Khrushchev Blasts Ike in Steel of Cold War Speech
Soviet premier Nikita Khrushchev denounced President Eisenhower and Western policy, faulting NATO as a bloc aimed at the Soviet Union. He urged a European security system including the United States, criticized German reunification plans, and backed anti colonial freedom in Africa. He cited Soviet arms reductions and warned against restoring capitalism in the Soviet bloc.
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Khrushchev
German Democratic Republic
West Germany
Europe
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United States
NATO
Africa
Russia
Porkkala
Finland
Geneva
State Dulles
Eisenhower
Soviet Bloc
Gov. Harriman
Hungary
Herrin Leaders Plan Ride to Sink or Swim Meeting
Herrin Mayor Dave H. Miller will lead residents who will drive to the Sink or Swim meeting in West Frankfort. The event at 2 p.m. aims to draw national and state attention to regional economic problems, with a 1:15 p.m. gathering at Herrin City Hall before departure.
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Herrin Jayor
Dave H. Miller
Herrin
West Frankfort
Herrin City Hall
U.S
Kenneth Gray
Bandit Calls Again Getting Real Chummy At Store
Los Angeles figures a bank or shop robber known as Bandit returns, hitting market operator Max Linger for the third time. The robber uses a .32 pistol and fits his demands, taking $53, the same amount as in March and April.
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Bandit
Los Angeles
Max Linger
Linger
Max
Singer
Khrushchev assails Western alliances at Moscow meeting
Bulganin assailed SEATO and the Baghdad Pact as colonialism in new form, praising 1955 as a turning point in easing world tensions. He urged outlawing atomic and rocket weapons and mocked Dulles on Goa, arguing the US should see itself as Britain’s dominion.
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Bulganin
Asia
SEATO
Khrushchev
U.S
State Dulles
Carp Store to Close Saturday in Frankfort
Carp's Inc. West Frankfort department store will close permanently Saturday after 34 years at Emma and Main streets. Sam Nolen says falling business volume and consolidation with the Mt. Vernon store prompt the closure. the firm runs 26 Illinois and Missouri outlets including Harrisburg.
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Carp’s Inc
West Frankfort
Sam Nolen
Frankfort
Emma and
Main Streets
Nolen
Mt. Vernon
New Law Expands High School Driver Training in Illinois
Springfield reports a new Illinois law will broaden high school driver education in 1956. It allows scheduling across any one of four grades and emphasizes behind the wheel skills for safer driving, with superintendent Vernon L. Nickell noting flexibility to fit students’ driving eligibility. The update follows a 1955 shift raising minimum license age to 16.
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Springfield
Ilinois
Illinois
Vernon L. Nickell
Murphysboro Explorer Scouts Join Winter Camporee
Murphysboro Post 115 led by Paul McRoy attends a one night winter camporee at Little Grassy Lake. Explorers learn winter outdoor living trail blazing and rifle use. Session ends Friday with Outdoor Activity merit badge awards for completing scouts Cletus Pierce Ronnie Brust Jack Diers Tom Blackwood David Stearns and Jerry Beck.
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Little Grassy Lake
Murphysboro
Paul McRoy
New Post
Cletus Pierce
Ronnie Brust
Jack Diers
Tom Blackwood
David Stearns
Jerry Beck
Flood Relief Work Speeded in California After Severe Floods
Relief and reconstruction workers in counties hit by California floods accelerate restoration efforts. Death tolls climb to 40 in California and 12 in Oregon, with 20 to 30 missing in California and three in Oregon. Early damage estimates reach 150 to 170 million dollars over a million acres submerged as clear weather slows runoff on the Sacramento and San Joaquin rivers.
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California
Oregon
Sacramento
San Joaquin
Donner Summit
Record snowpack hits East St. Louis era high
East St. Louis reports a snowpack of 98 inches on December 29, surpassing the 35 inches recorded a year earlier. Nevada’s weather data is included in the briefing.
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East St. Louis
Nevada
City budget balanced after ten-year run
The budget balanced for the first time in a decade has been submitted to the City Council. It requests 1,992,187 dollars for the calendar year 1956, aligning with the city’s fiscal year.
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U. S
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Mar
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Camporee
San Francisco
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Veal
Pork Chops Center
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Shanks
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Folger’s
Morrell
Eve
Angel
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