Long Beach Float Wins Rose Parade Sweepstakes
Long Beach's orchid decorated Venus de Milo float won the sweepstakes for the most beautiful floral entry at the 71st Tournament of Roses. Judges honored Los Angeles County Jack and the Beanstalk and Santa Monica The Little Mermaid as top theme and queen trophy winners amid record crowds braving subfreezing weather.
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Christain Andersen
Mexico
Bevan Remains Il in London Hospital After Surgery
Bevan, two year old heir apparent to Labour leadership, remains seriously ill in a London hospital. A late bulletin reported no appreciable change in his condition after a major abdominal operation at the Royal Free Hospital Tuesday.
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Weather Outlook for Southern California Today
Variable cloudiness with light snow flurries in the mountains and locally windy conditions persist. Mostly sunny elsewhere with continued cold today and tonight, turning less cold on Saturday. San Bernardino Valley sees similar trends with cloudiness, sun, and wind. Temperature highs reach 47 and lows 28 today with tomorrow’s sunrise at 6 55 and sunset at 4 51.
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Cleric Returns Stolen Painting In Paris Gallery
In Paris a priest delivered a small package containing a Sisley painting worth about six dollars to an art gallery after it was stolen. The 1873 work, handed to the priest in confession by two young men, was recovered when he sought the gallery. The two suspects fled. names not provided.
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Suresnes
Alfred Sisley
Eisenhower Spends Quiet New Year at Augusta
President Eisenhower and Mrs. Eisenhower welcomed the New Year at a private party at the Augusta National Golf Club in Augusta Georgia before the 1960 congressional session. They planned to return to Washington over the weekend or early next week to resume duties at the White House ahead of Congress reconvening next Wednesday.
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Europe Celebrates New Year With Bells And Horns
Europe ushered in 1960 with horns whistles and church bells as crowds gathered in London Paris and Moscow. Paris clubs filled while Rome saw fireworks and police action and a pedestrian fatality occurred. Pope John XXIII prayed at the Vatican as Khrushchev hosted Moscow’s Kremlin fete for the new year.
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Khrushchev
Borgnine and Katy Jurado Wed in Cuernavaca Garden Ceremony
Ernest Borgnine and Mexican star Katy Jurado wed Thursday night beside the Jurados home pool in Cuernavaca. A civil ceremony in California and a later religious ceremony will follow. The couple, both on their second marriages, wore formal attire and ceremonies were attended by 25 people.
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UPI
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Katy Jurado
Jurados
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Borgnine
Gina Lollobrigida
AMA Editor Attacks U S Cancer Scare Tactics
CHICAGO UP I report on Dr John S Talbott editor of the Journal of the American Medical Association condemning government alarm over cranberries charcoal and chickens He says amino triazole in produce and other substances triggered fear and that scrutiny over licorice coloring and stilbestrol residues misleads the public The piece urges policy restraint and notes hoped tastings for cranberries licorice and southern fried chicken.
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United States
Nixon Says Washington Should Win Rose Bowl
In Pasadena Nixon, declining to accept fake sides in an election year, noted it is discouraging to walk into the Senate after New Year’s Day and hear senators from the Big Ten states. He indicated he hopes Washington will win the Rose Bowl against Wisconsin.
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German Police Move To Curb Rash of Swastikas
Police in Scheinfeld, Bavaria, report Ludwig Vogel, 22, held on charges of painting swastikas and anti Jewish slogans on a synagogue and a Jewish merchant home. Other acts of desecration reported in Nienburg and Durgdorf with swastikas and Jewish slogans. Lower Saxony Interior Ministry offers a reward of 181190 marks for information leading to arrests.
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Heavy France Becomes Official Currency of France
Paris reports the new heavy franc, equal to 100 old francs, becomes France’s official currency. It is valued at about 18 cents. The change comes under President Charles de Gaulle’s plan to stabilize the franc. prices must be quoted in new francs. Until new notes are printed, pricing will reflect 100 old francs per heavy franc.
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Charles de Gaulle
1960 Forecast: Hopeful Prosperity at Home and Abroad
Washington officials foresee 1960 bringing record prosperity at home and hope in foreign affairs. Secretaries Herter and Mueller warn continued Communist aims and a possible steel strike could dampen gains. If labor and business cooperate, the year could yield unprecedented growth, higher employment, and stronger peace.
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New York Subway Strike Averted Near Deadline
New York city transit workers avoided a strike just before the 5 am deadline. About 32,000 workers faced a stoppage that would halt subway and bus services for six million riders. Negotiations among the Transport Workers Union Trans Authority and private bus lines continued through New Year’s Eve in City Hall. Mayor Wagner announced fare protections and planned transit police payroll shifts to aid service. Wage increases were set for transit and private-line employees over the coming two years.
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Holiday Highway Death Toll Rises Slowly
United Press International reports the New Year toll climbed with 73 traffic and nine fire deaths since 6 p.m. Thursday, 2, and Michigan led with 16 highway deaths as states brace for the holiday end. A Waterbury fire killed a father and two sons. officials urged caution and safer driving as a winter blizzard disrupts travel.
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Ohio
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Nightgown Fire Kills Woman in Maywood Home
Mrs. Georgiana Sarah Blake, 70, of Maywood, died in General Hospital from burns after her nightgown caught fire while lighting a cigarette. Police said neighbors tried to douse the flames with a garden hose as she fled her home.
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Maywood
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Growers in West Redlands battle first orchard frost of season
Citrus growers west of Orange Street faced the season’s first orchard heating in early morning hours as frost and cold persisted. Pomona Fruit Frost Service predicted minimums around 24 degrees with longer cold durations tonight and only minor improvement tomorrow night. Redlands meteorologist Edwin C. Legg reported wind machine use in several areas from 3 a.m., with most growers firing by 3 to 4 a.m. Temperatures ranged in the mid to upper 20s, brief sub-27 degree spells lasted 1 to 3 hours, and navels’ early maturity helps withstand 26 degree temps briefly without protection.
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Howling Blizzard Strikes Nation Midsection
A severe winter blizzard swept the central United States delivering its third major winter blow in 16 days. Six inches of snow fell in parts of South Dakota and Nebraska as search parties sought three missing planes carrying six people in the West and Rockies.
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