Herter Positioned as Dulles Successor for Secretary of State
President Eisenhower elevates Christian Herter to undersecretary of state and signals his consideration as secretary of state or future presidential candidate. Dulles ages and health complicate a long term, while Herter's experience on foreign affairs and within the House sustains a plan for a smooth transition and party unity.
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Associated Press News
Washington
Christian A. Herter
Dulles
Eisenhower
Herter
Massachusetts
State Department
Herbert Hoover Jr
House of Representatives
Harold Stassen
Richard Nixon
Stassen
Nixon
Miss Universe Seeks Acting Career After Pageant Win
Carol Mor ris Miss Universe 1957 leaves Ottumwa Iowa for Universal International to start a film contract. Her first role is a chorus girl in Man of a Thousand Faces and she has one line. She plans study and training, noting odds for beauty winners becoming actresses and vowing to return to college if acting fails.
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Hollywood
Carol Morris
Ottumwa
Iowa
Universal-International
Carol
Long Beach
New York
Ottum
Circuit Court Trial Opens For Seven White Men
A Florida circuit court trial begins for seven white men accused of flogging Jesse Woods a 39 year old Black man in Wildwood. Accused include Ezekial Aldeman George Altman Max Stumberg all Wildwood and Robert Nesmith Seaman Lundy Belleview Doyle Polk Marion County and Keith Sands Jacksonville. Altman and Polk are named principals for holding a gun. others are charged as accessories.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Altman
Polk
Woods
Odds and ends from a curious world with Hal Boyle
A compact, quirky look at varied trivia from the globe. Notes include laws about whales in Ohio and shooting from cars in Tennessee, electricity rates in Japan versus America, risks in Sumatra elections, Isabella I’s baths, volunteers in the U S funding charity, prison recidivism, and presidential veto records.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Ohio
Tennessee
Japan
America
Sumatra
Isabella
Spain
Christopher Columbus
India
United States
Coca-Cola Plant in Duke City Changes Hands
Albuquerque reports the Coca-Cola bottling franchise in the state’s largest city has been sold for around a million dollars. C E Beck, longtime franchise holder, passes control to H C Phillips of El Centro with Dudley Cornell overseeing legal steps. New owners take over Jan 1 and the franchise covers a wide radius including Santa Fe and Grants.
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Tom
Amy Dorsey
Albuquerque
Dudley Cornell
H. C. Phillips
Lucy Monroe
All
Santa Rosa
Grants
Symphony
Socorro
Santa Fe
Six Student Nurses Die In Traffic Accident
Six young student nurses, aged 19 and 20, were killed when their car skidded out of control and hit a milk tank truck on Route 22 near Patterson New York. Truck driver Frank Bollin survived, saying the auto veered toward his vehicle and toppled into an embankment.
AF Announces Yuletide Gift To Young People
AF offers a Yuletide chance to join the Air Force with pay pride and security. Volunteers may enlist on December 18 and may delay reporting en route to spend Christmas and New Year holidays at home before reporting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Holmes
Air Force
Enlistee Heads to Air Force Basic Training in Texas
At the USAF Recruiting Station on January 2, 1957 the enlistee prepares for travel to the Air Force basic training center in San Antonio Texas. If the recruit insists the sergeant may expedite travel and send him to the first station after processing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
USAF
Air Force Basic Training Center
San Antonio
Texas
Southwest Rodeo Association Formed in Albuquerque
The Southwest Rodeo Association was formed to supervise future rodeos in the state. Officers named include president Bob Boles from Truth or Consequences, manager and director Troy Lane of Deming, and secretary Rose Mary O'Neil of Albuquerque.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albuquerque
Southwest Rodeo Assn
Bob Boles
Truth Or Consequences
Troy Lane
Deming
Rose Mary O'Neil
Columbia U Provides 10 Scholarships for Hungarian Refugees
Columbia University will offer ten scholarships to students who fled Hungary during the Soviet invasion. The aid aims to support those seeking asylum and continuing studies amid upheaval.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbia University
Hungary
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Kentucky
Stagg Dist. CO
Frankfort, KY
Hal Boyle
Thomas Jefferson
U.S
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Coca-Cola
Duke City
Manila
Polly
Luzon
Philippines
Bureau of Customs
Pacific
Old Saint Nick
Polar
Msgt
Robert L. Holmes
United States Air Force
Third St
Thornton
Ford
Desmond Ford CO
N. Main
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