Highway Patrol Bolstered to Cut New Year Traffic Toll
Texas Department of Public Safety expands force for New Year weekend with 121 inspectors reassigned from normal duties to traffic enforcement. Col. Garrison orders crackdown, directing arrests for any violation and aiming to reduce highway deaths after the Christmas toll.
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Texas Highway Patrol
Department of Public Safety
Eomer Garison Jr
Garrison
Texas Department of Public Safety
The
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Arizona
Illinois
Michigan
Wisconsin
National Guard
Texas
Levees Rebuilt In Flood Area
San Francisco workers reached the halfway point filling a levee gap blamed for 19 deaths at Yuba City as floods battered Northern California. Feather River levee held back rising waters. 280 homes were destroyed and 1,200 damaged. State death toll 47 with 12 new victims. damage estimates hit 150 million dollars. Red Cross shelters housed 4,600 evacuees amid continuing aid and transit disruptions.
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San Francisco
Yuba City
California
Feather River
Red Cross
New Yorkers Pay Premiums for New Year's Eve Clubs
New Yorkers ready to party on New Year Eve as clubs report high demand. Many venues are sold out with prices near last year’s levels, topping at 30 dollars per person at the Embassy Club and the Knight Box in the Ambassador Hotel on Park Avenue.
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New York
Embassy Club
Ambassador Hotel
Park Avenue
India talks shift as Soviets visit strengthens Cooper
New Delhi reports say Prime Minister Nehru remains committed to democratic socialism but notes cooperation with the Soviet Union has deepened India's ties with the bloc. Ambassador John Sherman Cooper earns new esteem for dignity and courage during Khrushchev visit. Cooper plans to report back to Washington before early January conferences.
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New Delhi
India
Nehru
John Sherman Cooper
U.S
Nikita S. Khrushchev
Cooper
Iis
Soviet Union
Washington
Eisenhower
Dulles
Yankees Embrace Black-Eyed Pea Brigade Across States
Taylor Texas agricultural economist Elmore R. Torn heads the National Black-Eyed Peas Assn as membership opens. Letters pour in from 750 supporters and dozens of states praising black-eyed peas as New Year good luck with humorous notes from Sgt Fred D. Thomas Isle of Palms and others.
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Thomas
National
Black-Eyed Peas Assn
P.O. Box
Taylor
Tor
Tom
Yankeeland
Inez G. Hughes
Sisseton
S.D
Perry R. Baker
Corcoran
Calif
Extradition Granted for Dr Frank Sainburg in Kidnapping Case
Austin Gov. Shivers approved the extradition of Dr. Frank Sainburg of Big Spring who faces kidnapping assault and burglary charges in New York. The case centers on the alleged kidnapping of his son Phillip from his former wife Doris Blanchard of Ithaca. The 4 year old child is the centerpiece of the charges.
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Shivers
Frank Sainburg
Big Spring
New York
Sainburg
Phillip IT
Doris Blanchard l
Ithaca
Tom Beavley
Big Spring Veterans Hospital
Reavley
Texas
Beavley
Samburg
Harriman
Texas Supreme Court weighs motion in Parr recovery suit
The Texas Supreme Court took under advisement a motion to pave the way for prosecuting a 1.5 million dollar recovery suit against George Parr of Duval County. Attorney General John Ben Shepperd led the petition with a mandamus request to remove a pending Laredo suit, involving Parr’s LaSalle County holdings.
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Austin
Texas Supreme Court
George Parr
Duval County
John Ben Shepperd
Shepperd
49Th District
R. D. Wright
Parr
Laredo
LaSalle County
Sidney P. Chandler
Sam Burris
79Th District
New Plot Nipped In Argentina
The Argentine government announced the destruction of a new subversive plot as crackdown on Peronista die hards tightened. It reported the arrest of 10 persons near the Paraguayan border following disclosure that 125 troublemakers including several labor leaders were rounded up.
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Buenos Aires
Peronista
Judge orders Harris County cafeteria to serve all races
Federal Judge Ben Connally ruled the Harris County courthouse cafeteria must provide facilities for both Negroes and whites within 90 days. The decision, aimed at ending segregation, sparked debate over whether separate rooms effectively maintain equality. County and defense attorneys disagreed on interpretation as the cafeteria potentially faces closure.
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Houston
Harris County
Ben Connally
A. W. Plummer
Derrington
Burke Holman
Invasion threat cited in Formosa coastal clashes
Reports from Taipei say Chinese Communist forces bombard both ends of the Nationalist offshore chain in a bid to invade Matsu or Quemoy. Skirmishes, artillery duels, and intelligence claims describe air and naval activity with officials warning of a possible strike, while U.S. forces monitor from Okinawa and the Philippines.
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Formosa
Matsu
Quemoy
Both
Quemoy Island
Chiang Kai- Shek
Kaoteng
Taipei
U.S. Seventh Fleet
U.S
Okinawa
Philippines
Fukien
Ben O. Davis
Snowstorms Paralyze Alaska Cities Amid Record Blizzard
Anchorage and Cordova declared emergencies as the worst winter storm in two decades dumped 28 to 40 inches of snow. Roads blocked, flights canceled, and temperatures plunged toward 50 below with winds gusting to 20 mph, prompting residents to stay indoors.
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Alaska
Cordova
Prince William ‘Sound
Fairbanks
Weather Bureau
Ken Hinchey
Ty Clark
Anchorage Times
Proclaim
Quints Return to Ontario Home as Family Patches Rift
Three of the Dionne quintuplets arrived at their North Bay home to discuss family tensions with parents Mr and Mrs Oliva Dionne. The parents were not at the doorway but a source said Mrs Dionne was upset overnight. The group included Yvonne Cecile Annette Oliva Jr. and two unidentified youths.
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North Bay
Ont
Dionne
Oliva Dionne
Quints
Montreal
Hull’s Angry Remark About Sumner Welles Revealed
The cabinet note reveals Cordell Hull’s anger that Sumner Welles appeared to run a second State Department without Roosevelt’s interference. The log cites other Yalta era disclosures, including Stalin’s plans for Poland and demilitarization within a ten year reparations timeline, derived from secret documents published by the Government Printing Office.
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Cordell Hull
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Sumner Welles
State Department
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Joseph Stalin
Yalta
Poland
Soviet Union
Moscow
United States
Germany
Government Printing Office
Joseph Reap
Hyden Park
N.Y
Harry L. Hopkins
Brownell
White
Morgenthau
Hull
Henry L.stimson
Roosevelt-Churchill
Quebec
Welles
Traffic Toll Highest in 14 Years Sees 1955 Deaths
The National Safety Council estimates 1955 traffic deaths at 38 500 the worst in 14 years. Early year reports show 34 690 killed in 11 months with later AP data pushing total higher. States order stricter enforcement as the New Year approach and armed forces assist in patrols.
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Chicago
National Safety Council
Council
Associated Press
The
Safety Council
U. S
Soviet Leaders Signal Expanded Asia Activity
A Moscow-dated briefing notes a Bulganin Khrushchev report on their India Burma and Afghanistan tour showing the Kremlin plans to step up activities in Asia. The speeches to the Supreme Soviet stressed allies among non Communist powers and a shift toward colonialism issues and nuclear weapons questions.
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Bulganin - Khrushchev
India
Burma
Afghanistan
Russia
Asia
Supreme Soviet
Kremlin
China
Nikolai Bulganin
Communist Party
Nikita S. Khrushchev
Two Texans Die In Oklahoma Highway Crash
Two Chillicothe, Texas men, James Reid aged 43 and Ira Dane aged 22, were killed in a one car accident seven miles south of Altus on Highway 183. Patrol stated both were thrown from the vehicle when it overturned and suffered crushed skulls.
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Altus
Okla
Chillicothe
Tex
Highway 183
James Reid
Ira Dane
Highway Patrol
Inflationary Tax Slash Debate Stalls in 1956 Session
A Senate House Economic subcommittee urged restraint on tax cuts citing inflation risks amid a booming economy. The panel proposed trimming rates only in downturns, with potential broad changes including lifting loophole protections and repealing 1954 stockholder relief, while targeting a balanced budget for the coming fiscal year.
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Senate House
Rep. Mills
D-Ark
Congress
Sen
Douglas
D-Ill
House
Subcommittee
Mills and Douglas
Goldwater
Rariz
Rep
Curtis
R-Mo
Kubitschek Plans Global Drive to Secure Brazil Capital
Brazil's incoming president elect Juscelito Kubitschek will visit the United States and Europe next week seeking foreign capital for the economy. He will meet Eisenhower Dulles and U.S. financial leaders, then push for trade in Britain France Italy West Germany and Portugal. He aims to build a base for Brazilian industry during a five year term and to boost home produced goods to save foreign exchange for imports. Electric power and transport must improve to attract capital amid regional competition.
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Brazil
United States
Europe
Juscelito Kubits‘chek
Eisenhower
Dulles
U.S
Britain
France
Italy
West Germany
Portugal
Kubitschek
Weather Forecast Summary for Local Area
Mostly cloudy today with mild conditions and a forecasted high around 38. Tonight remains cloudy with a low near 30. Saturday turns partly cloudy and warmer with possible snow flurries late in the day, high near 48. Yesterday's high reached 36 and the overnight low was 30.
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