Arab raids threaten frontier amid Middle East tension
Reports from London say Arab raiders from Jordan attack a 30 mile frontier area as United Nations officials move to stabilize Egypt cease fire. Sniper fire hits Port Said as Egyptian patrol clashes with British troops. Maj. Gen. Burns arrives in Cairo to chair UN police take over.
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Israel
Jordan
Evea
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Egypt
Port Said
Suez Canal Zone
Canada
E. L. M. Burns
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Cairo
U.N
Russia
U.N. Assembly
Defense
Antony Head
House of Commons
Britain
Morton Wins Kentucky Senate Race In Photo Finish
In Kentucky Thruston B. Morton defeats Sen. Earle Clements by a narrow margin after late returns. Unofficial tallies show Morton with a lead of about 4,400 votes from roughly 3,800 precincts. The campaign featured mutual charges of irregularities as election results remained unsettled in several counties. Eisenhower and Cooper also fare well as Democrats hold a 6-2 House edge.
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Louisville
Thruston B. Morton
Kentucky
Earle C. Clements
Morton
Clements
U.S. Senate
Louie B. Nunn
Eisenhower
John Sherman Cooper
Senate
Adlai Stevenson
Cooper
Somerset
Lawrence Wetherby
House
New Congress Make Up Hostile To Ike
President Eisenhower faced a likely hostile new Congress after reelection. Democrats won margins in both chambers, suggesting future domestic policy battles and coalitions rather than strict party lines may shape decisions. Eisenhower carried 41 states and 457 electoral votes, with 33,665,121 to 24,651,172 in the popular vote.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Congress
Adlai F. Stevenson
Fisenhower
GOP
Senate
House
Stevenson
Kentucky
Charges Against Murtes Dismissed By District Judge
District Judge Charles A. Holcombe dismissed charges against state Rep. Peter Murtes of New Orleans for having an illegal interest in paint contracts. The indictment was quashed on grounds the term interested was unconstitutional as defined by the Legislature. The case involved Murtes Paint Co. contracts with the state highway department and salaries or commissions.
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Baton Rouge
Charles A. Holcombe
Peter Murtes
New Orleans
East Baton Rouge Parish
Murtes
House of Representatives
Murtes Paint Co
State Department of Highways
Atty
R. A. Dowling
Holcombe
Dist. Atty
J. St. Clair Farrot
Favrot
East Baton Rouge
Martes Paint Co
Auto graphing Air Defense officer’s book raises cheeky request
In Colorado Springs Captain Barney Oldfield of the Air Defense Command signs copies of Never a Shot in Anger at a bookshop. A woman asks if it’s a suitable present for her minister and Oldfield calls it a naughty book in spots. She replies she’ll take it anyway.
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Barney Oldfield
Air Defense Command
Multi Millionaire Marshall Field Dies At 63
New York, Marshall Field II, a billionaire merchant and head of Field Enterprises, died at New York Hospital at 5 a.m. He was 63. His wife Ruth was at his bedside. Field inherited about 160 million dollars from his grandfather, founder of the Chicago store. He founded the Chicago Sun in 1941 to support Franklin D. Roosevelt and philanthropy.
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New York
Marshall Field II
Field Enterprises
New York Hospital
Ruth
Field
Chicago
Prince of Wales
Duke of Windsor
The
Chicago Sun
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Chicago Tribune
Southport
N.C
Douglas V von Sessoms
Laurinburg
Hess
Coast Guard
Sessoms
Savannah
Atlantic
J. Eddie Boone
Boone
Austin
Swartz Man Charged With Death Attempt
W T Floyd 51 is jailed in Ouachita parish after being charged with attempted murder for allegedly beating Earl Stovall with a shotgun on Stovall’s Sterlington road property north of Monroe. No bond set pending investigation. Charged may be upgraded to aggravated battery.
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Swartz
W. T. Floyd
Ouachita Parish
Bailey Grant
Floyd
Earl Stovall
Stovall
Monroe
Sterlington Road
Diehard Hungarians Open Third Front Near Yugoslav Border
Rebel radio reports say Hungarian patriots renewed fight against the Soviets opening a third front near the Yugoslav border. They face food shortages and ongoing battles in Budapest districts as refugees flee toward Yugoslavia.
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Vienna
Budapest
Hungary
Janos Kadar
Yugoslavia
Freedom Fighters
Freedom Radio
Pesterzebel
Koebanya
Ujpest
Kelenfveld
U.N. Force Speed-Up Urged as Egypt Tense
The United States presses rapid replacement of British French and Israeli forces in Egypt with a U.N. peacekeeping mission. The U.N. General Assembly authorized an international emergency force with a dozen nations offering troops. Officials warn of possible Soviet intervention and a broader war if action delays. Pentagon hints at enhanced defense readiness while Navy and SAC adjust operations and ships move toward potential West Pacific deployment.
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Washington
United States
Egypt
United Nations
U.N. General Assembly
Eisenhower
Soviet Union
Middle East
Pentagon
U.S
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Forrestal
Strategic Air Command
San Diego
Calif
Navy
Western Pacific
Defense Department
Air Defense Command
Government estimates 13 153 000 bale cotton crop
The Agriculture Department pegs this year’s govt restricted cotton crop at 13 153 000 bales of 500 pounds. It’s 115 000 bales below October’s 13 268 000 forecast, down from last year’s 14 721 000 and above the ten year average of 13 098 000. Reserve stocks total 14.5 million bales, shaping planting and marketing quotas.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Census Bureau
Lausche Hints He May Vote With GOP
In Columbus Ohio Governor elect Frank Lausche suggests he may join Republicans to organize the Senate if Eisenhower is re elected and he is not yet sworn in. He plans to finish his Ohio term January 14 with Congress convening January 3.
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U.S. Senate
Ohio
Senate
Eisenhower
Lausche
GOP
Congress
Calif Florida Sites For Missile Launch Tests
Convair says Atlas ICBM tests will use facilities in southern California and Florida. Engines will be trialed at a San Diego site before flights at Edwards Air Force Base the Mojave Desert and initial launches from Patrick Air Force Base Florida. The missile will target the South Pacific and may carry a bomb. Convair ties Atlas to space travel research at a $40 million San Diego Astronautics plant under construction.
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Air Force
California
Florida
Convair Division
General Dynamics Corp
Edwards Air Force Base
Mojave Desert
Patrick Air Force Base
Fla
South Pacific
Convair
Convair Astronautics
U N Pushes Plan For Mid East Force
United Nations moves to form a Middle East police force to supervise cease fire in Egypt and withdraw foreign troops. General Assembly endorses Hammarskjold plan with Burns commanding, while Britain France and Israel given withdrawal deadlines amid tension in the Suez area.
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N. Y
Middle East
Suez Canal Zone
U. N
General Assembly
Dag Hammarskjold
Egypt
U.N
E. L. Burns
Britain
France
Israel
Sinai Peninsula
Gaza Strip
Jerusalem
David Ben-Gurion
Hammarskjold
Assembly
Palestine Armistice Line
Security Council
Pierson Dixon
Canal Zone
Omar Loutfi
Analysts Review Election Results For Trend Clues
Washington AP political strategists combed returns to discern how Democrats won majorities in Congress while Eisenhower carried the presidential ticket. They found no clear trend as both parties made inroads in unexpected states and solid seats shifted, leaving House outcomes tight and Senate control uncertain pending key races in Kentucky and Ohio.
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Congress
Eisenhower
Senate
Kentucky
Earle C. Clements
Thruston B. Morton
Frank J. Lausche
Ohio
James H. Duff
Dan Thornton
Colorado
Denver
Thornton
John A. Carroll
Clements
Completion Of Parker Test Nears In Ouachita Parish
The Parker well in Ouachita Parish near Smiths road and Riser's Dairy farm is expected to be completed within a week. Drilled to about 9,620 feet with a drill stem showing dry gas, the 10,000 foot contract well sits near that depth. Ouachita hosts 600-700 gas wells with 2,000 in the Monroe field spanning Ouachita Morehouse and Union parishes.
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DeSiard Street
Smiths Road
Riser
Ouachita Parish
Monroe
Ouachita
Morehouse
Union
Adenauer Criticizes Nations Over Middle East Crisis
West German Chancellor Konrad Adenauer condemned Britain France and Israel in a Bundestag debate on the Middle East crisis. He criticized Russia's Hungary campaign and urged smaller powers to honor treaties despite fear of war, referencing Nasser's Suez decision without naming nations.
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France
Israel
Egypt
Middle East
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Voice of Freedom
Hungary
Adenauer
Bundestag
Nasser
Suez Canal Co
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