Nixon consults Austrian leaders on Hungarian refugee crisis
Vice President Nixon meets Chancellor Julius Raab and cabinet members in Vienna to gather facts on 140000 Hungarian refugees. He tours refugee centers and visits migration offices as Austria seeks U.S. financial help and greater refugee intake. He plans to visit Salzburg and Munich before flying home.
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Vienna
Nixon
Julius Raab
Senhower
Congress
Austria
Janos Kadar
Oskar Helmer
U.S
United States
The
International Committee For European Migration
Salzburg
Munich
U.S. Air Force
Six Die in Duluth House Fire Tragedy
In Duluth Minnesota a space heater exploded starting a fire that killed Lola Clark and five of her daughters Ruth Claudia Lorraine Mary and Shirley. The father William Clark and Gloria 15 escaped with the paternal grandmother both hospitalized. Mrs Kadance 65 grandmother was also seriously burned.
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Duluth
Minn
Gloria
Lola Clark
Ruth
Claudia
Lorraine
Mary
Shirley
William Clark
Bessie Kadance
Clark
Teacher Captured For Fort Worth Burglary
Fort Worth police captured Frank Robert Dyleski 33 a reading and spelling teacher at W C Stripling Junior High School early this morning inside a drug store after a burglary. He said he broke in because his family was broke and hungry and that he earned 3450 dollars a year.
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Fort Worth
Frank Robert Dyleski
W. C. Stripling Junior High
Youth Killed Fleeing Patrol in El Paso Traffic Death
The DPS reports the first holiday season automobile fatality as 18 year old Ralph Blea died when the car he drove overturned 11 miles east of El Paso on U S 62 at 1 20 a m. He was driving a stolen vehicle.
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Austin
Department of Public Safety Today
Highway Patrol
el Paso
Ralph Blea
U.S. 62
Bleu
DPS
Widespread Unrest in Russia and Satellites Stirs Pages
Washington reports describe growing unrest in Russia and satellite states since Hungary's October revolt. Diplomats caution against overreading and note cracks in the system may exist without collapse. Observers cite Dulles and Nehru on restive schooling, with satellites responding with tighter security and concessions.
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Washington
Russia
Hungary
Moscow
East Germany
Allen Dulles
U.S. Central Intelligence Agency
Princeton
N.J
India
Nehru
Albania
Czechoslovakia
Bulgaria
Romania
Mystery Cloaks Missile Testing Near Patrick AFB
Military officials keep missile test operations secret at Patrick Air Force Base Florida while tests such as Jupiter IRBM and Viking rocket guidance are reported in glimpses. The base sits on a populated coast with sea and beach views and civilian boats can watch from nearby waters. Security fences guards and warnings accompany launches though publicity is limited for safety and instrument recording from Caribbean flight paths.
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Washington
Florida
Patrick Air Force Base
Armed Forces Missile Test Center
Army
South Atlantic
Pentagon
Defense Department
Caribbean
False Alarm On Accident Causes Wild Ambulance Stir
A hoax call to Bell Funeral Home last night claimed a three-vehicle wreck on Roby highway east of town. Two ambulances searched the area with patrols, but no wreck was found. lawmen warn of severe action for future alarms as lives could be endangered.
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Bell Funeral Home
Roby
Camp Springs
Frank Bean
Texas Highway Patrolman
Report On November Accidents In Texas
Public Safety said today 239 persons lost their lives in automobile wrecks in Texas during November. The November total kept the 1956 death toll ahead of last year with 2,337 deaths through November compared to 2,284 for the date a year ago. In November, 1955, a total of 231 persons were killed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
Department of Public Safety
Texas
Bus Segregation In Montgomery Breaks Down
In Montgomery Alabama bus segregation ended with the first mixed seating observed near Court Square. Leaders Martin King Jr and Ralph Abernathy rode integrated buses, while four carloads of white onlookers monitored downtown stops without violence reported.
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Montgomery
Ala
Highland Avenue
Court Square
M. L. King Jr
Ralph D. Abernathy
Five Injured as Protest Marred South Africa Treason Trial
Police charged with clubs attacked a crowd of about 400 outside the Johannesburg drill hall where the mass treason trial of 153 alleged opponents of apartheid was underway. Five Africans were injured as protests entered a third day. The hearing was adjourned to January 9 amid bail arguments and limited courtroom details.
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Johannesburg
South Africa
Supreme Court
Girl vanishes after fearing infant death she caused
A 14 year old girl Julie Mizzi ran away from her Queens home after writing a note claiming she found her baby sister with a pillow over her face. The infant Carol was later found healthy in a crib. Police spread the alarm across 14 states as the teen is sought.
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New York
Margaret Julie Mizzi
Queens
Joseph Mizzi
Carol
Julie
Mizzi
New York City
Postmaster Faces West Texas Lockbox Puzzle
Dallas regional postal director George Gray describes a puzzling West Texas town where postoffice boxes use combination locks. An elderly patron has mail delivered by neighbors, forcing clerks to hand it out. The postmaster suggests teaching neighbors the combination, but the woman refuses, saying she does not trust them.
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Dallas
George Gray
Texas
Gray
Gulf Oil Threatens Civil Action Over Stolen Maps
Gulf Oil Corp at Pittsburgh headquarters warned that any use of information from stolen Gulf maps to obtain oil leases royalties or other interests in oil properties could prompt civil action to recover the properties.
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Houston
Gulf Oil Corp
Pittsburgh
Gulf
Texas safety chiefs forecast holiday traffic toll hits 115
The AP asserts 115 people would die in Texas highway and street crashes during a 12 day New Year period ending Jan 1, 1955. Col Homer Garrison Jr orders all patrol divisions on duty, while Fort Worth Dallas Houston police run public safety campaigns and unmarked patrols target speeders in Cameron County.
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State Department of Public Safety
N. K. Woerner
Woerner
Col
Homer Garrison Jr
Safety Department
State Highway Patrol
Motor Vehicle Inspection and
Texas
Fort Worth
Houston
Dallas
Rio Grande Valley
Cameron County
Delivery instructions aid birth in Dallas
Mrs. Juanita Hunt babysat for Mrs. J. H. Newberry who went to hospital to give birth. With telephoned doctor instructions, Hunt delivered the baby as it arrived. The newborn girl weighed 7 pounds 2 ounces and both mother and child were later reported fine at Methodist Hospital.
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Dallas
Juanita Hunt
Wilson appoints Bob Smith to land division in AG office
Atty. Gen. elect Will Wilson announced the appointment of Bob Smith as assistant district attorney to the land division of the attorney general's office, effective January 15. Smith, 34, from Brownwood, has served as assistant to District Attorney Les Procter and aided in the veterans land trials of ex-Land Commissioner Bascom Giles and B. R. Sheffield.
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Austin
Will Wilson
Bob Smith
Attorney General's Office
U S Living Costs Edge Up as Wages Rise
The November index shows a slight one tenth of one percent increase in living costs, the fifth peak in 1956. Net spendable earnings for factory workers rose to a weekly 75.20 with three dependents and 67.79 with none, offsetting higher prices.
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Washington
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Weather Summary for Snyder and West Texas
Yesterday's high 55 and low 33 with 7:30 am reading of 35 degrees. West Texas shows partly cloudy skies through Saturday with scattered showers east of Pecos and south plains. Cooler air moving into the panhandle and south plains by Saturday.
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Snyder
West Texas
Pecos
South Plains
Panhandle
None Injured In Mishap Near Here
A monor accident about a mile west of the city limits on U S Highway 180 last night caused no injuries. A 1952 Pontiac driven by Mrs Theris Bowen Pannell and a 1950 GMC truck trailer driven by Edgar Poe Hays Jr of Lamesa collided after Pannell brake due to a tumbleweed. Car damage about 200 dollars. Deputy J C Massingill investigated.
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Theris Bowen Pannell
Edgar Poe Hays, Jr
Lamesa
Pannell
J. C. Massingill
Minister's Daughter Shot To Death In Grand Prairie
A 15 year old minister's daughter Linda Carol Housewright was shot in her Grand Prairie home at 1 20 am. She died at Methodist Hospital in Dallas about an hour later. Police arrested 17 year old Wesley Allen Cox of Arlington after the fatal shooting. He reportedly asked police to kill him.
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Grand Prairie
Tex
Linda Carol Housewright
A. R. Housewright
Methodist Hospital
Dallas
Wesley Allen Cox
Arlington
Escapee Gets New Chance After 15 Years
Joseph McArthur once escaped from Stateville Prison in 1941 and built a new life with his wife at Long Lake Illinois. Judge Wilbert Crowley granted a writ of habeas corpus hearing and urged he should not be returned to prison while the case is reviewed by the parole board.
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Chicago
Wilbert F. Crowley
Criminal Court
Joseph McArthur
Stateville Penitentiary
Long Lake, Ill
Charles Burke
McArthur
Lberty
Edmund Grant
Crowley
Stratton
Illinois Parole Board
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Abraham Barrera
Thirteenth Street
North Snyder
Owsley Bedford Durham
Spur
Cogdell Memorial Hospital
Bell Ambulance
Barrera
Durham
Lee Watson
W. F. Powell
Port Said
Egypt
Royal Scots Regiment
Anthony G. Moorhouse
Moorhouse
Associated Press
Wilson
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