Israel Gaza Withdrawal Timetable Prompted by U N Pressure
Cairo sources report Egypt growing restive over slow Israeli pullback from the Sinai and Gaza. U N officials in New York urge a specific timetable for complete withdrawal and implementation of armistice lines as Israel advances troops and negotiates phased withdrawal.
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Cairo
Egypt
United Nations
U. N
New York
Israel
Sinai Desert
Gaza
U. N. General Assembly
Suez Canal
Sinai
Gaza Strip
Palestine
Refugees Arrive As Operation Safe Haven Begins
A 1747 Hungarian refugees ship arrives at the Brooklyn Army Terminal as the first group airlifted under Operation Safe Haven. The sealift aims to bring 5100 refugees to the United States with more groups at sea and arrivals at McGuire AFB New Jersey. Governor Harriman and Voorhees greet the refugees at the pier and letters from Eisenhower accompany each arrival. They will go to Camp Kilmer New Jersey for processing and resettlement.
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New York
Brooklyn Army Terminal
United States
Eisenhower
Military
McGuire Air Force Base
New Jersey
Bremerhaven
Germany
Leroy Eltinge
Sealift
Averell Harriman
Tracy S. Voorhees
Camp Kilmer
N.J
Defense Department
Two Die and Fifteen Hurt in Texas Bottled Gas Truck Crash
A tanker carrying bottled gas swerved to avoid a collision near Kenedy Texas, veered into a ditch and exploded. Driver M M Camargo of San Antonio died in the flames. two others perished including a pregnant woman. 15 injured, firemen and spectators burned as a fireball rose 300 feet. A motorist who fled the scene was sought by police.
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Kenedy
Tex Os
R. B. Schuster
M. M. Camargo
San Antonio
Tex
Robert Blomsted
Schuster
Camargo
Denver Welcomes Three Babies in Opening Minute of 1957
Denver records a trio of births in the first minute of 1957. Elwood Yoder and wife welcomed a son one second after midnight, Waldemark Schultz and wife named a daughter at 12:24 a.m., and Joe Gvalva and wife welcomed a daughter at 12:01 a.m.
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Denver
Elwood Yoder
Waldemark A. Schultz
Joe Gvalva
Eisenhower Presses Civil Rights Drive Amid Senate Maneuvering
President Eisenhower signaled in a White House briefing to Republicans that he will push his civil rights program in the new Congress and will not retreat from a Southern filibuster. A Northern Western coalition of Democrats and Republicans seeks to reform filibuster rules with Sen. Anderson leading the effort, while Dixie Democrats plan their response. Russell cautioned that changing rules could backfire. Anderson announced continued discussion on the matter.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Congress
Senate
White House
Sen. Anderson
D-Nm
Douglas D-Jil
Russell D-Gai
Russell
Anderson
Democratic House
Administration
Senate Foreig
Jeaders
7 Year Old Lost In Frozen Arizona Found Safe
Seven year old Jack Hodges of Seligman survived two days in subfreezing northern Arizona. He slept under a tree and walked about 50 miles with his dog before being found by cowboys Oscar Pannick and Alvin Wagner on Mt. Floyd near Seligman. He was treated for exposure at Williams Hospital and asked for chicken soup after eating dirty snow.
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Seligman
Grand Canyon
Jack
Lloyd Hodges
NAACP Eligibility To Be Checked In Louisiana
Baton Rouge Attorney General Jack Gremillion planned to review NAACP membership lists to determine legality after a 1924 law required filing lists. The lists from New Orleans Lafayette Lake Charles Alexandria Baton Rouge and Shreveport were due by a midnight deadline and would count if postmarked on time despite questions about listing subgroups and individual members.
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Baton Rouge
Jack Gremillion
National Assn. For
Advancement of Colored People
Louisiana
NAACP
A. P. Tureaud
New Orleans
Lafayette
Lake Charles
Alexandria
Shreveport
Gremillion
C. J. Gilliam
Cremillion
Ku Klux Klan
National Guard
No Fatalities In Monroe Area Reported Today
Law enforcement reported no highway fatalities in the Monroe area before noon with four minor injuries. Two injuries occurred in one accident on Monday. Twelve minor crashes were logged in the Twin Cities and Ouachita parish from Sunday night into Tuesday morning.
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Monroe
Twin Cities
Ouachita Parish
Eddie Millave
Pine Street
Missouri Pacific Railroad
South Eighth Street
MoPac
Jimmie R. Webster
N. Seventh Street
June Andrews
Two B and O Trains Collide Near Martinsburg WV
Two Baltimore and Ohio freight trains collided head on on a single track along the Potomac River early today killing three crewmen. The wreck happened on a curve a miles west of Martinsburg in the eastern panhandle. One train had 1435 loaded cars and nine empties traveling from Cumberland Maryland to Brunswick Maryland. The other carried 160 empty coal cars from Cumberland West Virginia to KRe vser West Virginia.
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Martinsburg
Wo. Va
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Potomac River
Eastern Panhandle
West Virginia
Cumberland
Brunswick
Cumbo
W. Va
Krevser
Search for Lost 3 Year Old Around Edwards AFB
Airmen fanned out over Edwards Air Force Base in a full scale search for Billy Ray Truce a 3 year old who wandered from GI housing where he visited his mother. General Holton ordered all New Year’s Eve events cancelled and mobilized base personnel as temperatures dropped to about 20 at night.
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Howards
Calif
Routo
Edwards — Air Force Base
Billy Ray
J.S. Holtoner
Eisenhower Plans Red-Blocking Middle East Strategy
President Eisenhower outlines a new Middle East plan to shield Red threat countries from Gibraltar to the Arabian Sea. He seeks emergency authority to use U.S. armed forces if needed and a two year 400 million dollar economic aid fund for Middle East economies including Israel. congressional leaders attend a White House briefing as hearings may follow.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Middle East
Redee
Gibraltar
Arabian Sea
Israel
Mild New Year Weather Graces Northeast Louisiana
Ole Man Weather joins celebrations with mild clear to partly cloudy skies in northeast Louisiana. Highs reach the high 50s to low 60s. Selman Field reports a morning low of 50 degrees and a late morning high near 34 degrees with a forecast rise expected mid afternoon.
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Ole Man
Louisiana
Civil Aeronautics Administration
Selman Field
All-Time High Christmas New Year Death Toll Sets Record
The Associated Press reports 1957 began with a record combined Christmas and New Year traffic toll of 975, with 269 new deaths by 3 a.m. EST New Year. Total includes 706 Christmas fatalities and 269 New Year traffic deaths, plus 36 fire fatalities and 73 other deaths for an overall 378. State tallies list Alabama 313, California 214, New York 196, Texas 30 0, and other counts.
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Associated Press
National Safety Council
Council
Youth Confesses Part In Slaying Of Young Girl
A 19 year old Latin American boy admitted in a signed statement his role in the killing of 12 year old Janet Irene Mangan whose body was found on Goat Hill in West Dallas. He said another Latin American boy, 16, did the actual beating. the younger boy denied knowledge. The girl's 14 month old brother was found near the body and unharmed. Both boys were arrested within hours after discovery.
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Dallas
Tex
M. G. Wall
Hall
Hboy
Janet Irene Mangan
Goat Hill
Dick Deen Mangan
Parkland Hospital
Pasadena Greets 68th Tournament of Roses Day
Pasadena observes the 68th Tournament of Roses with New Year celebrations starting with a Rose Parade and ending with the Rose Bowl game. About 63 flower covered floats travel five miles past grandstands as crowds line boxes ladders and balconies to view the procession.
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Tournament of Roses
Pasadena N
Pasadena
Calif
German Officer Considered For High Command
Lt Gen Hans Speidel, first German officer eyed for a top Atlantic Alliance command, stands out as amiable and scholarly. A 59 year old armored warfare specialist, his reputation challenges typical Prussian stereotypes as reflected in reports from Frankfurt.
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Frankfurt
Germany
Hans Speidel
Speidel
Four Wounded By IRA Gunfire At Ireland Roadblock
Four people returning from a New Year church service were wounded when their car encountered an IRA roadblock near Caledon on the Northern Ireland border. Police said warnings were ignored and the attack occurred at an unapproved checkpoint.
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Belfast
Northern Ireland
Irish Republican Army
IRA
Caledon
Irish Republic
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