Final Major Flood Threat On Decline
Northern California faces cleanup after record floods as danger eases in fair weather. Death toll reaches 34 with 19 to 35 missing or possibly dead. damage valued around 150 million dollars as waters recede and assessments begin. Army Navy Air Force and Coast Guard crews rescue and relocate people using boats trucks amphibians helicopters and planes. Weather Bureau notes up to 31 inches of rain last week from the Oregon line to Visalia. Delta islands Empire Tract and Quimby Island flooded as levees held, easing major danger. Gov. Knight orders 300 National Guards to Yuba City and Marysville amid fears of looting and sanitation issues.
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Navy
Air Force
Coast Guard
Weather Bureau
California
Oregon Line
Visalia
San Joaquin
Sacramento
San Franisco
Empire Tract
Quimby Island
Prince Aly Khan Pays for Yasmin Visits and Faith Lessons
A court order details that Prince Aly Khan must pay $100,000 for each trip Yasmin, age five, makes to visit him, with funds held in New York and a trust if unused. The agreement also provides $8,000 yearly living expenses and weekly Moslem faith instruction, while Rita Hayworth’s $150,000 damages suit against Columbia Pictures and related countersuits proceed.
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Rita Hayworth
Los Angeles
Columbia Pictures
Prince Aly Khan
Yasmin
U. S
United Press
Aly Khan
United States
Aga Khan
Aly
Rita
Prince Aly
Miss Hayworth
Joseph
France
New York
Reno
Dick Haymes
Readiness Policy Aims Quick Atomic War Mobilization
The Air Force and Defense Department announce a new industrial production policy to achieve immediate air readiness for an atomic war. It shifts from postwar buildup to prewar readiness, focusing on top priority planes and missiles and enabling instant accelerated production in the first weeks of general war.
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Washington
Air Force
Defense Department
Donald A. Quarles
Nathan F. Twining
Quarles
Famed Dionne Quints Deny Rift Rumors
Montreal reports the Dionne quints deny a family rift as New Year plans unfold. Marie and Annette reportedly will return home for New Years while Cecile and Yvonne are set to work. Father Dionne expresses grief over the lack of quints at Christmas and cites outside influence.
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Dionne Quints
Montreal
Marie
Annette
Cecile
Yvonne
Notre Dame de L’esperance Hospital
North Bay
Ort
Oliva Dionne
Family fractures over Christmas in Montreal hospital
Reporters note a strained family split as parents refuse to name outsiders amid Christmas tension. Yvonne defends their stance and questions why cards or calls failed to reach the couple. Hospital room scene reveals fault lines while siblings say they remain on duty and near New Year plans.
New York cartoonist Joe Palooka creator dies by own hand
New York artist Hammisher, creator of Joe Palooka, was found dead in a friend’s studio. Police report notes indicate suicide by pills. he spoke with sentiment to his mother earlier, leaving a daughter Wendy Lee and widow Marilyn.
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Hammond Edward “Ham” Fisher
Joe Palooka
New York
United Press
Hammisher
Fikes
Fisher
Eaton & Chester Railroad
American Title & Mortgage Co
Miami
Fla
Armed Forces
Navy
Air Force
War Department
Sadie B. Fisher
Wendy Lee
Texas Death Toll Reaches 116 During Holidays
The Texas violent deaths over Christmas and New Year’s rose to 116, with 68 traffic fatalities and 48 from fires and other violence. DPS projects 204 total violent deaths Dec 23 to Jan 2, including 112 traffic deaths, noting most losses occurred early in the period and a weekend upswing is expected.
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Texas
Associated Press
State Department of Public Safety
DPS
Sergeant Discovers Wine in Shower in France
In Bussac France Sgt George McElroy of Herrin Illinois stepped into a shower and found white wine. His wife in the kitchen also encountered wine from the tap as regional water supply relies on tank trucks that sometimes carry wine. The driver was unaware of his load.
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Bussac
France
George McElroy
Herrin
Ill
Weather forecast for air terminal period
Partly cloudy and mild this afternoon and tonight. Thursday partly cloudy and cooler, then considerably colder late Thursday. Today high 76, tonight low 45, tomorrow high 65. Yesterday high 74, overnight low 43. Sun sets at 2 53 p m and rises Thursday at 7 0 am.
Soviet Council approves 1956 budget with minor changes
The Council of Nationalities unanimously approved the 1956 budget totaling 593 billion rubles in revenue and 570 billion rubles in expenditures. Defense spending is down almost 10 percent from 1955, with several defense items hidden in other categories. The two houses schedule a joint session for 10 a.m. tomorrow to hear Khrushchev and Bulganin on their Asian tour and other subjects. The Presidium also appointed Kosstomin and Grishin as Supreme Court judges to replace Suslin and Syuldin, who began five year terms in 1951. Syuldin sat on the military tribunal that sentenced Beria allies after the 1952 trial.
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Council of the Union
Communist Party
Nikita Khrushichev
Nikolai Bulganini
Council of Nationalities
Supreme Soviet
Alexei Kostromin
Nikolai Grishin
Soviet
Supreme Court
Andrei Suslin
Vladimir Syuldin
Syuldin
Victor Abakumov
Lavrenty Beria
Cooler fronts forecast for Texas temperatures drop
Weather forecasts indicate two cold fronts moving into Texas this week. A western front would cool the Panhandle by dawn Thursday with lows near 15 degrees, while a northern front could bring below freezing conditions to the state later in the week. Early Wednesday temps ranged from 35 at Salt Flat to 63 at Corpus Christi.
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Texas
Panhandle
Upper Panhandle
Plains State
Salt Flat
Corpus Christi
Tavern operator walks 165 miles for 20000 dollar bet
A Birmingham nightclub owner trudged along U S Highway 78 aiming to reach Atlanta in 65 hours non stop with 10 minute rests. Carman Cerevallo, a former paratrooper, admitted the bet while an employee billed as Professor Backwards described it as a twenty thousand dollar wager under a business arrangement.
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Pen City
Ala
Birmingham
U. S. Highway 78
Atlanta
Carman Cerevallo
Fiery Jet Fighter Crashes in Levittown Street Scene
A burning F-86D Sabrejet crashed in a densely populated Levittown block. Pilot Capt. T. B. Buechler ejected safely. no injuries. Only damages were an insurance salesman’s car and a boy’s bicycle.
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Levittown
N. Y
T. B. Buechler
Grand Island
Neb
Long Island
Buechler
Levitt Town
Daniel Watson
Everett Weber
Brother Leads Tots From Fire in Crestline Cabin Blaze
In Crestline California fifteen year old James Sisler guided his seven younger siblings to safety as flames engulfed their mountain cabin. Fire Chief Robert White cited faulty wiring as the fire’s cause while the parents were away and the children watched television.
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Crestline
Calif
James Sisler
Arthur Sisler
James
Playmates Dig To Rescue Boy In California Cave Collapse
Four youngsters dug with their hands to free 12 year old Darrell Rogers trapped under three tons of dirt in a Santa Ana River wash cave collapse. The boy was rushed to a county hospital in critical condition with a fractured rib and punctured lung.
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Loma Linda
Calif
Santa Ana
Darrell Rogers
Clyde
Irving Clark
Robert Sells
Eisenhower Heads to Florida for Rest and Convalescence
President Eisenhower flew from Washington to Key West with doctors prescribing warm weather and outdoor activity to aid his recovery from the September heart attack. The Columbine NE carried him to Boca Chica in under four hours as aides weigh how the trip may influence a possible bid for reelection. Hagerty said a return to Washington for Congress is unlikely and the State of the Union message will be sent January 5.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Key West
Fla
Columbine
Boca Chica
White House
James C. Hagerty
Congress
Hagerty
Tax Aid Policy Reversed by Internal Revenue Chief
Washington report says Russell C Harrington, new IRs commissioner, rescinded a prior order by T Coleman Andrews limiting taxpayer help. Agents will fill forms for any requester and designate regional offices to offer assistance on specific days while guaranteeing aid on non designated days.
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Washington
Internal Revenue
T. Coleman Andrews
Russell C. Harrington
Andrews
Harrington
The Perfect Gift in Charlottesville
An Albemarle County housewife presented neighbor children with a puppy to replace a missing dog. The SPCA shelter pup looked exactly like the lost dog, and it was the same animal.
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Charlottesville
Albemarle County
SPCA
Girl spends holidays hidden in Davenport store dream wardrobe
A 1¢-year-old girl described hiding three nights and two days in the M. L. Parker department store Christmas Eve to Tuesday. She wandered seven stories and left with 9000 worth of clothes and jewelry, while having only 37 cents. Juvenile officer Courvorst noted she came from a broken home and avoided store staff during her stay.
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Davenport
Iowa
M. L. Parker
Aot
Larry Courvorst
Texas Scientist Receives Medal for Rust Resistant Alloy
College Station reports Edgar S. McFadden received the John Scott medal for developing the world's first rust resistant alloy. The award includes a $1,000 premium announced at the American Association for the Advancement of Science symposium closing in Atlanta.
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College Station
Texas
Edgar S. McFadden
McFadden
Atlanta
Strengthened Forces Guard Matsu Islands as Tension Rises
Report from Taipei says Chinese forces threaten Matsu, with Red China increasing the danger of a Communist assault. Local commanders strengthen defenses and mobilize units to deter incursions amid rising cross strait tension.
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Taipeh
Formosah
Red Chins
Matsu Islands
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