Yuba City Hit Again By Flood Waters After Levee Gap Breach
San Francisco up reports a new crest sent Feather River through a 600 foot levee gap at Gumtree flooding Yuba City for the second time in a week. Water rose rapidly and filled half the town before receding, with up to 100 potential victims feared as residents faced wrecked homes and debris.
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Plumas Street
Yuba City
Calif
Feather River
San Francisco
Gumtree
Painter Percy Ousterman Served 30 Days For Drunkenness
Nassau County Court judge jailed Percy P. Ousterman for 30 days after a drunken incident. He quipped that the sentence covers Thanksgiving but asks what about Christmas while police record checks preceded turkey service. Percy had just finished a volatile weekend and assumed more time remained.
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New York
Nassau County
Percy
Percy P. Ousterman
U S Economy Gains Outlook For 1956 Major Industries
The Commerce Department survey predicts production rises across iron and steel aluminum autos trucks and construction in early 1956. Small Business Administrator Barnes foresees earnings gains for small manufacturers and a strong competitive position with low business failures. The Fed notes consumer credit growth while incomes stay high, easing debt burdens.
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Washington
America
Commerce Department
Business and Defense Services Administration
Wendell B. Barnes
Israeli Patrol Unhurt In Gaza Strip Shooting
An Egyptian position in the Gaza Strip opened fire on an Israeli patrol near Ain Hashtostit. The patrol returned fire and suffered no casualties, according to a military spokesman.
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Gaza Strip
Jerusalem
Israel
Ain Hashtostit
Christmas Miracle as Johnson Family Rebuilds in Floods
Neil Johnson and his son Gary braved waist high floodwaters to retrieve gifts for seven children in Yuba City after the Feather and Yuba rivers burst. The family spent Christmas in a donated apartment 20 miles away, aided by church members. Johnson, a Mormon leader, helped levee crews at night before returning home to save belongings and surprise the children with small toys and clothes.
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Yuba City
Calif
Neil Johnson
Johnsons
Feather
Yuka
Johnson
Marysville
Gary
Vaugha
Rornie
Robert
Syear
Mary Alice
Gary Lanny
Virgie
Lawyer Who Shot Newsboy Faces Charge
Milwaukee attorney John Burggraf, 29, was charged with negligent handling of a firearm after his pistol discharged in a dark hallway injuring 13-year-old Duncan Himes. The boy is in satisfactory condition with a liver and kidney injury. Authorities warned residents to call police rather than shoot when spotting a prowler, citing the incident as a cautionary example.
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Milwauker
John Burggraf
Dist. Atty
William J. McCautey
Duncan ‘Himes
Burggraf
Wauwatosa
Sgt
Atwin
Duncan
Milwaukee
West Allis
John Sweeney
Duncan Himes
Sweeney
Pitrolman
Daniel Xuez
Nez
Prowler
Sam
Toy
Swernacy
Charles Nowakowski
Nowakowski
Iran
Wisconsin Christmas weekend traffic toll sets grim record
The Wisconsin Christmas holiday period drives a record spike in fatalities. State officials report 385 deaths over the four days ending Monday, with motorists urged to drive defensively. The weekend saw multiple fatal crashes across Manitowoc, Amery, Kenosha and other counties, including an eight year old child killed in Manitowoc and several young adults in separate incidents.
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Associated Press
Wisconsin
State Motor Vehicle Department
Melvin Larson
Jessen
Larson
Christus
Agana Lee Dryll
Lyle Dryll
Manitowoc
Marvin R. Neurer
Amery
Highway 64
Somerset
St. Crux County
Herman Meyers
Kenosha
Feily
Leroy H. Wendlatt
White Haw
Manitowock
Kidnaper Caught After Knife Attack in Milwaukee
A 26 year old Ysaias Sanchez abducted a 3 month old from an Milwaukee apartment brandishing a bloody butcher knife. He held the infant for almost two hours as Catholic priest Father Gerard appealed for his surrender. The baby was found unharmed and returned to the mother. Sanchez was captured later the same night and charged with assault with intent to do bodily harm.
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Milwaukee
Ysaias
Sanchez
Sepharino Gar
Aida
Gerard
Our Lady of Gadalupe Catholic Church
Sian Wory
American Sergeant Missing in Berlin Red Sector
U S officials report an American Air Force sergeant from Bare vanished in the Red Sector of Berlin after an aviomehue accident. Preliminary inquiry failed to locate him. a request was sent to the Russians for further search.
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U.S
Berlin
Perlin
Chiernas
Army
Kliman Brooklin Noy
Acta Moris Om
Per Hee
Khiman
Arei Quest
Eisenhower begins quiet week before State of the Union
President Eisenhower starts a quiet week in Washington as he prepares to address Congress with the annual State of the Union message planned after Congress convenes next Tuesday. He will work in the White House with no official callers and his doctors’ advice keeps his travel plans limited.
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John Foster
Dulles
Eisenhower
White House
Washington
Congress
United States
White Mouse
Murray Snyder
Snyder
West
Fla
Chamber of Commerce
Gerri
John Foster Dulles
Maj
John Eisenhower
Ft. Balser Va
Whitt Hose
Record Black Christmas as Nation Suffers Holiday Death Toll
The three day Christmas weekend becomes the deadliest in US history with 413 traffic fatalities and 80s overall deaths. Texas tops states with 58 traffic deaths as Michigan California follow, with looting incidents and fires adding to the disaster. National Safety Council president Ned Ws comments on the grim holiday toll.
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United Press
Texas
Michigan
Burglar Steals From Bell Drugstore Office Safe
A burglar broke into the Bell Drugstore in Cushing Oklahoma and took four dollars from the office safe. He also helped himself to an adding machine.
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Cushing
Okla
Bell
U S Copter Rescues 14 From Rough Sea Off Japan
In violent storm seas near Hachinohe City a U S Air Force helicopter crew led by Lt. Herbert G. Gates rescued 14 sailors from the 1339 ton freighter Handa Marte after it broke up in 65 mph winds and 40 foot waves. Three sailors from another ship were saved by the Ozbourn destroyer. Six ships remain missing with 18 crew aboard.
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Tokyo
Japan
Kansas
U. S
Ozbourn
Hachinohe City
Maritime Safety Board
Herbert G. Gates
Kansas City
Kan
Air Force
Gates
Harry T. Hedges
Tulsa
Wilain J. Tanski
Worchester
Mass
Tracy J. Peterson
3Rd Air Rescue Group
Peterson
Probers Cite Moscow Ties in Communist Conspiracy
Senate Internal Security subcommittee describes the Communist Party USA as Moscow dominated and subversive. The handbook quotes Communist texts and House un American Activities hearings to show a centralized conspiracy aiming to overthrow the U S government and dominate labor, with American members pledged to defend the Soviet Union.
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Washington
Senate Internal Security Subcommittee
Bate
United States
Saat Laren
Eran Tastland
Masea Forea
Cpaerage Ameren
Masin Farmapen
PSV
Tt Et Conseil
House Committee On UN
Isetlf
Sosaat
Soviet Union
Oae
SACB
Communist Party USA
Communist International
U.S Communist Party
Communist Party
Medamiz
League
Merchants Protective Society
Labor
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Westinghouse Electric Corp
Federal Reserve Bulletin
Wades Miles
Colusa
Newsboy
Perssons
Webster City
Yaba City
Yoba City
Gaylord
Mich
Lowell
Chicago
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