Wisconsin Storm Dumps Heavy Snow Across State
The first big snowstorm of the season hit Wisconsin Tuesday night bringing up to 14 inches in Rhinelander and other areas as gusty winds created poor visibility. Highways were hazardous and motorists urged to stay off the roads unless properly equipped.
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Bodies Found in St Louis Apartment After Fire
The charred bodies of Vernon Elgin and Ernest Steinert were found in a dry cleaning shop apartment in St Louis. Police say both men were murdered before their bodies were doused with kerosene and burned. a kerosene can and a bullet hole in a window were noted.
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State Workers To Get Hike in Bonus
State employees will receive a $1 monthly increase in their cost of living bonus effective January 1, 1960. The State Government Operations Board raised the bonus from $78 to $79 after the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported a rise in the cost of living. The bonus tracks the cost-of-living index.
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U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
New York Braces for Snowstorm Parade Across Region
Winter arrived with seven inches of snow paralyzing New York City traffic and delaying travel as 200 flights were canceled or diverted at LaGuardia and Idlewild. The blizzard spread to New England and Midwest with deadly crashes and ice slicks.
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Wisconsin Legislature Recesses Until January Sixth
Wisconsin lawmakers vote to adjourn to return January 6 to resume budget and tax debates. Assembly 41 31 party line. Senate approves by voice vote. Snow hampers travel as lawmakers head home for holidays amid lingering budget and tax measures and farm policy debates.
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Davis Donnelly
Icy Roads Claim Three Lives Across Wisconsin
Three people died in icy highway crashes in Wisconsin on Tuesday. In Marinette County a two-vehicle collision near Crivitz killed a woman from Amberg and seriously injured a 4-year-old girl. Dorothy Warren of Downsville died in a separate late Tuesday crash. The 1959 state toll rose to 804 from 801 last year.
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Raymond Matti
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Pegey
Dorothy Warren
Downsville
Wis
Rain Skims Southern Snow Belt and Plains
Scattered rains fell along the southern edge of the snow area and dampened the mid Mississippi Valley, eastern Kansas and Oklahoma and across the lower Mississippi Valley into the Gulf. Rain was forecast from the nation’s interior into Mississippi and Alabama with showers predicted from California into Utah and Arizona.
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Pope Declares State for Man in Peace Speech
Vatican reports Pope warns against viewing things as mere merchandise and stresses dignity of man as basis for true peace. He cites disengagement in world affairs and calls on leaders to pursue mutual respect and truth to spare humanity new conflicts and bloodshed. Page 2.
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Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer Declared Safe
A Salem girl who feared Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer was harmed was assured the story is not true. The letter was sent to Santa Claus in care of the post office at Rudolph's Safe in Santa Claus Indiana and addressed by the girl in Al Salem.
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Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer
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President Ike’s endurance honed on world tour ends in sight
In Casablanca and Madrid reports, 69 year old President Eisenhower finishes a 19 day multi nation journey. Observers note his vigorous wave and bold stamina despite fatigue. They recall his hat discipline and resilience amid rain and cold. The writer asks for his stamina building formula as Christmas nears.
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Eisenhower
Marvin L. Arrowsmith
Writer Told To Quit Cuba After Being Convicted
American newsman James Buchanan was convicted in a five member Cuban court of concealing facts about an escape and given a 14 year suspended sentence with deportation within 24 hours. He said good luck and left for Havana to fly to Miami. The Miami Herald crew defended his actions as covering a legitimate news story.
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Reunion At Air Base Ends Trip For Barbara Eisenhower
Barbara Eisenhower returns from a 22 000 mile tour with her father in law President Dwight D. Eisenhower to Andrews Air Force Base. She travels with her husband May John Eisenhower and four children await a private reunion in Gettysburg. Mamie Eisenhower greets family in Christmas red with high ranking officers watching.
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Eisenhower Returns From 22 000 Mile Peace Mission
President Eisenhower arrived back at the White House after a 22 000 mile trip to 11 nations on three continents. A crowd of about 4 000 greeted him in Washington amid windy 20 degree weather. He promised a fuller report on travels and noted Christmas wishes from the free world as he prepared to begin Congress’s new session.
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Double Air Crash Kills 39 in Rio Suburb
Firemen report at least 39 dead and 12 injured after a Brazilian domestic airliner collided with a training jet over Ramos, igniting fires in suburban homes. All 32 aboard perished and seven residents were killed or injured. Cadet Eduardo Silva Perez parachuted to safety. One wing struck a Roman Catholic high school courtyard injuring two. No injuries among 20 nuns and five postulants.
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Eisenhower Christmas Message Broadcast Across Networks
President Eisenhower will deliver his annual Christmas message as the national tree is lit. CBS NBC and ABC radio and TV networks plus the Mutual Network will carry the broadcast at 4 p m cst, with NBC radio starting at 4 05 p m cst.
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British say Paris summit will be a quickie
British officials predict the April Paris East West summit will be brief, perhaps four to five days, due to a crowded diplomatic calendar. Prime Minister Macmillan backs a short session and notes it will be followed by more meetings in a continuous summit chain.
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UPI
Paris
Harold Macmillan
Macmillan
Geneva
Farm Boy Hangs Self By Accident Near Chilton Farm
In Chilton Wisconsin a 15 year old boy Richard Boehnlein accidentally hanged himself in a barn while his younger brother Paul 10 was nearby feeding calves. The coroner ruled death by asphyxiation and the parents were away Christmas shopping.
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UPI
Richard Boehnlein
Alfred Boehnlein
Calumet County
LeRoy Hughes
Richard
Paul
Sheboygan
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