Egypt Ends British Base Pact Amid Suez Crisis
Egypt formally ended the 1954 treaty allowing British bases in the Suez Zone after British and French air attacks on Oct. 31. Nasser signed a decree saying the pact was broken from the moment of the assault, with British bases seized the next day and British civilian caretakers jailed. The move nullifies the right of British troops to return in an outside power attack scenario. The story notes salvage work in the canal and the liquidation of Egypt branches of Agence France Presse and Arab News Agency, seen as inconsistent with national aims.
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Wilton Wynn Cairow
Egypt
Britain
Suez Canal Zone
Middle East
Nesser
Nasser
Russia
Turkey
Asia
Europe
U. N
Mt Vernon Mayor Bu Ford Heads Dinner Meeting Plans
Mayor O R Buford announced a dinner meeting on Tuesday January 8 at 6 30 p m at the L N Cafe to discuss Mt Vernon progress. He will chair and invitees exceed 600 business and professional people with 100 dinner tickets first come first served at 1 65. Steve Harris of the East St Louis Housing Authority will speak on turning a slum area into a recreation center and an Inspections Bureau officer will discuss a Class 6 insurance rating to save costs. A shopping center proposal will also be on the agenda.
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O. R. Buford
Mt. Vernon
L.&n
Buford
Steve Harris
East St. Louis Housing Authority
Milneis Inspection Bureau
Vermon
Fire Destroys L. E. Ellis Store At Wayne City
A morning blaze devastated the Leslie E. Ellis general merchandise store at Wayne City. Mt Vernon rural firefighters and Wayne City crews battled the flames, with officials estimating damage in the thousands of dollars and declaring a total loss for the store.
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L. E. Ellis
Wayne City
Leslie E. Ellis
Mt. Vernion
Mt. Vernon
Catt Jones
Illinois Has 22 Deaths On Highways New Year Toll
The four day New Year holiday on Illinois roads saw at least 22 people killed in traffic crashes between 6 p.m. Friday and Tuesday midnight, plus two more fatalities from fires and six from miscellaneous mishaps. The toll contrasts with 56 deaths in the prior year’s Christmas period, and 20 from last year’s New Year three-day period. Notable fatalities include Carl Waddle in Wheeling, Climon Sanders in Summit, Mervin Poteet on Route 66, Boris Newbanks Jr. in Beecher City, and others across multiple towns including Chicago, Waukegan, Pecone, and Lisle.
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Ilinois
Illinois
Charles M. Hayes
Chicago Motor Club
Hayes
Carl Waddle
Prairie View
Ill
Wheeling
Climon Sanders
Summit
Mervin Poteet
Wilsonville
U. S
Waukegan
Fred D. Ward
Chicago
Pecone
Maude Ketchum
Divernon
Auburn
Edward Zamiar
Argelio Rivera
Aurora
Juan
Lisle
Donald Anderson
Warrenville
Wheaton
Lausche Quits as Governor to Enter Senate
In Columbus Ohio Governor Frank J Lausche will resign at noon Thursday to take the oath as U S senator when Congress convenes He will not say how he will vote on Senate organization Lt Gov John W Brown will be sworn in as governor at noon Thursday to succeed Lausche ONeill the Republican attorney general will succeed as governor and be sworn in January 14
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Columbus
Ohio
Frank J. Lausche
U. S
Congress
Senate
Lausche
John W. Brown
Brown
Statehouse
George H. Bender
Atty
William O'Neill
Southern Expects 9000 Enrollment SIU plans $39 million push
Southern Illinois University projects a 1960 enrollment of 9,000 students to justify a capital-improvements request of 39,319,000 for 1957-59. Most funds cover 12 new buildings to handle growth, with nearly 3,000,000 for ongoing structures and 1,143,000 to renovate existing ones. Current enrollment stands at 6,255.
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Carbondale
Ill
Southern Illinois University
General Assembly
SIU
Congress Session Opens With Rayburn To Return As Speaker
The 85th Congress caucuses name leaders with Rayburn set to remain speaker. McCormack and Martin stay as floor leaders. Albert and Arends hold party whip posts. Senate faces two vacancies but keeps Mansfield, Hayden up for pro tem role and Johnson Knowland remain as leaders. Eisenhower to present State of the Union January 10.
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Rayburn
McCormack
Martin
Sam Rayburn
Texas
John W. McCormack
Massachusetts
Joseph W. Martin Jr
Carl Albert
Oklahoma
Leslie Arends
Miinosis
Senate
Mike Mansfield
Montana
Earle C. Clements
Kentucky
Clements
Carl Hayden
D-Ariz
Walter George
Georgia
Lyndon B. Johnson
William F. Knowland
California
House
Ralph Roberts
Congress
Eisenhower
Adam Clayton Powell
Powell
New York
White House
New Year Traffic Toll Near Record High
The New Year weekend traffic deaths reached 405, with 70 fire deaths and 109 other accidents, totaling 584. California, Texas, Pennsylvania, Michigan, and Illinois led with 20 plus deaths. four states reported no fatalities. The National Safety Council praised drivers and law enforcement for lowering the toll against its 490 projection.
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National Safety Council
Jevery Enforcement Agency
Ned H. Dearborn
Chicago
Nebraska
Nevada
Utah
Vermont
California
Texas
Pennsylvania
Michigan
Ilinois
Council
Associated Press
New Rescue Chief Named for IRC Europe Post
John Alexander Sinclair, ex UN refugee specialist, was named director of the International Rescue Committee in Europe and will fly to Vienna around January 10. He previously served in United Nations refugee work and assumes leadership in Europe.
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New York
John Alexander-Sinclair
United Nations
Tolday
International Rescue Committee
Europe
Vienna
No News From Ike Washington
President Eisenhower will not hold a news conference this week and has not written a news conference since November. The report notes the ongoing lack of formal statements from the White House as part of a broader update on presidential communications.
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Ike Washington
Eisenhower
Police Block Crowds At India Quints Birth
In Madras Pon dicherry police held back crowds gathered to glimpse India's first quintuplets all girls born to a 29 year old servant near Tiruvannamalai. The quints weigh 8 oz 3 lb 12 oz and 3 lb 5 oz and will be named on the 10th day per Hindu custom doctors report all doing fine.
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Madras
India
Pondicherry
Tiruvannamalai
Muriale Corneille
Buford Appeals Court Ruling on City Hall Rent
Mt Vernon mayor Buford appeals a $1472 back rent judgment from Circuit Judge Caswell J. Crebs for office space at city hall. The city sought rent from September 1955 to September 8, 1956, while Buford contests any amount owed and asks remand for trial on merits.
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O. R. Buford
Caswell J. Crebs
City of
Mt. Vernon
Buford
Attor
Ney Neil H. Thompson
Circuit
Crebs
Severe Earth Shocks Measured Near Aleutians By UC Seismologist
Berkeley UC seismologist Don Tocher reported a series of strong earth shocks about 2,500 miles northwest of Berkeley. The shocks reached up to 7 on the Richter scale with a directional hint toward the Aleutian Island chain. He noted a magnitude near 7.75, comparable to the 1906 San Francisco quake, and among the heaviest in the past year.
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Berkeley
Calif
Don Tocher
University of California
University Seismograph
Tocher
Aleutian Island
Alaska
San Francisco
Simmons Retires As Assistant Postmaster After 35 Years
Charles E. Simmons of 428 S. 18th street retires after more than 35 years in the mail service. Beginning as a rural letter carrier in 1921, he later served as Mt. Vernon assistant postmaster for 21 years until retirement on December 31. He plans a Florida vacation with his wife.
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Charles E. Simmons
S. 18Th Street
Florida
Mr. Simmons
Scheller
Mt. Vernon
Wilnels Rural Letter Carriers Association
R. L. Lacey
Pate
Simmons
Illinois Postal Supervisors Association
Vandalia Prison Overcrowded By Narcotics Violators
Vandalia State Farm increases guards by about 30 percent to manage a surge from 900 to 1,545 inmates. Fay R. Murdock cites narcotics law violators from Cook County as causing space and security issues. Warden Glenn Murphy notes bathhouse remodeling and chapel conversion as crowding worsens, with concerns about disease and discipline.
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Springfield
Tl. v
Vandalia State Farm
Fay R. Murdock
Public Safety Department
Vandalia
Murdock
Cook County
Vandalla
Justice of the Peace Courts
Glenn Murphy
20th Anniversary At New Year's For the Christmases
Glendale couple Eli Christmas and Frances celebrate their 50th wedding anniversary. Married on New Year’s Day 1907 in Santa Claus, Indiana, the milestone surpassed Christmas as a festive family occasion for the Glendale residents.
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Glendale
Calls
Eli Christmas
Frances
Rhode Island Governor Wins Fourth Term
In a State Supreme Court ruling, Democrat Dennis J. Roberts was affirmed as the Rhode Island governor for a fourth term after overturning civilian absentee and shut-in ballots that had briefly favored Republican Christopher Del Sesto. The court invalidated 4,994 absentee ballots, with Roberts leading by 207 votes in person ballots. The decision, 3-1, also placed three Democratic state representatives in office. Associate Justice Thomas H. Roberts recused himself.
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Providence
R. I
Rhode Island
Supreme Court
Dennis J. Roberts
Roberts
Christopher del Sesto
Tater
del Sesto
Board of Elections
Harold A. Andrews
Thomas H. Roberts
Theatre Bomb Scare Evacuates 2800 in Kansas City
Police evacuated 2,800 moviegoers from Loew's Midland Theater after an anonymous call warned a bomb was planted. Twenty detectives helped search the building for an hour but found no device.
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Kansas City
Loew
Midland Theater
Saarland Returns to Germany as State Rejoins Fatherland
Saarland residents celebrated their return to Germany with fireworks as the 990 square mile coal and steel region became West Germany's 10th state at the start of the new year. The area had been under French control after World War II and enjoyed semi autonomy before rejoining Germany.
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Saarbruecken
Germany
Saarland
West Germany
France
Eisenhower seeks quick middle east policy action
President Eisenhower seeks standby authority to act against Communist aggression in the Middle East. House Speaker Rayburn indicated Senate backing needed for a special joint session. Secretary Dulles will discuss with House leaders as Hagerty noted a fast track to a formal message. White House aides stress economic aid and a broad peace keeping doctrine to deter aggression.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Middle East
House
Raysburn
Rayburn
Senate
Dulles
White House
James C. Hagerty
Administration
Eisenhower E Apen
United States
Congress
Hagerty
Fisenhower
Capitol
Thomas Files First Mt Vernon Primary Petition
J R Thomas of 1924 Richview Road filed as the first candidate for Mt Vernon city office this morning. He seeks the position of police magistrate and is a justice of the peace. No mayor or city council candidates had filed yet.
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J. R. Thomas
Richview Road
Mt. Vernon
Thomas
M Bue ‘Ford
Pater Pe Bell Andl Coyn Matec
Geii
Harry A. DeWitt
Treas
Wanda White
Allan Dulaney
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