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Newspaper
Odessa American
Location
Odessa, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 06, 1956
Page
1
Britain navigates Suez crisis politics as Eden’s future hangs in the balance. R. A. Butler backs Eden amid calls for resignation while party factions debate Egypt policy and the canal withdrawal. A confidence vote looms with potential abstentions signaling a tepid party stance.
London reports Queen Elizabeth and party visiting a Parisian farce Occupy Amelia at Buckingham Palace Theatre. The royal party laughed for hours and met the French troupe led by Jean-Louis Barrault and Madeleine Renaud, noting a satirical cocotte character inspired by King Edward VII.
Western officials report Russia tightened security at West Berlin roads and rails as part of a general Soviet security alert. Moscow pressed for truck and train search rights amid fears of independence movements in Hungary and Poland. U S Army convoy east of West Berlin was ordered to turn back rather than submit to further checks.
Authorities searched for survivors after a private twin engine flight carrying Boise-Payette Lumber Co. executives crashed in rugged country between Boise and Ogden amid a snowstorm. Four Air Force officers perished in separate crashes near Mansfield Ohio and Pickford Michigan, while a fifth officer survived with minor injuries. Lts Jack Estabrook and Robert Jukens died near Mansfield as their jet ran low on fuel. Lts John Cunningham and Hobart Garvin died near Pickford when their F89 jet fighter crashed. About 100 people searched a nearby swamp for crash survivors, but bodies were recovered beneath wreckage.
Pearl Choate a 300 pound six foot nurse was arrested in Monahans on a felony theft warrant from Harris County and charged with extortion. She allegedly coerced an invalid mother to sign checks totaling eight and six thousand dollars. Choate, also known as Elizabeth P Langston, had a prior murder conviction in Amarillo in 1949 and 20 year sentence, paroled in 1954.
London AP reports intensified drive against the Baghdad Pact with a high Egyptian official accusing Turkey and Iraq of indirect involvement in the Anglo French assault on Egypt. The Dilwata sailed from Port Said with 11,853 English bound troops. Ascania stood by for the second contingent. Port Said harbor buzzed with ship movements for Cyprus transport. Moscow Radio alleged Israel seeks to retain Sinai and accused the West of blackmail toward Syria and Jordan. UN chief Burns and Israeli Dayan discussed Israel’s Sinai withdrawal and security guarantees before a final pullout.
Testimony concluded in the Nassau County Court trial of Angelo LaMarca for the July 4 kidnapping slaying of Peter Weinberger. The case will resume tomorrow after the judge instructs the panel. State witnesses numbered 26, defense 3, with FBI and Nassau officers denying any assault on LaMarca during arrest and questioning.
A blast at the Olin Mathieson Chemical Corp storage shed in East Alton killed three workers and left body parts found. A third man was missing and presumed dead. Hours later another employee died and four were injured in a Niagara Falls plant explosion.
Soviet tanks and Hungarian police opened fire on several thousand anti government protesters gathered before Budapest west railroad station. Dozens were wounded as the clash escalated amid massed crowds and police action.
A 27 year old unwed mother was held by police on possible child desertion charges after a newborn baby was found in a dresser drawer of her apartment. The baby, born Tuesday, was taken to a hospital and described as very healthy. The mother gave a tearful account of the events and said she did not know what to do.
Tyler Texas Judge Otis Dunagan ruled that NAACP original instruments may replace photostatic copies among 180 exhibits in a plea of privilege hearing seeking a permanent injunction against the NAACP. If upheld, the case returns to its prior status and the hearing would be erased. if overruled, the next step is trial on the injunction question and copies seized by the state attorney general's office in Dallas and Houston.
Washington protests to Russia over alleged Soviet tank force outside the U S legation in Budapest that blocked Hungarian demonstrators. Robert Murphy, deputy under secretary of state, demanded Moscow end the action and Striganov promised to report to Moscow. Striganov chairs the Soviet Embassy in the meantime.
Federal warrants led to the detention of two women and two unidentified white men in Clinton, with more suspects held in Knox County. Several defendants, including Cyde Cook, 28, and Andersonville farmer Anderson Diehl, faced arraignment as authorities warned that those who bonded out could lose their releases. The school district briefly closed Clinton High as tensions flared and a county official urged calm while vowing action against alleged integration interference.
President Eisenhower announced a major air and sea evacuation of Hungarian refugees. About 21 500 to be admitted, with 19000 by Air Force and Navy planes and 6300 by an inter government committee. Airlift to start within days at 200 daily rising to 500, aiding Austria exits by year end. Ocean transport to New York aboard three Navy ships from Bremerhaven.
An Arctic front stalled across Central Oklahoma with a low pressure system holding back the cold air. Forecasters expect the front to move again tonight, bringing freezing temperatures mainly to the Panhandle and Red River Valley by Friday, followed by a sharper temperature drop as warm humidity dominates ahead of the front. Light drizzle and early morning fog were reported in Wichita Falls Wink Junction and along the Texas Coast.
The United States and Iceland reached a complete agreement for continued American operation of the Keflavik air base, located midway between Moscow and Washington. The pact includes quick resumption of expansion work on the Keflavik base project, estimated at about 12 million dollars a year, with anticipated economic assistance to Iceland.
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