Race to Meet Death During Holiday Weekend
A Christmas holiday traffic surge produced a record 597 highway deaths plus 763 total fatalities from 1 p m Friday to midnight Monday across the region. The Berwick crash killed Alcide Montpas, 70, after his car left the Little River Bridge on Pine Hill Road and landed upside down on the ice followed by multiple injuries in surrounding incidents.
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Alcide Montpas
Riddamen
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Little River
Pinefil Road
Espaper
James K. Monroe
Com
National Safety Council
Council
Ned H. Dearborn
City Hall gets oilheat as burner installed soon
Municipal workers keep heavy coats as City Hall undertakes an oil burner installation authorized in October. City Manager Robert C. Violette seeks bids for the new unit at the Library Annex after an antiquated burner failed last week. Replacement can be authorized under emergency powers.
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Robert C. Violette
Annex
Violette
Golf Club Seeks New Trial In Land Award Case
The Portsmouth Country Club requests 94,108 more than a 300,212 jury award in a federal land condemnation suit tied to Portsmouth Air Force Base. Attorney Stanley M. Burns filed four motions for a new trial and increased payment, with hearings possible January 9.
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Portsmouth Country Club
U.S. District Court
Stanley M. Burns
Dover
Portsmouth Air Force Base
Burns
Concord
Portsmouth
Greenland
Standpipe Ice Creates Winter Scene on Essex Avenue
In Essex avenue the north end transformed into a sparkling ice coated street after leaks in a water altitude line caused the standpipe to overflow. City manager Robert C. Violette considers a cheaper electrically controlled shutoff while crews search for buried leaks and residents report numerous Christmas calls.
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Essex Avenue
Islington Street
Jack Frost
Sou Om
Robert C. Violette
Sherburne
Kay
Violette
City Yard
Flood Death Toll Climbs in California Oregon Floods
Floodwaters from heavy rain threaten Yuba City and California delta areas as Feather River crest looms. Deaths rise to at least 41 with 29 in California and 12 in Oregon, plus 19 presumed dead in California. damage pegged near 150 million dollars. Red Cross chief Ellsworth Bunker mobilizes staff, while Delta defenses and evacuations continue amid renewed flooding.
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Yuba City
California
Pacific
Oregon
Feather River
San Francisco Bay
Sacramento
San Joaquin
Joe W. Sanderson
Bay
Pacific Ocean
Golden Gate
Val Peterson
Federal
Civil Defense
Army
Weather Bureau
Eureka
Santa Cruz
Colfax
Santa Rosa
Stockton
Susanville
Sierra
Condh
Bussey enters NH governorship race with tax repeal pledge
Elmer E. Bussey, 53, announces 1956 GOP bid for governor of New Hampshire on a platform of lower taxes and immediate repeal of the $5 head tax. He vows to campaign vigorously despite past losses and criticizes highway spending while holding jobs at Rockingham Park and in woods work. Senate security panel releases A Handbook for Americans calling the US Communist Party a Russian-led conspiracy, aiming to inform and protect public opinion.
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Salem Depot
Elmer E
Bussey
Etna
Maine
State House
Train Accidents Spare Chicago Passengers In Derailments
Two passenger trains were involved in separate Chicago area accidents last night. Eleven people were injured but not seriously in one incident. A Milwaukee Road train carrying 125 passengers derailed as the locomotive and three baggage cars left the track while slowing for Union Station.
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Chicago
Milwaukee Road
Union Station
Airman Disappears In East Berlin Zone After Auto Accident
BERLIN An American Air Force sergeant from Paris who visited Berlin over Christmas has disappeared in the Soviet sector after a car crash. He was last seen being taken from a hospital by East German police, and an inquiry failed to locate him. An American inquiry seeks Russian help. The man, M Sgt. Kliman from Brooklyn, was on duty at Orly Field Paris and visited his Berlin wife over the holidays. East Berlin officials said he was intoxicated and caused a collision, with several passengers treated and released. The Army says Communist police urged him to recover his car at headquarters, but he remains missing. East Berlin tensions with Western troops have risen recently.
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Cobb
York County
New Hampshire
Elmer J. Bailey
Newmarket
Wentworth-Dover Hospital
Dover
Bailey
Elmer Bailey
Louis Guilinietlen
Bruce F. Robinson
Wigh St
Exeter
Exeter Hospital
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Paris
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Army
Sald
Mike Kirman
Brooklyn
Kliman
Orly Field
East Berlin
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Ellsworth Bunker
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Senate Internal Security Subcommittee
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