan accuses Israel of aiming to paralyze Israeli access to the Galilean Sea, calling for a stern UN rebuke as ten council members demand action.
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Burns
Galilee
Kihya
Jordan
Craza
Israel
Khan
Council Friday
Syriao
Egypt
IS Council
Syria
Ford plans and dividend outlook on Ford stock offering
Analysts weighed a likely price near 75 dollars with guesses from 60 to 70 while Ford disclosed a 60 cent quarterly dividend in 1956. The firm reported nine month sales of 4.042678 million and earnings of 5.85 a share, with 1955 dividends at 3.27 a share. Ford's postwar sales more than doubled as expansion surpasses 1.5 billion and planning shows 900 million more in two years.
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Ford
Wall Street
Imposter Surgeon Exposed in Prison In Canada Case
A Texas prison case reveals an imposter, DeMara, posing as Dr Joseph Cyr of New Brunswick. He served as a surgeon in the Korean War and gained fame for operations on wounded South Koreans before Canadian papers questioned his credentials. DeMara, born in Lawrence Massachusetts, was discharged and deported after his papers vanished. His father described him as exceptionally bright and once studied in a Trappist monastery.
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DeMara
Lawrence
Mass
Joseph Cyr
New Brunswick
Canada
Boston Eye and Ear
Comet IV Sets Speed Records Despite Small Passenger Load
Experimental de Havilland Comet IV flew from London with 14 aboard including BOAC and de Havilland officials. The 74 ton airliner broke speed records over a 27 000 mile test run at times averaging over 500 mph. Weather and jet heat may have caused a bracket defect. no engine fire occurred. BOAC plans a 1959 start with 20 aircraft in initial fleet.
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de Havilland
Britain
British Overseas Airways Corp
BOAC
Cunningham
Intruder shoots AF Officers in Faelknor Home
A white male intruder in a handkerchief mask fired at AF officers in the Faelknor residence, wounding the chest area. He fled by car and might be linked to a separate Oakdale service station robbery earlier the same day, where a .22 pistol and $58 were taken.
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Faelknor
Oakdale
Here
Jerry Sweat
Woman Struck By Taxi Seriously Injured In W. M.
Mrs. Mae Barnes 75 of 500 Wood Street West Monroe was hit by a taxi crossing Natchitoches Street around 6 45 P M Wednesday. She suffered a broken hip four broken ribs a fractured pelvis possible concussion and possible head injuries. She was resting quietly Thursday at Wright Bendel clinic as police investigated.
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Mae Barnes
Wood Street
West Monroe
Natchitoches Street
Wright- Bendel Clinic
Barnes
J. M. Clay
First Baptist Church
Ike's Grandchild Named Mary Jea 1
Patricia Wiggins reports from Washington that President and Mrs. Eisenhower welcomed a grandchild named Mary Jea 1 as their Christmas gift. The child’s mother is reported to be doing fine. The article notes the First Family’s private joy and public greeting.
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Ike
Mary Jea
Mother
Patricia Wiggins
Washington
Mrs. Eisenhower
Eisenhower welcomed Mary Jean Eisenhower as fourth grandchild
The newborn Mary Jean Eisenhower arrived Wednesday at 3 58 p m at Walter Reed Army Hospital weighing 7 pounds 2 ounces. Mrs Barbara Eisenhower the President's daughter in law is reported doing very well. The President expressed delight and happiness as he learned of the birth from his son John an Army major. The couple’s family includes Barbara Anne 6 Susan 3 and grandson David 7. The President and Mrs Eisenhower later visited the hospital to meet the new granddaughter.
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Barbara Eisenhower
White House
James C. Hagerty
Mary Jean
Barbara Anne
Susan
David
John
Eisenhower
Barbara
Congress aide notes reveal minutes of surprise reaction
An aide’s detailed notes, later reviewed amid a surprised congressional response, show minutes indicating core remarks. J Wilson discussed foreign aid briefly after focusing on the Defense Department budget. As lawmakers prepared to depart, he cited the administration’s proposed military aid amount of 3.024 billion dollars. Dulles then outlined economic aid, noting the administration seeks about 1.9 billion dollars, 100 million more than last year.
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Aide
J. Wilson
Defense Department
Dulles
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