Two Milwaukeeans survive submerged car ordeal on Lake Poygan
Norman Thompson age 25 and Wyatt Voss 30 were stranded atop their car after it slid into open water between Lake Poygan and Lake Winneconne in subzero temps. Rescue was aided by a low flying plane. Thompson suffered frostbitten toes and fair overall condition. Voss was in good condition.
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West German Senate to Meet in Berlin in 1956
Bundesrat President Kai-Uwe Von Hassel announced the West German Senate will convene in Berlin early next year. The Bundestag recently met in West Berlin, marking the first upper house session there, demonstrating unity between West Germany and West Berlin.
Santa stolen from church Christmas sale in Louisville
Two young men drove up to Emmanuel Episcopal Church's Christmas tree sale and grabbed a papier mache Santa Claus display. Police are seeking suspects as an investigation continues.
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Coldest Of Season Hits Oshkosh City
A surge of extreme cold enveloped the Oshkosh area over the weekend dropping temperatures to minus seven at Buckstaff Observatory. The low marked the third straight day below zero in five days. Winter begins officially Thursday at 9 12 a m with readings recalling 1951 lows and few subzero days in December last year.
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Mishaps Kill 14 in This State Over Weekend
The Associated Press reports weekend accidents across Wisconsin claimed 14 lives. James L. Brownlee 25 Judith Poole 19 and Robert LeLond 27 died in a Madison collision. Others including Patrick Dillon 83 Joyce Austin 33 and three children perished near Eau Claire. Thorvald Olson 68 in Cherry Valley Helmer Orum 22 near Ontario and Warren Rose 26 near Dodge county deaths followed. Earlier victims Jarvis Rowe 20 Clayton Paul 25 and John Hennessy 22 were listed from prior incidents.
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Anglers’ Clothes Freeze Solid After Car Dips Into Lake
Edmonton men Alla U Henry Netter and Rudolph Dickertman endured a 12 mile hike in 17 below weather after their car drove onto frozen Lake Wabamum west of Edmonton and broke through five feet of water. Their clothes froze solid but doctors said they suffered no ill effects.
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Desert Pilot Survives Five Days After Crash To Reach Help
Phoenix student pilot, 19, hiked out of the desert after five days with no food or water. He ran out of gas, landed on a desert air force range, endured extreme heat, scoured for water, used plane fuel and parts to revive the engine, then walked about 35 miles to a cafe where locals provided water and food before a sheriff's deputy took him to Yuma.
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Afghanistan Receives Russian Economic Aid Loan
Premier Bulganin and Nikolai Khrushchev left Kabul promising a 100 million dollar long term loan for electric power and irrigation projects. The visit extended a 10 year neutral nonaggression pact dating from 1931, with parallel economic and cultural ties to be expanded.
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Six Die in Barranquilla to Cartagena Auto Race Crashes
Two drivers and four spectators were killed during two crashes in the Barranquila to Cartagena auto race. Colombian driver Anton Cure died when his car left the road and struck a group of onlookers. Four spectators perished and several others were injured. The second fatality was Pancho Pepe Crocker of Venezuela whose car veered into a bank after steering failure on a curve.
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Americans Cleared in East Berlin Bar Fight
Two U S soldiers from Mississippi and Missouri were acquitted by a US Army court martial of disorderly conduct after an East Berlin bar incident. The defense said self defense. the Germans claimed provocation. The court noted Soviet police handed the men to Americans after four days.
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Plane crash at Lincoln Air Force Base kills three
A Navy jet fighter suddenly surged to full power on the Lincoln Air Force Base flight line destroying six aircraft and a large wooden hangar. Three Navy men were killed, including jet pilot Lt. Vernon Chapman. Kenneth C. Newman and Hubert Lee Tracy, both Lincoln airmen, were among the dead. The jet tore through a patrol bomber and ignited a hangar blaze, prompting an Air Force investigation into the disaster.
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Wife-Fearer Nakamura Arrested in Tokyo Book Theft
Police say they arrested 45 year old Hideo Nakamura, a high school teacher who has lived apart from his wife and three children for four years, in a bookstore while attempting to steal a book titled Autobiography of a Wife or.
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Bethlehem Curfew Set From Dusk Till Dawn
Jordan announces a dusk to dawn curfew on Bethlehem from 4 p.m. to 6 a.m. daily with no Christmas exception amid Holy Land tensions. Police and Arab Legion on full alert as protests loom. reports link riots in Jerusalem and regional threats following last week’s Israeli strike on Syria.
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Eisenhower Praises Christmas Promise Brightest in Years
President Eisenhower declared Christmas 1955 brighter in background and promise than recent years. He spoke from Gettysburg, lit the Pageant of Peace tree at the White House, and urged world unity and peace in a multi-language broadcast.
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