Nasser Seizure Of Suez Tops 1956 News Year
Oil and water mixed to produce the biggest news story of 1956. Nasser’s seizure of the Suez canal triggered a world crisis with Britain and France invading Egypt, pressure from the United States and United Nations, and a reshaped balance of power as Russia backed Nasser. The event dominated editors’ top year-end poll, eclipsing elections and other major headlines.
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Eisenhower
Hungary
Gamal Abdel Nasser
Suez Waterway
Associated Press
Middle East
England
France
United States
Russia
Farouk
Nasser
Suez Canal
Britain
Egypt
United Nations
Israel
Europe
Best Stories of 1956 Highlights and Outcomes
A roundup of top 1956 events including the Hungary revolt, desegregation struggles, the Andrea Doria sinking, Grand Canyon airliner collision, De Stalinization, Eisenhower’s illness and re election, Polish riots, and the Parris Island death march with Marine Sgt. Matthew McKeon trial.
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Hungary
Russia
Kremlin
Europe
United States
Ism
Iworld
Clay
Mansfield
Tex
Andrea Doria
Stockholm
Nantucket
Grand Canyon
Arizona
Joseph Stalin
Stalin
Eisenhower
Parris Island
Matthew McKeon
Congress Poised to Expand Hungarian Refugee Entry
In Washington the Senate Republican Leader Knowland said a new Congress may pass legislation allowing more Hungarian refugees to enter the United States. VP Nixon urged substantial intake with no fixed ceiling while Eisenhower said the parole plan will continue beyond the 21,500 quota until Congress acts. White House indicated no objections from leaders at the briefing.
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Washington
Senate
Knowland
California
Congress
United States
White House
Nixon
Eisenhower
James C. Hagerty
World Wide News Briefs Chaos Across Nations
World Wide News Briefs reports Lt General R H Bower stating 2100 Communist rebels operate in Malaya's jungles with 17 leaders, eliminated at 40 monthly rate. a Tokyo harbor incident and New Year ceremonies across Asia are noted alongside a Soviet state funeral for Avrami Zavenyagin and his death from arteriosclerosis.
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Kuala Lumpur
Malaya
Britain
R. H. Bower
Bower
Moscow
Trent
Red Square
Avrami Pavlovich Zavenya-gin
Tass
Zavenyagin
Five Deaths In Kansas During New Year Holiday
Traffic accidents claimed five lives in Kansas over the four day New Year holiday. The 1956 toll was 679 total, compared with 592 in 1955. Ray E. Smith, 56, Hutchinson, died in a hospital there yesterday from injuries suffered in a collision Monday. He was secretary of the Kansas Jersey Cattle Club.
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Ted Press
Kansas
Ray E. Smith
Hutchinson
Kansas Jersey Cattle Club
Seek Body of British Officer Seeks Body in Cairo
Beirout Lebanon Cal Cyril Banks British Parliament member arrived for Cairo mission to recover Lt Anthony Moorhouse believed suffocated while prisoner after being kidnapped December 11 in Port Said. Banks resigned from Conservative party over Britain's Egypt action and is an unofficial envoy allied with Egyptian President Nasser.
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Beirut
Lebanon
Cyril Banks
Cairo
United Nations
Britain
Anthony Moorhouse
Moorehouse
Port Said
Banks
Egypt
Nasser
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Poland
Matthew McKeen
Paign
Ike
Adlai Stevenson
Louisiana
Stevenson
South
Hisenhower
Harold Stassen
Harry Truman
Averell Harriman
New York
House
Pomona
W.S.C.S
D.h.la
Sudan
Sarge
Hunt Brothers
Jack Nelson
Claude Myers
Pomona, Kansas
Peoples National Bank
Hirohito
The
Coast Guard
Daiichi Negako
Vieang
Pusan Harbor
Shintse
Shimonoseki
Japan
Tokyo
Imperial Palace
Kansas Loan Co
Kansas State Bank Building
Ottawa
Anchor Savings On Loan Association
Anchor
Organization of Safe Saving
North American Building
Kansas City
J. Dean Nofsinger
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