Eisenhower Seeks Strong NATO to Meet Soviet Threat
President Eisenhower arrived in Paris for a NATO summit and warned that the West must preserve freedom or become vassals of a powerful state. He urged a true partnership based on spiritual, military, and economic strength and sought French goodwill on North Africa policy.
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Eisenhower
Paris
NATO Alliance
Soviet
Russia
West
France
North Africa
Britain
United States
Europe
Soviet Union
Western Alliance
Freeze On Multiplier Resolution Calls For 1956 Levels
Illinois county treasurers meeting in Chicago approve a resolution to freeze county tax multipliers at the 1956 level until local assessments adjust. John W. Alsip says state should not fix arbitrary levels, warning reforms could worsen inequities and deter local corrections. Charles Miller notes 1957 legislation shifts school costs to localities, increasing local tax burdens. The conference also discusses NATO defense links to Europe.
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Chicago
Illinois
Illinois Assn
John W. Alsip
Macon
State Revenue Department
Charles Miller
Rock Island County
Miller
Ike Stands Up in Paris Parade Despite Cold
President Eisenhower, cleared by doctors this week, rode through Paris in an open car with crowds shouting Vive Ike. He stood with hands raised and a grin, cheeks red from the 36 degree chill, surprising onlookers wary of health rumors.
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Paris
Eisenhower
Lack Of Funds Held Up Army Jupiter Missile
Army missiles chief Maj. Gen. John B. Medaris testified before Senate investigators that 1954 funding delays slowed the SRBM program by at least a year. He said the Army solved the reentry heat problem with two successful tests and asserted no high thrust engine is being developed today.
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Washington
Senate
Russia
John B. Medaris
Army Ballistics Missile Center
Huntsville
Ala
Senate Preparedness Subcommittee
N P
Army
Navy
Cape Canaveral
Fla
Medaris
Eisenhower
Lyndon B. Johnson
D. Tex
North American Aviation
Victory Dinner Push Surpasses Hospital Goal in Murphysboro
The Murphysboro St. Joseph Memorial Hospital drive raised 32 795 dollars at a Victory Dinner, pushing total pledges to 615 106 on the way past the 600 000 goal. Federal funds total 400 000 with 200 000 from Catholic Sisters.
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Murphysboro
St. Joseph Memorial Hospital
Veterans of Foreign Wars Club
St. Andrew’s Hospital
Iran quake toll tops 1287 as village wiped out
Tehran reports 1287 dead in western Iran quake area. Farsang village near center destroyed with 210 bodies recovered and the rest buried. Trucks carry food medicine and tents to the mountainous region. Earlier reports claimed 500 perished in Farsang.
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Tehran
Iran
Ministry of Post and Telegraph
Farsang
Tax Dodgers Pay 470000 in LaSalle County Collections
Ottawa December 14 The four year drive against personal property tax dodging in LaSalle County has collected about 470000 in delinquent taxes. The sum covers taxes assessed 1952 and earlier totaling 241436 in 1953 102057 in 1954 65410 in 1955 and 23018 in 1956. Delinquencies for 1955 are nearly cleared and 1956 obligations total 75510 from 1664 taxpayers.
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LaSalle County
LaSalle County Board of Supervisors
Peter Ferracuti
Ferracuti
Blast Kills Five in Pusan Factory Blast
Five employees were killed and three seriously injured in a blast at an explosives manufacturing plant in Pusan Korea. Police said careless handling by one of the victims triggered the explosion.
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Pusan
Korea
Students Raise $271 for St Joseph Memorial Hospital Drive
Murphysboro High School students collected 271.94 for the St. Joseph Memorial Hospital fund. David Hines handed the money to Mrs. William Muhlenbrock during a Friday assembly. The sophomore class led with 103.75, followed by seniors 83.52, freshmen 12.46, juniors 8.56, plus 20 from the M club, 15 from the Future Farmers of America, and 28.60 from a basketball game.
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Murphysboro
St. Joseph Memorial Hospital
David Hines
William Muhlenbrock
M Club
Future Farmer of America
Quads Born in London Report Largest British Record
In London on December 14 a caesarean birth brought two boys and two girls to Mrs. Mary Bennett, 37, wife of a dock laborer. Hospital officials said the quadruplets may be the largest set in British medical annals and all four weighed more than four pounds. They were reported doing well.
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London
Mary Bennett
Unbeaten Marion Leads area listings in The Southern Illinoisan
Page 9 highlights Marion remaining undefeated while the region features items from Herrin Carbondale and Frankfort. Also noted are four deaths in local accidents with a man killed when a car hits a tree in a cemetery and features on a former strip mine turned hunter’s paradise and an editorial praising Murphysboro.
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Herrin
Carbondale
Frankfort
Marion
Hunter’s Paradise
Murphysboro
Cloudy Mild Weather Outlook for Southern Illinois
Cloudy mild conditions expected in Southern Illinois with increasing clouds tonight and clear to partly sunny Sunday. Temperatures hold near 40 tonight and mid 50s on Sunday with a Sunday night low around 40.
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Southern Illinois
Fai
Victory Song Ends Murphysboro Hospital Drive Dinner
A Murphysboro hospital fund drive ended with a victory dinner raising 615,106 dollars. Dr. R. F. Sondag, publicity chair, unveiled a hand made victory song to the tune of I'm Looking Over a Four Leaf Clover.
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Murphysboro
R. F. Sondag
U.N. Approves Suez Surcharge for Clearance Work
The General Assembly voted 54 to 0 with 19 abstentions to levy a 3 percent surcharge on all Suez Canal shipping for three years. The funds aim to remove more than 40 sunken vessels bridges and obstructions in the canal after the 1956 conflict. Dag Hammarskjold proposed the plan which would raise about 8 375 000 dollars.
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United Nations
N.Y
U.N. General Assembly
Dag Hammarskjold
Girl Found Feet Frozen After Five Day Exposure
A 15 year old girl Rosella Auxier was found unconscious and in shock in an abandoned store in Louisville Kentucky after five days missing. Her legs were packed in ice to limit thawing and doctors say she faces a long recovery with no immediate surgery.
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Louisville
Rosella Auxier
Eve Ky
Rosella
Richard Auxier
Prestonburg
George Archer
South Korean ship sinks in Tsushima Strait
A South Korean merchant ship sank in the Tsushima Strait between Japan and South Korea on Friday. Fourteen crew members were reported missing by the Japanese Coast Guard, while one crew member was rescued by a nearby Japanese fishing boat.
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Iran
Caspian Sea
Athens
Greece
Turkey
Tass
Outer
Mongolia
Soviet Union
China
Sinkiang
Tokyo
Tsushima Strait
Japan
South Korea
Japanese Coast Guard
Murphysboro Fund Drive Sets Firsts Record for Hospital
Fund Drive Chairman Larry Lane said the Murphysboro effort for a new St Joseph Memorial Hospital set a record for a first and showed strong local participation with more than 1,800 pledges representing about 10 percent of the area population. Lane noted cooperation overcame potential $600,000 shortfall and highlighted few large gifts in the drive.
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Larry Lane
Chuck Steinmetz
Murphysboro
Jackson County
Lane
Joe Daniel
Daniel
Mary Slechucky
W. A. Dougherty
Southern Illinoisan
Dougherty
St Joseph Memorial Hospital
Southern
Illinois
Murphysboro Drive
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Toto) Brown
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John Eisenhower
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Ieee Logene
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Omer Jones
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Ace Bess
R. L. Morgan
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Bob Holliday
Doris Wood
Virgil Belton
H. H. Rodewald
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U.N. Assembly
Suez
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