Santa Claus Is Dying as Subway Strike Paralyzes City
New York transit officials say subway service improves slightly as motormen's three day strike underscores the crisis. Only 408 of 722 trains run in peak hours and delays hit workers, schools, and Christmas sales. officials warn firings loom if walkout continues. Justice Greenberg seeks mediation to end the dispute.
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Ger
New York City
New York
Transit Authority
Manhattan
Joseph O'Grady
State Supreme Court
Henry Clay Greenberg
City Hall
Multiplier Cuts Possible in Illinois County Assessments
Springfield reads that about 80 county multipliers announced by the Illinois Department of Revenue are considered tentative and may be cut after counties protest evidence. Revenue Director Richard J. Lyons says higher initial multipliers lure county officials to justify assessments, with 15 or 16 counties yet to protest.
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O. T. Banton
Springfield
State Department of Revenue
Richard J. Lyons
Revenue Department
Lyons
Final installment repaid on 26 year old loan
Mrs. Bertha Towers of Benton received the last $15 on a $20 loan made 26 years ago to a neighbor in St. Louis. The borrower repaid $5 earlier and sent a note of thanks for the settlement.
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Bertha Towers
Benton
St. Louis
Unions Reject Wage Freeze At AFL-CIO Convention
Atlantic City New Jersey December 11 1957 AP The AFL CIO convention unanimously opposed any 1958 wage freeze or extending the 40 hour week It urged sizable wage boosts and a shorter work week Walter Reuther head of the Auto Workers Union outlined bargaining policy saying boosting wages will counter economic decline and unemployment
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Walter Reuther
The
Auto Workers Union
Youth jailed again after Mt. Vernon escape
Hubert Schmitt, 20, one of two youths involved in a weekend jail break attempt at Mt. Vernon, has been returned to Menard Prison as a parole violator. He still faces burglary and auto theft charges.
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Hubert Schmitt
Mt. Vernon
Menard Prison
Communists Offer Ships to Replace Dutch Vessels in Indonesia
Jakarta reports Communist Poland and Yugoslavia offered to run European routes to Indonesia replacing Dutch ships seized in the West New Guinea crisis. More than 50 KPM vessels idle under guard. 27 more at Singapore amid Indonesian anti Dutch actions. Sukarno warns of hardships yet urges revolutionary resolve.
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Indonesia
Poland
Yugoslavia
Europe
KPM Line
Labr
KPM
Singapore
West New Cattaks
Sukarno
Est
New Guiana
Netherlands East Indies
Holland
Kindergarten pupils smile through 10 degree warmth at Du Quoin nativity display
Du Quoin five year olds at John B Ward School attend classes in frigid air while a kinder nativity doll scene on the post office lawn draws the attention of teacher Mrs John F Scantland. The display is sponsored by the Du Quoin Business Association.
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John B. Ward School
du Quoin
Jesus
John F. Scantland
Eisenhower Cleared for Paris Trip Despite Stroke Recovery
President Eisenhower, certified in excellent general condition after brain and nerve exams, plans to fly to Paris for the NATO summit. Doctors say speech difficulty is improving and see no brain hemorrhage. He will depart Friday and stay through the following Thursday for informal talks with Western leaders.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Paris
Western Alliance
White House
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
James C. Hagerty
White Express
NATO
Hopes For NATO Session Lifted By Eisenhower Attendance
Washington reports President Eisenhower will attend the Paris NATO summit, boosting Allied confidence in U S leadership. Secretary Dulles and others expect his prestige to foster unity and on the spot decisions, as Spaak seeks talks with leaders from 14 coalition members.
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John H. Hightower
Associated Press
Washington
Eisenhower
Paris
Dulles
North Atlantic Alliance
U.S
NATO
Fisenhower
Paul-Henri Spaak
Fair and Cold Weather Update for Southern Illinois
The region reports continuing cold with diminishing winds and fair skies tonight and Thursday. Low temperatures range from 5 to 10 during the night, with readings in the 30s later.昨日's high was 51 and current noon 19. trace precipitation recorded from yesterday morning to today. Sunrise at 7 14 a m and sunset at 4 33 p m.
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Ilinois
Propaganda Brush-Off Expected From Bulganin Note
Eisenhower was set to brush aside a 3000 word letter from Soviet Premier Bulganin as propaganda. Moscow called it very important while U S officials said it offered no new proposals to end nuclear tests or outlaw war. The note urged an East West leaders conference and a halt to tests. It arrived as Eisenhower prepared for the Paris NATO summit.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Bulgania
State Department
Paris
Georgi Zarubin
NATO
America
Poland
West Germany
United Nations
Russia
Four Arkansas Miners Die in Coal Mine Blast Near Fort Smith
Four miners were killed and two injured in a Peerless Coal Co. No. 3 mine explosion near Excelsior field about 18 miles south of Fort Smith Arkansas. Company owner W H Lewis and bookkeeper C A Melton said the six men were a mile from the mouth of the slope and described the mine as the deepest underground in the state.
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Fort Smith
Ark
Peerless Coal Co
Excelsior
Here
W. H. Lewis
C. A. Melton
Slope
Lewis
Purdue limits goodnight kisses with new social rule
At Purdue University's Shealy Hall, coeds were told to limit goodnight kisses to one and keep it short with little emotion. Head resident Miss Valerie Heavey announced a new college social order urging handshakes as the proper farewell for dates.
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Lafayette
Ind
Purdue University
Shealy Hall
Shealy
Valerie Heavey
Army pushes satellite plan from Cape Canaveral
Army engineers from Redstone Arsenal Huntsville direct a Redstone family launch at the Air Force Missile Test Center as they pursue a Jupiter program to orbit an instrumented satellite. Additional test firings are anticipated daily to beat Navy Vanguard failure.
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Army Ballistic Missile Agency
Redstone Arsenal
Huntsville
Ala
Army
Air Force Missile Test Center
Joint NATO Plan Would Put Allies In Control Of Nuclear Weapons
The United States seeks NATO approval to share control of nuclear weapons with allied nations. Under the plan US missiles would be delivered to continental members who would own firing controls while US units retain warheads. In a crisis, trained European crews would receive warheads for immediate use.
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United States
NATO
Washington
U.S
France
Britain
NATO Chiefs of Government
Paris
European
Europe
Benson Opposes 90 Percent Parity Controls for Farm Prices
Secretary Ezra Benson told the 39th annual American Farm Bureau meeting that 90 percent parity price controls are unfeasible and unenforceable. He argued for market-based price supports and public information to aid farmers, urging reforms to expand freedom, reduce costs, and strengthen farmer bargaining power.
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Benson
Congress
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