Plane vanishes in storm over British Columbia
A Trans-Canada Air Lines four engine North Star with 662 aboard disappeared during a violent windstorm over southern British Columbia. Ground and aerial searches were planned as authorities fear the worst aviation disaster in Canadian history. The plane left Vancouver for eastern Canada, turned back near Hope after an engine failed, with passengers including four Saskatchewan football players.
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Chicago to Junk Wooden Rail Cars
The Chicago Transit Authority plans to retire five wooden elevated cars weekly until all 270 wooden cars are replaced by metal ones. The change aims to complete by 1958 after a fatal train fire highlighted the need for modernization.
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Red China on the Spot by Canadian Correspondent
A Canadian correspondent offers on the scene observations from Communist China after American reporters are barred. The piece appears in today’s features with related notes on editorial pages and index to regular sections including Amusements Financial Bridge Radio-TV Classified Senior Forum City Life Women’s Deaths Editorials Sports Letters and Pictures on various pages.
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NATO progress on Middle East policy reported in Paris
U S Secretary of State Dulles and British Foreign Secretary Lloyd Selwyn met in Paris and were said to have made real progress toward a unified Middle East policy. They discussed canal clearance and operation, future control, and coordination with France. A week of Western diplomatic activity followed, with NATO ministers meeting to set goals of preparedness.
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Treasury official says no room for tax cuts in current budget
Dan Throop Smith told a House Ways and Means subcommittee that the fiscal 1957 budget plan shows no provision for net revenue loss from tax cuts. He said there is no basis for reducing taxes now and that opposition to any tax, excise, or income cuts involving a net loss of revenue is likely. The budget relates to President Eisenhower's forthcoming FY starting July 1, 1957.
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Snowfall and Weather Shifts Cloud Weekend Storm Impact
The weatherman reports 4 inches of snow over the weekend with a season total of 14.8 inches, 4 inches above normal. Andy Keller of Hancock Field forecasts a cooler night and light snow tomorrow, with a possible Northwest storm bringing up to two inches later in the week. Airline service disrupted mainly elsewhere. city crews sanded and salting streets as temps stay cool through the week.
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Eisenhower to golf with St Laurent in Augusta social meeting
President Eisenhower will play a social golf date with Canadian Prime Minister Louis St Laurent at Augusta National Golf Club. White House spokesman says discussion of the Middle East crisis and Anglo American relations possible. St Laurent vacationing in Fort Lauderdale will be joined by his son Renault and daughter Mrs Hugh O'Donnell.
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Mishaps Kill 25 in Pennsylvania Over Weekend
Nineteen people died on Pennsylvania highways and six perished in other mishaps over the weekend. Three hunters were killed, one person died in a fall, and two perished in fires. This marked the state's highest toll since October 21.
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Church Thief Caught With Tar Coated Corset Stay
Chicago police report an 85 year old man Charles Horvick used a tar coated corset stay to steal money from St. Augustine Church collection box. He admitted the thefts after being spotted yesterday. The man cited 15 years of unemployment as motive.
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Deny Tipsy Driving in Second Day of Court
Two men denied drank driving charges in Traffic Court today. William A. Jones, 29, of 116 Benedict Ave, faced a Dec. 17 hearing after an innocent plea. bail set at 1000 dollars. Jones allegedly pulled from a curb into traffic and struck Curtis W. Ziegler, 41, in the 4300 block of S. Salina St. Edmond A. Gates, 50, of 517 E Genesee St, did not appear due to illness and the arraignment was adjourned to tomorrow at his attorney's request. Gates was arrested Saturday night after police said his car crashed into another.
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Eisenhower Assails Hungary Tyranny on Human Rights Day
President Eisenhower at Augusta decries Soviet brutality in Hungary as a blow to the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. He urges worldwide mourning and renewal of resolve, noting plans for tolling church bells and prayers as part of observances.
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Fatal Defect Kills Man From Hole in Rubber Glove
Frank Bennett, 54, died after an ice storm toppled an electric line. He wore rubber gloves but a hole in the right forefinger allowed a shock when he moved the wire.
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Launching of U S Airlift for Hungarian Refugees
Washington correspondent Jules Witcover notes the start of Operation Safe Haven as airlift planes and 9 500 refugees prepare to depart Munich. Fog delays loom while Americans in Munich are asked to volunteer as translators and the Army readies housing for evacuees.
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Rigid New Controls Imposed In Hungary Under Martial Law
Vienna reports police and troops enforcing martial law in Hungary as Premier Janos Kadar seeks to crush resistance after seven weeks of upheaval. Contact with the West is severed except for Budapest radio broadcasts. military trials and dissolution of workers councils are announced.
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Lodge compares Soviet Hungary abuses to Nazi terror at U.N.
U S Ambassador Henry Cabot Lodge denounces Soviet suppression of Hungary as akin to Nazi brutality, urging swift passage of a 16 power resolution condemning Russia. He says the USSR imposes terror against Hungary negating human rights and foresees the system's dissolution, while India seeks an amendment condemning the bloodbath.
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Prince Dies In Red Camp In Russia
Prince Fumitaka Konoye son of former Prime Minister Fumimaro Konoye died Oct 20 in a Russian prison camp. He attended Princeton University where he led the golf team in 1937 before returning to Japan in 1938 and joining the army in 1940. He was captured in Manchuria in 1945. His widow Masako, 32, hoped for his release under the peace declaration ratified by Japan's parliament.
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Snowstorm blankets Damascus in unusual Middle East event
Rare snowfall covered large areas of Syria incl Damascus, an unusual meteorological event for the region. The capital lies near the latitude of Charleston as subfreezing conditions spread. Local observers reported blankets of white across multiple districts with corporate weather services noting this rare milestone.
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Inflation Tokyo Balloon Protest Hits Stock Market Ceiling
Six hundred workers release gas filled balloons at Tokyo stocks exchange demanding year end holiday bonuses. The protest targets corporate earnings while banners and streamers mark the action as a bold labor display.
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Chuckle of the Westman and a Blanket Solution
A traveler jokes about his harrowing Western trip with Indians on every side. He says his only option was to buy a blanket, turning danger into a simple, comical ending.
Cubans Kill 23 Rebels in Southeast Cuba
Government forces reported 23 rebels killed and 22 captured in mountains near Guantánamo with 3 soldiers dead and several wounded. Fidel Castro Ruz allegedly remains at large as a larger operation surrounds about 80 rebels landed from the sea days earlier.
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State Budget Poised to Exceed 1.5 Billion
Albany reports the state budget will rise by more than 100 million dollars next year pushing total beyond 1.5 billion for the first time in history. An informed source cites automatic increases in state aid to localities and higher state expenditures as the main drivers, including school aid, town highway funding, mandated salary hikes, and a new state workers health plan.
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