Malibu Fires Hit Film Colony as Blaze Rages
A fourth major brush fire flared near Palos Verdes Estates amid high winds. Firefighters battled in Malibu, Zuma Beach, and Lake Sherwood areas as flames destroyed at least 65 homes and caused over 60 million dollars in damage. One fatality reported, arson probes opened, and 2,000 firefighters fought the blazes. Celebrities including Jane Russell Kim Novak and Alan Ladd had homes threatened or lost.
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Malibu
Calif
Palos Verdes Estates
United Press
Movie Colony
Young Beach
Lake Sherwood
Jane Russell
Kim Novak
Alan Ladd
Glenn Ford
Eve Arden
Rob Hope
Ralph Edwards
Miss Russell
Los Angeles County
Keith Klinger
Zuma Beach
Klinger
Santa Monica Mountains
Snowy roads and New Year traffic warnings persist
Unusually heavy snow slowed traffic this morning as salt crews worked to clear local hills. Officers warned of reckless driving on New Year's Eve and vigilant patrols on district roads to protect residents.
Daily Weather Report Partly Cloudy and Cold Into Weekend
Partly cloudy and continued cold tonight and Sunday with a few snow flurries. Low tonight 12 to 18. US weather stats for the 24 hours ending a.m. show a high of 46 and a low of 24 with 0.18 inches of precipitation and a 6.8 foot river stage. A year ago the date recorded a high 39 and low 27 with 0.01 inches of precipitation and no snow.
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A.m
Suez Canal clearance to begin as UN says start imminent
A United Nations spokesman declares clearance work on the Suez Canal will begin today, easing salvage doubts after four days of touted starts. Egyptian canal authorities have been dismantling sunken ships at Ismailia and Suez, while Danish vessel Prottector and Dutch tug Tyne report orders to start. Divers will inspect sunken areas as part of the 30 ship UN clearance fleet.
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Suez
Port Suez
Tyne
United Nations
Suez Canal Company
News Special Annual Report for 1956 Activities
The edition delivers an end of year report on local activities in 1956 with special articles on industrial forecasts for 1957 and summaries of sports happenings. Prepared by the News editorial staff.
Opposition To Proposal To Use U S Troops
Senate Democrats and Republicans pledged to oppose a blank check authorization for U S forces in the Middle East. Senators Mansfield and Monroney urged UN police deployment, while others warned against unilateral action. Eisenhower and Dulles may brief Congress leaders on New Year’s Day.
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Joseph H. Singer
I.N.S
Washington
INS
Senate
Middle East
Capitol Hill
F Eisenhower
Congress
U.S
Paul Douglas
Francis Case
Mike Mansfield
Mont
A.S
Mike) Monroney
Okla
Mansfield
United Nations
Monroney
United States
Eisenhower
John Foster Dulles
White House
Gunman Poses as Patient to Rob Philadelphia Doctor
A gunman, posing as a patient, robbed physician Dr. Alphonso A. Willard of about $250 in his office Friday night and fled in a waiting taxicab. The incident was reported by the doctor.
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Philadelphia
Alphonso A. Willard
Plan to Counter Reds in Middle East Moves Under Way
The Eisenhower administration drafts a package plan to push large scale economic and military aid to the Middle East to counter Soviet influence. Experts estimate the economic program could cost around 400 million dollars if approved by Congress. A possible request for standby congressional authority to use U S armed forces to preserve peace is included.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Middle East
Congress
New Castle News to Deliver Papers at 25 Points
Beginning Monday December 31 the New Castle News will deliver papers to twenty five distribution points in the city at no charge. News boys will pick up papers at these barrels labeled New Castle News Help keep our city clean. Public urged to use barrels for loose paper and trash to keep streets clean.
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New Castle News
Five Killed In Auto Crash In Pittsburgh
Five people perished and a sixth was seriously hurt late Friday when two cars collided in Baldwin township near Pittsburgh. Victims include Mary Alice Healy 18 Hazelwood Dorothy Salmon 17 Hazelwood Alfred Daugherty 19 South Side Barbara Hines 16 Hazelwood Stanley Puchalski 31 Carrick. lone survivor Harry J. Haney 19 in fair condition.
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Pittsburgh
Baldwin Township
South Side I
Mary Alice Healy
Hazelwood
Dorothy Salmon
Alfred Daugherty
South Side
Barbara Hines
Stanley Puchalski
Carrick
St. Joseph’s Hospital
Harry J. Haney
Puchalski
Daugherty
Blast Victim Still Critical at Jameson Memorial Hospital
Orrin Calderwood, 57, of 416 Fe Garfield Ave. remained in critical condition after an explosion at the American Cyanamid Co. plant near Edenburg. He sustained multiple puncture wounds while in the ammonium nitrate house and had a comfortable night but stayed on the critical list. Continued on page 6.
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Orrin Calderwood
Garfield Ave
Jameson Memorial Hospital
American Cyanamid Co
Edenburg
Dr Thos Jones Honored for 46 Years of Ministry
December 28 stands out as a day long remembered as Dr Thomas J Jones, minister, retires after 46 years of preaching. First Congregational Church honored him with testimonies and a plaque presented by Mayor Edward A DeCarbo. Councilmen Schweinsberg and Steinbrink praised his peacemaking in labor disputes and cancer society work. Dr Elijah Kaplan noted his Jewish outreach and Judge Braham highlighted his selfless service to the community.
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Thomas J. Jones
Dr. Jones
First Congregational Church
E. Reynolds St
Welch
Edward A. DeCarbo
DeCarbo
E. Gene Schweinsberg
Herman F. Steinbrink
The
Cancer Society
American Paleitine Committee
Elijah Kaplan
Dr.Jones
W. Walter Braham
Hungary Miners Hit Back at Puppet Regime
Defiant Hungarian miners paralyze coal production harming the puppet regime's hopes for economic recovery. Radio Budapest reports thousands of miners are on a vacation mood, with manpower shortages from strikes and losses in the October revolt.
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Charles W. Ridley
United Press
Vienna
Hungary
Radio
Budapest
Janos
Pecs
President Eisenhower Heads to Augusta for Relaxing Golf Weekend
President Eisenhower arrived in Augusta Ga for a weekend of golf at Augusta National Golf Club with son-in-law Maj. John Eisenhower and Barbara Eisenhower and with Coca Cola president William E Robinson and George E Allen as playing partners. The trip aims to rest before returning to Washington to prepare for Congress opening.
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Paul Southwick
United Press
Augusta
Eisenhower
Augusta National Golf Club
Washington
Congress
Columbine III
Maj. John
Barbara Eisenhower
William E. Robinson
New York
Coca Cola Company
George E. Allen
Nine-Alarm Philadelphia Fire Destroys Downtown Offices
A nine alarm blaze in downtown Philadelphia damaged scores of offices and shops. Three firefighters were injured and 12 others hospitalized for bronchial congestion from acrid smoke as forty firefighters were overcome. The blaze, centered in the Press Building, burned for eight hours before flaring again amid the wreckage.
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Philadelphia
Plane Crash Probe Moves To Youngstown
The Lockheed Super Ventura crash near Pulaski killed three airmen and led CAB investigators to move the engine teardown to Vienna Airport in Youngstown. Officials will interview witnesses and review possible mechanical or pilot causes with CAB state police and administration.
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Pulaski
Youngstown
Vienna
Civil Aeronautics Board
CAB
Civil Aeronautics Administration
Howard Aviation Co
Youngstown Sheet and Tube Co
Alton Tucker
Mansell
Wid Tillotson Jr
Mason St
N.W
Warren, C
Alvin E. Gravelle
Masury
Earthquakes Shake New Zealand Coast No Casualties Reported
A sequence of quakes rocked the east coast of New Zealand near Auckland with no casualties reported. Local authorities monitored the tremors for aftershocks and potential damage.
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Auckland
New Zealand
Six Degrees Below Zero Sets Nation’s Coldest Value
The U S Weather Bureau reports Sault Ste Marie Michigan as the coldest spot today at six degrees above zero, while Long Beach California records the warmest at 85 degrees for Friday.
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New York
U. S Weather Bureau
Sault St. Marie
Michigan
Long Beach
California
Death notice roundup of several local residents
Death records report Randal Wolfson aged 28 months at 123 Hillcrest Ave Clifford Albert Bradley 37 of 155 Elm St Joseph W Hahn 72 of 9122 E Washington St Luigi Salvatti 64 of Ellwood City Mrs Anna Jones of Ellwood City Nellie M Smith 56 of Mitchell Rd RD 5 John H McCalmont RD 4 local listings for Saturday December 29 1956.
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Randal Wolfson
Hillcrest Ave
Clifford Albert Bradley
Elm St
Joseph W. Hahn
E. Washington St
Luigi M. Salvatti
Ellwood City
Anna Jones
Nellie M. Smith
Mitchell Rd
John H. McCalmont
Fires and Explosions Kill 11 Across Nation Before New Year
United Press reports multiple disasters as 11 people die in explosions and fires nationwide on the eve of the holiday. In Ironwood Michigan a two story home burns killing a family of six. Five die in a West Virginia blaze near St Marys. One dies in an Edenburg explosion at American Cyanamid. Menard Prison sustains $50 000 in damage and 100 inmates help extinguish a blaze.
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United Press
Hudson
Mass
Louis W. West
West
Menard, Ill
Ironwood
Mich
Ina Heilig
John Gallo
Dennis
Sandra
Linda
Keith
St. Mary's
W. Va
Speece
Dolly
Mabel
Harry Speece
Brady Jr
American Cyanamid Co
Edenburg
Orrin J. Calderwood
Menard State Prison
Chester
Prediction of 490 traffic deaths over holiday period
The National Safety Council forecast 490 road deaths during the New Year break from Friday 6 p.m. to Tuesday midnight. Officials cited the prior Christmas surge of 713 fatalities and aimed to keep the total below the all time holiday peak.
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National Safety Council
Obituary and Notices in Ellwood City Page
Community edition lists obituary and theater items with class notes and local ads. Crossword and comics fill page sections alongside church notices and small classifieds. Local news and features appear on page 19 with telephones for want ads and editorial notes.
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Gocietys
Ckacc
Cross Word
Ellwood
Man Prepares to Close Shop Ahead of New Year
An aging shopkeeper readies his last days in business as year 1956 ends and a younger successor is poised to take over. The scene hints at February and August installments with bells tolling for the old man’s departure and a new beginning for 1957.
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Lee
Harry Boyle
Daily Weather Report
Suez Canal
Charles P. Arnot
Thos. Jones
New Castle
Mrs. Jones
Southampton
England
Sinclair Petrolere
Fawley
Kuwait
Cape
Britain
Vasaa
Arthur Mometer
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