Israelis Kill 55 Syrians In Night Outpost Attack
Israeli troops stormed Syrian outposts overlooking the Sea of Galilee at night killing 55 soldiers and taking 29 prisoners while four Israeli positions were seized and destroyed. Twelve Israelis were wounded as units attacked on an eight mile front with two blocking detachments.
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Beth Habeq
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Israali
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Labor Denies AFL-CIO Bloc Plans in Political Role
AFL-CIO leaders George Meany and Walter Reuther deny forming a unified political bloc or controlling party platforms. Meany says labor will not be barred from activity but unlikely to create a third party, while Reuther defends voluntary union political donations as a right and rejects bloc creation.
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Afl-Cio
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George Meany
Cily
CBS
Face the Nation
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Reuther
NBC
the American Forum
Charles Sligh Jr
The
National Assn. of Manufacturers
Sligh
Bomb Hoax Clears Hollywood Theaters Evacuate 2000 Patrons
A phoned bomb threat at the Hollywood Paramount and Grauman's Chinese theaters prompted evacuation of about 2,000 patrons. Thorough searches found no device and police declared the call a hoax.
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Hollywood
Hollywood Paramount
Grauman
Weather Outlook for Southern Illinois Sees Warm Up
Cloudy skies and milder readings dominate southern Illinois with a shift from cold tonight to warmer by Tuesday. Low tonight near 20, high Tuesday around 45, Tuesday night not far from 35, and yesterday’s low reached 15 with a high of 34 earlier today. Sunrise at 7 10 and sunset at 4 38. Water levels: Crab Orchard Lake 25 inches below spillway and Little Grassy Lake 101 inches below spillway.
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U N Opens Talks on Broad Disarmament Scope
United Nations delegates aim for quick agreement in the Political Committee on the scope of future disarmament negotiations. The General Assembly must approve any disarmament decision, with adjournment set for next Friday. President Eisenhower’s open sky proposal and Soviet counter points drive priority in early next year discussions. Sir Leslie Munro postponed council debate on admitting 18 new members after a split over procedures.
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Adlai Draws Benson Reply
Secretary of Agriculture Benson told reporters the farm surplus and price drop stem from Democratic policies, not labor. He issued the reply through the Republican National Committee after Stevenson at the AFL-CIO convention charged politics, saying Stevenson has misrepresented his views and blaming Democratic programs for overproduction and low farm profits.
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Stevenson
Republican National Committee
Afl-Cio
New York
Secretary of Agriculture
Farm Demand Gain Forecast by Purdue Economist
Purdue University agrarian economist J. Carroll Bottum told the American Farm Bureau Federation annual meeting that farm demand should be slightly stronger in 1956. He warned of a continued cost price squeeze and an expected near 5 percent drop in net farm income if current programs persist.
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Purdue University
American Farm Bureau Federation
Bottum
Capone Associate Surrenders to Aid Police Probe
Ralph Pierce, once linked to Capone’s gang, surrendered for questioning in the slaying of brewer Alex Louis Greenberg. Lt. James McMahon says Pierce may help determine if Greenberg's death was gang vengeance amid a history tied to a 1943 extortion case. Pierce, once jailed in that case, survives alongside Paul Ricca.
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Capone
Alex Louis
Thursday Greenberg
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Berg
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Greenberg
Willie Bioff
Phoenix
Ariz
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Manhattan Brewing Co
Dion O’bannion
Frank Nitti
Bioff
Frank Maritote
Charles
Cherry Nose
Gice
Philip D’ Andrea
Louis
Little New York
Campagna
Paul
Ricca
Rica
Dulles Press Officer Henry Suydam Dies at 64
Henry Suydam, 64, chief press officer for the State Department, died of a heart attack Sunday less than two months after his wife’s death. Secretary of State Dulles praised his ability and public duty. Suydam had accompanied Dulles to major conferences including the Geneva four‑power talks. He led the department’s press section since Oct. 1, 1953 and was on leave from his Newark Evening News post. Mrs. Suydam, Anne Hamilton Gordon of Baltimore, died Oct. 15.
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Henry Suydam
State Department
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Geneva
Newark
N. J
Khrushchev Urges Collectivization in Indian Show Village
Khrushchev told Indian peasants at a model village aided by U S technical cooperation that peasants are exploited in general while claiming Russians have political power and material growth. He urged collectivization and faster mechanization as crowds of over 100000 cheered in Sonepat before returning to New Delhi.
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India
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Russia
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Sonepat
New Delhi
Kashmir
Himalayan
Communist Party
Pakistan
Prize Offer Attracts Southeaster Illinoisan Puzzle Entrants
About 200 Little Stinker entries reached the Southers Illinoisan office today for a postcard puzzle. The prize is $500 plus 10 percent for a winning entry. A poem printed in the Sunday Southern Illinoisan carries an address error claiming Mr. Vernon instead of Josie Lindsey from Rt. 4 Murphysboro.
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Sunday
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Vernon
Josie Lindsey
Rt. 4
Murphysboro
Memory Restores Airman After Years Lost Identity
U S Air Force 1 C John D Jones 20 of Landstuhl Germany recovered a childhood memory triggered by seeing his French parents whom he found in Bourg en Bresse near Lyon with Red Cross aid. He had been separated during a 1944 Nazi air raid in France and adopted in 1946 by Sgt Raymond Jones. The reunion followed his return to Germany in 1952 and prompted a Stars and Stripes interview.
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Raymond Jones
Georgetown
Danville
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Stars and Stripes
U. S. Army
Senate Panel to Probe Weeks Civil Aviation Powers
Sen Monroney accuses Secretary Weeks of grab for czar like powers to run civil aviation and says the Senate Commerce Committee will investigate. The probe will seek reasons for Frederick B Lee's removal as head of the Civil Aeronautics Administration and the swearing in of Charles Lowen Jr as successor. Monroney cites Weeks Rothschild policy actions and opposition to Lee’s reappointment to the Civil Aeronautics Board as part of a broader pattern.
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Monroney
D-Okla
Secretary of Commerce
Civil Aviation
Senate Commerce Committee
Frederick B. Lee
Civil Aeronautics Administration
Commerce Department
Lee
Charles J. Lowen Jr
CAA
Weeks
Lewis S. Rothschild
Rothschild
Monorney
Josh Lee
Civil Aeronautics Board
Ross Rizley
Tgrab
Commerce Committee
Oklahoman
Lowen
Senate
Basement blaze wounds four in Louisville gas spread
In Louisville on Sunday the living room floor of a basement apartment flashed into flames while being smeared with gasoline to remove paint. Robert Logsdon, 22, suffered second and third degree burns over most of his body after crossing the 12 by 14 foot room to the only exit. Three others received lesser burns.
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Louisville
Robert Logsdon
Eisenhower Aims Balanced Budget By Next June
President Eisenhower told GOP leaders the 1956 program envisions a balanced budget by next June and starts on road building and school construction. He cut his public meeting to three hours due to doctors orders and rested mid day. The plan includes farm immigration civil rights labor housing and more with schoolroom construction to clear a 200 000 room backlog. Party leaders differ on tax cuts debt reduction and farm policy as Knowland and Martin weigh options.
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Eisenhower
White House
Leonard W. Hall
Rep
Martin of
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House
Martin
Sen
Knowland
California
Blizzards Hit North Europe
Blizzards struck parts of northern Europe with heavy snow and high winds. In Norway homes were buried by avalanches while England saw nine glider pilots stranded on ice slopes. The Norwegian steamer Reins broke a rudder off Ireland and aid was sent by a Royal Navy antisubmarine ship and a British freighter. The Liberian freighter Pleiades ran aground near Tarifa lighthouse in the Gibraltar Straits as temperatures plunged in northern Norway to 29 below zero.
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Sidelined by broken finger in sandlot football game
Charlene Measures a 17 year old high school student in El Centro was slated to play the lead as a tomboy who liked football but was sidelined just hours before curtain time by a broken finger from an off tackle smash in a sandlot game.
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Charlene Measures
Charlene
Road Report Clears Illinois Roads Today
The road report shows Illinois routes clear with no closures or delays reported across major corridors. Local authorities advise continued caution for winter conditions and routine travel checks.
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